Beanie

[Dayman]

I know it's early, but Beanie is finally looking like the elite RB we were waiting to see, at least in terms of running the ball. He currently ranks eighth in the league in yards with 183, and he's fourth in ypc among RBs with 25+ attempts. He's also broken off two 20+ yard runs after having only five such runs in his first two seasons.

Nice work, Beanie. Keep it up.

 

[Jasper]

Let's hope he lasts the season. After beanie we don't have a real RB on the roster.

Somehow I see Tiki Barber in the future.

 

[Shane]

Elite?

Lets not get a head of ourselves here.

 

[seesred]

They needed to get the Bean the ball in the 4th quarter as I believe that would have sealed the deal! He was great in the 3rd but only had a couple of runs in the whole 4th quarter as thy went away from what got them there at the end.

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[thephoenixson28]

I feel Beanie could be great but he is too soft. When I see him run, he doesn't run through the players and punishes them. Not to mention he falls down to easy.

 

[cardncubfan]

I feel Beanie could be great but he is too soft. When I see him run, he doesn't run through the players and punishes them. Not to mention he falls down to easy.

I believe he took 2 of the Redskins out of the game with injuries yesterday.

 

[JeffGollin]

Tough to be an elite RB without elite blocking.

 

[1DS]

Tough to be an elite RB without elite blocking.

Or elite receiving.

He's running well though so far. Wish he was with it in the first half. He came out after halftime and ran much, much harder.

 

[D-Dogg]

I feel Beanie could be great but he is too soft. When I see him run, he doesn't run through the players and punishes them. Not to mention he falls down to easy.

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[thephoenixson28]

I believe he took 2 of the Redskins out of the game with injuries yesterday.

poor tackling

 

[thephoenixson28]

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20/20 vision

 

[Duckjake]

Tough to be an elite RB without elite blocking.

Its the scheme. I've seen, for the first time since Grimm arrived, some plays where the Oline is firing out. Power blocking at its finest. They just don't do it very often.

See Wells run at 13:54 of the 3rd Quarter for an example. That was awesome to watch.

 

[TJ]

I feel Beanie could be great but he is too soft. When I see him run, he doesn't run through the players and punishes them. Not to mention he falls down to easy.

This isn't the Larod Stephens-Howling thread.

 

[thephoenixson28]

Look at the difference on how hightower runs, compared to how Beanie runs. If he ran like hightower. He would be a Adrian Peterson type back. You guys are acting like I'm knocking on Beanie.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

Elite?

Lets not get a head of ourselves here.

he's on his way. 5.7 ypc is not too shabby. Hopefully he'll keep it up. I still would like to see 20-25 carried a game though. BUt Whiz may be saving him a bit to last the season since there is no real backup on the team.

 

[BullheadCardFan]

Elite?

Lets not get a head of ourselves here.

This.

He had a good game, but is far from elite.

 

[Chaz]

They need to get #35 out in front of him more.

 

[PJ1]

They need to get #35 out in front of him more.

I agree with this. Like the FB leading Beanie.

 

[kerouac9]

Darren Urban's pretty funny on his blog today:

http://blog.azcardinals.com/2011/09/19/beanie-and-the-five-minute-mark/

As for Wells’ only having three carries in the first half before getting 11 in the second half, Whisenhunt said “we didn’t have a lot of opportunities in the first half.” (The Cards did only have 18 first-half plays). “In the second half, we got into a package where we were having success. It was giving them problems and Beanie ran the ball very well.”

Clearly you believe in the running game when you execute it on 17% of your first half plays. You really like keeping that 15:3 pass/run ratio.

 

[27Veer]

I think Beanie had too much pride to allow Hightower to out do him. I suspect he convinced the H C to run him in the second half and he came through.

 

[cardsfanmd]

Darren Urban's pretty funny on his blog today:

http://blog.azcardinals.com/2011/09/19/beanie-and-the-five-minute-mark/



Clearly you believe in the running game when you execute it on 17% of your first half plays. You really like keeping that 15:3 pass/run ratio.

I'm not trying to be rude, but is there anything you like about this team?

 

[cardpa]

he's on his way. 5.7 ypc is not too shabby. Hopefully he'll keep it up. I still would like to see 20-25 carried a game though. BUt Whiz may be saving him a bit to last the season since there is no real backup on the team.

Since no other RB gets into the game how would we know if there is a real backup? Whiz needs to give Smith a chance to run the ball to see if he can get some time. If Smith is never out there then you don't have a backup until Beanie gets nicked up and then you ask the backup to perform without getting any experience in previous games.