If Green-Ellis would now make the team, given our current roster, then Belichick will be bringing another running back to replace him after final cuts or a week thereafter. He's that good.
Thats awesome. Never gets old.
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.If Green-Ellis would now make the team, given our current roster, then Belichick will be bringing another running back to replace him after final cuts or a week thereafter. He's that good.
And yet, when this competition occurred last year, Green-Ellis got almost no reps as a running back, when one or even two of these running backs were injured.
Your point is correct. The mountain should not be a tough one. Even a JAG running back, with well-below average skills, should have had lots and lots of reps last year, given the injury situations.
However, Belichick has a strange philosophy. He plays the best players at the time of the game. The reality was that it was better to have NO ONE as an alternative when folks were injured. than to have Ben-Jarvis.
Green-Ellis couldn't beat out the unstoppable NO ONE last year for reps. Maybe Belichick will keep five again, so that Green-Ellis will have the same competition for reps during the year as he did last year.
What many posters here argue is that if Green-Ellis is to make this team, he needs to convince Belichick that he is better than Fred Taylor OR Maroney OR Faulk OR Morris. Personally, I think that if one of the four were to retire (certainly a live possibility), Green-Ellis would not be able to step up and beat out NO ONE. Belichick would likely add a free agent running back before Game 2.
We all found out the week that Maroney was cut that he wasn't a hard worker. We also found out that week that BJGE is a real hard worker and is always looking to improve and listens to everybody that offers him advice.
This is all about attitude, BJGE has it, Maroney doesn't.
If you could get a guy with Maroney's undoubted talent and lawfirm's work ethic you would have a superstar for sure.
I don't think lawfirm has reached his full potential yet, a guy that works as hard as he does and listens so intently will get better and better for a number of years.
If BJGE could be the answer, don't you at least want to find that out?
Isn't that what pre-season is for?
BJGE has been superior at avoiding bad plays (fumbles or even TFL).
He has been no-apologies adequate at running the ball in general.
He hasn't been special at blocking or moving the pile or receiving or anything else I can think of other than avoiding bad plays.
I'm fine with a guy like that starting, but I'd want his backup to be approximately as good (at least), and hence to have a chance of surpassing him.
Actually, if we assume Taylor's problem is rust, that standard is met.
1.) I'm happy with RBBC. Apparently, so is BB.
2.) Maroney is not a bust
3.) If you really think so poorly of Maroney, Taylor, and Morris, then what can that possibly say about BJGE, given that he's had plenty of opportunities where he could have seen the field, yet was kept off by the coaching staff. Gosh, I wonder why they're so intent on sequestering this superlative talent.
Apparently, it is what the season is for, too.
Binky Post of the Year. Armen, you are the man!
That makes sense AJ....just don't think that BJGE would be unemployed long.
KC and Denver know what he brings to the table.....not sure how they are set for depth at RB, but BJGE might be an upgrade for one or both as depth.
BJGE has not fumbled this year. Given the type of offense that the Pats now run, I would say that makes him an excellent fit for this team. Props to BJGE, he has far exceeded my expectations.
He was on 98.5 not too long ago, and they asked about this. He hasn't fumbled the ball since he was 15 years old. Incredible stat.
I would still like to know what it was that made people defend Maroney to the level they did, his weaknesses were always painfully obvious. Some of the comments in this thread are pure comedy gold.
I would still like to know what it was that made people defend Maroney to the level they did, his weaknesses were always painfully obvious. Some of the comments in this thread are pure comedy gold.