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Has he really sucked or just stuck behind two RBs playing well? I have only seen on Seahawks game and he looked good when he got the ball - albeit nothing special. If I owned him I’d be fairly disappointed with his lack of usage but I would still have some encouragement in that Carroll still seems to believe.
I understand what you are saying but it’s not entirely true - because the reality is as a first round pick, Penny will be given many more chances to succeed than a late round draft pick or an UDFA.
Just out of curiosity which lineman do you think the Seahawks should have selected instead of Penny?
Of course but 1) we all know that it should be implied (or minimally stated) and B) that wasn't the part of the discussion that turned this thread into a #$$# show.
Wow! This is unbelievable. He is definitely not garbage. The guy is a beast. I have no doubt he's going to prove you wrong, will you be man enough to come back and admit it when he does?
I hope you're right as I own this guy but how long does he need to keep getting beaten out by UDFA's until you admit that he's not cut out for the NFL?
Until you trade him.FreshiZ said:
Not really. Carson started, with Davis in relief. Penny sprinkled in here and there semi-randomly, although he had some decent plays.
I view this as "wow he has more upside". All season they have given him opportunities in the passing game (9 rec 12 targets 75 yards). But Seattle is a run first team. So I wonder if PC's mindset has shifted that Penny is now at least 1st, 2nd down bruiser with home run potential. And Mike Davis is 3rd down back. The boxscore shows that as Penny lead MD in carries 12 - 11.
His opportunities has to rise. Seahawks have ran 288 times for 32 carries per game. Passed 247 for 27 attempts per game. Penny needs at least 15 carries per game sprinkle in 2 or 3 targets per game. The other 15 or so carries for Wilson/insert Sea RB. Carson is injury prone. Penny has a real chance to take over.
The yeti love runs deep here.Bojang0301 said:
I’m not the one who looks like an idiot for wasting a first on a RB and then sitting him on the bench for 75% of the season so far. The Seahawks and Giants look like clowns.
That would make some sense.
He hasn’t looked like #### most of the year. He has a 6.2 ypc after week 4. No, I don’t want to annoit him. I want Carson to sit out another week to actually give him an extended look. Sorry I like RB’s that break repeated +15 yard runs. It’s awful, I know.
I don't think there's any miscommunication between the coaching staff and the front office. Pete Carroll and John Schneider have repeatedly, year after year, reiterated how much the coaches and the scouts work together to identify the qualities they want in drafted players and undrafted free agents. The problem with Penny was not that the coaches didn't like him or didn't want him, but that he injured himself in preseason, that he never ran out of shotgun in college, and that the Seahawks run out of shotgun about 70% of the time. After missing all of his opportunities in preseason to practice taking the handoff from shotgun it took some time to get used to the difference. Just last week, Carroll was talking about how close Penny was, how much explosiveness they'd seen from him in practice, and that we were all going to be seeing it soon.
The problem is that all three of the RBs look good. Carson has looked the best to me but also seems to injured a lot. Penny looked great but it was a small sample size. If I was going to gamble, I would add Penny to my roster since Carson is likely to be injured again and Penny should do well.
