Quote:Where did I say in this thread it's all Bortles fault? You gotta chill dude you're acting like you're Blake's mom the way you get on people about him on here. 

 

 

If Rashad Greene never returns a punt again that will be fine by me. At least Walters has hands. 

 

But I do agree about the running game. I don't think it's much Ivory or Yeldon either. I don't even think it's that much the players on the actual o-line. I expect pretty much all of them to start for us next to Albert aside from maybe a new LG. I think it's the coaching. When Marrone took over some how we could magically run the ball and open lanes. Gus was very "do it one way" kind of guy. Marrone wasn't afraid to move guys around and do different things to create separation and open lanes. 

 

And I'm on the Fournette train myself at number 4. 

I like Yeldon and Ivory. They're two different style of runners and match up well together. Neither are special at the position, but few are. I'm not against adding another RB to the mix though. You have to assume one of your RBs are going to get banged up during the season. That's just the game.

 

The biggest issue with the running game imo is, way too many times the OL got beat at the point of attack. The opposing DL was in the back field far too many times on run plays. I can't even remember how many times Yeldon turned a should have been 4 yard loss, into a 1 or two yard gain. That one or two yard gain doesn't look all that pretty, but most people forget it could have been a negative rush instead.

 

It wont matter who the RB is on this team, if the OL doesn't get stronger off the LoS in the run blocking. Every RB will struggle if they constantly have defenders in their face, 3-4 yards behind the LoS.

---