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Aside from a few decent games late last season (and much of it was due to the fact that defenses laid back to guard against the pass) - What have you seen from Maroney with the exception of a few flashes that makes you think he is anything more than garbage and one of the worst #1 picks in NE history?
Seriously, how long have you been following the Pats? It can't have been that long if you make a statement like this.
He is injury prone and cannot take a direct hit,He does not bounce off defenders - Does not have the vision it takes for an elite runner and hesitates north to south way too much
I've seen Maroney do everything you've claimed he doesn't do. Your problem is that you just don't realize that Maroney is not a North/South Power Runner. He's a back who can run with power and there is a difference. Some people on this board have a hard time comprehending that.
BB and Pioli don't make alot of mistakes in the draft but they fu(ked up BIG time in round 1 of 2006 there instead of grabbing Addai or Jones-Drew ect;
Off course with Maroney lovers, its always the excuse that the OL was not playing well or LoMo was playing injured.
If the OL was so good as people say last season, Maroney should still have had something near a 1,000 yard rushing season - didn't happen
You're BS statement at the end is just more proof of how irrational you are.
The Pats O-line was very good. What you fail to take into consideration is that Maroney missed several games. You also don't take into consideration that, late in the season, the Pats faced off against 3 of the toughest running teams in the league and the Pats decided to THROW the ball almost exclusively.
Maroney had 185 carries for 835 yards (4.5 ypc). Thats with missing 3 games and being used only sparingly in 4 others because that's what the game plan called for. In the 1st 2 games of the play-offs, Maroney added another 244 yards on 47 carries (5.19 YPC). That is over 1000 yards and over 220 carries.
People need to stop acting like the play-offs don't exist and that the players don't take a beating then as well.