#86 Jordan Reed

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

The final straw was the CT injury IMO, that just killed this offense

Still no excuse for why we can't run in short yardage with players like Williams and Scherff playing, and a big back like Perine in the backfield.

I know that's not your point. Just saying how absurdly reductionist it is to say that injuries are our chief problem.

[RobH4413]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Still no excuse for why we can't run in short yardage with players like Williams and Scherff playing, and a big back like Perine in the backfield.

I know that's not your point. Just saying how absurdly reductionist it is to say that injuries are our chief problem.

Chief problem?, hmm... I would argue that Jonathan Allen going down was a huge blow to our defense. You can clearly see a different monster pre and post JA injury.

I think the CT injury exploited an offense that was overly reliant on him, which is probably to your point. On offense we weren't destroyed by injuries across the board, but got dealt a death blow due to our lack of talent (specifically on the WR corps). No way to recover from that.

But I see your point. Saying just "INJURIES" is a lazy and inaccurate statement on its own. I think it's probably not valid as standalone, but a large contributor to a bad season.

Lastly, why the fuck can't we run in short yardage situations ever? I'm curious as to what teams that can run in short yardage situations do differently and how we can replicate that.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Still no excuse for why we can't run in short yardage with players like Williams and Scherff playing, and a big back like Perine in the backfield.

I know that's not your point. Just saying how absurdly reductionist it is to say that injuries are our chief problem.

For sure, sucks that he went down because he was on pace for 1600 yards! That is insane

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Still no excuse for why we can't run in short yardage with players like Williams and Scherff playing, and a big back like Perine in the backfield.

I know that's not your point. Just saying how absurdly reductionist it is to say that injuries are our chief problem.

That baffles me too, I want to say our C and LG play is garbage and that no TEs on our roster can block but that seems like a cop out explanation

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

That baffles me too, I want to say our C and LG play is garbage and that no TEs on our roster can block but that seems like a cop out explanation

No you can say that, and you would be 100% right. The "no push" in the middle in the run game kills this team. Also a general lack of experienced talent at RB is another.

[over the mountain]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

No you can say that, and you would be 100% right. The "no push" in the middle in the run game kills this team. Also a general lack of experienced talent at RB is another.

Im with quake. I thought it could be chalked up to no interior push and no blocking TEs ... but it does seem like a cop out. We have 2 studs in Trent and Scherff and Moses is above average. We should have been able to scheme/coach up/help an average LG and C.

I always thought RBs were just a product of O line and scheme and you dont need a top end RB .... but idk.

Baffling that it has been going on for years now. We have a great O line coach, some O line studs ... wth is going on?