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Blount is a very valuable player early on this year because he extends the shelf life of our feature back Ridley. We don't need Ridley against crappy teams like TB, we need him against Balt and DEN in January.
Looking back a few years ago, Belichick's use of running backs in 2007 was awesome. Knowing Maroney's fragile health history, he'd go to Maroney somewhat sparingly during the regular year , but would rely on him heavily in the playoffs.....where he was a stud. We need a HEALTHY Ridley if we have any shot at going deep in the playoffs this year. If we overuse Ridley now, and he gets hurt, we are toast because Vereen doesn't come back till week 8.
This is likely the best reasoning for keeping Blount, as he provides another capable body at the position, and can be used to take some of the workload in situations that are not as important. I actually have posted about this myself in some of the thoughts and different threads, although I'm not sure if that is in this thread or not.
Aside from that though, I don't think he offers much talent-wise, and obviously I hope that his fumbling issues do not come to light in a NEP uniform.