sirlancemehlot Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Looks like Greene is the better back at this point in the season. He's busting tackles and his burst is legit. Fresh legs too. LT can't run like Greene after seven games. LT's still the far better receiver, and a great change-up, but I think Mark goes to him as his checkdown too often. Put Greene in on first and second down and Mark starts looking for Keller and BE again. I'm wondering if LT's being used more because he's a one-year rental and Rex wants to keep the young'un healthy ala 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greeniemeanie Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Looks like Greene is the better back at this point in the season. He's busting tackles and his burst is legit. Fresh legs too. LT can't run like Greene after seven games. LT's still the far better receiver, and a great change-up, but I think Mark goes to him as his checkdown too often. Put Greene in on first and second down and Mark starts looking for Keller and BE again. I'm wondering if LT's being used more because he's a one-year rental and Rex wants to keep the young'un healthy ala 2009. I agree. Greene does look good, but I also think it may be that Greene is a slow starter possibly. I think LT might stick around after this year though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupz27 Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 **** that beat LT into the ground until he can't do it anymore and then let Greene loose with fresh legs against beat up defenses at the end of the season and into the playoffs just like last year, and LT can still be the 3rd down back for check downs. That being said I noticed today how much better Greene is looking in general he is bouncing off tacklers with confidence he finally is looking like the Greene from late last year, he migh have finally got his confidence back or like someone wrote just could be a slow starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE ILK Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Greene should have got the bulk of the carries the last 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoping4ASuperBowl Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Greene should have got the bulk of the carries the last 2 weeks. But our OC likes Tomlinson better. Given he is a future HOF'er and Tomlinson can catch the ball better out of the backfield better than Greene even on his worse day, but if they need Tomlinson for the second stretch of the season and the playoffs, they gotta work Greene in there more. Tomlinson might be a future HOF'er, but he doesn't have the same kinda motor he had when he was younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonJet Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Greene absolutely needs to be getting the ball more. He's got the burst and the power. I can see the argument for saving him for the rest of the season but he's only in his 2nd year and it's not like he'll be getting 30 carries a game anyway, but he should definitely be getting close to 20, and more carries than LT. LT is not going to be a go to guy at this point in his career. We need to be running the ball more in general, but our OC is a goddamn moron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 I'd settle for either getting the ball more at this point. 25 rushes against one of the worst rush-d's in the league was ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 id rather LT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war ensemble Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 LT was looking very good today too, Schotty just needs to get both of them the ball more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastineau Lives Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 I'd settle for either getting the ball more at this point. 25 rushes against one of the worst rush-d's in the league was ridiculous. 39 passes 27 runs I'm going to assume that the ratio was a little more balanced before we were in "holy sh*t we're down by 10 points with five minutes left" mode. Just a guess. The 39 passes yielded 336 yards. The 27 runs? Not so many. But you're right, as a matter of fact, I think, that no matter what the situation, we just continue to pound the ball, straight up the middle, preferably until the defensive tackles and middle linebackers pass out or die from the abuse and then BOOM, daylight on every play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastineau Lives Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 I'd settle for either getting the ball more at this point. 25 rushes against one of the worst rush-d's in the league was ridiculous. Averaging four yards a carry against one of the worst run defenses... Redonkulous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neckdemon Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Lt made an absolutely great play.....the one where he got hit late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serphnx Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Lt made an absolutely great play.....the one where he got hit late. He pretty much put the Jets in position to tie with that. That was another retard Schitty playcall. LT willed that to a 1st down. I am not sure whether to say LT is slowing down or just that it is impossible for someone to actually overcome the Schitty handicap. I mean we'd always run up the gut on 1st down to 9 in the box. I don't think there is any RB in the league that can be expected to have great games with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorGato Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 39 passes 27 runs I'm going to assume that the ratio was a little more balanced before we were in "holy sh*t we're down by 10 points with five minutes left" mode. Just a guess. The 39 passes yielded 336 yards. The 27 runs? Not so many. But you're right, as a matter of fact, I think, that no matter what the situation, we just continue to pound the ball, straight up the middle, preferably until the defensive tackles and middle linebackers pass out or die from the abuse and then BOOM, daylight on every play! Our identity is ground and pound. I think Greene gets the ball at least 120 times in the second half. LT another 120-125 or so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastineau Lives Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Our identity is ground and pound. I think Greene gets the ball at least 120 times in the second half. LT another 120-125 or so... I don't even know what that means. That's an MMA term, isn't it? I guess the context of the post you're replying to doesn't matter much either, does it? We try and "ground and pound" our way through weeks thirteen, fourteen and fifteen and our identity will be "wildcard". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Averaging four yards a carry against one of the worst run defenses... Redonkulous? 25 carries. Between two backs. There's little room for variance in such an instance. Especially when it's absurdly predictable to the naked eye as to when you'll be running it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmikeisback Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Agree with the OP 100%, Shonn should be getting more carries than LT at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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