He's Ryan Grant, not Barry Sanders, lol.
"djcubez" wrote:
So why not get a guy more like Barry Sanders and less like Ryan Grant? Look we opened up big holes for guys like Verrand Morrency, Samkon Gado, DeShawn Wynn and gave them all big games, why do we decide to give a guy who we picked up as a UFA a big contract because he did the same as the three guys before him, he just stayed healthy while doing it? Grant is not an NFL-caliber starting RB and apparently a lot of people don't agree with me, which is fine.
Zero you ask how many guys exist that can make plays on their own out of nothing. All I say is look to the successful running teams in the league, not only do they usually have one guy like that, but a second guy that can come in and switch up the pace with his running style. Grant is fine for a shared carry situation because he has his own style, but his style is just running straight forward. Have you seen the pitches we run to him? It's great for the ZBS, run to the side, make one cut and go north-south but we've already learned the ZBS doesn't work with our line, so why do we have a back whose only running strength is in that system?
I guess I may have just conceded my point a bit by pointing out the o-line but I'm saying backs like you've mentioned do exist, we just have made no effort in getting them. I so wish we could have kept Sutton, I think he would have been a great boost to our offense. Our dump-off pass game would look a lot better with a speedy guy that can slash instead of a guy like Grant who gets the ball and just runs straight.
"Zero2Cool" wrote: