The more touches a back sees with collisions, the less explosive they're going to be over time. He's never been super elusive as he heads towards hits. He's power now.
in just 3 and half years ...eh ? and a career 20.9 carry per average ?
was this the Chris Johnson syndrome ?
i've said repeatedly how i "
theorized "how the Garrett regime has reformed and tried to metamorph zeke into being more Emmitt Smith bell cow
rather than the breakaway back he was feared to be coming into the 2016 NFL draft.
It was the
combination of forward ahead tackle breaking punishing power ..and straight line breakaway burst that made him the coveted No.4th overall draft
his ability to blitz block comes as a luxury.
I know people all over the sports world had to be taking notice of how Zeke is not...and has not been the feared home run hitter he was in 2016.
i really do believe simplistic 90s minded Garrett, ex-RB coach Gary Brown and the previous strengthening training staff were all in on making Zeke more the
patient and power depending bell cow in more controlling the clock
i don't consider Zeke as elusive and top line fast as say a Barkley or Ladanian Thompson either as Shannon Sharpe made mentioned of .
and because he is really is not top elusive, his receiving skills are more on a line comparison of a Edgren James.
But as you've seen vs Steelers, Niners on what used to be his patented quick screen to home TD, zeke has his ability to impact pass game
Just a matter of what he is physically, and how the coaches can best utilize him. Both in run game ..and pass game.
Sorry but i thought our run scheme was underwhelming and didn't produce enough impact splash plays and big home run runs. All RB coach Gary Brown wanted to do was run up the gut middle. And even with the more bell cow now zeke, who ran with more anger and authority 2nd half of the year,
there were a few times where i thought new OC kellen moore abandoned the run.
Though McCarthy seems like he is more of a pass oriented guy than run attack oriented, its more hope that both the run scheme and pass scheme
will lead to splash big plays that will be needed from the RBs zeke and pollard.
That's why i so want McCarthy's RB version along what RB coach Skip Peete can properly implemented than what we seen from Moore,Garrett, Brown regime.