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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.Maroney breakout game thread #53 ... sooner or later someone will get the week right. :ugh:
maroney breakout game thread #53 ... Sooner or later someone will get the week right. :ugh:
bingo! We got bingo!
The bigger question is, who do I start as an emergency fill-in RB this week?
Maroney today in bad weather vs. the Titans, or a banged up Buckhalter on Monday night against the Chargers???
Yes, I'm between a rock and a hard place, but any advice is appreciated!
Yes, yes it is Maroney's breakout game. The latest in a series of them in fact. Every freaking game is Maroney's breakout game, except those that have not been, to date, just about all of them.
Eventually he'll top 100 yards. And, what?
He is what he is. He can get yards in space. He is not at present an every-down guy. Can we please, one day, some day, please stop hanging on this or that situation and saying hopefully "Is this Maroney's breakout game?" or "Is this Maroney's breakout year?"
It's time to stop looking for signs and time to look at him as a functional piece of the puzzle, and stop asking "when will he be more?" One day maybe he shows us more, then it's a pleasant surprise.
You can't break him of that style of his, but this is not the playground and its not a saturday in the college ranks... this is the NFL, and the side-to-side move has seldom had any effect much different from standing still. That is a bad strategy for a running back. There is a reason they're called running backs, not shuffling backs or standing backs.
Okay enough. I'm actually a Maroney backer from way back. He can break off chunks of yardage on occasion. He has never yet consistently shown decisiveness. Last week I did see him pick up some of the tough yards and I got a little smile... but then he was back to the wasted motions that have marked his few years in the NFL thus far.
So, from your lips to God's ears and all that... but I'm not holding my breath.
(PS, by the transitive property of cursed posts, Maroney will now run for 200 yards and 4 TDs.)
PFnV
If you want to have a feature back, you have to feature the back. If you want to see a feature back play like one, he has to have the blocking to succeed.
When I see him fail after both of the above come true, I will agree with all the naysayers.
100 + yards?
Hes a great RB that needs some blocking and playcalling, but I like his chances on a slippery field where the stutter step is a deadly move. Ala Barry Sanders.
Go Koolaid
100 + yards?
He's a great RB that needs some blocking and playcalling, but I like his chances on a slippery field where the stutter step is a deadly move. Ala Barry Sanders.
Go Koolaid
Time to introduce the Law Firm !!
Breakout game?
100+ yards?
Um, No.
Not today.
Not ever.