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Richardson's Big Play Potential

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  • 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