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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.he's the kind of back that will eat up burgers and fries... an old, slow back.
Honestly, I'm not sure I love the idea, either. I mean, if it's a HUGE necessity, I guess, but part of me would rather have Barlow or someone like that.
With many of NE's top special teams guys already hurt, who gets cut to make room for Dillon?
I just don't see it happening right now. Maybe later in the year. Frankly, I don't see it happening at all unless Maroney goes down.
Fixed.
No thanks... I don't want Surly Sam in this lockerroom again.
You would raher go into the playoffs with Heath Evans as your primary back?
Maybe it's just me, but I was disappointed in Dillon's conditioning so much last year, and his performances showed it.
He ran far too upright, far too slow, and relied too much on the notion that his power could carry him through holes.
199 carries for 812 yards (4.1 avg) with 13 TD isn't too shabby for splitting time. Folks have a selective memory methinks. Corey was solid.
If he understands he's only getting 5 or so carries a game, bring him back.
Chris has bingo.Maybe it's just me, but I was disappointed in Dillon's conditioning so much last year, and his performances showed it.
He ran far too upright, far too slow, and relied too much on the notion that his power could carry him through holes.
I'd find it hard to believe, no matter how much working out he has done, he's anywhere near the kind of shape he'd need to be in to be successful.
November 3, 2007
RB analysis
By Mike Reiss, Globe Staff
ANALYSIS
With Sammy Morris lost for the season, what do the Patriots do at running back?
The likely answer, unless No. 1 option Laurence Maroney is injured, will be nothing.
The Patriots opened the season with four running backs on their roster -- Maroney, Morris, Kevin Faulk and Heath Evans.
The team still has four on the roster -- Maroney, Faulk, Evans and Kyle Eckel.
The loss of Morris means that the health of Maroney, who missed three games this season with a groin injury, becomes even more important. If Maroney experiences more health problems, the team is now not as well equipped to handle it.
But if Maroney stays healthy, adding a fifth running back to the mix seems unlikely. While players like Corey Dillon and Kevan Barlow have high name recognition -- and would be smart to keep on the emergency list -- they wouldn't have as much all-around value to the Patriots as a player like Eckel, a former practice squad player who has been playing on the kickoff return, punt return, kickoff coverage, and punt coverage teams.
So the special teams contributions of a player like Eckel would trump the need to bring in a player like Dillon or Barlow, who unless they contributed on special teams wouldn't have a spot on the 45-man game-day roster.
From this view, the only aspect that would significantly alter that equation would be an injury to Maroney.