A word of warning to Mike/Tatum Bell Owners... (1 Viewer)

[packersfan]

I think Denver is leaning toward Tatum Bell as their lead back with Mike Bell spelling him.

I'm a T.Bell owner so I do have a vested interest in this but I think that may be the case. I really think Tatum has been the superior RB so far and I know SSOG will dispute this but Tatum was in the game with the game on the line against the Rams as well. I know it worked out to be his "turn" in the rotation but when it happened again against the Chiefs that leads me to strongly believe he's the guy Shanahan wants on the field when the game is on the line. I think we may be seeing a situation where Shanahan believes Tatum is the team's best RB but he doesn't want to overtax him and so he's keeping Mike Bell in the mix.Again, just a hunch on my part based on how the first two games have unfolded.

 

[Da Guru]

I think Denver is leaning toward Tatum Bell as their lead back with Mike Bell spelling him.

I'm a T.Bell owner so I do have a vested interest in this but I think that may be the case. I really think Tatum has been the superior RB so far and I know SSOG will dispute this but Tatum was in the game with the game on the line against the Rams as well. I know it worked out to be his "turn" in the rotation but when it happened again against the Chiefs that leads me to strongly believe he's the guy Shanahan wants on the field when the game is on the line. I think we may be seeing a situation where Shanahan believes Tatum is the team's best RB but he doesn't want to overtax him and so he's keeping Mike Bell in the mix.Again, just a hunch on my part based on how the first two games have unfolded.

I don`t own either guy so my view is totally unbiased. I have watched most of both games and Tatum look so more more explosive than Mike. Plus he has more power than I thought. Denver runs the ball alot and I know they don`t want to wear Tatum down. So even if Tatum takes over there still will be 8-10 carries for whoever.

 

[SSOG]

I think Denver is leaning toward Tatum Bell as their lead back with Mike Bell spelling him.2 series Tater, I series Mike is a good mix.

is this a hunch, or are you basing this on any fact?

IMO Tatum has looked better, Shanahan will make him the main RB soon. Just a hunch though. We will see.

People have been saying that Tatum Bell is the best-looking RB on Denver's roster for years now. Shanahan tends to look for different things in his RBs than the casual football fans.I wouldn't be surprised if Shanahan started leaning more on Tatum... but I also wouldn't be surprised if he didn't. Right now, I'm just anticipating more of the same for at least one more week.

 

[moleculo]

Patriots have flipped switch

By Lee Rasizer, Rocky Mountain News

September 22, 2006

ENGLEWOOD - The New England Patriots on Sunday pulled the old

switcheroo.

Normally a base 3-4 defense, the Patriots changed to a four-man

front to take advantage of personnel strengths along their defensive

line against the New York Jets.

That strategy only has increased the workload for the Broncos during

preparations this week for Sunday night's game in Foxborough, Mass.

"We've just got to practice it. It's no big deal," Broncos assistant

head coach Mike Heimerdinger said. "It's just guys communicating and

knowing what to do."

Coach Mike Shanahan said the difficulty the Patriots present is they

have the athletes to vary their looks out of the same personnel

groups to keep offenses off-balance.

"What makes it tough (is) they don't tell you it is going to be a

four-man front. Sometimes they show you a four-man front using three-

man personnel," Shanahan said. "So they have the ability to do a lot

of different things with their base defense."

The Broncos struggled last season against teams employing the 3-4,

especially their running game. Some of their worst games came

against teams primarily using that front: Pittsburgh, San Diego,

Dallas and New England.

So that figures to be the primary option used by the Patriots.

"I know that's what they're probably going to play, given our

history," running back Tatum Bell said. "We haven't run the ball

that well (against the 3-4). But they're going to mix it up. The 4-

3, it won't be any hard adjustment there. We see that every day. The

3-4 we just have to stick with it."

The 3-4 alignment generally makes it more difficult to discern from

where blitzes will start. It also puts some of the best athletes on

the edge, which can help in taking away the bootleg passing game. In

the run game, the defensive linemen occupy the Broncos offensive

linemen, whose success depends largely on getting to the linebackers

to clear room to roam.

"The last couple years, it's becoming more prevalent in the league,

so teams have become more adept at getting a game plan against it,"

right tackle George Foster said. "We're just trying to get a good

look at it in practice and we'll, hopefully, play our best game

Sunday."

 

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