Larry Johnson Anyone?

[WMH]

While I certainly wished we would have signed him, the RB position was not our issue yesterday. They completely abandoned the run in the 2nd half. Why, who the hell knows. Both Brown and Slaton averaged over 5 yards a clip.

[popanot]

Originally Posted by WMH

While I certainly wished we would have signed him, the RB position was not our issue yesterday. They completely abandoned the run in the 2nd half. Why, who the hell knows. Both Brown and Slaton averaged over 5 yards a clip.

No, but it's been a problem all year - and certainly a problem when LJ was available that they could have tried to fix. When your primary RB is Chris Brown, something is broken despite the one or two games were the running game actually works.

I agree with your assessment of yesterday, though. Why Kubiak didn't run it on 2nd-2 and 3rd-2 down in the redzone in the first half is beyond me. These guys are too smart for their own good and it's just another example of the zanny redzone playcalling this regieme seems to constantly make. Unfortunately, it all appeared to go downhill from there. At least offensively. Defensively, the bogus interference call knocked the wind out of them.

[Nconroe]

or maybe worse was three pass interference calls, atleast two of which were questionable, and three personal roughness fouls, also two of which were very marginal calls, all of which helped Indy score multiple times. doesn't mean it was all refs but they seemed to assist our demise.

[Fonz the Boss]

The Bengals are a power running team.... They can plug in any dude in there and get production. If Larry carried the rock behind our Oline he wouldnt even get to 50 yards rushing.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by Fonz the Boss

The Bengals are a power running team.... They can plug in any dude in there and get production. If Larry carried the rock behind our Oline he wouldnt even get to 50 yards rushing.

And perhaps more importantly, the Browns rank 29th in the league in rush defense, allowing 159.9 yards per game and a 4.6 per carry average.

Kudos to LJ for rising from the ashes, but really his effort seems on par with what the rest of the league has been doing to the Browns this season.

[popanot]

I think it's way too early to judge LJ post-Chiefs. My issue is this team - supposedly in a playoff push - has had problems with the running game and their solution is throwing Chris Brown out there. Obviously there are more issues than just the RB (fumbles, poor blocking, poor execution, poor coaching/play calling, yada, yada), but it wouldn't have hurt to have signed a guy who's fairly young and in the recent past has been Pro Bowl caliber. It's like Kubiak has given up on that position. If not, than I'm sick of his blasé attitude on the position. Chris Brown?? Are you freaking kidding me? I can't imagine what the opposition thinks when they see or perpare for Chris Brown. Where's Moats? Slaton hasn't fumbled in 4 or 5 weeks now... Why isn't he getting most of the touches? Why not try Foster? Shoot, try something other than a slow plodder who has never done anything in the league! What's even more funny is, once the running game actually shows signs of working, they go away from it! Brilliant!!

[Joshua]

Originally Posted by popanot

I think it's way too early to judge LJ post-Chiefs. My issue is this team - supposedly in a playoff push - has had problems with the running game and their solution is throwing Chris Brown out there. Obviously there are more issues than just the RB (fumbles, poor blocking, poor execution, poor coaching/play calling, yada, yada), but it wouldn't have hurt to have signed a guy who's fairly young and in the recent past has been Pro Bowl caliber. It's like Kubiak has given up on that position. If not, than I'm sick of his blasé attitude on the position. Chris Brown?? Are you freaking kidding me? I can't imagine what the opposition thinks when they see or perpare for Chris Brown. Where's Moats? Slaton hasn't fumbled in 4 or 5 weeks now... Why isn't he getting most of the touches? Why not try Foster? Shoot, try something other than a slow plodder who has never done anything in the league! What's even more funny is, once the running game actually shows signs of working, they go away from it! Brilliant!!

To me, the bigger issue is Kubiak's apparent inability to evaluate the talent on his team. I don't understand how he can be torn as to who's the better back between Moats and Brown. It's freakin' week 11 and 12. How can Moats be the best option in week 10 (and Brown get virtually no carries) and then flipflop and decide Brown is the best back on the team in the very next game (and Moats gets no carries). In preseason, I understand this type of thing, but it boggles the mind that Kubiak is still this indecisive about who his better option is in week 12.