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Originally Posted by Megatron96
Look, I'm not saying he had a good game, or that there aren't some potential concerns after watching the game. All I'm saying is that it's a bit early to get on the "we should've drafted someone else" bandwagon.
And he is a 'run behind his blockers' type of back. His whole style depends on drawing defenders into his blockers/force them to decide which gap they're going to attack. So yeah, he's going to be tucked in behind our blockers most of the time.
But I'm with you that it looked like he left some yards on the field several times. My point is simply "he's still just 14 games into his career." In an offense where RBs don't get a lot of touches to begin with. He might get only 200 touches all year, because this is an Andy Reid offense.
I think he'll be fine, and sooner rather than later. He's looking at the game film, and so are his coaches. As he gets more comfortable in the offense (and probably his confidence in his recovery) he'll jump those holes more consistently, and then we'll see.
Btw, he did have some nice plays yesterday, including that nifty catch in the flat and run for a 1st where he deked like 3 defenders and then basically ran over another.
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All fair points, and yea he did come back and make some good runs. I won't be panicked unless we are on week 9-10 and he is missing holes like I saw Sunday. I know he is a "follow your blocker" guy but there are times when that goes out the window, like when there are massive holes to the left or right of you, you take the easy yards.
I have full confidence in Andy and EB to look at the film and show him hey look at this and get it fixed and for the O line to gel some more. I think both will improve the more they play.