(12-17-2019, 09:11 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(12-17-2019, 09:04 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Knowing what we know now, based only on this year, I would say he would have been worth a late first round pick.  He's not special, for sure, but he's pretty good.  He's become an all-around running/receiving/blocking running back.  I don't think he needs to be replaced just because he's not Barry Sanders.  He's a good player.  His problem is he's a downhill runner who gets hit in the backfield way too often.  He needs holes to run through to be more effective than he already is.  

And if you want to point to this as a failure of the FO, there are much bigger failures to point to.  You don't even need this one to make the case.

The failure is a self proclaimed power running team that uses a scheme without a fullback. Stupid.

They used the TE as a lead blocker just fine IMO.  Had they not had a constant churn of injured players at TE it may have been more effective, but they didn't really miss the FB much IMO.  Seth DeValve was lead blocking very well before he got injured for example (and he was a street free agent to replace Swaim.)

I think the greater fail was commiting to the power scheme in the first place. 
I hope we see an influx of more athletic linemen and add an elusive back to use in committee with LF and Armstead. 

I'd much rather make defenses defend multiple options than line up in a power set and dare them to stop the obvious ball carrier.  Flip's only real variation on this was very rarely sending two receivers in play action from a power set on first down and that's not near enough. Gotta make defenses work harder on first down by giving them more to account for. 

The only success the Jags have had with this in recent year was Hackett's brief use of a Grant/Fournette backfield running or passing out of a 3WR set.  I hope the next OC brings some version of that because it's the best way to get Fournette space and it gives the QB 5 options, three of which can be quick releases by design.

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