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2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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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.We get 20 pounds on him, and hell yeah!Fellas fellas fellas...I think we're forgetting Tom "The Tank" Brady
And how did that work out for them in the 4th quarter?Atlanta doesn't have a big bruising RB and that is plenty effective.
It is nice to have one but not needed.
Beastmode (supposedly he is open to un-retiring).
I'm a fan, not a guy who plays a GM on a forum. Lynch is a jerk: I can't root for him. Blount seems like a good egg, he had a good season, and I'd like to see him back.
Yeah yeah, we get it that you've got a hard on for Blount. Message delivered, the horse died. You can stop beating him now.This guy went to the Steelers...The ****in Steelers! After the first go round...Does anyone understand that?! And they cut his ass mid season cause he quit on them, and Bill re signed him cause he was available, and better than what was in house...That's the only reason he was here. MORE than replaceable, unless he wants to come back for the minimum.
I'm not even talking bout drafting a guy for THIS YEAR. if the Pats draft one I think it's gonna be for 2 years from now, because Burkhead is our guy this year.
And those 18 TD's are a mirage, my friend. Blount did not magically find the fountain of youth.
Every running back will get stuffed at times. That's almost more on the OC or the Offensive Line than it is on the RB. Blount leading the league in rushing touchdowns says a lot about:^yup, you occasionally saw Blount carrying people when he got up a head of steam.....but too often I saw him get stuffed at or behind the line of scrimmage. Don't need him now.
************! Blount is not the key to this offense!
This "gotta have a banger over 240", stuff is comical. Get a damn grip already! If BB deemed him a necessity we certainly have the cap space, that it would have been done already. Good god.
I'm having a hard time seeing space on this roster for a RB that's only there for short yardage situations, particularly that when they had those situations late in the SB they used White effectively. Unless Lewis' hamstring is a complete tear and there's concern that he'll never return to be a strong player, and Burkhead replaces him on the roster rather than supplements him.
On the other hand, all this talk that Belichick is planning on using Burkhead more than other backs because of his contract is silly. The contract amount is just a reflection of the marketplace situation. The coach isn't going to plan to play one player over another because of how much money he's making, any more than he would play a player more because of his draft position. They had to pay a certain amount to get Burkhead on the roster; some analysts were saying he was the best FA RB available, if you look beyond the superficial. Now he's here, and he's on equal footing with everyone else. I'm sure the team would love for an UDFA to come in and make every other RB on the roster unnecessary, including Burkhead.
And how did that work out for them in the 4th quarter?
Burkhead is an interesting if not extravagant signing; but as of today, if I'm on the opponent's 2 yard line, and I need to call a running play, I'm giving the ball to Blunt…until Burkhead proves otherwise.
I see nothing at all wrong with signing Blunt to the same deal plus incentives under which he played this past season (with maybe a liitle thank-you bump), and then drafting a Power Back of the future somewhere between 96 and 163. Possible targets already mentioned include D'Onte Foreman, Samaje Perine and James Connor; others to watch are Kareem Hunt, Wayne Gallman and the execrable Joe Mixon.
Waste of a roster spot.