(03-11-2023, 11:49 AM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(03-11-2023, 12:57 AM)ChrisJagBoy Wrote: Find it so weird how he fell off once he went to NY.. I mean the guy was playing well here early in the season, had a 50 yard td on 4th down.. didn't seem like he was injured.

His advanced metrics declined so fast during the season. And the 50 yard TD was because the defense missed an assignment and there was no one even close to him.

Loved JRob pre injury but once he got that achilles, he was no longer useful. Go younger.

This analysis ignores a number of things.
It's not necessarily "wrong" but you're leaving important details out. 

The season you describe with all of the "decline" involved:

• A knee injury no one is mentioning (The jets should have never cleared him after the physical on that trade)  Jags trainers were draining fluid from his knee the week prior to the trade
  
• He averaged less that 10 carries per game in those 11 weeks - was only "featured" in 3 games.  "Metrics" are sketchy to interpret for RBs when they just get a smattering of carries. 
  

It's a shame he had those injuries. Dude was on a cool pace to beat the odds and carve out a nice career undrafted. 
Definitely had the look of a diamond in the rough even if slower than a true premier back. I hope he gets healthy enough to make a roster somewhere and get a little payday as depth or a role player. 

RBs are somewhat disposable compared to many other positions unfortunately, and sometimes moving on and adding youth is indeed the way to go there.

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