Gosselin: "I would expect to see Christine Michael very soon."

[chicago JK]

I am sure he will get a chance sometime this year. Hopefully we catch him hot. I do have doubts if he is a long term solution here. Personally, the running back group is so depressing for me. Randle had some nice runs in the first half but both him and McFadden are just guys. It wouldn't surprise me if neither are with the team next year. I just don't see how either can really help make our running attack great...even if our line plays better moving forward.

I was watching Seattle from afar on Sunday, but i really liked what I saw with Rawls. He is the type of runner that we appear to be missing. Maybe Rawls is just a flash in the pan but man I would have liked to see him in our camp. I believe he switched to Seattle at the last moment. With Lynch getting older and Jackson only a rental, Rawls may be a starter there in the next year or so.

 

[Joe_Fan]

I am sure he will get a chance sometime this year. Hopefully we catch him hot. I do have doubts if he is a long term solution here. Personally, the running back group is so depressing for me. Randle had some nice runs in the first half but both him and McFadden are just guys. It wouldn't surprise me if neither are with the team next year. I just don't see how either can really help make our running attack great...even if our line plays better moving forward.

I was watching Seattle from afar on Sunday, but i really liked what I saw with Rawls. He is the type of runner that we appear to be missing. Maybe Rawls is just a flash in the pan but man I would have liked to see him in our camp. I believe he switched to Seattle at the last moment. With Lynch getting older and Jackson only a rental, Rawls may be a starter there in the next year or so.

I would have loved to have had Rawls also. It's really a shame that he spurned us at the last minute and decided to go to Seattle instead.

He would have been perfect here.

But with that being said we need to give Michael a shot. He sure can't be any worse than what we are currently fielding.

 

[darthseinfeld]

I would have loved to have had Rawls also. It's really a shame that he spurned us at the last minute and decided to go to Seattle instead.

He would have been perfect here.

But with that being said we need to give Michael a shot. He sure can't be any worse than what we are currently fielding.

I got lol'd by Randle Nation for saying I thoughy Rawls would have won the starting job in TC

Seeing him last week I don't think i was off on that at all

 

[AsthmaField]

Whitehead is completely useless, not an outside guy and I doubt he's a polished enough route runner to work the slot. You might as well put Dunbar in that role and he'll be more effective.

Yeah... Lucky my ***.

 

[Hoofbite]

I just can't get on board with the idea that each of these guys is so incompletely that they have to share time, and yet each is so invaluable that the team cannot afford to go without any one of them.

I agree with others in saying the team should bench a WR if Dunbar is going to basically be a WR.

 

[mattjames2010]

And I'm not even knocking Whitehead, the guy was an undrafted FA and he's in his rookie year. I simply have no idea why he's on the roster if he's not returning kicks or punts. Do we really believe teams are going to scramble to grab this guy?

I also highly doubt he's more valuable than a lot of FA WRs that are out there right now. This is why I hate the constant argument of "The coaches know best, know your place, fan!". This is an example of the coaching staff being blatantly wrong.

 

[Joe_Fan]

And I'm not even knocking Whitehead, the guy was an undrafted FA and he's in his rookie year. I simply have no idea why he's on the roster if he's not returning kicks or punts. Do we really believe teams are going to scramble to grab this guy?

I also highly doubt he's more valuable than a lot of FA WRs that are out there right now. This is why I hate the constant argument of "The coaches know best, know your place, fan!". This is an example of the coaching staff being blatantly wrong.

I couldn't have said it any better myself.

 

[RW31]

Wow! Really?! He thinks the guy we traded for we're gonna use?!

 

[ConstantReboot]

Weeden never went downfield and, as Garrett pointed out, he never threw outside. Jim Brown couldn't run behind this OL with that going on.

Our run attack sucked because we didn't replace Murray with someone that can pound the ball like what we did last year. The OL just didn't happen to suck all of a sudden. They're the same oline as last year. Its the people thats running the ball. People need to stop blaming the oline and start realizing we need a pounder between the tackles. Not someone that goes down easily with arm tackles.

 

[ConstantReboot]

I am sure he will get a chance sometime this year. Hopefully we catch him hot. I do have doubts if he is a long term solution here. Personally, the running back group is so depressing for me. Randle had some nice runs in the first half but both him and McFadden are just guys. It wouldn't surprise me if neither are with the team next year. I just don't see how either can really help make our running attack great...even if our line plays better moving forward.

I was watching Seattle from afar on Sunday, but i really liked what I saw with Rawls. He is the type of runner that we appear to be missing. Maybe Rawls is just a flash in the pan but man I would have liked to see him in our camp. I believe he switched to Seattle at the last moment. With Lynch getting older and Jackson only a rental, Rawls may be a starter there in the next year or so.

I thought we should have just drafted him in the later rounds. I don't understand why we needed another TE and it just doesn't make sense. This was a deep draft full of backs with lots of potential. Yet we passed up on every single one just because everyone thought our oline was great. Well sorry to say but reality kinda is hitting the fan and its not pretty.

 

[ConstantReboot]

I hate to be the party pooper in all of this. But it was obvious during the draft that we needed someone similar to Murray.

I have no idea why we just didn't use a pick on a RB even in the later rounds - especially a running back like Cobb or even Rawls was available.

This is another one of those shortsightedness by the FO for not addressing the issue - thinking that anyone can run behind this oline. Now its obvious that ain't true and were now stuck with 3 home run hitters that can't hit singles or doubles. They are nothing more than change of pace backs. Now its come to bite us.

I honestly think that if we had someone who can pound the ball between the tackles its quite possible Romo wouldn't have gotten injured and that we might have been at 3-0 at this time.

 

[Jarv]

I don't know, maybe we bench Clutts and use one of the TEs when we need a lead blocker. They couldn't be much worse.

I'm in full agreement with this. Clutts hasn't been productive, let's make him inactive for a week and see how Hana can do there.

 

[Bleu Star]

Clutts gets blown up or misses the block every time he leads one of our backs into the hole. He is serving about as much purpose on the field as the person that runs out with gatorade bottles during timeouts.

 

[robjay04]

I have nothing against McFadden but I don't get his purpose on this offense. He is a progress stopper and really doesn't offer much as a change of pace from Randle. Sure he has some burst but you need more than that.

At the very least, Garrett could use Michael much like he did with Marion Barber in his prime. He doesn't need to be the lead back but as a situation runner, he would be more beneficial than DMC.

 

[JoeBoBBY]

I hate to be the party pooper in all of this. But it was obvious during the draft that we needed someone similar to Murray.

I have no idea why we just didn't use a pick on a RB even in the later rounds - especially a running back like Cobb or even Rawls was available.

This is another one of those shortsightedness by the FO for not addressing the issue - thinking that anyone can run behind this oline. Now its obvious that ain't true and were now stuck with 3 home run hitters that can't hit singles or doubles. They are nothing more than change of pace backs. Now its come to bite us.

I honestly think that if we had someone who can pound the ball between the tackles its quite possible Romo wouldn't have gotten injured and that we might have been at 3-0 at this time.

I have been coming to the same conclusion. Its early, so I have been mulling it all over. But, I think there is a lot of truth here.

A lot of us in the off season argued that replacing Murray with Randle/DMC wasn't going to work and why would you want to mess around with that part of our game. After the results of 2014 were so good.

This OL and Murray were dynamic. It wasn't just one or another. They fit well together. And it benefited both, and the Team. And Romo........ We failed at protecting Romo.

And I wasn't against letting Murray go, but letting Joe Randle replace all that Murray did, was , to me at least, a really big big gamble......

Its a long season. And I do think the Jury is still out on that issue. But early results would indicate it was a Fail by the FO and the people who supported that move and notion.

"Anybody can run behind this OL".........

No. Thats not how it works. Why would anybody think thats how it works?

 

[bayeslife]

I hate to be the party pooper in all of this. But it was obvious during the draft that we needed someone similar to Murray.

I have no idea why we just didn't use a pick on a RB even in the later rounds - especially a running back like Cobb or even Rawls was available.

This is another one of those shortsightedness by the FO for not addressing the issue - thinking that anyone can run behind this oline. Now its obvious that ain't true and were now stuck with 3 home run hitters that can't hit singles or doubles. They are nothing more than change of pace backs. Now its come to bite us.

I honestly think that if we had someone who can pound the ball between the tackles its quite possible Romo wouldn't have gotten injured and that we might have been at 3-0 at this time.

Not to rain on your parade but Murray is not a miracle worker. Look at what poor blocking has done for him in Philly. We are getting very poor blocking through 3 games so far.

 

[ConstantReboot]

Not to rain on your parade but Murray is not a miracle worker. Look at what poor blocking has done for him in Philly. We are getting very poor blocking through 3 games so far.

No parades to rain on here my friend. Maybe some disappointment in our FO for thinking that a bunch of change of pace backs are able to ground and pound the ball like Murray did. Boy that was a mistake. Murray is not a fit for Philly because of his running style. Similarly, our backs aren't a fit for a system because of their running style as well.

Our oline was made to maul and overpower the other teams into submission. Now they are having to block for backs that go down with arm tackles and sometimes don't run the plays where its intended to be. Thus not all the blame should be on the oline. Our backs simply aren't talented enough and having a RBBC puts even more stress on the blocking scheme.

I think were starting to witness the downfall of our run game. All because the FO was too cocky to think that anyone can run behind this oline.

 

[Doomsday]

They really need some one like Michael on the goal line and short yardage. That missed 3rd and 1 was a big momentum swing and Randle is just too darn skinny to push the pile in those situations.

 

[xwalker]

If your not going to at least try Lucky at PR/KR sit him for Cmike!

I've heard they like Lucky's ability as a returner but think the he is still nervous/anxious. I think the primary reason they have him active is because they want him to become comfortable being an NFL player before they put him back there for returns. Garrett said recently that the overwhelming goal on returns is ball security and that gaining yards is just a bonus.

I think he does play on some Special Teams but I don't know that for certain.

 

[plasticman]

Randle is done after his first ten carries. Randle's average yards per carry after his first 10 carries is 2.2.

Randle is 2nd to last for all RB in the NFL with 15 or more carries in the 2nd half. His average is 2.2. On first down it is 1.94. He has not rushed for a 1st down in the 2nd half so far this season.

Randle has carried the ball twice in the 4th quarter, both on 1st down and both for 1 yard.

Randle's average yards for carries after 5 minutes left in the 3rd quarter is 1.75.

Randle will never be anything more than the guy who takes advantage of a fatigued defense while the starter gets a break after a long gain. This is exactly how Randle got his impressive average last season.

It's time for Christine Michael.