Don't blame MEH for his performance Monday night

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by jd1020

So this is Clyde's fault? I'm not acting like hes all world or anything but you literally just listed off a bunch of failures on the OL to do their job and pass it off on Clyde for not making chicken salad out of chicken shit.

The mental gymnastics people have to go through to shit on a guy that's 4.4 YPC for his career is pretty insane.

No he's not great. No he's not worth the draft pick. Also, no there isn't a better RB on this team.

A RB's job isn't to make an easy cutback for big yards?

Now the ONLY expectation we have of a starting runningback, draft status be damned, is that he run through open holes when the play is designed to hit that hole?

How many times did Jacobs get us on cut-backs yesterday? A half dozen? And typically Jacobs isn't even that great - certainly not someone know for being elusive or explosive. But he was able to do exactly what you're passing off as wholly impossible here.

The other guys get paid as well, y'know. It doesn't always go to script. I'm not asking the guy to go in motion left, take the handoff and immediately re-set his momentum and cut to the right. I'm saying that a RB coming downhill with a run that appears to have been designed to hit the right side B gap should easily be able to see that giant hole opening on the left side B game and cut into it. It isn't hard and it's not too much to ask.

Yes, I'm absolutely blaming that on Clyde. He's not some short yardage hammer of a RB - he's GOTTA be able to use vision to succeed and it sure looks like he doesn't have that club in his bag.

If all he can do is hit giant holes that open right where they're designed, he's literally as replaceable a player as exists in this sport.