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Does the door to the Logic Room swing both ways?
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You tell me. If a rb does well against a poor defense then it doesn't count, so if he does poorly against a poor defense what would that mean?
You say you're not basing things on stat's but perception but you keep referring to Faulk's YPC?
You wanna know what I perceive? Jackson was a solid rb in college that quite a few team's passed on, possibly due to questions about one of his knees. He showed sparks of potential during the regular season, helped greatly in my opinion, by teams keying on Faulk and Jackson not running in predictable running situations. I also saw a guy who had to leave each of the games he started with some kind of injury. I also see a rb who's having knee surgery after only a partial year in the league.
Many like to praise his ability to "carry" tacklers but that is one of the biggest misconceptions going. Yes, he chooses to run into people but he was very ineffective in short yardage situations last year. Whatever strength he has, isn't nearly enough to overcome the Rams' o-line deficiencies. I also seem to recall Jackson getting stuffed just as much as Faulk when defenses decided to key on him.
All in all, he might be alright, he might not. I'd like to see him play a few consecutive games as the starter before I make any final decisions on whether he should supplant a hall of fame back like Faulk, who's shown that he can still get it done when the situation is even remotely realistic. Anyone else remember the third and 1's that Faulk faught to convert? I wonder why he was getting the ball instead of Jackson and his power to carry defenders?