machine gun kelly Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 This article is excellent as it demonstrates what knowledgable football fans can see. Fred gets the tough yards! He always falls forward, has excellent balance, and when we are 3rd and 3, Marrone realized to trust Fred, not CJ. The exception was the Bucs game and we paid for it. I was at the game and when CJ was on the field we had so many negative plays. Don't misunderstand I like Spiller, but he is better suited for the spread offense as it opens more holes, and not as much crowding in the box. This is what Gailey knew about Spiller, but when you go max protect like the Ravens game with big Frank, the Tank plowing a hole, Fred is much more productive than Spiller in the same packages. Now when Spiller is healthy, and in the spread, he gives us those elusive runs and at the second level can break for 70 yards. Fred is not as fast so he can get caught. I love them both and we have a sound running game. Other than my guess in Spillers health, a problem is Hackett. I think he is over his head, and you just wonder if a OC like Kubiak, or even Gailey, what we could have done. I do agree with the previous post in the deficit is in the passing game with EJ and the other 10 QB's before him since 2000. For the people that bash SJ and the other WR (except Graham as he has stone hands) they can't throw to themselves. I'm not focused on the draft yet, but god we need a pass catching TE, and a big WR. dump Graham, and add these two weapons with a year of development for EJ, and we could contend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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