03-26-2018, 01:16 PM
(03-26-2018, 12:33 PM)Wyche Wrote: There are exceptions to every rule. That opponent, in particular, was susceptible to the run game. Oddly enough, BJGE throughout his career ran well against them (you know this, you've seen the numbers and argued against them as well). So, he played to lose yet again by not taking advantage of a strength of his team vs the weakness of another. When the game was still within reach, Green-Ellis was riding the pine.
Ironically the single biggest complaint fans had with Marvin that entire season was the fact that he was giving carries to Benny instead of Gio. In fact the hater brigade had been calling for BJGE to be released. No one went into that playoff game calling for him to carry the load. In fact it was the exact opposite. They wanted Gio to get more touches.
Benny opened the game with 2 eight yard runs. After that he averaged 4.3 on 6 carries. It is not like he was gashing them repeatedly.
In the Bengals only TD drive of the first half Bernard had 5 carries for 28 yards and had 1 reception for 11 yards while BJGE had 7 yards on 2 carries. If Marvin had kept feeding Benny after that drive then you would have been whining about him taking out Bernard when he had the hot hand.
