Patstopia

I always see him sticking his right shoulder into people trying to knock them down now. Does anyone remember which shoulder he had a problem with last year? Perhaps some of his problems stem from that shoulder injury.

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WelshPat

Yeah i normally rip the guy but he ran like Marion Barber last night. He needs to bring that to every game.

WelshPat

But see, this is what i have a problem with. By 'star' do you mean Chris Johnson or Peterson? Those guys could have 2000 yard seasons in there career. Maroney doesn't have that talent.

mayoclinic

Maroney has the talent to be a 1500 yard back in a system which blocks for him and gives him 20-25 carries. He may not be Chris Johnson or Adrian Peterson, who are pretty elite talents, but he can hold his own with most backs in the league.

Look at DeAngelo Williams. He did nothing for 2 years, then ran for 1500 yards last year and is on pace to do so again this year. Rashard Mendenhall looked like a bust through 3 games this year, and is finally getting consistent carries and is a punishing back on pace for 100 yards. And Cedric Benson was one of the biggest busts in the league for 4 years before breaking out this year as one of the best, and most punishing, backs in the league.

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SeymourTrophies

Yeah, Maroney isn't as talented as the flash or Peterson but he is one of the more talented RB's in the league in terms of raw ability. The psychological aspect of his play is coming along nicely. He makes people pay for tackling him, and he blasted a few safeties before we abandoned the run.

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chris_in_sunnyvale

I think there's something to this, but not this website...

...but Bruschi's public comments after the Tennessee game about how "the footing in the snow made it hard for Maroney to 'dance', so he had to hit the hole hard" (paraphrasing).

When an ex-teammate now-broadcaster calls you out publicly as a 'dancer', that's gotta sting.

I'm not saying that's the sole reason Maroney has stepped it up as of late, but I think it does factor in to some degree.

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Chris

ScrewDrvr

the doesnt say alot

convertedpatsfan

While Maroney's bandwagon starts to fill up, I'm a former Maroney fan who's ready to jump off. I'm really upset about the ball control issues over the past few games.

I read something a few weeks ago about how he had studied a lot of his games and felt the style of running was way different than what he did in college, and that he would go back to that. And I think we've seen that the past few weeks. But the fumbles are awful. For all the talk about the Brady interception destroying momentum, the Pats were down two scores, got the ball to start the second half, and then fumbled it away.

Fortunately, Maroney hustled to cause another fumble, and the Pats would make it a one-score game. But that would have been the end of it had the Saints gotten the ball inside our 30 yard line right after kicking off.

He had 1 fumble in 388 carries in his first 3 seasons, and 3 fumbles over the past few weeks. I don't care about the extra yards or the rushing TDs if he can't hold onto the ball. Hopefully he can find a way to strike a balance between the two.