I'm pretty sure alot of people didn't give Blount a cats hell of making the team in the pre season and i'm pretty sure they were shocked he did what he did last Sunday so that's why.
As for the game they ran it down their throats and that set it up for Tom to throw a TD to Vereen, so again balance is important. I don't like pass heavy and i don't like run heavy. Brady is the master of PA passes in the rain or not in the rain so just another to not go crazy on the run.
Having said that though i do want to see Blount featured HEAVILY against the Colts who shouldn't be able to touch him.
I'm sure everyone was surprised at the day he had, a once in a lifetime thing. He did have a 1,000 yard season, but the reason I was hoping they'd give him a chance was the videos on youtube showing him beasting like we haven't seen quite until Buffalo (through he was getting stronger since the ridley benching).
Kind of OT, but I completely disagree. They used to have his 278 yard game on youtube. He was quite a bit faster in his early years at Cincinnati. He became a power back because he lost some speed, but he was such a great back he was still dominant
Kind of OT, but I completely disagree. They used to have his 278 yard game on youtube. He was quite a bit faster in his early years at Cincinnati. He became a power back because he lost some speed, but he was such a great back he was still dominant
I think there are some parallels between 2004 CD and 2007 RandU. Sure, they may not have been at their absolute physical peak, but they were pretty close, and their newfound craftiness made up for the small erosion in skill.
I think there are some parallels between 2004 CD and 2007 RandU. Sure, they may not have been at their absolute physical peak, but they were pretty close, and their newfound craftiness made up for the small erosion in skill.
I love Dillon and think he should be in the HOF, but he definitely was craftier and stronger, but he had a completley different style, more different than Randy IMO. Dillon could just outrun guys in his prime, he had to hit them with us.
Kind of OT, but I completely disagree. They used to have his 278 yard game on youtube. He was quite a bit faster in his early years at Cincinnati. He became a power back because he lost some speed, but he was such a great back he was still dominant
Exactly. He was faster but I would argue just because someone isn't as fast as they used to be doesn't mean that they aren't in their prime. CD was 30 when he got here and had the best year of his career. He was still quick and could get to the hole without issue.
The reason some local fans are shocked by Blount is that the Patriot fan base by and large only follows professional football, to the exclusion of college football, and believes that Foxboro is at the center of the NFL universe. Tampa Bay may as well be Pluto.
As a consequence, Blount appears like some bright star that wandered into the heavens out of nowhere.
I think there are some parallels between 2004 CD and 2007 RandU. Sure, they may not have been at their absolute physical peak, but they were pretty close, and their newfound craftiness made up for the small erosion in skill.
Another parallel was that when they decided that they were done, they were done.
Dillon had a pretty good 06 and I bet still had some runs left in him. Just as I believe if he was in the right mindset, Moss could have had a very good 2010.
Comparing Corey Dillon to LeGarrette Blount is non-sense....no comparison.
Blount is an NFL RB to be sure....but he nowhere near has the vision or initial burst of Corey Dillon. Blount had a one or two good games as a completely unexpected option for the Pats...Dillon had about 50 or 60 good games as a lead back in the NFL that was guaranteed 20 touches.
Exactly. He was faster but I would argue just because someone isn't as fast as they used to be doesn't mean that they aren't in their prime. CD was 30 when he got here and had the best year of his career. He was still quick and could get to the hole without issue.
He was faster, but he was also strong. He was smarter and motivated, but physically, when he was in Cincinnati, running against stacked defenses for 245, 278 and 200+yds, he was in his prime.
He had a great year here with a hall of fame QB as a different type of back.
Yes, Blount has run like this before, as a rookie -- but not since then. And RB is the classic one-year-wonder position. (Kevin Jones? Steve Slaton? Ladell Betts? etc. etc.)
IMO, anybody who says Blount's late-season performance with the Patriots was "expected" is forgetting the clearest evidence of what kind of player the league thought he was: the kind that's only worth Jeff Demps and a late 7th-round pick.
Even with epic "character concerns," quality players net more than that. So I'm sticking with my pleasant sense of surprise.
Blount is quite a specimen on his own to have that speed at 250, but he'll never match Dillon overall. In my mind Dillon is top 5-10 all time because he could outrun, or punish teams more so than a Curtis Martin or others with great numbers.
I love Martin, but if i had a crappy qb and needed to depend on a running back to carry the load, I'd take the 278 yard game of Dillon over most RBs this side of Jim Brown. That defense just wanted to go home by the end of that game.
Good. I hope that Indy is studying the game film of the Buffalo game and pushing all their chips on stopping Bount from killing them. If they key on the run, we have this other guy (you might have heard of him... Tom Brady) who can make them pay for putting 8 in the box and keying on the run...
He was faster, but he was also strong. He was smarter and motivated, but physically, when he was in Cincinnati, running against stacked defenses for 245, 278 and 200+yds, he was in his prime.
He had a great year here with a hall of fame QB as a different type of back.
I don't disagree with anything you've said. I think other posters and I have a different definition of "prime". My take on prime is that an athlete is still operating and performing at a level that they expect to. I agree that Dillon 04 was not Dillon 1997 but he was still dominant and performing at a very high level.
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