Making the Club From the Tub

[Synovia]

This.

Morris is old, and just about as injury prone as Maroney. It comes down to dollars vs. need. The drop off from Morris to BJGE in talent is not worth the difference in $$. just MHO.

The difference in cash is well under $1M, and BJGE, can't block, and can't run. I'm not dropping .5 ypc for $500K.

 

[Synovia]

On the other hand, the Pats don't run the ball as much as other teams. .

I'm amazed how ignorant you are.

In 2008, the Patriots ran the ball 513 times. Good for 4th in the NFL. Behind Baltimore, Atlanta, and Minnesota. Ahead of such "Run based offenses" as the Steelers and Giants.

In 2007, the Patriots ran the ball 451 times, good for 9th in the NFL. Only Jacksonville and Tenessee ran the ball more than the 513 times the Patriots ran in '08, as carries were down across the league.


In 2006, The patriots ran the 499 times, good for 6th in the league.

The only team in the NFL that consistently runs the ball more than the Patriots is the Atlanta Falcons

 

[JD10367]

I'm amazed how ignorant you are.

I'm amazed that I don't give a sh*t how ignorant you think I am.

Perhaps I shouldn't have stated it as "the Pats don't run as much as other teams". The correct phrasing would've probably been, "The Pats don't NEED to run as much as other teams." The Pats have lived and died with the passing game. Tom Brady, Randy Moss, Wes Welker, four-wide, you know, that sort of thing. Point being, Sammy Morris is not the lynchpin of the offense, and if they had to go into the season with Taylor/Maroney splitting time, Faulk catching passes, and BJGE mopping up, they could do it. If they had a suck-ass QB situation and no receivers, and were forced to pound the ball all day, then keeping Morris over BJGE would be more of a priority. And I like Morris, and I'm not saying BJGE is better; this conversation is in the context of keeping a more expensive, older, and more injured player vs. keeping a cheaper younger guy who admittedly doesn't have the same tools.

 

[apple strudel]

... this conversation is in the context of keeping a more expensive, older, and more injured player vs. keeping a cheaper younger guy who admittedly doesn't have the same tools.

Why in the world would you weaken an important position where you also see a lot of injuries just to save some money when we're under the cap? This team isn't the Bengals.

 

[JD10367]

Why in the world would you weaken an important position where you also see a lot of injuries just to save some money when we're under the cap? This team isn't the Bengals.

"I" wouldn't do anything of the sort. I didn't start this thread, and I didn't say they SHOULD cut him. I like the guy. I'm just saying, if they decided to, it wouldn't be the end of the world.

 

[apple strudel]

"I" wouldn't do anything of the sort. I didn't start this thread, and I didn't say they SHOULD cut him. I like the guy. I'm just saying, if they decided to, it wouldn't be the end of the world.

It might signal the end of continued Patriot success because the front office will have officially lost its mind. Nobody's cutting Morris this year.