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Why is Trent struggling in the nfl?
Posted on 12/30/13 at 4:36 pm
Posted on 12/30/13 at 4:36 pm
I came across this amazingly insightful post on /r/nfl earlier and thought I should post it here.
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Check that link out. He explains why Eddie is doing so well and why Trent is struggling. This guy works for NFL network.
Really interesting stuff and I think the points he makes are very valid.
I was gonna post this on the rant but I honestly was hoping to have more of an actually discussion as opposed to "lol bama players suck in the nfl"
Any thoughts?
LINK
Check that link out. He explains why Eddie is doing so well and why Trent is struggling. This guy works for NFL network.
Really interesting stuff and I think the points he makes are very valid.
I was gonna post this on the rant but I honestly was hoping to have more of an actually discussion as opposed to "lol bama players suck in the nfl"
Any thoughts?
This post was edited on 12/30/13 at 4:37 pm
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Posted on 12/30/13 at 4:42 pm to hambone213
He has terrible vision and isnt very fast
Posted on 12/30/13 at 4:43 pm to hambone213
Didn't we just switch to zone blocking this season?
Posted on 12/30/13 at 4:46 pm to hambone213
Interesting read. Thank you for posting. I thimk that Trent will be a good back in due time. He just has some kinks he needs to work out.
By the way, how is A'Shawn doing?
By the way, how is A'Shawn doing?
Posted on 12/30/13 at 4:54 pm to Funky Tide 8
I agree. I just think it's funny how short everyones memories were....As someone who is really in to fantasy football I remember so vividly how much of a stud everyone thought Trent was gonna be for the next 10 years. According to pretty much everyone he was an athletic freak of nature and was gonna succeed no matter what team he was on. He really didnt have that bad of a rookie season playing injured on the freaking Browns.
Now that he is struggling....Everyone knew all along that he sucks and doesnt have the vision.
I can just see his situation sort of playing out like Reggie Bush. Comes into the league and just cant really figure it out mentally...Changes teams and learns and gets comfortable in the system (key) and then finally figures it out and shows what he is capable of. But not before he struggles for a while...
I feel that once he can go out there and just react as opposed to thinking about where to hit the hole he can go out there and beast like we are used to seeing. But he has certainly been struggling as of lately
Now that he is struggling....Everyone knew all along that he sucks and doesnt have the vision.
I can just see his situation sort of playing out like Reggie Bush. Comes into the league and just cant really figure it out mentally...Changes teams and learns and gets comfortable in the system (key) and then finally figures it out and shows what he is capable of. But not before he struggles for a while...
I feel that once he can go out there and just react as opposed to thinking about where to hit the hole he can go out there and beast like we are used to seeing. But he has certainly been struggling as of lately
This post was edited on 12/30/13 at 4:57 pm
Posted on 12/30/13 at 5:11 pm to hambone213
Trent has all the talent and mindset to be a great back. The Colts and Browns have ran him like he's a human bulldozer so far though. I haven't gotten to watch him much since he was traded to the Colts but it seems that they run different blocking schemes for him and Donald Brown. Trent gets chopped down right when he takes the handoff while Brown has holes to run through.
I sure do hope he can get it going soon though. He's to fun to watch in the open field and too much of a talent to have the bust label associated with him.
I sure do hope he can get it going soon though. He's to fun to watch in the open field and too much of a talent to have the bust label associated with him.
Posted on 12/30/13 at 7:40 pm to TreyAnastasio
What Trey said. He just plows into his linemans arse. Doesn't wait for holes. He did it at Bama too
Posted on 12/30/13 at 7:43 pm to The Spleen
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Didn't we just switch to zone blocking this season?
yep and we installed this thing called a play action pass as well.
Posted on 12/30/13 at 10:21 pm to Sandkhan
quote:I think it's the opposite problem. Often he would stand at the line of scrimmage pushing aside tackler after tackler and never getting north and south
What Trey said. He just plows into his linemans arse. Doesn't wait for holes. He did it at Bama too
Posted on 12/31/13 at 9:10 am to hambone213
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I was gonna post this on the rant but I honestly was hoping to have more of an actually discussion as opposed to "lol bama players suck in the nfl"
Smart move, the rant has turned into the Bunker lite these days talking more about BS than actual football related posts...
Also the link was very informative. I was wondering about Ingram's lack of success but then realized he atcually has to be on the field to even have a chance.
Posted on 12/31/13 at 9:14 am to genro
Edwin Baker has a higher YPC with the Browns than Trent did. Same line. Baker doesnt dance, he hits the hole and gets what he can get.
Posted on 12/31/13 at 10:06 am to TreyAnastasio
Is baker better than Trent? No, the link explains why.
Posted on 12/31/13 at 10:12 am to tt54l32v
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s baker better than Trent?
Neither of them are anything special
Posted on 12/31/13 at 1:12 pm to TreyAnastasio
But baker has a higher ypc he has to be better right?
Posted on 12/31/13 at 1:18 pm to TreyAnastasio
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He has terrible vision and isnt very fast
Unless the knee injuries did more damage than we thought, or unless he DID put on a lot of weight, he is fast. We've got numbers for that.
But his vision is straight shite.
Posted on 12/31/13 at 1:19 pm to The Spleen
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Didn't we just switch to zone blocking this season?
Nope. The game analysts would have you think that, but we've been running a ZBS.
Posted on 12/31/13 at 3:04 pm to hambone213
I honestly don't think Trent will ever be a solid RB in the league. He's just not very good at the next level.
Posted on 12/31/13 at 3:33 pm to tt54l32v
He was better for the browns. That's all I care about.
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