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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.It's been 5 years since we had a running game that could strike fear into the hearts of the opponent. It's about time
Let's hope they are patient enough to use it. They had quite a bit of success when they ran the ball. The Jets practically begged them to run it on them and they chose not to. We can only hope.
I'm curious how all these backs are going to be used. Will be very interesting to see next year who doesn't make it out of camp on the roster.
Before the draft, many here thought that the running game might get a bit of attention, but improving the running game wasn't really much of a priority. Apparently, Belichick had different ideas. He drafted
1) an OT
2) a road grader OG
3) two running backs, and a
4) blocking TE
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That is one way to look at it, and what you say is not untrue.
But, glass half-full is...
1) an OT to replace our Pro-bowl FA
2) a road grader with Lymphoma who may not be ready to play until after he beat cancer
3) two running backs who will probably see more time on ST as rookies than in the regular offense
4) a rookie #3 blocking TE that first needs to make the roster ahead of a team captain
I love these picks but, other than Solder, I think these guys are mostly role players on a deep roster. I dont think we've transformed the running game. I think we've given it some depth and durability. But I don't think it will be more dominant or explosive than what we've seen.
And, I'll suggest, BB wasn't trying to transform his running game; he was just bolstering. If he wanted to do transform it, he'd have picked Watkins and Ingram, and resigned Light, which was in his power. Instead, he replaced Light, passed on Ingram in preference for Vereen + 1st next year. And my read is that Connelly is our Day One starter at RG.