(09-05-2017, 12:43 AM)Eric1 Wrote: [ -> ] (09-05-2017, 12:26 AM)haveaseat Wrote: [ -> ]It doesn't matter how great you are of a running back if you don't have a line to move people.
A great RB creates on his own. Always has and always will. They see things, feel things and understand things that most RBs don't.
The make something out of nothing and that's the fact of the matter.
That's not a fact. If you are handed the ball and a guy is in your face and in the backfield you are going to get hit. That logic is stupid. You must have a competent o-line.
(09-05-2017, 03:02 AM)haveaseat Wrote: [ -> ] (09-05-2017, 12:43 AM)Eric1 Wrote: [ -> ]A great RB creates on his own. Always has and always will. They see things, feel things and understand things that most RBs don't.
The make something out of nothing and that's the fact of the matter.
That's not a fact. If you are handed the ball and a guy is in your face and in the backfield you are going to get hit. That logic is stupid. You must have a competent o-line.
Awesome, I'm honestly glad you said that.
Why does Yeldon get so much [BLEEP] then? Nobody ever brings up the OL that he has had to run behind as an argument. It's always that he's simply awful, a wasted drafted pick, Caldwell reached blah blah.
Anyone who has ever watched a single Jags game knows our RBs have had to deal with that consistently these past couple seasons. They have constantly been hit behind the LoS. Yeldon has consistently turned rushes that would have been lost yards, into 1-3 yard gains.
Of course those aren't pretty stats for you paper followers, but that's the realism of the matter.
(09-05-2017, 12:26 AM)haveaseat Wrote: [ -> ] (09-05-2017, 12:12 AM)Eric1 Wrote: [ -> ]No you really can't.
RB is the easiest position to come in and start from day 1. QB, is the hardest.
It doesn't matter how great you are of a running back if you don't have a line to move people.
A top 5 RB better transcend a bad oline or you picked the wrong player.
One of if not the best, for sure.
(09-05-2017, 12:26 AM)haveaseat Wrote: [ -> ] (09-05-2017, 12:12 AM)Eric1 Wrote: [ -> ]No you really can't.
RB is the easiest position to come in and start from day 1. QB, is the hardest.
It doesn't matter how great you are of a running back if you don't have a line to move people.
If you draft a guy top five that needs everyone else to produce for him to have an impact then you drafted the wrong guy.