Patspsycho

BJGE ran for 87 yards last night, the most yards any RB has gained against Pittsburgh this season.

Pittsburgh has the #1 run defense. They are allowing 2.8 YPC.

BJGE averaged 4.8 yards.

But I guess we will continue to hear more about how he is a JAG, an unimpressive back, or this or that. He had one dropped pass last night (4 for 5, 36 yards) and some posters were vitriolic about that. Or maybe it was the OL.

ALP

BJ is a good runner;

but the O-line was on fire last night, pass and run, BJ had some nice holes all night long

would also like to point out that BJ needs more consistency, great to close out against the vikes and steelers, sucked against the browns w/o a vaunted D

also, if i am not mistaken, he was saved primarily for the 2nd half....not a whole game back?

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mgteich

Mankins being back had nothing to do with his success?
The success of the passing game had nothing to do with his success?
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Perhaps you are one of the group of folks who think that we already have our Number 1 go-to running back for the the forseeable future. For the rest of us, one of the highest priorities in the offseason will be to upgrade the team at the running back position.

The Dynasty

The OL deserves the majority of the credit on this one. BJGE had some huge holes to run through. On some occasions he wasnt even touched until he had already ran for 6 or 7 yards.

It wasnt like he was breaking tackles at the line of scrimmage to gain these yards. He did run pretty hard though, but most of the credit goes out to the OL

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Modest

A lot of those yards were from short passes, were they not?

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KoolAid

Better not forget Alge Crumpler here either, he had a whale of a game blocking with the big guys for BJGE. He tossed a few guys out of the way and opened some nice lanes. He has really been an unsung hero for this team, and picked up a nice 1st down grab to boot.

The Dynasty

Huh? He is a running back. We're talking about his rushing numbers.

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mgteich

Crumpler is a hero, but NOT an unsung hero. He was named one of the team captains after Faulk was put on IR.

But, yes when blocking is discussed, Crumpler (and Grankowski) should also be given kudos.

shmessy

Knowing that Denver just put 49 points up against the Chiefs yesterday, I meandered over to see how our old friend Maroney did - - - he was not even activated for the game.

Just throwing it out there - - what happens if McDaniels cuts him and we pick him up for the PS? We keep the 4th rounder. Might not be a bad idea for the practice squad in case Fred Taylor can't get off the DL. He does know the system.

After how the drafted and undrafted rookies are performing, the Moss larceny and possibly this, BB could get arrested for pickpocketing this year.

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JFK

Hopefully BJGE gets better next year otherwise I believe we need to get better in our RB Dept.