moosekill

I would say Maroney has had an ok year this year. Good year is too strong in my opinion. He has run much much better for the last 4 or 5 games, but his fumbling will be why he is not back.

SpiderFox53

Why yes, yes it does.

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woolster22

Maroney is frustrating. finally starts putting his head down and running with some decisiveness and turns into a turnover machine in the redzone. Hopefully he puts some work into that in the off season and comes back with a monster year behind light mankins vollmer and a OC/G to-be-drafted-later. He deffinately has the most raw skill, he just needs to realize his potential and stop screwin the pooch on goalline carries. I hated on the guy pretty hard earlier this season and it was nice to see him develop, but the fumbles gotta stop.

PatsFanDan

Maybe not from you but there is and has been plenty of Maroney hate amongst Pats fans...on this board as well as others.

The bottom line in my mind is that he has been a much better back this season than in the previous couple of years. Some theorize that is largely due to the fact that he is healthy but I also think he's been coached up on his vision and running north/south instead of east and west. The dancing around in the backfield has to a large degree disappeared from his game.

Fumbles aside, he's been pretty productive this season. The fumble in Indy almost certainly contributed to the loss but today's fumble was a flukey missed call that should very well have been a TD.

I don't think he's been terrible at protecting the ball by any means.

moosekill

I never really hated on the guy, but other than than, I completely agree with this post.

woolster22

I dont think anyone was arguing that he's been running better as of late. The fumbling would be the issue now. You say he's gettin the espn treatment but how would you characterize the guy based on his entire career so far? I'd go with flashes of promise over shadowed by indecisive running, a fumbling problem, inconsistency, and lets throw in fragile for good measure.

Gwedd

Don't need to hear the hate from imbeciles like yourself. Coach decides who to play.

Maroney is still the best back the Patriots have.

Pats fan in Vikes land

Did he even see the field again after the fumble? I swear I didn't see him out there again after that.

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moosekill

I can guaranty I am not an imbecile. Perhaps a quick check of the mirror would help the identity crisis for you.

However that has little to do with Maroney and his recent inability to hold onto the ball.

moosekill

Guess BB and I are imbeciles.