RayClay
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I expect to see Vereen to eat into Woody's snaps. Hopefully that happens this week. Vereen is faster, bigger, and catches the ball better...oh and he can break more tackles.
Woodhead has been an extremely valuable asset since he arrived. If you are expecting the same production as in the past, it might look dissappointing. This offense is vastly different from the spread/no-huddle we had been seeing. Those monster lanes Woody had are not gonna be there as often, but as seen during his called back TD run, if he gets space, he is tough to get down. When the draw plays are there, that is where he excels. Continue with the experiment!
That's if Vereen is able to even see the field without being put on IR for a cornea scratch.
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The guy had somebody roll up his ankle. Seriously, WTF? Maybe you should be dogging AH, he can't seem to get through a season without getting sand in his vag.
Tough to get down?
Woodhead is a 3rd down back he comes in on passing downs he is averaging 7 att per game and Ridley is averageing almost 20 att per game i dont see a problem here u have to change it up
The problem is that he's only generating 19 yards/g with those 7 atts.
The problem is that he's only generating 19 yards/g with those 7 atts.
IF Vereen can ever get healthy and contribute, it's possible he could fight for some of Woodhead's snaps. But Bolden isn't a great 3rd down / hurry-up back, and unless you want Ridley burnt out by week 12 getting 100% of the RB snaps, Woodhead is going to have to play some. Personally, I like the kid and think he'll be fine once the O-Line gets closer to what it should be. Don't write him off after 2 games when he's had 2 productive years for us prior to that.
He had one productive year and one 'meh' year. Year three is starting out as 'meh'. That's a bad sign.
His numbers dropped a bit, but I don't think a 4.6 YPC, plus 18 catches is a "meh" year for a player who was suddenly splitting time with two new RB's in Ridley and Vereen (who both saw snaps last year) and an offense that suddenly found itself with two TE's who caught everything, including one who had an unprecedented, record breaking season. He's had two productive seasons for his position.