Amnorix

An exchange just now between BB and the 'EEI crew, mostly Pete Shepherd.

(roughly transcribed)

Pete: Do you think Maroney is the kind of back that needs more carries to get going, get into a rhythm to do well?

BB: I think he needs a little room to operate. Like any back, if there's no space and nobody's moving and they're all just kinda standing there, there's not much you can do. When you have defensive players in the backfield and nowhere to go, it's tough.


Generally, BB was defending Maroney and, it seemed to me, kinda saying in a gentle way -- you guys are asking too much from the RB when our OLine isn't doing a really good job on running plays.

Synovia

Like so many of us have been saying, this line is much better pass blocking than run blocking.


Vollmer definitely run blocks better than Light does though.

mayoclinic

He's right. The Oline would probably agree with him. They need to do a better job of run blocking. Hopefully they'll rise to the challenge.

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Deus Irae

I found that exchange very interesting. This is the second time in a row that I've listened to the "monday after" interview and heard Belichick give a pretty clear defense of Maroney.

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BradyManny

Silly Belichick, obviously he hasn't read all the threads that show how clearly Maroney is nothing but a tip-toeing frightened little dancer made of glass.

Marqui

Fred Taylor seemed to do fine behind the same Oline..

Ice_Ice_Brady

We've had a lot of backs during the Maroney era, and some of them have looked good at times, but none of them looked anything near a dominant running back. That should say something about the blocking.

BradyManny

I never would have thought that to be the case - but the line seemingly has done a better job with Vollmer in there. I thought Light was a good run blocker before.

Though, to me, I wouldn't pin any one individual on the O-Line with the reason they fail to create holes at times. Sometimes they are simply outnumbered, sometimes the plays were a little too predictable run/pass - and I think the balance we're seeing in this offense right now is a good way to fix the latter issue.

mayoclinic

Admittedly Taylor looked better than Maroney, but he was getting the bulk of the carries and his average wasn't much better (4.5 vs. 4.3 YPC). And Taylor and Morris are probably better suited to making something when running into a crowd of defenders because of their size and more physical style.

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Deus Irae

Did he really? He played in 4 games before going on the shelf. Here are his YPCs:

2.78
5.75
5.00
3.57


Seems to me that he was inconsistent. You know, like the run blocking.

I'm not knocking Taylor, and I find it funny that people think comparing Maroney to a future hall of fame running back is somehow a way to insult Maroney, but the people who've been consistently bashing Maroney really don't seem to know much about something as basic as a team's running game. Either that, or they haven't bothered to actually watch the film with a focus on the running game.

We see a lot of that with the media.

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