Quote:How does everyone feel about about Toby Gerhart? I think he played lousy, but was not used right. He should be in on short downs. I'm shocked that he was not used in screen plays more often either. I would not mind, seeing Todd Gurly in Jacksonville.

Boy, that's a tough one. There are probably as many good arguments both pro and con for keeping this guy as anyone out there. As a HUGE fan of Toby Gerhart, I'd like him to see as much success as possible. But, this is a game of production and he fell way short of expectations (especially his own). I believe his injury in the very opening game in Philly had lingering effects and clearly kept him from reaching his potential. That said, the moments he was in there were NOT exactly a ZANADU experience either. Add into the mix that DRob was the surprise of the year, and it makes keeping Toby that much less justified. But, as usual, it always comes back to why...........and it glares right back into our issues with the OL. Don't forget, DRob and Toby are polar opposites in running styles and DRob "found holes" and burst through them as opposed to Toby who typically follows his blockers and goes from there. DRob can get outside with more success than Toby too. The problem with Toby's style of running is that those "holes" he looks for the line to open.........were few and far between this year. On a brighter side, when he did appear to be healthy again, he had moments of Tobyesque style and production. But, they were moments.......not an entire game. But, to his defense, when he did get healthy....his touches were split with DRob and when DRob went down, Toby still didn't to be feature back anymore as they split his carries too with both Storm and Todman. Todman sure made a good argument to keep him around and not just for his kick returns either. Now, the Jags have a dilemma. If I'm the front office, I'm not as "desperate" for the real Toby to step up next year and kill it. I dunno...........my gut tells me based on his running style, he might be better off going to a team that already has an "established" OL as opposed to one that is a work in progress. I'm as suspect of the OL coming around much more than I am of Toby having another mediocre year next season. Maybe it's best for Toby and the Jags to release him.

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