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Thread: Goodbye Vonta Leach
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06-28-2013, 06:33 PM #205
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06-28-2013, 06:42 PM #206
Re: Goodbye Vonta Leach
I want Leach back for obvious short yardage situations.
Between Yanda and KO, defenses won't know which side Rice or Pierce is going to go, so even if they stack the box, if both guards block one guy each, Vonta blocks another, that should give our RB the crease they need to get that 1st down or TD pretty much every time.
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06-28-2013, 06:51 PM #207Regular 1st Stringer
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07-02-2013, 11:26 AM #208
Re: Goodbye Vonta Leach
They're not skewed. They are reflective of the FB's diminished value in today's NFL. 3rd and 2 is now a passing down. 3rd and 4 used to be a running down. Or at least enough of a possibility that you would keep your FB on the field.
The fact is that we will have a lot of 3rd downs this year. And the FB will not be on the field for most of them. Doesn't that speak to diminished value of that position, whether it is Leach or anyone else?"Chin up, chest out."
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07-02-2013, 11:37 AM #209Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Goodbye Vonta Leach
Leach ended up playing just 456 of the team’s offensive snaps -- 42 percent -- which were fewer than backup tight end Ed Dickson and offensive guard Jah Reid, who missed half the season with injuries. Leach, who will turn 32 in November, played just 22 offensive snaps in the Super Bowl win over the San Francisco 49ers.
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07-02-2013, 11:41 AM #210Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Goodbye Vonta Leach
If that were the case, then every team would use it. It's like telegraphing your play to the defense. You've simplified a short yardage play without taking the opposing DC's defensive stance/reaction to it. I'm not saying you don't have some kind of point, but "1st down or TD pretty much every time" is IMO unrealistic... Bc
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Re: Goodbye Vonta Leach
RB's & FB's are becoming devalued. The game evolves.
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07-02-2013, 06:55 PM #212Hyperbolic curmudgeometer
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07-02-2013, 06:58 PM #213Legendary RSR Poster
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07-02-2013, 11:19 PM #214Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Goodbye Vonta Leach
I'm not disagreeing on the diminshed role of the FB. My point is stats can be skewed. In week 17 Leach played 2 of the 89 snaps. In weeks 7 and 15 we were killed so his snap total was minimal. In contrast our best game of the year week 16, Leach played almost 60% of the snaps.
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07-02-2013, 11:23 PM #215Regular 1st Stringer
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07-03-2013, 06:28 AM #216Legendary RSR Poster
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