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Originally Posted by ArrowheadWolf
Of course he's incredible in the open field. No shit. But you don't get into the open field if you can't get past the line of scrimage. And I'm not even taking one side or the other. I'm just saying that before we assume one way or the other about how Roaf leaving affects LJ, it's smart to go back and see how Roaf affected LJ on the field.
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LJ started three games while Roaf was out. In those three games LJ had 445 yards rushing and four TDs. That includes the game against Buffalo where LJ had no TDs despite rushing for 130+ yards. This was mostly because Green was sacked a bijillion times and he also threw multiple interceptions.
Somebody also posted a stat earlier today that showed that the majority of the time last season LJ ran up the middle. Additionally, LJ ran more to the right then he did the left, and he also had a higher ypc (5+) running to the right then anywhere else. Here is a link to our rushing stats by left-middle-right for 2005. It is the one under "Season Team Offensive Line Stats"
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/foo.../players/2586/
The big loss with Roaf is definately pass protection. I don't think there are too many LTs that can routinely shut down pass rushers like Dwight Freeney.