Nate Taylor with a lot of middle-to-big-sized news yesterday.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

I think you’re being a little unfairly tough on the guy. I think the jury’s still out on the guy. But he’s doing his job here patiently waiting for blocks. On the other run and most of his other short catch and runs he shows he has really good wiggle in short spaces. He’s a pretty solid runner after the catch even if he’s not a mecole accelerate and run guy. He is a way better run after the catch guy than juju.

Lemme tell you how much I love seeing mediocre production written off as "he's doing his job..."

He gonna start setting edges next?

He's not 'waiting for his blocks to develop' - he's five yards behind his blocks as they develop. That's not 'waiting' as much as it's getting left behind. And he didn't get caught by a DL because he was waiting - he wasn't at his blocker's hips. He got caught from behind because he lacked the burst to carry the edge.

Meanwhile with Hardman's raw speed, he's right at that seam that splits open at the 15 yard line and cutting through it as it opens.

But because he doesn't have any special physical talents he 'does his job' or 'gets what is blocked' or 'manages the game' or whatever other code we use for guys who aren't actually playmakers.

That play was sufficiently blocked for 6 if it's Hardman running it. Maybe for Toney, though Toney's instincts to use wiggle may have actually had him bouncing that and getting squeezed out of bounds.

But 'taking what's blocked' is fungible. It's...fine.