Why does Beanie only have three carries????

[Dr. Jones]

Beanie looked good today and didn't deserve to be benched any more than TH did for dropping a pass at a key time again...Yes he has trouble blocking but so does out entire OL and that is their primary job...

I don't think he dropped that. It was a Scud Missile targeted for his back shoulder on a 5 yard in route.

 

[Shane]

I don't think he dropped that. It was a Scud Missile targeted for his back shoulder on a 5 yard in route.

He should have caught it. They both should have today.

 

[PJ1]

I don't think he dropped that. It was a Scud Missile targeted for his back shoulder on a 5 yard in route.

The play I saw was a drop without a doubt. Not a bad pass at all. You can't be remembering the same play.

 

[az1965]

I'm still scared Hightower is going to fumble anytime but he is the better RB right now. Everyone is dropping passes, even Fitz and Breaston this year.

 

[THESMEL]

Come on now
The Bean starts and softens them up, ThT comes in with fresh legs and tears it up,

look no further than we actually won in 2008, when Whiz treated Edge like a red headed step child and started THT.

Then started Edge and tore through the playoffs,

reverted back in the SB and lost it!

Tht is an excellent 2nd back role player, The Bean is an excellent power RB, but we'll never know cause of Whisenstupid.

makes me want to cut my losses

 

[b8rtm8nn]

THT is better, I actually watched it on TV, so it's true

 

[Dayman]

Bad blocker or not, there's no reason Beanie should have 90 touches through 9 games. It's a waste of a first round pick. The FO knew his strengths and weaknesses when they drafted him. They have to find a way to get him on the field.

 

[Buckybird]

A passing threat would cure that. I don't think teams are too worried about Chris JOhnson or AP's blocking. I'm not putting Wells in their class but they would still be playing and getting carries no matter what their blocking skills are.

A ****ing men!!! The HC isn't playing to the individual strengths of most of his players on offense. A smashmouth Oline...we pass. A terrible, innacurate QB...we pass. We have 3 more than solid RB's that rarely get to do what they excel in...toting the rock!!!

 

[Shane]

Bad blocker or not, there's no reason Beanie should have 90 touches through 9 games. It's a waste of a first round pick. The FO knew his strengths and weaknesses when they drafted him. They have to find a way to get him on the field.

You play the guy thats playing better. No just because you drafted smeone high.

 

[Krangodnzr]

My issue with Beanie is that I think he rarely gets the most of out his runs.

If Beanie wasn't so prone to shoestring tackles he would have 5 or 6 runs this year that he could have taken the distance. The dude just doesn't have elite back balance, his center of gravity is high.

Hightower on the other hand runs hard and while he doesn't have the physical tools Beanie does, he gets more out runs once he gets to the second and third level.

 

[Shane]

My issue with Beanie is that I think he rarely gets the most of out his runs.

If Beanie wasn't so prone to shoestring tackles he would have 5 or 6 runs this year that he could have taken the distance. The dude just doesn't have elite back balance, his center of gravity is high.

Hightower on the other hand runs hard and while he doesn't have the physical tools Beanie does, he gets more out runs once he gets to the second and third level.

This!

 

[Krangodnzr]

A ****ing men!!! The HC isn't playing to the individual strengths of most of his players on offense. A smashmouth Oline...we pass. A terrible, innacurate QB...we pass. We have 3 more than solid RB's that rarely get to do what they excel in...toting the rock!!!

Smashmouth o-line?

What team have you been watching? This team struggles to run when the defense puts 8 in the box. That's why we're passing so much, it's on Derrick Anderson to exploit the match ups, but he's failing to do so.

Kurt Warner would complete 80% of his passes for 500 yards every Sunday if teams played us the way they are right now.

 

[Buckybird]

My issue with Beanie is that I think he rarely gets the most of out his runs.

If Beanie wasn't so prone to shoestring tackles he would have 5 or 6 runs this year that he could have taken the distance. The dude just doesn't have elite back balance, his center of gravity is high.

Hightower on the other hand runs hard and while he doesn't have the physical tools Beanie does, he gets more out runs once he gets to the second and third level.

Wiz still refuses to maxmize each kids talents, THT's or Wells. I believe Larod has a good skill set also & he is rarely used on offense.

 

[Duckjake]

You play the guy thats playing better. No just because you drafted smeone high.

You play the guy that is a better RB not just because the other guy is a better pass blocker also.

It doesn't matter though because our oline and QBs are such trash this season nobody could be consistently successful running the football.

How guys with all that Professional experience, in scouting, management and coaching, AND previous success with the same franchise, could make such horrendous mistakes is quite simply baffling.

 

[PaulW]

Because the coaching staff has no idea. The Offensive line is just terrible and cannot run block and have no idea how to pass block either. Russ Grimm. the only coach that has 3 titles--Assistant Head Coach, OL Coach, and Run Offensive Coordinator; and is terrible at all three. Good luck Carolina, I hope you like the basement!

 

[Shane]

You play the guy that is a better RB not just because the other guy is a better pass blocker also.

It doesn't matter though because our oline and QBs are such trash this season nobody could be consistently successful running the football.

How guys with all that Professional experience, in scouting, management and coaching, AND previous success with the same franchise, could make such horrendous mistakes is quite simply baffling.

I agree that it should'nt just be based on pass protection. But when the OL is as bad as it is you need the best blocker bck there. Thus makes it harder to at least try and fool the D about the play thats coming. But like you said as bad as the whole unit is it doesnt really matter who the RB is.

 

[Krangodnzr]

Wiz still refuses to maxmize each kids talents, THT's or Wells. I believe Larod has a good skill set also & he is rarely used on offense.

Whis does? Or is it what the situation dictates?

Larod has shown flashes on offense, but he's no Felix Jones, and hasn't shown that he deserves more than a spot carry here and there.

The problem with our run game is that teams are lining up in the box and forcing us to beat them with the pass. This team is not going to have success offensively until we do so, because we're not going to run against an 8 man front consistently.

I don't know what's so hard to understand about that....not necessarily saying it to you, more a general statement to the fans that don't understand why we're not running more.

 

[Dayman]

You play the guy thats playing better. No just because you drafted smeone high.

Hightower had 8 runs today that went for one yard or less. Eight! Beanie's shortest run was four yards on his way to 8 ypc. I don't think performance was the issue this week.

 

[Duckjake]

Smashmouth o-line?

What team have you been watching? This team struggles to run when the defense puts 8 in the box. That's why we're passing so much, it's on Derrick Anderson to exploit the match ups, but he's failing to do so.

Kurt Warner would complete 80% of his passes for 500 yards every Sunday if teams played us the way they are right now.

Come On Man! The Cards couldn't run the football with the #1 passing offense in the NFL in 2005 and the #2 passing offense in 2009.

AND teams were dropping 34 guys into coverage and Warner still set NFL records.

The two do not correlate. Vince Young and Kerry Collins? Do you think teams are scared of the Titans pass offense? Johnson still runs for 2000.

It is a fan based myth that if you can't pass you can't run.

 

[Shane]

Hightower had 8 runs today that went for one yard or less. Eight! Beanie's shortest run was four yards on his way to 8 ypc. I don't think performance was the issue this week.

Yea on about 6 of those 8 he was engulfed behind the LOS. Not really indicative of the RB. Alo way to look at the whole picture as most typical Beanie jockers. Lets disregard the 3 carries over 20.

 

[Proteus]

My issue with Beanie is that I think he rarely gets the most of out his runs.

If Beanie wasn't so prone to shoestring tackles he would have 5 or 6 runs this year that he could have taken the distance. The dude just doesn't have elite back balance, his center of gravity is high.

Hightower on the other hand runs hard and while he doesn't have the physical tools Beanie does, he gets more out runs once he gets to the second and third level.

Can Beanie can be coached out of being tripped up so easily?

 

[Duckjake]

Hightower had 8 runs today that went for one yard or less. Eight! Beanie's shortest run was four yards on his way to 8 ypc. I don't think performance was the issue this week.

This is the problem with the Cards run game. It doesn't matter if it is Beanie or Timmy. TH had at least two of over 20 but then they turn around and have way too many runs that go for nothing regardless of who is carrying the football.

It's Grimm. Has been since he came to Arizona. Time for him to go.

 

[Shane]

Can Beanie can be coached out of being tripped up so easily?

Absolutely not! Unfortunately.

 

[Duckjake]

Absolutely not! Unfortunately.

Maybe.

The Cards taught Jake to keep his head up when he moved in the pocket instead of ducking his head like he did as a rook and the Cards beat the Cowboys in the playoffs the next season.

 

[Krangodnzr]

Come On Man! The Cards couldn't run the football with the #1 passing offense in the NFL in 2005 and the #2 passing offense in 2009.

AND teams were dropping 34 guys into coverage and Warner still set NFL records.

The two do not correlate. Vince Young and Kerry Collins? Do you think teams are scared of the Titans pass offense? Johnson still runs for 2000.

It is a fan based myth that if you can't pass you can't run.

Huh? The last 10 weeks of the season last year we averaged well over 100 yards a game last year because we developed the chemistry and had a QB that could beat you if you lined up 8 in the box.

Kurt Warner is also notoriously bad at audibling out of run plays to hit you with big pass plays.

To compare Johnson, a back with special skills to our situation is laughable. The Titans have a fantastic offensive line (we don't) and a great runningback (we don't). Apples and oranges. Teams have to respect their running game and it opens everything up for VY and KC.

Not a fan based myth, especially when you hear so many NFL coaches, commentators, and players stating it.