Don't blame MEH for his performance Monday night

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

I'm no fan of MEH and I never have been, so its hard for me to say this, but his lack of production in the run game on Monday night is on the OL. They did an atrocious job of blocking for him. My initial reaction from the game was that he just had one of his typical shitty games that we have grown accustom to seeing from him, but a look into the stats show that the offensive line failed him.

Clyde had 9 carries for a total of 15 yds, but the most telling stat is his yards before contact (YBC). In his career he has averaged 2.3 YBC/ATT, but Monday night he only had 6 yards before contact on 9 rushes. That comes out to 0.3 YBC/ATT and that means he was getting his pretty much at the line of scrimmage every single play. That is the 2nd lowest YBC/ATT for his entire career and the only game that was less? The Colts game a couple weeks back. In that game he had -6 YBC on 7 rushes. That comes out to -0.9 YBC/ATT.

So lets try to stop blaming him so much for his crappy stats on Monday, because the OL didn't help him even a little.

#1 was running behind the same OL as #25 and looked like a well above average RB.

It is CEH not the OL. The OL does not make CEH run backwards and sideways. The OL does not make CEH run into traffic vs the hole they opened up.

The OL does not tell CEH to look at the pass then turn his head and let it hit his helmet.

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by penguinz

#1 was running behind the same OL as #25 and looked like a well above average RB.

It is CEH not the OL. The OL does not make CEH run backwards and sideways. The OL does not make CEH run into traffic vs the hole they opened up.

The OL does not tell CEH to look at the pass then turn his head and let it hit his helmet.

McKinnon played better than MEH. I'm not a fan of Clyde. I'm just saying that he's not going to be able to do anything with his lack of talent when he's not getting good blocking and let's be real if he's only getting 0.3 YBC/ATT, then he's not getting good blocking. 0.3 is way off his career avg of 2.3 YBC/ATT and the 2nd lowest of his career. Just look at the pic below, it's not like this is a normal thing.