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[Timmy54]

I would cut feeley and have brock number three in a heart beat, AJ just is not getting better

oh my lord, why oh why do you think brock is better that AJ. He wont even make our roster much less anyone elses. He has no real arm, locks into recievers,and is not a leader. It is ok to think aj isnt the guy but to cut him in favor of brock is just plain wrong.

 

[ItalianDolFan]

4 other running backs that are darn good? Like who?
Gordon was injured but it was hoped he would be good.
Morris was OK...wouldnt say "darned good". Struggled last year
Minor is Minor.QUOTE]

dude.....ANY runningback can be Barry Sanders as long as they have a good offensive line to clear the way. A runningback's job is to run, but he needs an offensive line to create the hole. Barry Sanders had a good rush blocking line...along with Jamal Anderson, Terrell Davis, Corey Dillon, Jamal Lewis. Ricky Williams had a good line in Miami when we had Ruddy, Nails, Wade. Our line is crap, well the left side is....if we have a good O-line, then even Lamar Gordon can be a 1000 yard rusher...its all about getting the blocks. A QB being good, also needs a good pass blocking line....like New England and Tom Brady. If Feeley had a line to protect him, he'd be awesome...he was amazing against Buffalo in the 1st quarter cuz his line protected him. Im a huge advocate of OFFENSIVE LINEMAN being the main guys. I personally think offensive lineman win super bowls, win championships, win games.

 

[Silverphin]

4 other running backs that are darn good? Like who?
Gordon was injured but it was hoped he would be good.
Morris was OK...wouldnt say "darned good". Struggled last year
Minor is Minor.QUOTE]

dude.....ANY runningback can be Barry Sanders as long as they have a good offensive line to clear the way. A runningback's job is to run, but he needs an offensive line to create the hole. Barry Sanders had a good rush blocking line...along with Jamal Anderson, Terrell Davis, Corey Dillon, Jamal Lewis. Ricky Williams had a good line in Miami when we had Ruddy, Nails, Wade. Our line is crap, well the left side is....if we have a good O-line, then even Lamar Gordon can be a 1000 yard rusher...its all about getting the blocks. A QB being good, also needs a good pass blocking line....like New England and Tom Brady. If Feeley had a line to protect him, he'd be awesome...he was amazing against Buffalo in the 1st quarter cuz his line protected him. Im a huge advocate of OFFENSIVE LINEMAN being the main guys. I personally think offensive lineman win super bowls, win championships, win games.

:yeahthat:

 

[Dolphin North]

Because he played OK against a 3rd string Defense in a preseason game.....How can you not love a guy with talent like that????

Exactly. He would not look good at all aginst the starters.

 

[Ross]

4 other running backs that are darn good? Like who?
Gordon was injured but it was hoped he would be good.
Morris was OK...wouldnt say "darned good". Struggled last year
Minor is Minor.QUOTE]

dude.....ANY runningback can be Barry Sanders as long as they have a good offensive line to clear the way. A runningback's job is to run, but he needs an offensive line to create the hole. Barry Sanders had a good rush blocking line...along with Jamal Anderson, Terrell Davis, Corey Dillon, Jamal Lewis. Ricky Williams had a good line in Miami when we had Ruddy, Nails, Wade. Our line is crap, well the left side is....if we have a good O-line, then even Lamar Gordon can be a 1000 yard rusher...its all about getting the blocks. A QB being good, also needs a good pass blocking line....like New England and Tom Brady. If Feeley had a line to protect him, he'd be awesome...he was amazing against Buffalo in the 1st quarter cuz his line protected him. Im a huge advocate of OFFENSIVE LINEMAN being the main guys. I personally think offensive lineman win super bowls, win championships, win games.

Barry Sanders did not have a good line. Check out his stats on carries for negative yardage. He leads it...

 

[Doktor Ivel]

Berlin wont do anything for us....or any other nfl team.

 

[cnc66]

Berlin wont do anything for us....or any other nfl team.

quit bein' so damn sure...buzzkiller:goof:

 

[Fin Fan in Cali]

Berlin wont do anything for us....or any other nfl team.

Excuse me mR. GM, way to be so positive one pre-season game into the season.

 

[yankeehillbilly]

4 other running backs that are darn good? Like who?
Gordon was injured but it was hoped he would be good.
Morris was OK...wouldnt say "darned good". Struggled last year
Minor is Minor.QUOTE]

dude.....ANY runningback can be Barry Sanders as long as they have a good offensive line to clear the way. A runningback's job is to run, but he needs an offensive line to create the hole. Barry Sanders had a good rush blocking line...along with Jamal Anderson, Terrell Davis, Corey Dillon, Jamal Lewis. Ricky Williams had a good line in Miami when we had Ruddy, Nails, Wade. Our line is crap, well the left side is....if we have a good O-line, then even Lamar Gordon can be a 1000 yard rusher...its all about getting the blocks. A QB being good, also needs a good pass blocking line....like New England and Tom Brady. If Feeley had a line to protect him, he'd be awesome...he was amazing against Buffalo in the 1st quarter cuz his line protected him. Im a huge advocate of OFFENSIVE LINEMAN being the main guys. I personally think offensive lineman win super bowls, win championships, win games.

Um, don't take this the wrong way but are you sure you are remembering the Lions O-Line correctly? They were terrible. Barry would run 20-30 yds laterally back and forth before a hole opened up that he could exploit. It was common for Barry to have the most carries for negative yds in the league, it was just that when he did get through he would go the distance. A lesser RB would have been lucky to get 50yds/game with that line. So, on that point I have to strongly disagree with your statement that "any RB can be Barry Sanders".

Dillon was also a special back. Cincinatti's line while he was there certainly wasnt phenominal. I'll agree that Davis benefitted from Denver's line just as all the Bronco's backs have. Lewis to a degree also with Balt.

Good offensive linemen are necessary, and they will make an average RB look good, but dont dismiss the value of a good running back. A good back can make an average line look good, and a great back like Sanders will make a terrible line look at least average.