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10-11-2013, 12:49 PM #1
Well, whaddya know - Joe runs for a 1st down!
3rd & 5; 13:48; 3Q in the Miami game. Joe breaks out of the pocket and picks up 14 yds. & a 1st down. I for one would like to see this happen more often. I don't expect Cam Newton, but especially on days the offense is struggling, I'd like to see Joe pick up some yardage w/ his feet. Maybe 15-25 yds a game, in situations that might otherwise be a sack or QH forced incompletion (or worse). I know his eschewal of running is a part of why he has stayed healthy and started so many consecutive games, but he's a big guy who's getting hit a lot any way after/as/before he throws. How 'bout a dash to the sidelines or a slide to the stick once or twice a game? Right now defenses hardly have to worry about containing him on dropbacks. I'm not calling him soft by any means. I saw him hobble for a 12yd/1st down pick up to the sidelines when he was playing on a twisted ankle in the frozen Wild Card beatdown in New England.
Maybe I'm just that guy who yells at major league hitters who won't (or worse CAN'T) bunt when the opposing team gives it to you... but run, Joey, run [at least now & again]!
What do you all think?
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10-11-2013, 12:56 PM #2
Re: Well, whaddya know - Joe runs for a 1st down!
I'm fine with the amount of running Joe is doing right now. I've seen too many QBs take hits then miss time due to injury while running with the ball.
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10-11-2013, 01:09 PM #3Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Well, whaddya know - Joe runs for a 1st down!
I am quite ok if that's his only rushing first down of the season.
He's not particularly fast and I don't want him exposed that much.
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Re: Well, whaddya know - Joe runs for a 1st down!
The issue is that the running lanes haven't always been clear for Joe. Since the tackles have been struggling, mainly McKinnie, along with the interior push he's been dealing with, defenses have been boxing him in.
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Re: Well, whaddya know - Joe runs for a 1st down!
Joe Flacco might be faster than Ray Rice at this point in their careers.
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10-11-2013, 01:47 PM #7Legendary RSR Poster
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10-11-2013, 01:48 PM #8Veteran Poster
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Re: Well, whaddya know - Joe runs for a 1st down!
Flacco is a lot faster than people give him credit for.
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10-11-2013, 01:51 PM #9Legendary RSR Poster
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10-11-2013, 01:54 PM #11Legendary RSR Poster
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