(10-14-2018, 02:04 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(10-13-2018, 08:06 PM)Upper Wrote: Nah, Yeldon was legit bad his first two years. It wasn't because he was part of terrible teams. He tried to imitate Leveon Bell dancing behind the line waiting for the last second, but as I said many times back in those years: there's a thin line between patient and indecisive. Bell is the master at pushing right up to that edge, Yeldon repeatedly went over.

These last two years, for whatever reasons, Yeldon has completely changed his playstyle...for the better. He has become very decisive. He still isn't going to drag a pile or break a long run, but he will consistently maximize what is blocked and find the tiniest hole to wiggle through. Add that to being an already very good blocker and a reliable pass catcher and you have a quality modern NFL back. Basically the anti Fournette tbh.

I find this to be just more lazy and over-simplified analysis.  He wasn't legit bad. He was developing. And he absolutely did deal with some questionable offensive talent around him. Can't just sweep that under the rug to suit your argument. 

Sure he was indecisive. Everybody that knew what they were looking at saw that. But this L Bell thing is so ridiculous.  People act like he's the only back to have any patience at the LOS. So silly. He's just the extreme outlier. Dozens of backs have shown patience to find a crease over the years. Bell is a poor comparison for Yeldon IMO. The hesitance to the hole is literally the only similarity, and Yeldon has adjusted that. 

I don't think he "completely changed" his playstyle at all. He looks like the exact same guy that just listened to some coaching and now makes a quicker cut and go.  A minor adjustment to my eye. Still runs the same, just doesn't hesitate by half a beat less than before.