You Just Got To Play Him!

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

These are smart coaches. They clearly see something going on in the RB room and in practice to warrant their hesitation.

They've proven that they're willing to play young guys if ncessary.

Yes, i know that Hunt didn't get to start until Ware went down, but they were buzzing about him during camp and had already promoted him to 2nd string, ahead of veteran Chark West. And when Ware went down, they played Hunt, they didn't go seeking old RB's to fill the void.

We know Thompson can run, but at this point that's about all we know.

Bienemy is responsible for the RB rotation, IIRC. I think Reid takes the bullets in the pressers by I swear I remember him saying in the past that he lets Bieniemy determine who's on the field in those packages.

If EB wants Thompson on the field that badly, he'll get on the field.

I think the big issue is that they just do not trust Thompson in pass pro yet and until they do, they won't put him out there often. If they can't trust him to pick up a blitz, then they can't send him out there without telegraphing the play call. They had no problem sending him out against the Raiders because they knew they were going to run the ball every down.

But if the game stays close and they need to stay unpredictable, they just can't let him be Mahomes primary protector back there. Dude got like 5 snaps in pass protection and took a TD off the board in the process. Yes, the penalty was a weak one, but he WAS getting beat and he DID have to go down low on the guy and he DID make it look worse than it was. It wasn't a flag that should've been thrown but if that were McCoy on the same play, it wouldn't have been.

Like many I would like to see Thompson more prominently featured as a ballcarrier. But until you can trust him more WITHOUT the ball in his hands, that's just a really difficult ask.