rams56
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I'm about as worried about Gurley as I was about Jerome Bettis...when he had his bad year in LA.... behind a bad oline and offense as a whole......true....Bettis moved on to Pittsburgh and had a fantastic rest of his career.
Sure....some of it was Gurley's fault.....IMHO.... he got frustrated with the lack of movement by the oline .... and began slamming it up in there....taking 2 to 3 yards.... rather than taking a loss.... he averaged far far less carries last year than the year before..... it's like he and Melvin Gordon flipped production and attempts from 2015 to 2016.
In my mind Gurley is a beast.... I spent a lot of time studying him before the draft.....best back I'd seen since AP.....so when things go bad for a year I go back and study my film and notes....and despite his production. ...or lack there of in 2016..... I am still absolutely sure that he is a stud back....and although his style isn't that of Marshall Faulk....who was much more elusive. .....his style is much more like AP, Dickerson, Bettis, Lynch (explain the Buffalo years), but with speed like AP and Dickerson....
Now he has never had a year like this....not in College.... not his rookie year.....it will be interesting to see how he responds to this year.....will he come back more driven? With the vision that separates good backs from great ones? In better shape? I'm betting on Gurley returning to form next year as he rises to the top..... we will see....
Go Rams.........
Sure....some of it was Gurley's fault.....IMHO.... he got frustrated with the lack of movement by the oline .... and began slamming it up in there....taking 2 to 3 yards.... rather than taking a loss.... he averaged far far less carries last year than the year before..... it's like he and Melvin Gordon flipped production and attempts from 2015 to 2016.
In my mind Gurley is a beast.... I spent a lot of time studying him before the draft.....best back I'd seen since AP.....so when things go bad for a year I go back and study my film and notes....and despite his production. ...or lack there of in 2016..... I am still absolutely sure that he is a stud back....and although his style isn't that of Marshall Faulk....who was much more elusive. .....his style is much more like AP, Dickerson, Bettis, Lynch (explain the Buffalo years), but with speed like AP and Dickerson....
Now he has never had a year like this....not in College.... not his rookie year.....it will be interesting to see how he responds to this year.....will he come back more driven? With the vision that separates good backs from great ones? In better shape? I'm betting on Gurley returning to form next year as he rises to the top..... we will see....
Go Rams.........
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