Adam Carriker accuses Redskins of trying to drive Alfred Morris FA price down

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Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I don't think the Redskins are the kind of organization to be shy about paying someone after a contract year. They paid Kerrigan. They paid Trent. It simply comes down to Gruden not liking Morris. He didn't draft him and has no loyalty to him. These things happen all the time when there are coaching changes.

I think that simplifies it too much. It's not that he just doesn't like Morris, it's that Morris can't excel with the line and TE executing the run blocking like it currently is. Morris gets 1 yard when they play like this, Jones gets 3.

If the line blocks well then anybody can get 5 yards per carry.

The fact of the matter is Morris is just OK. He's not great. Look at his career yards per carry when Griffin isn't playing (ie threat of the read option isn't there). He's at 4.0, maybe even lower than that now. That's completely average in this league.

We have an affinity for Morris because we all remember 2012 but circumstances change. I'm fine if they resign him but he's not worth more than a couple million per season. They could easily draft another to pair with Jones in the 3rd round this year and we'd be more than fine at RB.

If we want the run game to work we need better interior blocking and a TE that can actually block without holding. Morris is irrelevant.