Maxman Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 So I wrote this back in May: http://www.jetnation.com/2014/05/23/chris-johnson-chris-ivory-splitting-the-load/ What does everyone think about my prediction on how the carries will break down? Johnson & Ivory: Splitting The Load - By Phil Sullivan The New York Jets have a nice problem at running back. Talent. They will have to figure out a way to split the carries between two primary backs in Chris Johnson and Chris Ivory. Johnson, who will be 29 this season, has averaged 290 carries per season throughout his career. He has never rushed for under 1,000 yards in a season. Ivory, who was a backup his first three seasons in New Orleans, has only carried the ball more than 100 times in a season twice in his career. He has never rushed for more than 1,000 yards in an NFL season. Chris Ivory is younger, 26, and showed explosiveness last season with the Jets and had a 4.6 yard average. Chris Johnson has more experience but showed signs of slowing down last year. His longest run from scrimmage was 30 yards and he finished the year with a 3.9 yard average. Finding the right combination with these two running backs will be imperative to the Jets success. Bilal Powell is in the mix as well, which makes the equation even more challenging. Two challenges that Johnson faces are learning a new offense and getting healthy. He was asked about joining a new team and he said, “The main thing is it’s just different coming from Tennessee and the playbook we had (there) is mainly numbers and stuff and coming over here, the numbers here are more on blocking schemes and (are) different. (I’ll) just continue to study and I’ll pick it up pretty easily.” Recovering from off season surgery is the bigger concern. Johnson suffered a meniscus tear in his knee in Week 3 last season with the Titans. He played through the injury and underwent surgery after the season. Johnson says that he is feeling good and started straight-ahead running this week. He claims that he is close to 100%. Although it doesn’t sound like he will be on the field for OTAs. I think they’re going to hold me out of OTA’s and just continue to let me rehab until I get 100 percent. Just from talking with Dr. Andrews, (I’ll) take it slow. I have time on my side and (will) just be ready for camp. Chris Ivory is saying all the right things about the Jets adding Chris Johnson. “Chris Ivory, he’s a good guy, him, Bilal (Powell), and all those guys (are all good). It is a situation where I knew the situation coming in and are just going to work together. Everybody’s goal is to put wins on the board. We’re not really worried about the carries, who’s going to play this down and that down. We’ve all just got one focus and that’s winning.” Running back will be fun to watch during training camp. We probably won’t know the Jets real plan for the position until the games start in September. My bet is that the attempts per running back will look very different than last year. In 2013 Powell had 176 carries and Ivory had 182. How will it break down this year is hard to say but this is my guess: Chris Johnson: 210 carries Chris Ivory: 156 carries Bilal Powell: 55 carries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Good article. Though I'd argue Ivory will end up with the most carries with CJ getting the most touches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Splitting The Load - By Phil Sullivan i always knew you would write an article like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiFtheOracle Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 i always knew you would write an article like this. Beat me to it. But mine was going to be something like: Ewwwwww...sounds kinky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 This is JetNation....my brain was trained to see the thread title as "spitting the load" and I didn't want to open the thread. Otherwise I really like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Good job on the gay porn title Max. Top notch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Johnson is a broken down hunk of junk that we should get a refund for due to lemon laws. Ivory called me a Pumba lookin ass last year because I made fun of him. Hopefully we make it through the season with no injuries at RB and they can split the load evenly like a good moneyshot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiFtheOracle Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 So I wrote this back in May: http://www.jetnation.com/2014/05/23/chris-johnson-chris-ivory-splitting-the-load/ What does everyone think about my prediction on how the carries will break down? Johnson & Ivory: Splitting The Load - By Phil Sullivan The New York Jets have a nice problem at running back. Talent. They will have to figure out a way to split the carries between two primary backs in Chris Johnson and Chris Ivory. Johnson, who will be 29 this season, has averaged 290 carries per season throughout his career. He has never rushed for under 1,000 yards in a season. Ivory, who was a backup his first three seasons in New Orleans, has only carried the ball more than 100 times in a season twice in his career. He has never rushed for more than 1,000 yards in an NFL season. Chris Ivory is younger, 26, and showed explosiveness last season with the Jets and had a 4.6 yard average. Chris Johnson has more experience but showed signs of slowing down last year. His longest run from scrimmage was 30 yards and he finished the year with a 3.9 yard average. Finding the right combination with these two running backs will be imperative to the Jets success. Bilal Powell is in the mix as well, which makes the equation even more challenging. Two challenges that Johnson faces are learning a new offense and getting healthy. He was asked about joining a new team and he said, “The main thing is it’s just different coming from Tennessee and the playbook we had (there) is mainly numbers and stuff and coming over here, the numbers here are more on blocking schemes and (are) different. (I’ll) just continue to study and I’ll pick it up pretty easily.” Recovering from off season surgery is the bigger concern. Johnson suffered a meniscus tear in his knee in Week 3 last season with the Titans. He played through the injury and underwent surgery after the season. Johnson says that he is feeling good and started straight-ahead running this week. He claims that he is close to 100%. Although it doesn’t sound like he will be on the field for OTAs. I think they’re going to hold me out of OTA’s and just continue to let me rehab until I get 100 percent. Just from talking with Dr. Andrews, (I’ll) take it slow. I have time on my side and (will) just be ready for camp. Chris Ivory is saying all the right things about the Jets adding Chris Johnson. “Chris Ivory, he’s a good guy, him, Bilal (Powell), and all those guys (are all good). It is a situation where I knew the situation coming in and are just going to work together. Everybody’s goal is to put wins on the board. We’re not really worried about the carries, who’s going to play this down and that down. We’ve all just got one focus and that’s winning.” Running back will be fun to watch during training camp. We probably won’t know the Jets real plan for the position until the games start in September. My bet is that the attempts per running back will look very different than last year. In 2013 Powell had 176 carries and Ivory had 182. How will it break down this year is hard to say but this is my guess: Chris Johnson: 210 carries Chris Ivory: 156 carries Bilal Powell: 55 carries Seems about right. I think they'll start games with CJ getting most of the reps and I think he has a great year. He'll be a beast in the screen game, something that Geno runs very well. Then I envision Ivory coming in during the 4th with his bone crushing running style to run all over a worn out defense. Sprinkling Powell in here and there. Though I could see them just going with the hot hand per game. Very interested in what Marty does with his packages this season. He was getting pretty creative last year and tipped his hands to some looks during the preseason. Curios to see if we get any pro-sets with CJ and Ivory in the backfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I'd consider our RB trio more of a Bukkake than a split. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I'd consider our RB trio more of a Bukkake than a split. Powell is the ugly chick who did all the work but gets none of the payoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaJetsFan Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Good job on the gay porn title Max. Top notch. That's the only reason he re-posted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I thought ivory looked very good this summer really excited to see this offense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSJ Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I thought Johnson looked good in the pre season. Ivory looks like another Lamont Jordan so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Harris Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJets Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Pretty much unnecessary thought, does anyone have an idea of what Ivory's trade value would be at this point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Harris Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Pretty much unnecessary thought, does anyone have an idea of what Ivory's trade value would be at this point? He's certainly worth that 4th we used! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJets Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 He's certainly worth that 4th we used! Indeed. I think maybe his stock went up this past year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 I thought Johnson looked good in the pre season. Ivory looks like another Lamont Jordan so far. Lamont was good as a backup. So hopefully that is all they need him for. Regardless I do like the thought of Bilal Powell staying fresh behind both of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RSJ Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Lamont was good as a backup. So hopefully that is all they need him for. Regardless I do like the thought of Bilal Powell staying fresh behind both of them. I agree on both counts. I like Powell a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heymangold Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 hopefully we can get back to the old running game of Jones/Green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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