MJD what happened in wek 1? (1 Viewer)

[Louisville Slugger]

I didn't get to see any of the Jacksonville game. What happened to MJD?

Was the Titans defense that good or was it how he was used?

Is this a sign of things to come?

 

[SSOG]

LaDanian Tomlinson carried 17 times for 25 yards today. Just putting things into a little bit of perspective. It's one week. It's such a terribly small sample size that we really can't draw any performance-based conclusions. If you want to take any value out of week 1, look for usage patterns or substitution patterns, count carries or targets, and basically try to get a feel for what a player's role in the offense is going to be, while trying not to place too much weight on how he performed in that role.

As far as role in the offense goes, MJD had 7 carries for 32 yards (a respectable 4.6 per), while Taylor had 6 for 16 (under 3 ypc). Looking at the play-by-play, it looks like a by-committee, as expected (Taylor got the first carry, MJD got the second, Taylor got the third, MJD got the 4th). It also looks like MJD was getting more involved in the offense than Taylor late in the game, and MJD was far more involved in the passing game. Ultimately, it looks like MJD's poor production was not much a result of MJD or his role in the offense, and instead a result of Jacksonville just abandoning the run.

 

[grizz101]

7 carries for 32 yards, but on his longest carry he fumbled a ball that if he didn't fumble Jacksonville would of won the game

 

[EBF]

I don't own Drew in any leagues, but if I did I'd be worried. This is not a good football team. They're probably going to struggle to move the ball all season.

 

[Wadsworth]

7 carries for 32 yards, but on his longest carry he fumbled a ball that if he didn't fumble Jacksonville would of won the game

Yea, his old buddy Marcedes Lewis caused the fumble The titans did an excellent job of controlling the clock, limiting the number of Jag offensive plays and the Jags never got going with the run game. I own MJD in one league, I watched the game and I'm not worried. Drew is still the most explosive wepaon the Jags have and should still plenty of chance to prove it.

 

[-Crippler-]

I don't own Drew in any leagues, but if I did I'd be worried. This is not a good football team. They're probably going to struggle to move the ball all season.

Don't panic or anything. Its not like this is only week 1.

 

[Raider Nation]

For anyone who saw the game, what was the reason for Freddy's ineffectiveness?

16 yards rushing???

I know Tennessee's front seven is improved, but WTF?

 

[Iwannabeacowboybaby!]

Fred Taylor only got 16 yards himself.....so it's not like you're worried about him if you're a Drew owner.

The problem I have is that Jax gave up 170 plus yards to Chris Brown. That's a lot of time off the clock. If Jax cant stop anybody, they're going to be limited on offense.

It's week 1 but I think it's OK to be worried about the Jax. rushing game in general.

 

[EBF]

I don't own Drew in any leagues, but if I did I'd be worried. This is not a good football team. They're probably going to struggle to move the ball all season.

Don't panic or anything. Its not like this is only week 1.

The Jags have a weak QB, terrible WRs, a suspect coaching staff, and a defense that just got shredded by what looks like a mediocre Tennessee team. There are legitimate reasons to be worried.

 

[kd1]

there are several positives to take out of that game going forward for MJD owners....

outperforming fred, and the jags struggling and losing are VERY good things as far as mjd getting the huge end of the split in the future. the more losing, the more they are going to be putting the future on the field.

 

[Iwannabeacowboybaby!]

I don't own Drew in any leagues, but if I did I'd be worried. This is not a good football team. They're probably going to struggle to move the ball all season.

Don't panic or anything. Its not like this is only week 1.

The Jags have a weak QB, terrible WRs, a suspect coaching staff, and a defense that just got shredded by what looks like a mediocre Tennessee team. There are legitimate reasons to be worried.

You forgot to mention they were at home as well.

 

[Iwannabeacowboybaby!]

there are several positives to take out of that game going forward for MJD owners....outperforming fred, and the jags struggling and losing are VERY good things as far as mjd getting the huge end of the split in the future. the more losing, the more they are going to be putting the future on the field.

The more you are losing, the more you pass the ball which means the less you run the ball. Last time i checked MJD was a running back, so whether he's the future or not, if you find yourself always down in the 4th quarter, that is not good for the running back.

 

[vegasrobb]

The % split on touches is was about right. They just ran into a very fired up Tennessee Titans team.

 

[bostonfred]

Jones-Drew had a below average game after having a season of above average games. He's still the same guy he was before - the pass catching, more explosive guy in a RBBC, who isn't big enough to wear down opposing defenses and who plays better in the second half.

Look at the splits between Jones Drew and Taylor in the first quarter, compared with the rest of the game. Taylor generally does much better in the first quarter, while Jones-Drew kicks in once the defenses have played a little. It's hard for teams to run early in a game, as was pointed out a million times in the Chargers-Bears game when Tomlinson sucked running the ball for most of the game, but by the end they were both running on the Bears D. It makes sense that Jones-Drew would have a below average game the same time Taylor does. It also makes sense that it would happen more early in the season, while defenses are still fresh overall. Later in the season, when teams have more bumps and bruises and the top guys are out, a player like Jones-Drew should be able to take advantage, much like he did last year.

 

[Wadsworth]

there are several positives to take out of that game going forward for MJD owners....outperforming fred, and the jags struggling and losing are VERY good things as far as mjd getting the huge end of the split in the future. the more losing, the more they are going to be putting the future on the field.

The more you are losing, the more you pass the ball which means the less you run the ball. Last time i checked MJD was a running back, so whether he's the future or not, if you find yourself always down in the 4th quarter, that is not good for the running back.

Yea, but MJD is the RB on passing situations. When the Jags are behind Drew is on the field for more plays and David Garrard is the King of the safety value. If Leftwich was still there I don't think MJD's value goes up much if the Jags start to stink. But David could easily revert back to his old ways which were: Check the first read, if he's not open run the ball or throw it to Drew.

 

[gheemony]

LaDanian Tomlinson carried 17 times for 25 yards today. Just putting things into a little bit of perspective. It's one week. It's such a terribly small sample size that we really can't draw any performance-based conclusions. If you want to take any value out of week 1, look for usage patterns or substitution patterns, count carries or targets, and basically try to get a feel for what a player's role in the offense is going to be, while trying not to place too much weight on how he performed in that role.As far as role in the offense goes, MJD had 7 carries for 32 yards (a respectable 4.6 per), while Taylor had 6 for 16 (under 3 ypc). Looking at the play-by-play, it looks like a by-committee, as expected (Taylor got the first carry, MJD got the second, Taylor got the third, MJD got the 4th). It also looks like MJD was getting more involved in the offense than Taylor late in the game, and MJD was far more involved in the passing game. Ultimately, it looks like MJD's poor production was not much a result of MJD or his role in the offense, and instead a result of Jacksonville just abandoning the run.

As his sig says, I am going to pay attention to what SSOG says. I was traveling today, didn't see the game, but was able to track my team and was fretting about MJD's stats all day. This post is the type of excellent analysis that I need. Thank you.

 

[teamroc]

MJD was the best running back, and receiver for the Jags. The whole offense was awful.

It's MJD, then a whole lot of garbage on that offense.

As someone else said, LT was garbage rushing the ball, SJAX was a train wreck, and it’s just week 1. Week 4 is usually the week you sit back and start getting alarmed at lack of production.