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[SIZE=+2]Patriots want Maroney to rein in running style
[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]01:00 AM EST on Friday, November 16, 2007
[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]BY SHALISE MANZA YOUNG
Journal Sports Writer
[/SIZE]FOXBORO — Laurence Maroney is fast. Runs fast, talks fast, quick with a smile or a joke.
But for Maroney to maximize his yardage, he might have to take things a bit slower.
“I feel like I’m a big-play guy and sometimes that hurts me,” Maroney said yesterday. “Maybe I see too much, and I feel like I have the speed so I can bounce around to the outside, and sometimes that hurts me.”
Maroney acknowledged that the coaching staff would rather he gain most of his yards in 4- to 5-yard chunks, but he’d rather get more.
The second-year running back has had a frustrating season personally, as he’s struggled through rehab from off-season shoulder surgery and a groin injury that had him on the sidelines for three games last month.
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