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Originally Posted by moklerman
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?
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I'm not saying it doesn't count at all. I'm saying a good performance against a poor defense needs to be taken with a grain of salt. I think all performances count, but I don't think it's right to say Faulk still has it because he was able to run the ball against bad defenses.
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Originally Posted by moklerman
You say you're not basing things on stat's but perception but you keep referring to Faulk's YPC?
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What I said is that my perception of Jackson isn't based so much on his stats but what I see him do. So why is it wrong that I bring up Faulk's YPC?
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Originally Posted by moklerman
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.
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I think a lot of times, Jackson did succeed because defenses weren't focused on him. However, I don't think it was as big a distraction as you're making it out to be, because I would suggest that situation represents a minority of his plays.
And also, I'm not sure I agree that Jackson was seeing success because he was running in situations where the defense wouldn't suspect runs. If you look at the splits, the majority of his carries came on first and 8-10 and second and <6, which seem like situations where running the ball is likely. Of Jackson's second down carries, only 16 carries came whenever it was second and 8+. On third down, 9 of his ten carries were third and two or less. While down and distance isn't the only determination for playcalling situations, these things should certainly be considered.
Finally, 14 games is a partial season? He might not have started, but he saw time in all but two games. I'd say that's a bit more than "partial."
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Originally Posted by moklerman
Yes, he chooses to run into people but he was very ineffective in short yardage situations last year.
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Carrying tacklers isn't restricted to short yardage situations, but I agree that he wasn't very successful in short yardage situations.