LT is like that. Not that big, not that strong, but awesome vision and hits the hole at warp speed.
LT was like that, you mean.
LT’s the type of back who makes his entire line look like Pro Bowlers. Or used to at least.
Yeah, yeah, was. Might still be- he’s been hurt all year.
But any back who makes Roman Oben a Pro Bowler is a Hall of Famer in my book.
The vision’s still there. So are the strength and smarts. His timing seems to be off. LT might be like a dominant fastball pitcher who finds late career success developing some new “stuff”. He always had a wide range of skills but may have to adapt to working at a different speed. I hope so, he seems to be one of the genuinely good guys in the league.
I hear he’s been rehabbing at Donovan McNabb’s mother’s house. Lots of Chunky Beef Soup, as well as watered-down Tussin that apparently cures broken ribs…
Don’t get me started on Donovan McNabb…
[Chris Rock] If you run out of Tussin, put some water in the jar, shake it up… mo’ Tussin. [/CR]
I’m glad someone got it. I feared moderator retribution for being such an asshole!
Another reason to have a dedicated goal line (and short yardage) back is to save wear and tear on your starter. Goal line running is mostly the offensive line’s job anyway; the warm body who carries the ball is mostly moot.
I disagree. There are clearly backs who are effective at the goal line (Shaun Alexander) and backs who are not (Taylor).
It looks easy until your team struggles at it.
Trust me. 
I disagree. I think that way way way back when Shaun Alexander was a good goal line back, in reality he had an excellent offensive line pushing the defense off the ball allowing him to be successful in goal line situations. IIRC, they stopped being a great goal line running team soon after Steve Hutchinson went to Minnesota.
My team struggles mightily at it, being at or near dead last in red zone efficiency.
Really? That’s a surprise. They seem to have all the right ingredients (says the guy who hasn’t watched them yet this year except on highlights).
The Giants’ problem in the red zone is that everyone knows Jacobs is getting the ball and none of the wideouts are big or good jumpers- fine in the open field, but in the cramped confines of the endzone silky smooth route running will only take you so far before you run out of field. I don’t think that will change unless Boss establishes himself as a real red zone threat.
The main problem is that the Giants OL isn’t going to overpower anyone; they’re technicians. That’s why the Giants have had red zone (goal line) woes since 2001.
One way they addressed it this past offseason was to work on long passes. Eli talked about it repeatedly during training camp, but I just rolled my eyes every time I heard it because I thought they didn’t have legitimate starting receivers. But damn if Eli isn’t currently #1 in the league throwing the deep ball through the first five weeks of the season.
And to think, you didn’t believe me when I said Steve Smith had the best hands in the league (or something to that effect).
Perhaps if a team had red-zone O-linemen, rather than red-zone RBs…
(Kwame Harris might be good at that.)