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I was really getting to think Maroney would be around for a few more years.
His running aside ... he is a horrible pass blocker
and I think that is why he goes more than anything. On a running team he would be a nice #2 RB.
He bounced off Ray Lewis today ... that was ugly.
Maroney's pass blocking has been improved this year, and a lot of running backs have looked bad trying to block Lewis. But I do think that Belichick will abandon the "can we draft a thoroughbred and convert him into a plow horse?" experiment, and cut Maroney loose. Really, there's no reason not to, given the way they misuse the kid at the position. If he's going to fail at the NFL level from here forward, let him do it on a team that actually signs players for the skills they have instead of doing it for the skills they think they can force them to develop.
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