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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
And it looks to you like Reynolds is healthy???
Obviously not... which is why he never hardly saw the ball other than returns - and that is simply because the Stamps very obviously have nothing else there with Howell hurt.
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He didn't need to be returning kicks, Jon Cornish could have been given a shot as could have Rambo. Heck, even Copeland's returned a kick for a touchdown before. Nate Curry sucks (they need to cut him) but he was around too. How about Brett Ralph? He's shiftier than he seems, has underrated speed and isn't on the field on every offensive down so he would have had the legs.
Cornish did well running the ball when called upon...its not so much a fact of using Reynolds more, its running the ball more in general...ESPECIALLY when the passing game isn't working. Start putting the d-line on its heels, make the linebackers think twice before dropping into coverage. Nik Lewis was hurt. Ryan Thelwell got injured. They had practically no one left out there to catch the ball other than Copeland and Ralph, and they insisted on forcing the ball through the air, especially of the 25-30 yard variety when what they needed to do was control the ball, the clock, and keep the tired defense off the field a little longer. Good thing Copeland came up huge, or we'd be giving up on the season already.
This team isn't close to the one we saw before Labour Day. The secondary had its best game in ages and still they gave up a ton of big plays, especially on 2nd and 10. The d-line had a great 4th quarter but the 3rd was brutal.
And the offense has dried up, the run is being underutilized and Burris is forcing the ball a little bit...looks like last year.
And we know how well last year turned out...