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All last year I was singing his praises, he was the one RB in the draft I really wanted and I still am glad we drafted him. I also say his improvement is the key to the season offensively. You can't NOT love Conner, he runs so hard, does everything we ask of him, with the back story with him overcoming cancer etc you can't help but pull for him. But he's simply not fast enough, we need to get to a point where we can reduce his carries so that some of that load goes to someone who can break off the occasional big run. The hope is that guy is Benson.
If he's not ready yet they ought to consider moving up Carter but I understand why they did it the way they did, DeMercado is 3rd down back, Dallas plays special teams, Conner and Benson are the RB's.
Detroit has a VERY good run defense, but it was also really obvious yesterday that Conner's lack of speed was an issue. Benson's first run was 6 yards, Conner had 9 carries for 17 yards 7 being his longest and that one was blocked for much more than 7. But it's not Conner's fault Benson isn't getting more carries, it's Benson's fault he's still dancing too much as we saw on the 2nd carry.
So far it seems like a situation where he's still saying both Conner and Carter are working with him in practice, but if the light doesn't come on soon they might have to consider adding Carter just to get a change of pace.
I hope the light comes on he's big and fast and terrific in space, I think he's absolutely the RB of the future for us. I just wish he was more ready right now
If he's not ready yet they ought to consider moving up Carter but I understand why they did it the way they did, DeMercado is 3rd down back, Dallas plays special teams, Conner and Benson are the RB's.
Detroit has a VERY good run defense, but it was also really obvious yesterday that Conner's lack of speed was an issue. Benson's first run was 6 yards, Conner had 9 carries for 17 yards 7 being his longest and that one was blocked for much more than 7. But it's not Conner's fault Benson isn't getting more carries, it's Benson's fault he's still dancing too much as we saw on the 2nd carry.
So far it seems like a situation where he's still saying both Conner and Carter are working with him in practice, but if the light doesn't come on soon they might have to consider adding Carter just to get a change of pace.
I hope the light comes on he's big and fast and terrific in space, I think he's absolutely the RB of the future for us. I just wish he was more ready right now