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	<title>Comments on: Year End Review:  Running Backs</title>
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		<title>By: Fau</title>
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		<description>While I agree with you on your assessment of Freddy Jack&#039;s value and skills,  to opine that he &quot;clearly&quot; is the better back than Marshawn, and to site his simple stats to back it up show exactly why you wouldn&#039;t be considered an expert.  (not that the expert&#039;s are really expert&#039;s either, nor that I claim to be a true expert)

But simply put lynch did not get the same offensive sets or plays called as F.Jack.  

Fred got approximately 73% of all the screen plays, and Marshawn (when splitting time) got almost 75% of the &quot;up the middle&quot; plays.

And with O-line woes and weaknessess, the &quot;Up-the middle&quot; plays are quickly collapsed and have minimal chance of success, where as the screen plays thrive on collapsing lines,.. that&#039;s what they are designed for.

Also when both backs were in Lynch was used as a pass blocker to open up Fred for the dump pass,.. not the other way around because Fred (bad ass as he is) is no where near as strong or concussive a blocker as Lynch.. simply cant get it done the same..  so Often it was Lynch&#039;s blocking that created the opportunity for F.Jack&#039;s gains..   F.Jack was unable to do the same for Lynch on the occassions where they tried to switch it up,.. Jackson got blasted through and Lynch grabbed in the backfield.

So,..  Yes..  Fred Jackson is an awesome talent.
Enough to warrant being the cornerstone of the RB slot and letting Lynch go...  

That&#039;s just foolish talk.

Not to mention, you checked the ages of the two backs ???  Fred will be 29 next month.... 
Marshawn 23....

Take a second to curb your man crush on Freddy Jack (who I agree is awesome)  and realize what Lynch has done with his role, which has not had the opportunity Fred has (Fred has shown better hands and they have been utilized due to no ability this year to actually run the ball due to crap at Oline.)  Lynch hasnt complained, and has been supportive of Fred.

But if you could only keep one of them,.. You might be on your own island thinking it should be Fred.  

Hopefully next year the line, coordinating, and coaching will improve to a level of actually giving Marshawn a chance to actually play running back as well as continue to use Fred as a big scat back (which is how he has been successful).

It would be a great change of pace from what has been in place since Travis Henry left.
Yeah,.. it&#039;s been that long since the Bills had a good Oline for a RB....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While I agree with you on your assessment of Freddy Jack&#8217;s value and skills,  to opine that he &#8220;clearly&#8221; is the better back than Marshawn, and to site his simple stats to back it up show exactly why you wouldn&#8217;t be considered an expert.  (not that the expert&#8217;s are really expert&#8217;s either, nor that I claim to be a true expert)</p>
<p>But simply put lynch did not get the same offensive sets or plays called as F.Jack.  </p>
<p>Fred got approximately 73% of all the screen plays, and Marshawn (when splitting time) got almost 75% of the &#8220;up the middle&#8221; plays.</p>
<p>And with O-line woes and weaknessess, the &#8220;Up-the middle&#8221; plays are quickly collapsed and have minimal chance of success, where as the screen plays thrive on collapsing lines,.. that&#8217;s what they are designed for.</p>
<p>Also when both backs were in Lynch was used as a pass blocker to open up Fred for the dump pass,.. not the other way around because Fred (bad ass as he is) is no where near as strong or concussive a blocker as Lynch.. simply cant get it done the same..  so Often it was Lynch&#8217;s blocking that created the opportunity for F.Jack&#8217;s gains..   F.Jack was unable to do the same for Lynch on the occassions where they tried to switch it up,.. Jackson got blasted through and Lynch grabbed in the backfield.</p>
<p>So,..  Yes..  Fred Jackson is an awesome talent.<br />
Enough to warrant being the cornerstone of the RB slot and letting Lynch go&#8230;  </p>
<p>That&#8217;s just foolish talk.</p>
<p>Not to mention, you checked the ages of the two backs ???  Fred will be 29 next month&#8230;.<br />
Marshawn 23&#8230;.</p>
<p>Take a second to curb your man crush on Freddy Jack (who I agree is awesome)  and realize what Lynch has done with his role, which has not had the opportunity Fred has (Fred has shown better hands and they have been utilized due to no ability this year to actually run the ball due to crap at Oline.)  Lynch hasnt complained, and has been supportive of Fred.</p>
<p>But if you could only keep one of them,.. You might be on your own island thinking it should be Fred.  </p>
<p>Hopefully next year the line, coordinating, and coaching will improve to a level of actually giving Marshawn a chance to actually play running back as well as continue to use Fred as a big scat back (which is how he has been successful).</p>
<p>It would be a great change of pace from what has been in place since Travis Henry left.<br />
Yeah,.. it&#8217;s been that long since the Bills had a good Oline for a RB&#8230;.</p>
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