Sony has twice as many carries as Ridley had as a rookie.
Averages almost 1 less YPC.
Has only 1 fumble (as did Ridley in half the carries) though it was on the twisty leg play.
I’d say they are similar though I prefer Sony’s ball security much more....shoot I just jinxed him.
Keep in mind Ridley walked into a loaded offense. This year the Pat's had easily one of the worst wr groups in the league prior to the Gordon trade and JEs vacation. The oline has been so makeshift at times that I thought it was pretty clear Brady had 0 trust in them and his footwork was a mess because of it. How many times has Sony been tied up for a loss/negligible gain because of dancing/not making his move? He seems to excel at taking what is there. He was showing some explosiveness when he came back from the preseason knee only to get pretzeled up and hobbled a bit.
Hopefully hes healed up and Burkhead can stay on the bench where he belongs, outside of a short spell here and there. His use last week was almost as ridiculous as the last play of the game. It was almost as bad as McD forcing hooman on the field during the deflategate game when everyone in the stadium could see they had no answer for gronk lined up left with dev leading the way.
It'd be nice if McD could choose a coaches pet who isnt useless (ok, rex isnt that bad). His insistence to bail on any sort of effective run game the second they trail by 3 points is infuriating. Once Miami went up, Sony never got a chance until McD decided to go vanilla run and Atlanta'd his way to a conservative loss.
For all the credit we give the coaching staff around here, they seem pretty hell bent on proving themselves the smartest in the stadium, and it costs them more often than it doesn't. Bb/butler sb. Jackson/Josh in Miami mash unit game a few years back. Welker/bb jets afccg. Can you really give them credit when a tackle eligible play works (balt playoffs)? That's more an inept coach on the other sideline than a brilliant call by Josh. I'm sick of the cute "next man up" nonsense when there is no reason for the next man to be on the field because the clearly more physically talented player is still readily available. These bumbs come in and get designed looks time and again, and usually dont do much with them. What does boy wonder do? Double down and try it again a few weeks later, if not the next game.
I can't imagine how miserable I'd be watching a truly inept staff like the NYJ or PITT.
I may have woken up on the wrong side of the bed, and that pathetic peewee football display with 8 seconds to go has left a bad taste in my mouth. Screw 27(think that was the db) for calmly jogging behind from the sideline to the middle of the field after the last lateral. Joker could have made that play. Such is life. Hopefully we get to see Tomlin have a ***** fit on national tv later
