I sometimes want to apoligize for repeating the same thing year after year- getting flamed for having the same perspective and opinion - Being the unpopular person on this board and ejected from the Main board like a tuff of dog poop off of Beanies cleat. I am what I am and that is all that I am- Im thesmel a Cardinals fan -toot toot.!
Mitch I feel Beanie's impacts on opponents show a lil excitement on his part- yea he is a brooder - sometimes with his head down chewing on his mouth piece- So was Jim Brown - and many many more - The Bean is old school and gets stronger as he wears down opponents and punishes them - Hard to do on 7 carries a game when he was healthy! behind THT- screw Whisenhunt I hope he pukes. Even after He made the Giants double stiff arm TD- He was pulled in and out like a yo yo- the playcallers couldn't sabatoge his development any more if they purposely laid a plan out to do so!
Yes Dawg - beanie asked for 7 early carries to set the tone Then He could have a feel for the defense- and set them up for a big run play- not an unreasonable request for a featured RB. What he got was several runs in row ( occcasionally) and when the defense adapted- a playcaller that abandoned the run. We were last in attempts, rush yards, but not yards per attempts- unless THT was in there- for his 143 carries each year as the starter. Saved Edges legs my butt- We collapsed in the 2nd 1/2 0f 08 until Saved us in the last game and the playoffs- That play action- made us great- then 10 carries in the SB and 10 in the Saints PO loss- I'm stubborn but- I know what I know.
Look at these rushing attempts in Whiz's tour- No Oline has ever performed this well passing so much - rushing so little- While everyone screams how bad our oline is- I'm screaming how in the hell did they pull off a SB and PO appearance- and keep Kurt upright at all? Our oline made the impossible probable- quick release under Marino or Fouts didn't do it! Arians had some pretty good years with low rush attempts- But Joe Thomas would never be asked to do what our oline has accomplished.
So I think The Bean is the 3rd most talented player on our team- behind only Fitz and PP- but The Bean is more important because if you feed the bean - it improves their and the rest of the teams working conditions and chances at success. His power makes injuries more probable - slips at less than 45 angles more probable too- But put together his 10 best plays( so many called back because of a lack of PPP by the coaches) and ask if he could have done more - If we were not last in everything rushing?
Hell i don't know if he'll be healthy or not- He has been benched while healthy quite a bit? But our new blocking scheme - 3 oline coaches - won't have the impact this boy has when he lowers his head with power - hangs on his blocker's hip patiently in traffic -and stiff arms multiple players in the open field. Hell he aint even hit his stride yet- Stupid coaching staff kept tripping him.
The reason they won't run the ball in the pro bowl is the same reason these 2 teams are in- and will in the Superbowl! Less risk of turnover- wear down opponents- so you can throw them down and your way with them later on. The NFL and 3-4 defenses are on the decline- If you can run and play defense - you can trump the most powerful pass game more times than not. This truth hasn't changed a bit- RB's are the engine on offense- rather Randy Moss or Jerry Rice is the best- RB's make everything else purr.
Besides 5 TD's in 88 carries - missing 1/2 the season? What proof do you want? Our only win after the first 4 games- 17 carries 67 yards and 3td's! yea somebody besides me is nuts!
I understand me!
Just because he likes to run the ball more than US doesn't mean that he likes to run the ball. Let's look at those numbers in a little greater context, like the entire NFL...
Arians
2012 - 440 Ind - 14T
2011 - 434 Pit - 19
2010 - 471 Pit - 8
2009 - 428 Pit - 18th
2008 - 460 Pit - 9th
2007 - 511 Pit - 3rd
2003 - 412 Cle - 27th
2002 - 406 Cle - 26th
2001 - 417 Cle - 21st
Cards
2012 - 352 - 32nd
2011 - 389 - 28th
2010 - 320 - 32nd
2009 - 365 - 32nd
2008 - 340 - 32nd
2007 - 402 - 25th
Bruce Arians is a passing game coordinator--make no mistake about it. Our offense was cattywampus when it came to even making an effort to run the ball, but I don't expect us to come out under Arians and be in the Top 12 for rushing attempts in 2013.
And for the record, I like Wells.
