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To me, McGahee is the only one of the backs they're working out that could threaten to take the job away from Wilson.
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I agree. The Dallas defense dominated for 3 quarters. They started playing way off the WRs and conservative to not let anything behind them after they got the big lead. For the first time I am excited about the Dallas defense. Very aggressive with great LB and DL play.
Maybe the fantasy world, but I don't understand how Coughlin can be questioned. He gave him 3 chances. They weren't going to win the game with Wilson back there, so he needed to sit. They had a better chance at winning with Scott, at that point in time. Coughlin did what any good coach would do.
I think this is something a lot of people are ignoring. On both of those fumbles last night he was holding that ball high and tight with both hands. There really isn't much more you can do there to keep the ball from leaving your hands. The Cowboys both times happened to get a grip on the ball and manage to pretty much swing him around in circles until they were able to get the ball loose. It's possible all he really needs to be taught is to just go down a little bit easier when he's clearly going down. Both of those plays he tried to keep his legs churning and it resulted in two fumbles. Mark my words:
and as i said, shouldn't coughlin get the benefit of the doubt here? He's had a little NFL success, he sees this kid every day, watched him through practice and the prerseason. If he thought this was benchable then you have to trust him
Very true, but you're kidding yourself if you think Coughlin isn't hitting the reset switch going into next week. Coughlin even said after the game... "We Need Him". It was clear that after the second fumble his confidence was shattered. Any coach would have pulled him at that point. It doesn't matter if it was David Wilson who had that game or Bradshaw they both would have been told to take a seat and cool off for the rest of the game. There's no excuse, but I think a lot of it was those first game jitters under the primetime lights. Just like last season when he fumbled on his second carry of the game. I think he comes back out next week and is fine.
I agree and I don't fault Coughlin. However, what do they do with basketball players who go on shooting slumps in games? They keep shooting. In Wilson's case, I think it was mental after that last fumble. With TC on your back, it would be hard for any player especially a young RB in his 2nd year. If TC had left him in there, I think he would've been fine. He's way to dangerous not to have him in there. That play where Scott had a wide open hole on the left side and ran for 10 yards, he looked painfully slow. Wilson would've taken that to the house.
I felt like Scott got some opportunities in space on screen passes that I would have loved to see Wilson get.
Wilson will get the chance to "keep shooting". I personally think he'll start next week, even.
You're pretty much right. Coughlin in the post-game seemed less angry than you'd have thought after the two fumbles. His exact quotes were pretty much:
I must be kidding myself, then. There's no reset button with Coughlin, especially when it comes to RBs fumbling or getting the QB hit.
They were working out RBs last week too... and every media outlet in the country assumed they would sign a veteran after Week 1. So I fail to see how that's any different at all. I think they'd still be working these guys out even if Wilson went off for 24 carries, 180 yards and 2 TDs. They need a veteran backup there to spell Wilson as they don't trust Scott or Cox behind him.
What would Wilson have had to have done in order for Coughlin to NOT be overreacting? A 3rd fumble? Missed block resulting in Eli's broken neck?
It's not a bad play.
you can bet that every team on every play will try and strip the ball that much more until he can figure it out. I wouldn't say it's easily fixed, otherwise it would be fixed wouldn't it? It's not like this is a new issue as he was bench for nearly half a year last year after fumbling in the 1st game.
cmon Khy, you are a good poster but you need to take a step back if you can't see how it's any different after this week. The guy that many thought was going to carry them to a championship was benched and essentially all the issues that all the supporters said were fixed were clearly not fixed. What was maybe a "we'll bring in a guy to backup Wilson" has maybe turned to "we need to give Wilson more time and need a guy we can trust back there"..
So the 5 carries? I mean... there's not a ton to see there. Remember that the Giants more or less never had the ball all first half. He had a nice 13 yard carry on the first play after the first fumble. Then ran for a nice tough 2nd and 1 to get the first down. Otherwise, he never really had a chance to get going. Even in the first half before the second fumble they went kind of 3 and out passing, punt... or turnover. Honestly, even with how close the game was for the Giants. It was just an abysmal game all around, I'd still like to see a nice like 8 minute drive where he gets a chance to get going. He never got that chance last night, they gave him no carries on the first two drives until the first fumble. Then he got 5 more carries until his second fumble. There's not much to evaluate past the fumble carries. As has been said, the Cowboys did a great job striping the ball and he clearly let it get into his head after the first one. Next week is another week, I'd like to see him with the entire offense not being awful.
I'm not sure how you come to this conclusion. He did a lot bad yesterday, but I'm not sure I learned he cannot carry a full load.
Looked like Eli was getting rushed, knocked down and had shake the pass rush all night. The O line is going to get Eli killed if they continue to play the way they did last night.
Wait... is this what we learned about Wilson? Or is this "What we didn't learn at all and have no real judgment to make after a horrible game"? Pretty sure it's the later.
Pass protection was the thing I was worried most about and while looking ok vs. vanilla defense schemes, he looked bad when the real bullets started flying. To be an every down back you need to be able to protect the QB. That's the biggest issue to me. Even if he plays he's not going to fumble every game but he can miss blocks and get his QB hurt.
I'm looking to bail on this situation but would have to be an idiot to trade him at this point, the most you're going to get is someone with the same floor and half the upside. With that being said, for some reason I'm starting to get Felix Jones flashbacks, all the potential in the world but just can't put it together.
I think it was pretty obvious he can't be counted on to carry the full load. They need to use him as a home run hitter like Spiller, but not an every down back. Whomever they bring in until Andre Brown gets back will be that guy. Similar to how Buffalo mixed in Fred Jackson with Spiller yesterday.
There was really only one blown pass block and watching that over and over again I'm still of the opinion a lot of backs would have missed that block as the defender was in the backfield before Wilson was even done going through the motion of the play action.
Yeah... I think a lot of it was nervous and butterflies. I'd have loved to see them open up in a different situation. You have to figure everything was lined up just like the last season start:
Last year, when the starter went down, Brown got the first shot to start. He put up good numbers. He had the opportunity last year to start before Wilson. I'm more interested in buying Brown than Wilson. I think he can be had for a cheaper price and may put up better numbers since WIlson might be their RB2 when he comes back - just like last year.
I own him but he neglected to cover the ball with both hands going into heavy traffic the first time, and neglected to cover up the ball the second time while he was going down. If the first fumble didn't convince him to put both hands on the ball, should we believe the second one and subsequent benching will?
