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By Rafael Vela 54 Comments
Zero — the number of times you had to endure the Giants “jump shot” team sack dance.
They got Romo once, but they were losing and didn’t exactly feel like strutting.
– I’m amazed that the Julius vs. Marion debate has reared its head, after a game when both backs averaged more than four yards a carry. And yet on the day after Dallas gets 131 rushing yards from its backs on just 25 carries we’re subjected to it for the umpteenth time.
Were you not the fan base that was flogging Julius Jones regularly last year? Yes you were.
And were you not the same fan base that went apoplectic when I suggested trading Jones before the draft, arguing that Barber isn’t ready to handle the load himself?
Yes you are.
Make up your minds. Or better yet, find something better to obsess over. It’s not like Dallas doesn’t have lots of other worthy candidates.
They’re both good backs. They’re both flawed backs. Barber tries running like Barry Sanders, trying to bust everything outside. Only he lacks Barry’s speed, though he’s got plenty of mean. Which means sometimes Barber will get the corner and make huge plays, as he did on his second quarter TD run. Other times, his outside bounces will drop him for no gain or a loss, when dropping his head and following his blocks would net him three yards.
It’s one reason why Barber has been so poor in 4th down runs, as an NBC graphic showed last night. It’s why Bill Parcells benched him his rookie year, when he tried to take a red zone 4th and inches in Oakland around the corner and was dropped for a two yard loss.
I love Barber’s heart. I love his power. I’m not always impressed with his decision making.
But in the grander scheme of things, neither he nor Julius Jones are problems.
Zero — the number of times you had to endure the Giants “jump shot” team sack dance.
They got Romo once, but they were losing and didn’t exactly feel like strutting.
– I’m amazed that the Julius vs. Marion debate has reared its head, after a game when both backs averaged more than four yards a carry. And yet on the day after Dallas gets 131 rushing yards from its backs on just 25 carries we’re subjected to it for the umpteenth time.
Were you not the fan base that was flogging Julius Jones regularly last year? Yes you were.
And were you not the same fan base that went apoplectic when I suggested trading Jones before the draft, arguing that Barber isn’t ready to handle the load himself?
Yes you are.
Make up your minds. Or better yet, find something better to obsess over. It’s not like Dallas doesn’t have lots of other worthy candidates.
They’re both good backs. They’re both flawed backs. Barber tries running like Barry Sanders, trying to bust everything outside. Only he lacks Barry’s speed, though he’s got plenty of mean. Which means sometimes Barber will get the corner and make huge plays, as he did on his second quarter TD run. Other times, his outside bounces will drop him for no gain or a loss, when dropping his head and following his blocks would net him three yards.
It’s one reason why Barber has been so poor in 4th down runs, as an NBC graphic showed last night. It’s why Bill Parcells benched him his rookie year, when he tried to take a red zone 4th and inches in Oakland around the corner and was dropped for a two yard loss.
I love Barber’s heart. I love his power. I’m not always impressed with his decision making.
But in the grander scheme of things, neither he nor Julius Jones are problems.
