"Najee Harris ain't it". NAJEE 3.0 It's time to go, yo....

[NorthernBlitz]

This is turning into the covid vaccine thread from P@R.
Harris is gone. Let it go

We were all "misled" about how good Najee was.

 

[Lloyd]

We were all "misled" about how good Najee was.

"Misled" in a # of ways. To the point of giving him so many carries that even a cripple with 1 leg could have gotten 1,000 yards a season. And that was Rooney-led at its inception, he didn't want to look a fool by wasting a 1st-round pick on a back who should have realistically been a 5th round pick. That's what you get from not demanding a 40-yard time. Art thought he was getting Derrick Henry. He surely did not. Not anywhere close.

 

[slashsteel]

There is some nuance but there is no getting around the fact that 3.9 career will always be underperforming. 32 of 32 teams in the league would be looking to upgrade from a career 3.9 RB
Kaleb Johnson or any other rookie RB in the league isn't winning any fans averaging 3.9.

I was just talking about how he always hangs on RBs average per carry in comparisons no matter the circumstance.

In general for one player, a low average could be telling sure.

 

[Black & Gold Bleeder]

"Misled" in a # of ways. To the point of giving him so many carries that even a cripple with 1 leg could have gotten 1,000 yards a season. And that was Rooney-led at its inception, he didn't want to look a fool by wasting a 1st-round pick on a back who should have realistically been a 5th round pick. That's what you get from not demanding a 40-yard time. Art thought he was getting Derrick Henry. He surely did not. Not anywhere close.

having you around , reminds me , I'm a smart mother ******. IDC what the topic is ,, you come in talking .. you're a one legged man in an *** kicking contest. Go die in a fire.

 

[stillwright]

We were all "misled" about how good Najee was.

Or we were all "misled" how good Tomlin is schematically running a offense and defense in the NFL. Running a RB into stacked boxes all the time on first and second down for 4 seasons will have an effect on ones average......perhaps. I am just speculating though of course.

 

[Drink IRON City]

Or we were all "misled" how good Tomlin is schematically running a offense and defense in the NFL. Running a RB into stacked boxes all the time on first and second down for 4 seasons will have an effect on ones average......perhaps. I am just speculating though of course.

stillwright, you’re totally visually correct.

The Coach Tomlin kindergarten scheme (both sides of the ball) make it very difficult for players to reach peak performance. Players are constantly schemed away from their strengths, made to play out of their normal / drafted positions and constantly put behind in the game day coaching decisions need made on the fly.

I have never seen a coach have so many built in excuses and NOT held accountable.

Example: TJ Watt being schemed out easily and constantly. No adjustment, no blitz into the pulled guard (going to block TJ) gap, that would slow down the TJ being taken out of the equation, a nice counter move without even moving TJ around. I can see this and yet our Non-losing season coach has no answer.

It’s extremely difficult to thrive in the nfl, but when your coaching scheme and game command can’t even help yaz……. It’s almost impossible.




Salute the nation

 

[bigben]

Or we were all "misled" how good Tomlin is schematically running a offense and defense in the NFL. Running a RB into stacked boxes all the time on first and second down for 4 seasons will have an effect on ones average......perhaps. I am just speculating though of course.

So whats the Steelers solution? Go get the guy who ran into the most stacked boxes in college. Atleast its familiar territory.
I cannot verify but I remember somebody saying Johnson averaged 4.2 yards after contact and on all of his runs that were not against a stacked box he averaged close to 10 ypc??
Sounds too good to be true but he did have a bunch of long runs.
I am excited to see what he looks like in pads. Guy looks like a specimen at OTA, 220lbs without an ounce of fat in a frame that looks like he will grow into.

 

[slashsteel]

So whats the Steelers solution? Go get the guy who ran into the most stacked boxes in college. Atleast its familiar territory.
I cannot verify but I remember somebody saying Johnson averaged 4.2 yards after contact and on all of his runs that were not against a stacked box he averaged close to 10 ypc??
Sounds too good to be true but he did have a bunch of long runs.
I am excited to see what he looks like in pads. Guy looks like a specimen at OTA, 220lbs without an ounce of fat in a frame that looks like he will grow into.

He has solid football speed. Even more impressive he is a patient runner and has the vision to find the hole and the burst and power to help it along if needed. With the QB position scaring nobody it will be needed for sure.

 

[NorthernBlitz]

Or we were all "misled" how good Tomlin is schematically running a offense and defense in the NFL. Running a RB into stacked boxes all the time on first and second down for 4 seasons will have an effect on ones average......perhaps. I am just speculating though of course.

Looks like this one went over a couple of people's heads. And since the best jokes are the ones you explain...well, here goes nothing:

It was a play on BLITZ saying this was like a covid thread.

So the comment about us being "misled" about how good Najee was was a joke about how the NYT now says they were "misled" about covid.

In a totally unrelated story, Jake Tapper is going to make millions of dollars selling a book where he pretends that he was misled about Biden's cognitive decline.

 

[Lloyd]

So whats the Steelers solution? Go get the guy who ran into the most stacked boxes in college. Atleast its familiar territory.
I cannot verify but I remember somebody saying Johnson averaged 4.2 yards after contact and on all of his runs that were not against a stacked box he averaged close to 10 ypc??
Sounds too good to be true but he did have a bunch of long runs.
I am excited to see what he looks like in pads. Guy looks like a specimen at OTA, 220lbs without an ounce of fat in a frame that looks like he will grow into.

Not to a downer but Najee looked the same way.