08-04-2015, 09:10 AM
(08-03-2015, 05:43 PM)RoyleRedlegs Wrote: He's a good coach. Sure he could find a few good guys who weren't top picks but he isn't going to find 5 at the same time. Almost a statistical impossibility.
Who were the RBs? That played a factor in 11-13 as well as Gruden wanting to work without a FB while having an OL that wasn't built to block 2nd level like they were asked.
So what did they do? Andre and Whit slimmed down a bit. Transformed themselves as blockers.
They weren't good lead backs, but stout run blocking would've/should've been enough for them to finish better than 27th or 28th in ypc. Benny's ypc here (3.7) was less than in NE (4.0), yet I'd bet quite a few probably think we have a better line than NE.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
