He helped us win games, what's wrong with the workload and having a good O line? Which, by the way the O line wasn't exactly consistently stellar.
Anyone who doesn't respect the significance of yardage is an idiot.
I thought you were done responding to me?
You’re going to find out what’s wrong with the workload. Anyone who says they can’t already see a pretty significant difference between his rookie year and now is either lying or not watching. This durability is just a myth, luckily he hasn’t got hurt but a lot of that is just luck. If he was so durable he wouldn’t be slowing down at such a fast rate and his stats prove that he has. He’s had less and less long runs, his broken tackles have decreased and he visibly looks slower and makes less people miss.
Nothing is wrong with having a good line but it’s ridiculous not to take that into consideration when comparing him and his stats to other top RB’s. He has a bad game against New Orleans and all I hear about is how it was the O lines fault yet the same people tell me how much better Zeke is than Barkley and never mention how Barkley had one of the worst O lines in the league for the first half of the season and one that was still significantly worse than ours by the end of the season.
If the O line has to play at a Pro Bowl level every time for Zeke to have a good game then why did we pay him that much money? It’s been proven time and time again you don’t need the leagues leading rusher to win championships if you have a good O line. Not to mention, RB’s like Sanders and Barkley were putting up similar stats with inferior O lines, those would be the guys you would pay if you’re going to pay a RB top money not a guy who can’t be a difference maker unless the O line is dominant.
And durability? Who cares? Pollard had over a 100 yards, just like Zeke, against Miami and there’s no doubt in my mind he would have had just as good, if not better, stats against New Orleans (probably wouldn’t have fumbled either). If people are so concerned he couldn’t handle the workload they could have drafted another back or pick a cheap one on a one or two year contract (like the Eagles did with Ajayi and Rams did with Anderson). No need to pay an entitled diva top RB money when he can only produce if the O line is having a dominant to above average game.
