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There was ONE lead back last year returning kicks. Adrian Peterson. And I dont even know when he returned those kicks. It was likely earlier in the season before he became clearly their best runner. Maroney did not have a single return last year in the regular season.
Its not a matter of bringing in some old guy like SA to backup Maroney and take over if LM gets hurt playing special teams. Because trust me, at this point, you dont want SA carrying the ball on offense instead of Maroney. I realize he's had a tremendous career, but those times are gone. An offense is a complex thing. You bring in a vet like Alexander or a rookie like McFadden, who knows, you may even be bringing in back who technically runs better with the ball as strictly a pure runner of the football. But what you lose are the chemistry of Maroney playing in and learning and at this point understanding this offense.
But all of this for those TWO YARDS per touch? How bout those 2TDs that Hobbs had? I didnt see you mention that at all, or the stellar job Hobbs himself did. Youve been making this case for 2 measley yards, but if you honestly think that's making or breaking teams, specifically a team that won 18 consecutive games, I hate to be the master of the obvious here, but that's just a little too much thought for its own good.
Personally I think Hobbs is a little hit or miss. I don't think he was all that great of a returner last year. He had the big return in the Jets game and didn't do much after that. I will take someone who is consistantly going to get you an extra 2 yards than someone who once a season will take it to the house.
I think we have exhausted this argument. You don't think STs is worth enough to use starters and I am willing to risk a good RB if we had a good back up RB.
If you want to say that you don't trust Alexander to be that back up than that is something I could by into. Again all I was saying was that the fact that he doesn't play STs meant nothing because Maroney does.
Personnally I would perfer to get McFadden and have to young stud RBs and than I don't have to worry about injury as much.