Mothman wrote:
He doesn't need carries in the upper 20s to have a great game but when he gets that many carries, it's usually because he's having a great game. That's a silly argument anyway because he doesn't need to have "a great AP game" to be a major asset to the team.
Look, this is simple: block better, pass better and the TFLs become gains, punctuated by the big runs. He hasn't gained 11,725 on nothing but short gains and home runs. You keep conflating causes and effects, attributing the former to Peterson when TFLs and short gains have been more of the latter.
I didn't say it was Peterson's doing. That season just flies in the face of the argument that "APs talents are for a run first team" and thus he can't be an effective RB in a more balanced offense.
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WAS that... 7 years ago and two knee injuries. He so far cant contribute in a pass first offense because he hasn't shown an ability to consistently get yards on first or second down in
seven straight games, lets be frank, he had a 5 yard run yesterday, he was not about "to open it up" or "figure out GB"! The running game does a disservice to the passing game when it continues to hand the passing offense long 2nds, 3rds, and 4ths. And YES. It is Norvs fault, and YES it is the O-lines fault. But what is easier to "test" in season? Find 5 new O-linemen and coach them up mid week to play? Have a new OC installed mid week? Or have a 31 year old RB who has been struggling for 7 games take a week or two off and have the #2 RB on the depth chart, who has played a season as the starter and done fairly well, go in to see if he can work with what the OC and the O line is able to give him and produce more. I just don't get it. YES the running game as a totality sucks. YES if the Oline was better and maybe if norv was more creative it would have meant back to back 100 yard games to start the season, but that's not what happened. AP, as crazy as it is to say it, is the most replaceable part at this point because he isn't running the offense (Norv is doing a good job with the passing offense) and he isn't 3-5 guys working in concert on every play. It blows that this is how it happens but I would be
shocked if Mckinnon and Asiata don't manage 100ish+ yards a game in tandem until AP comes back.
the Running game needs to get better and right now AP is the only thing we can switch up realistically.