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As far as the player, likely headed the way of Malcolm Mitchell.
Chubb was the better back, but I get why Michel was taken over Chubb due to his potential in the passing game. The irony is that Chubb has more than twice as many receiving yards as Michel.At the time I thought he was the better pick over Chubb, especially for our offense.
Probably from PFF which I have posted in the past. They pretty much say his 2018 playoff run was overrated due to how massive the holes were.I read about an advanced metric on him once, which measured I think it was the expected yards on each carry according to how the blocking developed. He graded out as the definition of a guy that will get what's there and no more. I'd link it but can't remember where I saw it.
His first run of the night against SEA had a nice hole, but he was too slow to get through and got tackled for a very minimal gain.He couldn’t even if they were there.
Honestly, because he is. No knock on him. We just need him to be healthy & do his job.
That's giving Michel way too much credit. Ridley was actually pretty good before his ACL tear aside from poor ball security. Michel sucks.He's headed down the Stevan Ridley highway.
Aye. Good thing we burned a first on him.Yeah it's not like he's terrible or anything, just not one of the 20 best backs in the league.
That's giving Michel way too much credit. Ridley was actually pretty good before his ACL tear aside from poor ball security.
I feel like the foot thing is probably going to linger...that seems to nag a lot of guys. He's been fortunate to this point where he hasn't seemed like the knee has been the issue but he definitely hasn't looked like himself yet this season. Although, you're right, who knows if his knee problems will eventually catch up with him.He’s probably never going to be 100% healthy if that knee is bone-on-bone. I appreciate what he did for the team in the 2018 run, but I’m not expecting much from him anymore.
I feel like the foot thing is probably going to linger...that seems to nag a lot of guys. He's been fortunate to this point where he hasn't seemed like the knee has been the issue but he definitely hasn't looked like himself yet this season. Although, you're right, who knows if his knee problems will eventually catch up with him.
and Dont'a Hightower (same draft in 2012)Chandler was last high quality 1 the Pats drafted.
Chandler was last high quality 1 the Pats drafted.
No it means he had reasonably good skills as a runner but a deficiency in his game. He ran for 1200 yards for us one season and averaged 5.1, 4.4, 4.3 ypc in consecutive seasons. Then his ACL happened and his career was over. Sony Michel has no skills.So in other words, Ridley wasn't very good.
and Dont'a Hightower (same draft in 2012)
Does anyone else think that the Patriot way is not working for Sony Michel?
I remember reading that the Patriots wanted Michel to run north and south, opposed to his lateral movements during runs in college.
This reminded me of Bill Parcels talking about Curtis Martin during camp. his rookie year.
I remember Parcels saying that Martin was struggling in camp with the directions he was given, and one day Parcels asked Martin if coaching was part of the problem.
Parcels then allowed Martin to run instinctive, apposed to north and south and it made a huge difference in Curtis Martin's on field performance. I can still picture
Martin's 75 yard run against the Steelers in the fog during the playoffs.
Maybe we should have just let Sony play like Sony at Georgia because the Sony who is currently playing for the Patriots is not worth executing his 5th year option next year.