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2022 he got hurt during that slow stretch I believe. Left the Ravens game early and wasn’t quite right for a couple weeks if remember correctly. But in general I agree they shouldn’t be using him like Zeke or Henry.
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As an aside, I'm surprised Pollard is that high on the list based on what we saw last year.2022 he got hurt during that slow stretch I believe. Left the Ravens game early and wasn’t quite right for a couple weeks if remember correctly. But in general I agree they shouldn’t be using him like Zeke or Henry.
They have to get him the ball in space more. Have to.
ETN was 4th in the NFL in broken tackles on receptions tied with AJ Brown and Tyreek.
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Stats seem to indicate otherwise: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PollTo00/gamelog/2023/ That said, he was the top rated RB according to PFF from week 11 on, so I guess he did a good job breaking tackles on his receptions.
Total coach speak here.
Déjà vu from 2022.
The thing is they did nothing to give themselves a situation where they have other options to rely on. Bigbsy was atrocious last year and they did nothing of note with FA or the draft. I am actually ok with them cutting back on his worklaod a bit- he's not Derrick Henry. Use him more in the passing game, more on the edge and save his body with less up the gut runs.
Agreed.
:alittleearly: But in general I agree and did so before he was drafted.
Agreed - I think a bit fewer touches would make him fresher and hopefully more efficient. Hopefully he’ll get more of the higher fantasy quality touches in receptions. The biggest concern though is whether he loses goal line touches.
I think Johnson is more likely to be the #2 than Bigsby.
Positive from the article, ETN and CMC are the only two RBs with 1400 yards each of the last 2 seasons. Pretty accomplished stuff.Pieces falling into place for Jaguars RB Travis Etienne to have banner year
When you think of the most prominent players on the Jacksonville Jaguars, Trevor Lawrence is probably the first that comes to mind. Maybe outside linebacker Josblackandteal.com
I think there’s a world where his rushing totals are reduced as you describe, but his receiving gets a ~10% boost.
Ezra Cleveland was traded to them late in the season and it likely wasn't a easy adjustment but with a full training camp with the team that should help and he has graded well as a run blocker in the past with the Vikings. I'm familiar with him.Positive from the article, ETN and CMC are the only two RBs with 1400 yards each of the last 2 seasons. Pretty accomplished stuff.Pieces falling into place for Jaguars RB Travis Etienne to have banner year
When you think of the most prominent players on the Jacksonville Jaguars, Trevor Lawrence is probably the first that comes to mind. Maybe outside linebacker Jos
The negative was they mentioned the Jags resigning their 2 OGs from last year and then said the interior OL is much improved. Huh?
So you're saying ETN is underrated and is actually elite? Has the Jags offensive line and overall offence improved since last season?
Might be because the Jaguars OL isn't very good
His splits from last season are very jarring. I like his opportunity but I don't love the player. Still one of the few RBs with 300 touch upside.
Yeah, that's gotta be the reason, right?
I got him right around here. All 3 of these guys should get 40+ receptions IMO, just a matter of efficiency and TDs. I am fading ETN slightly tho bc his YPC is so bad and its hard to realistically envision double digit TDs again.
He was RB3 last year. First half of the year was great albeit a little TD heavy. The team as a whole kind of fell off going from 8-3 to 9-8. Lawrence being hurt and the O-line injuries didn't help anyone. It is my understanding they upgraded their O-line - I could argue the WR room should perform much better this year.
In Yes, you are sleeping on him relative to those other two, particularly Achane.
Looks to me like Henry is the one you guys are sleeping on. Henry could be the #1 RB this year. Featured back in a top rushing offense, and an all-time great GL runner on a team consistently near the top in GL carries. He might score 20 on this team.
It's concerning that he went down in efficiency the second year after his foot surgery. You would expect him to be better than the first year.
I think this is a bigger risk than many are considering. Seems like Pederson wanted Bigsby to take on a bit of the load last year, but he flopped right out of the gate with fumbling issues. Seems to have gotten back in favor a bit more, but we'll see. Also seems like the coaching staff wants to lessen ETN's role a bit though because of that declining efficiency last year with a big workload.
On the efficiency numbers, his ypc was almost 50% higher than each of the other two RB's. Which hints at overall bad run blocking. But I don't know.
I love Henry. It's no disrespect to be in that tier. But take a look at the Ravens offensive line. Three positions filled by a who's-who of "Who???". And it is very tough to project Staley to be in the lineup for more than 11-13 games and they don't have a notable swing tackle to step in.
They have been hovering around top ten in scoring the past two years (13th & 10th).
Did he though? Looks like run blocking got way worse, he got hit 1.3 yards sooner, and his YPC dipped by 1.3 yards. I am checking my math to not look dumb, but am I missing something?
The coach staff stuff may be true, but his efficiency hasn't declined with workload. The run blocking and playcalling was total garbage. They had a weak middle of the line and an injured QB and they called possibly the most up the middle runs of any team.
They had injuries on their offensive line and other key players including Lawrence who had a high ankle sprain he played through after missing 1 game.
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That'd be a Big-sby mistake.No Tank youx.com
Honestly I don't hear much of anything here, even if it were 100% reliable. Of course they're going to keep giving him the ball. He didn't lose his job in one game. But is a 50-50 thing going to continue? Or do they plan on keeping it closer to last year's split? The quote doesn't really speak to that.x.com
