Look, I'm as distraught as the rest of you about Roaf's retirement, but somebody here has to provide some positive input, because I don't feel like rebooting the server every 30 minutes today.
I submit to all of you the Buffalo game.
It was a shining example of Saunders and Vermeil going away from LJ and the run and passing the ball despite heavy pressure from the Buffalo defense.
Larry finished that game with 27 rushes for 132 yards, a 4.9ypc average - without Willie Roaf.
In fact, in the games Willie missed, Larry rushed for about 4.7ypc. And LJ set the single-game rushing record against Houston without Willie Roaf.
Perhaps Herm's conservatism is precisely what we need right now? We can only hope.