You're a joke. LT is effective? A Young and emerging Shonne Greene? Have you bothered to look at how poor your run offense is? Your 30th in the league averaging only 71 ypg. The Jets are 30th in the league at 3.1 YPC thanks to Mark Sanchez having a 4.3 YPC..
I'm a joke?
LT has been effective, he's had a different role this year, he's already had a game where he has over 100 yds receiving, in his role, he's been excellent. If anything, I'd like to see him get more opportunities. I'm well aware of the Jets rushing stats. The running game is struggling, but mostly because of injuries on the OL, playing with a rookie at C over our Pro Bowl guard has been a huge detriment to the running game. The Pats defensive is dead last, and has been ripped apart by the likes of Buffalo, Miami, and the Raiders, are we all to assume the Pats D sucks that bad? We can make even greater insinuations there...
You say that BJGE is nothing special but he's better than either Greene or LT at this point. And BJGE is averaging 3.9 YPC, but also has 3 rushing TDs. Which is more than LT and Green.. Combined.
And that is the point. Woodhead is in the Pats rotation. McKnight isn't in the Jets rotation despite the Jets rotation being horrible.
That's right, BJGE is nothing special, otherwise the Pats don't extend Woodhead, and go out and draft 2 more RB's. BJGE is a solid RB, nothing more, he's limited in the passing game, which is the Patriots staple on offense, nothing stands out about him, not incredibly fast, just a good solid RB, who provides good effort and a good day of work. Save the stats, the Pats aren't a running football team, they aren't a team that uses the running game to set up the pass, it's the complete opposite, using stats to justify your argument won't help because the success of the Pats running game is because of their passing game. It sure is easy to run the ball, when the defense has been softened, and are playing 7-8 players back to protect against the pass, and the Pats run a delayed handoff or a draw, sure those numbers will look real good. C'mon, are you seriously going to throw stats at me?
You've missed everything. First, Woodhead HAS carried the load for the Pats on several occasions. Second, Woodhead is used as a chance of pace back, primarily. Hence, being in the rotation. Something that McKnight isn't.
Woodhead most certainly has NOT carried the load, not for any stretch. He's got a role, he does it well, and he too is successfull in running the ball for the same reasons I just mentioned regarding the Patriots scheme, they use the pass to set up the run. .
Sorry, JF1, but You are the one not thinking straight. Woodhead has been successful at every level of football he's been at. Just because he has "credentials" doesn't mean Jack. What means something is what the player does on the field. And McKnight, to this point, hasn't lived up to his billing.
There have been plenty of players with "mountains of talent" who litter the "Never was pile". From Ryan Leaf to Chris Canty to JaMarcus Russell, to Blair Thomas and Vernon Gholston.
In the end, what matters is what the player does on the field. THAT is what the ceiling is. And, right now, McKnight hasn't done squat.
Woodhead is a good receiver, which makes him a good fit, but that isn't the point of this thread, nor my comments, the argument and complains out of Pats fan nation is Rex said McKnight has a higher ceiling, he didn't say McKnight has performed better, has a better ypc, has better stats, why do Pats fans completely change the intent of the topic and the discussion and throw stats into their posts? It makes no sense.
