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Originally Posted by Gonzo
More often than not however, he was losing one or two yards on his runs because he tried to do too much.
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If you put your head down and push ahead, you will get 3 YPC every time and never lose yards.
If you juke and jive, you're likely to be stuffed once in a while, but if you can make the defender miss, you're off to the races.
You can't have it both ways. On defense, you can blitz, but you will be leaving one player uncovered. You can go for an interception, but you're risking being burned for a touchdown. You can throw the ball long, and risk it getting intercepted. You can run a trick play, but the trickier the play, the greater the chances of a mistake nullifying it, or a turnover occurring.
You pick and choose. In some systems, a 3 YPC workhorse back is ideal. But if your system includes never making the playoffs, and pretty much just sucking year in and year out, then a home-run threat at HB is great.
Also, like someone said... his line sucked. And like someone else said, stuffs usually occur when the line breaks down.
So my rant might have been wasted. With a better line, he'd be averaging a lot more than 5 ypc.