Maroney's breakout game was against Buffalo in Week 1. For whatever reason he has not been used as much as he was earlier in the season, however this has coincided with overall improvement from the team. He still has a role to play and will likely see a lot more PT against the Colts than he did in SD.
Someone who has yet to have a breakout game is... well his name rhymes with Thad Mackson.
Maroney's breakout game was against Buffalo in Week 1. For whatever reason he has not been used as much as he was earlier in the season, however this has coincided with overall improvement from the team. He still has a role to play and will likely see a lot more PT against the Colts than he did in SD.
Someone who has yet to have a breakout game is... well his name rhymes with Thad Mackson.
His actual breakout was against Cincy, besides returns, he hasn't really done much since. He did well the last 2 regular season games in his brief appearances.
His actual breakout was against Cincy, besides returns, he hasn't really done much since. He did well the last 2 regular season games in his brief appearances.
There seems to be something about the plays called for him that tips teams off to the run. Maroney was the back on every Bob Sanders run blitz in the first game and he was stuffed on two run blitzes by Marlon Mcree against the SD. If a team ever guessed wrong we might be able to burn them, but they seem to know our tendencies...
There seems to be something about the plays called for him that tips teams off to the run. Maroney was the back on every Bob Sanders run blitz in the first game and he was stuffed on two run blitzes by Marlon Mcree against the SD. If a team ever guessed wrong we might be able to burn them, but they seem to know our tendencies...
Probably because every time Maroney comes in, you HAVE TO expect run (because that's all the Pats do with Maroney ). He's no Kevin Faulk as a receiver (yet). Pretty much like you know 80% of the time Faulk is in it's gonna be a pass. They hardly ever do play action or screen to Maroney when he's in. Next year may be different, but the Pats O is pretty damned predictable.
Every game lately someone makes this post and every week I just shake my head. Maroney currently has more talent than Dillon and yet Dillon is running better than Maroney.
Maroney is still hurt ... it takes at least 3 months to really recover from his injury. So, if and when he has a great game IMO it is not a breakout game ... it means he's healthy again and I like that more.
Patriots will stay balanced this Sunday ... I doubt anyone is going to be featured.
You better the pats will have a chance to stay balanced. The colts have shut down the ravens and cheifs. If the pats try to runn too much or pass too much the colts will take advantage. You better pray to god we dont get an early lead.
No deep handoffs. No slow-developing plays. The Pats have looked brutal in recent weeks when running this way. Indy ate this up in November. Quick handoffs, hit the hole fast and hard is the way to go.
No deep handoffs. No slow-developing plays. The Pats have looked brutal in recent weeks when running this way. Indy ate this up in November. Quick handoffs, hit the hole fast and hard is the way to go.
Agreed. Indy's defense is based on speed. Countering speed with power works, but only if you allow your power game the time to get to full speed before getting hit. Slow developing run plays allow a fast defense to hit your guys before they get going. Hopefully the Pats learned from that mistake from the first game and run more quick developing run plays to take advantage of our power game while negating their speed game.
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