McMichael
Seasoned Veteran
Runners like marshall seem to fumble a bit often. I read some people bashing him about that fumble and saying he needs to learn how to hold onto the ball, but I disagree. Keep running the same way in my opinion.
I think it's fair to say that brandon marshall would be in the TOP TEN hardest runners to tackle in the open field, some other names I'd include in that top ten would be mike vick, reggie bush and calvin johnson.
I do not think they are worried about fumbles nearly as much as they are worried about avoiding defenders. In order to keep their body agile and loose, I don't think they can be worried about having their arm provide an iron grip on the ball. Michael vick often runs with the ball clutched in just his hand, not even under his arm at all. This is obviously for balance / agility reasons. Yet anyone would tell you he's one of the hardest people to bring down in the open field.
Vick once had 19 fumbles over 2 seasons, same with johnson (6 fumbles over 2 seasons) marshall (7 fumbles over 2 seasons) and bush (9 fumbles over 2 seasons). Ricky williams in his prime was also extremely hard to bring down in the open field, yet fumbled very often.
The positives outweigh the negatives, the are not worried about that iron grip on the ball simply because they need that arm for balance and agility purposes. Look at the way these guys carry the ball sometimes and I think they agree it's worth it.
I think it's fair to say that brandon marshall would be in the TOP TEN hardest runners to tackle in the open field, some other names I'd include in that top ten would be mike vick, reggie bush and calvin johnson.
I do not think they are worried about fumbles nearly as much as they are worried about avoiding defenders. In order to keep their body agile and loose, I don't think they can be worried about having their arm provide an iron grip on the ball. Michael vick often runs with the ball clutched in just his hand, not even under his arm at all. This is obviously for balance / agility reasons. Yet anyone would tell you he's one of the hardest people to bring down in the open field.
Vick once had 19 fumbles over 2 seasons, same with johnson (6 fumbles over 2 seasons) marshall (7 fumbles over 2 seasons) and bush (9 fumbles over 2 seasons). Ricky williams in his prime was also extremely hard to bring down in the open field, yet fumbled very often.
The positives outweigh the negatives, the are not worried about that iron grip on the ball simply because they need that arm for balance and agility purposes. Look at the way these guys carry the ball sometimes and I think they agree it's worth it.
