(11-24-2023, 10:24 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(11-24-2023, 09:52 AM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: RB was a need.  I promise you the plan was not to have ETN see the level of usage he's gotten this year to date.  No one yet has asserted themselves as a clear number 2 is the problem.  You can gripe about the actual selection (though I'd keep an open mind given the small sample size thus far), but RB was and still is a need if only to spell ETN and be efficient while doing so.  Having someone who has a high probability of converting short yardage situations would be nice as well.

Last week against the tacks was the highest usage Tank and D'Ernest have seen all year I believe.  That may have been because it was a blowout in our favor as aside from D'Ernest's one long reception, neither was all that efficient.  Tank did move the pile once in a short yardage situation.  Whether it was situational due to the blow out or a concerted effort to get both more involved I don't know, but I'll take it either way for ETN's sake.

I think DJ is your current clear #2 and should have been from jump street. 
His cleveland tape should have been enough to establish that.

I totally get giving a promising rookie opportunities, but DJ needs to be the spellback and the guy going in to protect/block. 

Save Bigsby for garbage time or blowout/burn clock snaps. He'll be good next year.

I think it may be clear he is the #2 over Tank, but I don't think it's clear he is a #2.  Perhaps it changes with more opportunities for DJ (25 total touches on the year, 8 of which came last game) or as Tank gains experience and develops further, but as it stands I don't know how anyone would be confident in this running game and by extension this offense if ETN were to go down for an extended period.

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