That's frustrating and connects to my previous posts. You want us to accept your POV based on drive charts?
Salguero is at every game and every practice, admittedly he probably ranks low in comparison to the other 31-32 lead journalists for each NFL team.
I'm comfortable in my analysis, I watch every snap of every Phins game, you're entitled to your opinion and we'll see how this shakes out. I want to be clear though that I am not rooting against any of these guys, but even as a fan I try to be as objective as possible even to a fault among Dolphins fans. As I posted a coupe of times, I respect you as a poster and long time SP contributor, sincerely that's not fluff. We seem to not find a lot of common ground here but we'll know more in the coming weeks. If Ajayi succeeds I'll be the first...OK maybe 2nd person to say congrads and full steam ahead Phins! I just don't believe the % of that happening are as high as you might think they are.
I would like to watch the game but I didn't renew rewind. So I have to work with what I got. I am only watching games live now or if I can find stuff online for example condensed versions of the Vikings games have been made available by sports fan in the Vikings thread.
I am actually hoping that you or others can shed light on the situation because I am not able to see it for myself. However descriptions have not been detailed enough for me to see what you (or Dolphins writers) are seeing, by reading the commentary or articles.
I got so frustrated with the Miami writers I have just stopped reading them. Their statements have no substance and I am skeptical of their opinions/observations because of that. When the comment is that Jay sucks I don't want to ever see him play for the Dolphins again? Well why? What did he do so badly? Because of the fumble? Is that all that matters? Isn't there more to consider than just one play? When the statement is just that Jay sucks because I said so because I have been watching every single play and because I see that he sucks.. well this it does cause me to just believe what they are saying, in fact it causes me to do the opposite, not because you (or they) are incorrect, but because the observations are not described in such a way that I can get any value out of it.
Saying that Jay sucks, or saying he is not the answer doesn't tell me WHY he sucks or isn't the answer. What you are saying may be 100% spot on. I just don't know why it is because these statements lack substance.
If you were saying things like, Jay Ajayi is too slow, then provide an example of him being too slow that your comment is based on, then everyone reading that would know exactly what you mean and they can decide for themselves if that is right or not. Or if you are talking about him having poor vision or whatever the criticism is, provide an example, then everyone could get more value out of it, not just me.
In SSND thread for example I asked for preseason game 3 of Jay Ajayi so I could watch it. I spent time trying to describe what I see on each play mostly focused on Jay. I think I was being too nice in my evaluation of Jay here. I have some bias too. ZWK calls me out for that and describes a couple plays that he saw very differently from me. I was able to see those things because of ZWK's comments that I didn't see with my eyes, from my perspective.
How do you think Jay looked on his 8 yard run for example? What kind of play was it? How was it blocked?
I mean even just talking about one play in detail can really say a lot of things about a player I think.
From what I have seen of Jay Ajayi.. it is kind of a mixed bag. I see some good things, but I also see some bad things as well. It's not like I think he is the best RB I have ever seen or something like that, he has flaws. For all of the college RB I have watched over the last 3 years, I would put Jay Ajayi in the top 10 of those players though. i have watched quite a bit of Damien WIlliams as well. Enough to see a noticeable difference in talent level between Jay and Damien. Jay is much more elusive than Damien for example. I like Damien WIlliams, I think he has some good traits. I think Jay Ajayi is quite a bit better than him however, while some may think they are maybe more the same. What is your opinion about that?
I haven't watched Drake as much as Jay and Damien There wasn't a lot to watch really as he didn't have that many plays. I also have a bias against all Alabama RB because of the blocking they enjoy and how Richardson turned out. I know one of Drakes best plays was mostly due to great blocking.
College is not the same as pro football at all. What I have seen are skills that I think translate to the pro game however. Jay has made some good runs in his still very short career in the NFL at times. Not consistently enough yet, but he also hasn't had enough opportunity yet to be evaluated as consistent. He has some bad plays too, as all RB do. Some times those bad plays are because the defense wins. Some times they are the RBs fault. Some times it is both.
I am definitely listening MOP. If you want to tell me why Jay Ajayi was no good in the game against the Patriots I am all ears. What you have said is that the fumble killed a dive and allowed the Patriots to score again putting the game out of reach. That is very bad. Any play that causes the team to possibly lose the game because of it is bad. What else did Jay do badly? Has he failed in pass protection? There are million reasons why you might think Jay is a bad player. I just haven't heard them yet.