Why was Wells drafted?

[Duckjake]

Hardly. I like Timmy but nowhere near like I liked the Q

Beanie is talked about around here like he is Barry Sanders. Which is ludicrous IMO.

He is good he has talent. But he has yet to show he is the game breaker people consistently refer to him as around here.

Yeah and those 4 to 5 carries he gets every month really give him a chance to show it too.

But it doesn't matter. Barry Sanders combined with Adrian Peterson couldn't run behind this line. I'm glad Beanie isn't playing much. Better to save him for next year when maybe we have an offensive line that can actually block.

 

[Shane]

It would be a totally different game, win or lose.

Well no kidding. You could say the same thing if LSH or TH got 30 carries a game.

 

[Jersey Girl]

Hardly. I like Timmy but nowhere near like I liked the Q

Beanie is talked about around here like he is Barry Sanders. Which is ludicrous IMO.

He is good he has talent. But he has yet to show he is the game breaker people consistently refer to him as around here.

I like Timmy, too, though I'll admit I talked a crapload on him after that second game. I kinda like the tandem we have at RB, but I want to see more of Beanie. I think he has a lot of potential, and I think he needs more opportunity (when healthy) to see what he can do.

Rhodes is a good player but he might quit on this team soon given his past rep.

I am going on record as saying I do not think Kerry will quit on this team. Yeah, yeah, I know. He quit before and all that, blah, blah, blah. But I am putting my backing behind Kerry right here, right now.

Regardless of what anyone says, it would be interesting to see how the game would play out if they gave the ball to Beanie 25-30 times a game. It would be a totally different game, win or lose.

Well, I guess we'll never know. We definitely need to run the ball more, especially with our QB situation. I like running both guys, but I want to see more from the Bean.

 

[Shane]

I like Timmy, too, though I'll admit I talked a crapload on him after that second game. I kinda like the tandem we have at RB, but I want to see more of Beanie. I think he has a lot of potential, and I think he needs more opportunity (when healthy) to see what he can do.



I am going on record as saying I do not think Kerry will quit on this team. Yeah, yeah, I know. He quit before and all that, blah, blah, blah. But I am putting my backing behind Kerry right here, right now.



Well, I guess we'll never know. We definitely need to run the ball more, especially with our QB situation. I like running both guys, but I want to see more from the Bean.

I agree jersey. I think beanie should average about 15 carries a game and Timmy around 10. That would be about right IMO.

 

[D-Dogg]

I like Beanie. I like him a lot. But he is vastly overrated on this board.

That's completely irrelevant to the topic at hand.

It is curious how he is being used. At one point I was wondering if he was still hurt because he hadn't hit the field yet. I like Tim. I like him a lot. But he shouldn't be playing as much as he is before you see Beanie in the game.

 

[New Mexico]

I like Beanie. I like him a lot. But he is vastly overrated on this board.

Couldn't disagree with this more. The guy is an elite running back, but he doesn't get the carries to prove it because Whiz is making another point, I guess.

 

[Shane]

The guy is an elite running back.

Do you have any real proof of this? Anything other than hope and blind faith?

 

[Russ Smith]

It's not a talent problem; Wilson as a rookie couldn't cover anyone man-to-man, either. It's a scheme problem. Wilson doesn't even look like he's trying to cover these guys.

Troy Polamalu can't cover anyone one-on-one, either, but Dick LeBeau is clever enough to never puts him in a position to have to. We're playing Wilson essentially as an LB right now. Ware is the heir apparent, along with Hamza Abdulla.

I think it's both, TE's are running away from Wilson like he's on sand and they're on a track. AW has never been good in coverage but he's looking outright slow this season.

Although he did run even with Louis Murphy last week and Murphy is "one of the fastest players in the NFL."

 

[Duckjake]

Couldn't disagree with this more. The guy is an elite running back, but he doesn't get the carries to prove it because Whiz is making another point, I guess.

Too bad the offense can't make any points.

 

[Big D]

Whis hitches his wagon to guys like Hightower and Anderson. It's just what he does. Don't question it.

 

[PJ1]

Whis hitches his wagon to guys like Hightower and Anderson. It's just what he does. Don't question it.

I like TH alot and he has had a good year. The Anderson thing I will never get.

 

[Cheesebeef]

i remember people telling me it didn't matter who "starts" and telling me I was crazy to think that Hightower starting the first couple series would continually put us in a hole where it would be almost impossible to run out of.

so many baffling decisions by this coaching staff. How Hightower continues to start over Beanie is beyond me. Give him the rock and let him be the #1 back this team DESPERATELY needs if it has ANY chance of not being the biggest laughingstock in the league.

 

[Shane]

i remember people telling me it didn't matter who "starts" and telling me I was crazy to think that Hightower starting the first couple series would continually put us in a hole where it would be almost impossible to run out of.

so many baffling decisions by this coaching staff. How Hightower continues to start over Beanie is beyond me. Give him the rock and let him be the #1 back this team DESPERATELY needs if it has ANY chance of not being the biggest laughingstock in the league.

Really? Timmy was the reason we were put in a hole in the game today? Must have been his fault that bogus hold on his 23 yard TD run was called? Or his fault in the Atlanta game after popping an 80 yard td run early to keep it close from that point?

I'm guessing it's a given that had Beanie started those games they would have been so much closer contests.

 

[desertdawg]

Hightower is not the problem, its hard to put Beanie in when your passing all day trying to catch up. Hightower hasn't fumbled in weeks, plus I don't believe Beanie to be 100%. We will see plenty of both this year. Hopefully Beanie gets a few more carries, ok, a lot more.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Really? Timmy was the reason we were put in a hole in the game today? Must have been his fault that bogus hold on his 23 yard TD run was called? Or his fault in the Atlanta game after popping an 80 yard td run early to keep it close from that point?

I'm guessing it's a given that had Beanie started those games they would have been so much closer contests.

tim's not the entire reason, but yes, starting games down 14-0 repeatedly because there's no one dynamic on the offense to make a difference trickles down through the rest of the game.

I'm not saying it's a given that Beanie started blah, blah, blah. I'm saying he's the back who makes the offense more dynamic and... ah, what's the point. no matter who is in there, this team is going to get hellaciously blown out whenever they play anyone with half of a pulse.

 

[az1965]

That's completely irrelevant to the topic at hand.

It is curious how he is being used. At one point I was wondering if he was still hurt because he hadn't hit the field yet. I like Tim. I like him a lot. But he shouldn't be playing as much as he is before you see Beanie in the game.

Beanie did not even get on the field until 4 plus minutes past in the 2nd quarter... this is unbelievable. Even LSH got a carry in the first quarter. Why is Beanie treated this way is really baffling.

 

[New Mexico]

Do you have any real proof of this? Anything other than hope and blind faith?

How about 195 career carries and a 4.5 YPA behind a pitiful offensive line.

 

[Shane]

How about 195 career carries and a 4.5 YPA behind a pitiful offensive line.

So if that is your standard then you obviously consider Timmy elite too?

In the last two years behind same pitiful line he is averaging 4.4 YPC.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

That's completely irrelevant to the topic at hand.

It is curious how he is being used. At one point I was wondering if he was still hurt because he hadn't hit the field yet. I like Tim. I like him a lot. But he shouldn't be playing as much as he is before you see Beanie in the game.

I was talking to abomb about it. Timmy ALWAYS seems to get 2 series before Beanie is put into the game. Not sure why it is this way; it is just the way that it has been.

 

[nashman]

Because Timmy is Whizs' boy I think its been proven in how he continues to ride HIS guys whether they are getting it done or not! He continues to make ridiculous decisions look for people to start calling him out on it publically soon! Cutting Leinart to go with DA looks more ridiculous everyday not sure what team the HC is watching must not be the same one everyone else IS!

 

[jefftheshark]

The coaching staff treats Beanie like he's made of glass, and perhaps he is. We didn't even hear that he had knee surgery until several weeks after it happened, so who knows how much he might really be banged up?

But what does it matter anyway? We're certainly not losing games because of the difference in production between Hightower and Wells.

JTS

 

[40yearfan]

They're not going to use him as long as Whiz has his man crush on Hightower. I know this had zero effect on the game but when will start playing the more talented guy(s) over the lunch pail, marginally talented guys. What did Wells get , 4 carries? Ridiculous. To me, it'd be like the Vikings staring Chester Taylor over AP the last 2 years because he's more fundamentally sound. I'm not saying this had any impact on the game but why, why , why, does the better player not play? It drives me crazy, and no , it's not an OSU thing.

To steal Beerz's line, anyone who thinks TH is a better RB than Beanie doesn't know football.

The problem is you don't run the football very much when you are down by 4 TD's. If the defense hadn't given up so many points, there would have been more running plays and Wells would have gotten a lot more carries. There were only 14 run plays in the game. Wells had 5, LSH had 2 and Hightower had 7. I just don't understand the angst over this considering everything else that happened.

Edit: Also Hightower is a better blocker than Beanie. In a game where you are doing a lot of passing, he is going to get more plays.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Because Timmy is Whizs' boy I think its been proven in how he continues to ride HIS guys whether they are getting it done or not!

yeah, but here's what doesn't make sense about the above... Beanie is HIS boy also. It's his first round pick. You don't get any more your boy.

 

[nashman]

Again cheese not sure what the issue is but Whiz not playing Wells nearly enough or continuing to run TH out their as your starter is as confusing a decision as cutting Leinart to go with a big fat TURD in DA! Not sure what the hell this coach is seeing but clearly different than what most fans and media have seen! Have lost faith in him as a HC!

 

[Rivercard]

So if that is your standard then you obviously consider Timmy elite too?

In the last two years behind same pitiful line he is averaging 4.4 YPC.

That will likely change unless Timmy gets another 80 yard mirage like he did in Atlanta. Beanie continually claws out a few more yards when there isn't much there.