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Richardson's Big Play Potential

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  • Has he had a big homerun play yet no, he did have two great play in the Cincy game, but that SOB will take a 1 yard gain to a 5 yard gain bye moving the pile....

  • But he has had some elite TD runs. One, for fifteen yards.

    There's two problems -

    1. Running Richardson into the line on first down again and again and again and...

    stop it, Shurmur.

    2. Weeden's inconsistency. Their best bet is to sell out to stop the run until

    Weeden proves (and the wr's, but they have been catching the ball and kicking ass !).

    3. Wet field, I didn't see Charles going for good yards, except for the first play of the game.

    He got beat up most of the time after that.

    No worries. They are keying on Richardson, what else is there to expect?

  • Has he had a big homerun play yet no, he did have two great play in the Cincy game, but that SOB will take a 1 yard gain to a 5 yard gain bye moving the pile....

    @tampadawgs said:

    Has he had a big homerun play yet no, he did have two great play in the Cincy game, but that SOB will take a 1 yard gain to a 5 yard gain bye moving the pile....

    exactly. He doesn't have the speed of AP, Martin, or Wilson but he's still pretty agile and stronger than all of them. I still don't get it when people compare him to AP just because they were both drafted high. AP is a once in a generation type of player. I'm not saying TR won't be, but let's be happy with a decent running game for once.

  • So knowing what you know now would you still take Richardson at 3 where we did, or would you take Martin in the late 1st,Wilson in the late 1st or Alfred Morris anywhere at all because i believe the Redskins got him in the 6th round and he could be the steal of the whole draft...

    These are the other Rookie Running backs this year and they all are looking pretty well...You could argue that 2 of them look better than T-Rich

    Alfred Morris Car-253 YDS-1,228 TDs-7 Avg-4.9

    Doug Martin Car-264 YDS-1,234 TDs-10 Avg-4.7

    Trent Richardson Car-247 YDS-869 TDs-9 Avg-3.5

    Doug Wilson Car-41 YDs-211 TDs-3 Avg-5.1

  • Alfred Morris is the product of a zone blocking scheme. The same reason undrafted Arian Foster is the stud of the league.

  • Alfred Morris is the product of a zone blocking scheme. The same reason undrafted Arian Foster is the stud of the league.

    @hunt-daddy said:

    Alfred Morris is the product of a zone blocking scheme. The same reason undrafted Arian Foster is the stud of the league.

    Why cant/dont we do this then if it is so successful?

  • @hunt-daddy said:

    Alfred Morris is the product of a zone blocking scheme. The same reason undrafted Arian Foster is the stud of the league.

    Why cant/dont we do this then if it is so successful?

    @cribbs-is-the-man said:

    Why cant/dont we do this then if it is so successful?

    I agree with you. I think we should get someone that would implement this.

  • I aint worried at all, T.Rich is nice as hell and complements the complete offense, he doesn't need to be the only piece.

  • @hunt-daddy said:

    Alfred Morris is the product of a zone blocking scheme. The same reason undrafted Arian Foster is the stud of the league.

    Why cant/dont we do this then if it is so successful?

    @cribbs-is-the-man said:

    Why cant/dont we do this then if it is so successful?

    It would take a couple seasons to fully implement it with the line. Look at Oakland this season, Dennis Allen switched from a power scheme to a zone scheme and DMC is averaging 2 YPC.

    Richardson is a better fit for the power scheme. Zone is more geared toward one cut runners.

    Also, outside of Thomas and maybe Mack, I don't see our linemen being a good fit for the zone scheme. Zone schemes tend to favor smaller, more agile linemen (don't tell that to Phil Loadholt).

    I love zone blocking, but it doesn't fit with our personnel.

  • I am not worried.

    He isn't a "Big" play guy.

    Think Steven Jackson and not Adrian Petersen. Trent, like Jackson is going to need his 25 carries to show the numbers and receive the love and appreciation.

    @ballpeen said:

    I am not worried.

    He isn't a "Big" play guy.

    Think Steven Jackson and not Adrian Petersen. Trent, like Jackson is going to need his 25 carries to show the numbers and receive the love and appreciation.

    Adrian Peterson isn't a big play guy? Do you watch much football? 😳 (Peterson does have the breakaway speed FYI, in a major way)

  • @hunt-daddy said:

    Alfred Morris is the product of a zone blocking scheme. The same reason undrafted Arian Foster is the stud of the league.

    Why cant/dont we do this then if it is so successful?

    @cribbs-is-the-man said:

    Why cant/dont we do this then if it is so successful?

    Because it's not successful with every team or every tailback. Darren McFadden is a prime example of how Zone blocking doesn't work for everyone.

  • @ballpeen said:

    I am not worried.

    He isn't a "Big" play guy.

    Think Steven Jackson and not Adrian Petersen. Trent, like Jackson is going to need his 25 carries to show the numbers and receive the love and appreciation.

    Adrian Peterson isn't a big play guy? Do you watch much football? 😳 (Peterson does have the breakaway speed FYI, in a major way)

    @vagitron said:

    Adrian Peterson isn't a big play guy? Do you watch much football? 😳 (Peterson does have the breakaway speed FYI, in a major way)

    He is saying to think of Trent more as a Steven Jackson type player, not an AP... He never said that AP wasn't a big play guy, but said that Jackson was not a big play guy

  • Richardson will go as the offense goes,Emmitt Smith only had 930 yards and 3.9 ypc his rookie season.

    There's two cliche compliments they give running backs, one is "he hits the hole fast" and the other is " he is patient waiting for the holes to develop" - and they contradict one another somewhat.

    Richardson seems a little too patient at times but I think he is just waiting for a lane to open that never does.

    I disagree that Richarson wouldn't flourish in a heavy zone system, he's patient back there waiting for holes but a lot of times they don't develop.

    I'd love to see them run the stretch for Richardson so he can find the hole and get into the second level, we all know what he can do there.

  • @hunt-daddy said:

    Alfred Morris is the product of a zone blocking scheme. The same reason undrafted Arian Foster is the stud of the league.

    Why cant/dont we do this then if it is so successful?

    @cribbs-is-the-man said:

    Why cant/dont we do this then if it is so successful?

    Because we have the west coast offense