Beanie Wells misses Wed practice

[DieHardCardFan]

I was thinking the same thing Duckjake not sure when these many times were, not to mention our Oline is much more risky of getting Kurt killed than a stud RB that could take some of the pressure off of Kurt and the Oline!!! That post gets the dumb post of the week award! Many times geesh what a joke.

Come on who annointed you the giver of awards?

Seriously I love Beanie and want to see the kid on the field. But just like you said he has not had much experience yet. And I suspect once we find ourselves in a game with a little more momentum going our way we will see Beanie.

But on a not so serious note. I nominate and give you the dumb post of the week award. To call Beanie a "stud RB" and also say he has not had much time on the field is a pretty huge contradiction. Do I expect he will be a "stuf RB"? Yes! Is he right now? No and no one can say he is. He has proven nothing to this point, and that is not really his fault in my opinion. He needs more time on the field period.

Oh yeah I agree with you and the others about the Oline. They are playing like absolute crap.

 

[DieHardCardFan]

What about the fact Kurt wasn't UPRIGHT all night long? Shouldn't Wells havae gotten more carries just to try and slow the rush? I mean are you watching the same thing the rest of us are? Beanie needs to be getting the ball period keeping Kurt upright means we need a balanced attack not trying to throw 60 times a game!

Dude slow down! Man ! I had no idea you were so infatuated with Beanie. I will leave you alone to hype up the 4.4 ypc. I actually like both of our beast RB's and think they will make a great 2 headed monster. But 16 carries for 4.4 ypc compared to Hightower with 32 carries for 3.4 ypc is hardly gonna convince me that Beanie needs to take over and sit Hightower. My optimum situation would be pretty close to a 50/50 split on the carries, just not until the coaching staff feels he has his pass pro up to snuff.

 

[DieHardCardFan]

Tim Hightower : G GS Att Yds Avg Lng TD Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FUM Lost
2009 Cardinals 3 3 32 109 3.4 17 1 20 172 8.6 23 0 2 1


Beanie Wells : G GS Att Yds Avg Lng TD Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FUM Lost
2009 Cardinals 3 0 16 71 4.4 17 0 -- -- -- -- -- 2 1

Not huge difference besides on the recieving...............

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Tim Hightower : G GS Att Yds Avg Lng TD Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FUM Lost
2009 Cardinals 3 3 32 109 3.4 17 1 20 172 8.6 23 0 2 1


Beanie Wells : G GS Att Yds Avg Lng TD Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FUM Lost
2009 Cardinals 3 0 16 71 4.4 17 0 -- -- -- -- -- 2 1

Not huge difference besides on the recieving...............

1 more ypg is a lot in the NFL.

 

[MadCardDisease]

At least it wasn't an injury..

Exactly!

 

[DieHardCardFan]

1 more ypg is a lot in the NFL.

No argument here! But so is 172 receiving yards. My point is they have been fairly productive. We just have as a team not been commiting to run early enough and then fall behind and start the air attack that quiet frankly has looked bad so far. I lay alot of the blame on the Pass Pro (Line and RB's).

I guess I just dont buy into the opinion of SOME that giving Beanie the ball 30 times a game is gonna be the savior of this team.

 

[nashman]

Ok Diehard the times we have seen Beanie he WAY outperformed TH running the rock can you agree to that? We have a possible stud RB who is sitting on the bench, I am in the camp AP would have been a waste here as he probably would have sat due to not being a great blocker, not knowing playbook, whatever excuse they could come up with. Fact is they took the kid with their 1st round pick he has stud possibilitys and for damn sure should be in the game getting carries, especially in a game we were getting our ASSES kicked what could have it possibly hurt for him to be getting carries in that game? Seriously is our coaching staff so clueless they thought somehow the Colts were going to stop scoring and we were magically going to win?

 

[DieHardCardFan]

Ok Diehard the times we have seen Beanie he WAY outperformed TH running the rock can you agree to that? We have a possible stud RB who is sitting on the bench, I am in the camp AP would have been a waste here as he probably would have sat due to not being a great blocker, not knowing playbook, whatever excuse they could come up with. Fact is they took the kid with their 1st round pick he has stud possibilitys and for damn sure should be in the game getting carries, especially in a game we were getting our ASSES kicked what could have it possibly hurt for him to be getting carries in that game? Seriously is our coaching staff so clueless they thought somehow the Colts were going to stop scoring and we were magically going to win?

Nashman I will not agree that Beanie has WAY out performed Hightower. I will say he has made some very nice and exciting runs that make me feel extremely excited about his future with this team. But I will also say Hightower has been pretty clutch for us and has had his share of making me feel very excited about his future with this team.

I think against the Colts we needed to go to Beanie earlier, that would have been my play calling. But in the later part of the game, I really think Whis never thinks he is completely out of a game and wanted to sling the ball around and see if they could find a magical comeback. And running would simply have made the game come to an end faster. I have no idea what the coaches see in practice, or on the field. I watch the game and see an Oline that is playing extremely inconsistent, a Qb who seems frustrated, WR's who are open and not getting looked at, Fitz not being trusted to come down with the jump ball in 1 on 1 coverage and two RB's with alot of potential not getting much of a chance to showcase that potential.

My diagnosis is this team is going through a mini identity crisis.

 

[nashman]

I will simply say if you have a running game and a commitment to it, WR's will be single covered and open way more often! The only thing TH is exciting at is catching the ball in the flat his ability to take a handoff and make something happen is terrible! You have to have balance and Whiz preaches this then totally abandons the run and leaves our best RB on the sideline! Something has got to change or this team will continue to struggle I would agree with the identity crisis comment. I think we need an OC so that Whiz and the other coaches can concentrate on what THEY need to do as coaches and not all trying to multi-task which clearly is not working!

 

[DieHardCardFan]

I will simply say if you have a running game and a commitment to it, WR's will be single covered and open way more often! The only thing TH is exciting at is catching the ball in the flat his ability to take a handoff and make something happen is terrible! You have to have balance and Whiz preaches this then totally abandons the run and leaves our best RB on the sideline! Something has got to change or this team will continue to struggle I would agree with the identity crisis comment. I think we need an OC so that Whiz and the other coaches can concentrate on what THEY need to do as coaches and not all trying to multi-task which clearly is not working!

We will just have to disagree with regard to Hightower.

And we do agree about an OC. This was probably my biggest concern going into the season and I think we are seeing the product of not having an OC. Play calling is very predictable and again like 2 years ago really poor clock managment and and use of TO's.

 

[lauraw]

Beanie practiced Thursday..