RayClay
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Both he and ryan claimed it wasnt a disciplinary action. One of the series is skewed with the brady int as well.
Do you think they would say if it was?
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He averaged 4.2 yards a carry and busted out a 19 yard rush
It boggles my mind how we don't have Ridley play 90% of the snaps until the game is out of hand.
Would you guys prefer that Ridley's reps come primarily is the 1st half or porimarily in the 2nd half. I don't think it is an option of Ridley to simply be the one primary back. We have decided on RB by committee.
Do you understand the concept of RBBC?
He should get all the reps until they rest him and the two backups can pick it up. Bolden as a passing back sub (though he's not good) Blount as a second half runner against tired defenses.
Ridley is the better back in all phases except receiving and I'm not sure he might not be better than Bolden there. When Vereen returns, the natural order will be two starters, two backups.
It boggles my mind how we don't have Ridley play 90% of the snaps until the game is out of hand. I just don't understand what BB's problem is with him. The guy is our best RB by miles and he clearly scares the **** of out the other team's D. Yet we hold him back.
Today, we started playing better around the same time he started getting snaps. He completely changes our O and how the other team plays us. How can BB not see this?
Nope... stupid concept when when you have a clear top 5-7 back in the league.
He should get all the reps until they rest him and the two backups can pick it up. Bolden as a passing back sub (though he's not good) Blount as a second half runner against tired defenses.
Ridley is the better back in all phases except receiving and I'm not sure he might not be better than Bolden there. When Vereen returns, the natural order will be two starters, two backups.
During the game, it was difficult to comprehend why the team's best pure rusher, Stevan Ridley, was seemingly used so sparingly. One theory floated from this perspective on Twitter was that perhaps it was a result of some in-house discipline for his actions on a touchdown run last week (he high-stepped it in), but with the benefit of time in putting together the snap counts, the feeling here is that probably wasn't it. An educated guess is that Ridley's lack of snaps were combination of: 1) Brandon Bolden being viewed as the best pass-protecting back and that being prioritized in this week's plan based on the varied blitzes the Dolphins had shown on film; 2) A rotation with LeGarrette Blount in the "big back" role that limited overall opportunities for both because the Patriots didn't have a lot of plays. Had the Patriots sustained more drives, the substitution pattern between Blount and Ridley likely would have been seen more clearly. The substitution pattern showed up by looking closely at the team's longest drives -- on the 15-play, second-quarter march, Ridley took all the "big back" snaps while Bolden was on for the "passing back" snaps; and on the 13-play fourth-quarter drive, Blount took all the "big back" snaps but one, while Bolden took the "passing back" snaps