Crown Royal;1149580 said:
I'm with you. I have no idea where this 'oh he goes down and doesn't break tackles' nonsense is coming from. I consistently see him driving, breaking a tackle or two and falling forward. He isn't the battering ram that Barber is, but no RB the size of either of those guys can run that way.
Our tandem is perfect the way it is. Jones consistently gets about 4.5 yards, and paces himself so that he can play the whole game. Barber comes in as a FRESH player on a WORN OUT DEFENSE and pops them with his injury.
Honestly, I'm shocked that after the debacle on Sunday we are talking about offense AT ALL, other than the drop of the easiest TD you will ever get. Our offense was excellent, and is playing better than it has in almost a decade.
The way some describe JJ I am surprised he is even on an NFL roster. He doesn't hit the hole and never breaks tackles. How does he gain yards? You would think he would be averaging 2.6 yards per carry and 0 TDs.
I do agree that he is not an ACE back. There are only a handful of those in the NFL. He is not Tomlinson. So? He is still a pretty good back. Good enough to help a team win. He also has a pretty good back up. Jones and Barber are not the problem in Dallas. They are a tandem that does well.
I read the several posts relating number of carries with being an ACE back. The number 30 kept popping up as the standard for the number of carries a running back needed to have to be considered an ACE back. That just doesn't work.
The record for most rushing attempts in a single season is 410 by Jamal Anderson. That equals 25.6 carries per game.
Emmitt's highest season total was 377 attempts or 23.6 per game. During the 3 SBs in 4 years, he averaged 23.0 carries per game. For his full carrer he averaged 19.5 carries per game. He was an ACE back, but doesn't come close to 30 carries per game. I would not compare Julius to Emmitt and if I did I wouldn't use the number of carries to make that comparison.
Julius has not taken over a game this year. I don't think he has been given the opportunity to take over a game. Turnovers, penalities and big plays given up by the defense have put Dallas in positions where they can't just lean on their running game.
