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Seriously. Maroney is not a good RB. But Yudkin will come in here and spout about his YPC.
LOL. I suggested the other day that Maroney *COULD* be in danger of losing his job and the Pats may look for another RB for next year (but I guess you missed that part).All I said was that his ypc is pretty good and has been better than what the rest of the team had done in recent years. If you have followed my comments since Maroney came into the league, I suggested he had happy feet, took too many losses, and otherwise many times didnot play tough and drop his (good) shoulder to move the pile for a few yards rather than try to run around for a 5 yard loss. I have no man love for Maroney for a variety of reasons, but he has not exactly been a total failure when he's been on the field.
I did miss that thread. Then Im confused why you were arguing with me in the other thread when I said he was a bad RB.
I think he's a good RB but he might not be the ideal RB for the Pats system.Maroney's success comes from taking risks in the backfield and trying to make a couple of cuts to free himself. He's a real risk/reward type of back.The Pats want their RBs to run draws most of the time. No cuts. Just hit the hole and accelerate to daylight.I'm thinking more and more that McFadden to the Pats makes a TON of sense next year in the draft. He's much more of a north-south runner than Maroney and seems much more decisive to pick a hole and go.
I don't think he's a bad running back, but his constant nagging injuries and his seeming unwillingness to drive into the pile makes him tough to use as an every down, every situation back. He really hasn't had many receiving opportunities and works best in the open field, but the Pats scheme does not have a lot of sweeps and off tackle plays. So IMO it's not a great fit between the two.As I mentioned in the other thread (that you missed), there have been internal rumblings about Maroney's health (or lack there of) stemming back from last year, and I am pretty sure that those rumblings have not subsided given his limited performance opportunities this year.
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But he's also going to be 31 years old next season with a history of being a part time player. McFadden is a much better long term choice.
THe other thing to remember is that the fantasy universe was quick to tout Maroney as the heir apparent to Dillon, but Belichick never said Maroney was going to be the every down, every situation back. In fact, he commented on this to the press several times and pimped Morris as someone that was going to play.I think part of that was to motivate Tatum Bell, but I am wondering at what point did the team really start wondering what role Maroney would fill and how much they planned on utilizing Morris.The story I have been told several times is that the plan all along this season was to increase Maroney's workload across the second half of the season to get him primed for a full time workload heading into the post season (using the premise that you need a good running game to win). Given Maroney's injuries and the Pats' success passing, I wonder where that leaves them now.Morris was solid.
Anyone have an informed opinion on Evans and Eckel?So who do you grab Evans or Eckel?
I will get people the most likely outcome long before then.knowledge dropper said:
I would pick up Maroney if you have anyone even close to deadwood on your roster. I still think he will have a few decent (RB2 type numbers) games the rest of the way, maybe better if the next ice age hits as many are predicting (since weather will be the Pats' biggest obstacle).I still am not hearing that Maroney was all that injured, and there has been talk of him either missing a blocking assignment or not picking up the fact that he was supposed to be a safety valve receiver and that could have been why he was pulled from the game.
In Patriotland you do what BB says and to do otherwise is foolish. If Maroney's not doing what he's told to do (and again there is only rumors right now) he's going to be on a very short leash.
Belichick NEVER sounds like he wants to address ANY question.
Heh....actually he seems to like talking to the local media, but the structured national media stuff is probably a turn off for him. I think he's said that one thing he learned from Cleveland was that you can't fight the media, because he tried that approach and the media just has an endless supply of ink. Now, he probably just stonewalls so they can't find a soft spot, but he seems cool with the guys he's more familair with. Honestly, if I had the national media on my ### all the time trying to come up with some new hatchet job every week to pimp their reader/viewer numbers, I'd probably be exactly the same.Maybe Yudkin could correct or back me up on this.
A buddy told me that Goodell has reserved the right to take whichever first rounder he chooses. I told him he was full of ####. He was not budging though. Is there any chance Goodell takes the Frisco pick as the 1st?
In a loss.
No, the penalty was if they make the play-offs they lose THEIR 1st round pick. If they don't make the play-offs they lose THEIR second round pick.
That's what I thought. This friend has a way of talking out of his ###.
Speaks volumes to the real culture in the Patriots organization.
