Ever heard of a guy named Melvin Gordon? He's only got 6000 yards from scrimmage and 44 touchdowns over the last 5 years.
I mean, you've spent two posts harping on how great Damien Harris was in college, then proceeded to forget that one of the best college RBs of all time exists. Next time think for 15 seconds before you post.
Mark Ingram is better than any back on the Patriots roster, and is plenty capable as a receiving threat to the point that they don't use or need a scat back. Gus Edwards is better than Burkhead and Bolden.
Despite playing behind the worst offensive line in the league and being tee'd off on as the only consistent threat on his team's offense, Joe Mixon still has 589 yards and 6 TDs over the last 5 games. He's an absolutely elite talent, and our offense would be in a much better place if we had him over any of our RBs. Giovani Bernard is significantly better than Burkhead and Bolden.
Yeah, their offense as a whole sucks, but it's not on the RBs. It's on literally everyone else.
Of course it does, and what does expensive have to do with anything? He's expensive because he's really good. And if guys like Bell who have produced 1000 yards this year in a bad offense are ****ty and overrated, then what does that say about our guys?
I also notice you didn't mention the Browns, does that mean you agree there and are ready to back off your weird assertion that we have the best RBs in the AFC?
I don't even think our RBs are bad, I think they're a generally serviceable and cost-effective group--neither especially good nor especially bad--that's trying to carve out yards in an offense that's lost Andrews, Gronk and Develin while dealing with major degradation in LT and RG performance due to injury. But if you can't acknowledge that they're not on the Austin Ekeler, Melvin Gordon, Joe Mixon or Le'Veon Bell level then your opinion on this topic is just too stupid to be worth entertaining. Adios.
Mark Ingram, the Saints cast off and underachiever? I don't think so. I think he fits well in their college wildcat/non-sustainable/RPO ******** offense for the moment, but he's not any better than Michel is right now. He just gets used and has better playcalling right now.
Joe Mixon? lmao
Melvin Gordon? The guy that held out and is overrated and will be out of LA next year?
Yeah, I am pretty sure James White is more a weapon than he is out of Wisconsin. NO one gameplans for fears freaking consistent, stable, but non impressive Melvin Gordon. NE has dismantled him with ease, for example, as have many teams and Ekeler easily replaced him
Poor argument.
I'll take 2 sets of 2 back sets with our HOF coach, O Line Coach and QB, thanks very much. Just because Brady and McD get into this over-analysis ******** every year like last year, doesn't mean NE has a weak batch of RBs.
We don't even see a Michel/White duo all the way down the field on a drive, using them for both running and passing, to offset how easy it is for the D to tell what the play is. But, we could use that and a Burkhead/Bolden duo in the same way. We literally have the health and personnel to do it and we don't do it. That's my point. AFC teams don't have RBs of this quality or depth. Period. I am not saying they are All Pro level, but that all of them can run inside, out and pass receive. It's a clear strength.
Brady has a responsibility to incoporate these things into he and McDs gameplans. They partially have a say in those. Don't be fooled.
Meawhile, Rivers throws to all his receivers and uses his RBs ,because he knows he needs them.
Not buying our OL personnel all decided to check out at once or the drop off from Andrews to Karras has been devastating. It's the lack of trust, which is wildly overrated, with all of the personnel at WR, Brady wanting to get familiar with Sanu as a new guy, and how all of this stuff gets lost in the shuffle.
It's not like these guys are injured and unable to function. Please.
Let me give you a hint: Do you see Ekeler subbed on and off constantly, or do you see him used on a drive all the way through?
McDaniels constant over-manipulation of personnel packages is the problem. They're tells to the D = Predictable As All Hell
Remember onto Cincinnati? What did they do? Committed to the run, ran it and rolled up their sleeves, and they didn't do it for one drive, settle for 3, and then ditch it the rest of the game either.