MTJ06 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Watching the game tonight and seeing the impact he is having, this is the way we should be utilizing Leon in our offense!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aec4 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Watching the game tonight and seeing the impact he is having, this is the way we should be utilizing Leon in our offense!!! They don't use Sproles like this sans injury... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsis Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 They don't use Sproles like this sans injury... Irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTJ06 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 They don't use Sproles like this sans injury... Im aware of that. The guy dominated the game.........we have a similar weapon and failed to utilize it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyjet69 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Im aware of that. The guy dominated the game.........we have a similar weapon and failed to utilize it. your right, maybe we should fire the head coach! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Jet Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Clearly Sproles, like Leon is too small. Forget about the fact that they average like 7 yards a carry they're too small I tell ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTJ06 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 your right, maybe we should fire the head coach! Sproles may have just helped convince someone else to coach us. Leon is a similar weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Clearly Sproles, like Leon is too small. Forget about the fact that they average like 7 yards a carry they're too small I tell ya! Guys like them can carry the rock 20, 25 times a game about two times a season. If they do more than that they will wear down and will be less effective. Oh, and BTW, Sproles is faster than Leon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelticwizard Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Can't be much faster. I don't see Leon having a lot of trouble running away from people when he gets in the clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTJ06 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 Guys like them can carry the rock 20, 25 times a game about two times a season. If they do more than that they will wear down and will be less effective. Oh, and BTW, Sproles is faster than Leon. Im not saying 20-25 a game. leon had 76 carries (4.75 per game) for the season. There has to be middle ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike1 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Guys like them can carry the rock 20, 25 times a game about two times a season. If they do more than that they will wear down and will be less effective. Oh, and BTW, Sproles is faster than Leon. If he's faster it's not by much. Leon is also better returning kicks than he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Im not saying 20-25 a game. leon had 76 carries (4.75 per game) for the season. There has to be middle ground. Agreed. Jones should've gotten the ball as much as he did, but there should have been less passes and more runs. I'd like to see Jones get it 300 times and Washington 125-150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 If he's faster it's not by much. Leon is also better returning kicks than he is. Kicks? Yes. Punts? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Jet Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Guys like them can carry the rock 20, 25 times a game about two times a season. If they do more than that they will wear down and will be less effective. Oh, and BTW, Sproles is faster than Leon. Nope they should never get carries, either of them. They'll break like like twigs I say! TWIGS! God forbid we ever give Leon the ball more than 10 times in a game just to see what happens. Oh God no! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike1 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Kicks? Yes. Punts? No. Yup. Leon needs to be taken off Punt duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbia Jet Fan Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 My good buddys a chargers fan so I generally like them and watch them when I can (I have NFL network) and sproles is a great player...but even as a not jet fan...its definitely Leon>>>>>Sproles (Oh but sproles is a better blocker by a decent amount) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serphnx Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Agreed. Jones should've gotten the ball as much as he did, but there should have been less passes and more runs. I'd like to see Jones get it 300 times and Washington 125-150. Actually I felt down the stretch Jones was not run enough. I'm a huge fan of the passing game, but you need to know when to run the damn ball. Sometimes they'll key in on the pass or be unable to stop the run, that's when you just shove it right down their throats, especially when you suck at passing in the first place. I like Leon and he should have been used more as well, but the combined mishandle of TJ and Leon together is probably one of the big reasons Mangini was fired. That and Woody is just Al Davis in a costume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoicsentry Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Guys like them can carry the rock 20, 25 times a game about two times a season. If they do more than that they will wear down and will be less effective. Oh, and BTW, Sproles is faster than Leon. I wouldn't say to give it to him 20-25 times a game. How about at least 10 or so? He only had 76 ALL YEAR. We KNOW he can carry more. In 2006, he carried twice as much: 151 times, and was almost as effective. Granted, in 2006, we didn't have a feature back. But the point remains, Leon was a surprise 4th round pick and was good from the start, but he is becoming even more surprising, he is becoming a better player every year. He can handle it. Give him more attempts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afosomf Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 i was thinking same thing last nite EM is a total dumb phuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slats Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 This is funny. I was thinking the same thing last night, and have said it many times. This BS about Leon being too small is just BS. Yup. Leon needs to be taken off Punt duty. Agreed. Replace him on punt returns, and replace those touches on offense. He should be averaging 10 carries a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnjet Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Guys like them can carry the rock 20, 25 times a game about two times a season. If they do more than that they will wear down and will be less effective. Oh, and BTW, Sproles is faster than Leon. And Leon is 20 pounds heavier than Sproles. And I doubt Sproles is that much faster at all. In fact, at the Combine, Sproles ran a 4.47 while Leon ran a 4.42. As for punt and kick returns, Sproles this year had a punt return average of 11.32 yards per return (290 off 22 returns) and no touchdowns while leon averaged 10.45 (303 yards on 29 returns) and also no touchdowns. Hardly a big difference at all. As for kick returns, sproles this year averaged 25.96 per kick (1376 over 53 returns) and 1 td while leon averaged 25.66 (1231 over 48 returns) and again 1 touchdown. The numbers are very similar and have been over much of their career. Either way, they aren't so small and fragile that they are going to whittle away into nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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