Can anyone with a clear logical response tell me why Maroney is such a valuable asset in your minds? Nice kid and unlucky say some, but I say if there is a suitor for a trade partner out there, why not trade him if we can get something. He will not make an impact on this roster (maybe no RB will if Brady is hot).
I just don't think that statistics thrown out there in the past by his supporters that can be made to taint or enhance, are even worthy. Is there something that I am missing about him that makes him superior to our other RBs? Would I be wrong in saying his career has been mediocre at this point? Would I be wrong to say a #1 draft choice for him has been iffy at best? Would anyone on this site who has seen him perform in the first 3 pre-season games see anything that has said he has turned his game and M.O. around?
If/when you actually started listening to people who have been "clear and logical with you," then maybe you'll start learning something. And there have been PLENTY of people who have attempted to educate you on Maroney (and Sanders, Watson, etc) whom you've just ignored because their opinions were different than yours and showed you to be severely lacking in your understanding of football.
Here is my advice to you. Go and by yourself a DVR and tape the games. Then, go down to your local Jr. High School and watch the plays.. Particularly, watch how the offensive linemen are blocking. Then go and talk to the coaches and learn about what happens when the holes aren't opened up regularly by the O-line.
Then, go watch the games on your DVR and talk to us about Maroney.
He has value as a trade now. If he dances yet again, he losses value for the Pats to trade him for anything next year.
We are all wanting the same thing for the Pats and that is another Superbowl.
This is what you don't understand. You, and many others, equate cutting to dancing. You did it in game 2 of the pre-season. Does Maroney have to hesitate at times? Yeah, because the holes that are supposed to be there, aren't. Does he screw up at times? Yep. All the players do. Including Brady.
I don't see him as that valuable "potential" starter this year. He would be the least valuable of the starting 11. He is a JAG right now. Please let us be honest.
BB does not care where you are drafted. It is the player who performs the best. He is our worst performing back so far this preseason. Do we hang on to him just because he is a first rounder? We can all see what he is still doing and defend him if you like but it doesn't change anything.
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Maroney is a JAG?? *ROFLMAO* and you wonder why people slam you? Its because of making unintelligent statements like that. You claiming that he would be the "least valuable" of the starting 11 is just you hating on the player. Seriously. You lose all credibility with statements like that.
YOU don't actually see what Maroney is doing. You only see what you want. You have shown, time and again, that you don't want to see that the holes aren't always there for Maroney. You sweep it aside or you, erroneously, blame Maroney.
Maroney was never a power back in college. He was a back that could run with power. And there is a difference. Maroney's best asset is his speed. And, when the holes are open when he gets there, then all is good. However, if the holes are closed when he gets to the line or there are defenders in the backfield as he's getting the ball from Brady, people like yourself blame Maroney. You don't blame the O-line for having been pushed back, not opening the hole they were supposed to or blowing a blocking assignment. Not once have I seen you do that. Not once. You've always blamed Maroney. And that is your fallacy.
Is Maroney perfect? Nope. He's not. He's a 24 year old kid who is still learning the speed of the Pro Game. And he's been affected by the 2 injuries he's had to his shoulder.
What is so annoying about the people who get down on Maroney is that most have admitted, at one time or another, that RBs need carries in a game to get a rhythm going. Usually its 15-20+ carries. Yet, these same people, when it comes to Maroney, ignore those rules as if Maroney is supposed to be some kind of god where the typical rules no longer apply.
Maroney showed in the pre-season exactly what he showed in his rookie season. That he can be a factor in both the running game and the passing game. And that he'll be even more effective as a runner when he's also used in the passing game because it usually catches the defense sleeping.
