Joseph Addai

Cooper Manning’s Little Brother?
Elisha Archibald Manning’s Bigger Brother?
or the old favorite, Jim Sorgi?

Bet you a nickel they’re all avalable.

they are different actions from the very first step

Yeah, Some runs have been for losses, or for minimum 1 yard. Same story was with Rhodes, or Simpson or even Brown. True I do prefer Donald since he’s more effective but sometimes this kind of bashing is just unfair.
You say that Manning never gets sacked so the O-Line is great. He was sacked 3 times yesterday. Besides, blocking ain’t the same for running and passing.

YPC doesn’t reward consistency, doesn’t taken into account converting first downs, doesn’t separate a RB from his line at all, doesn’t penalize for fumbles and excludes all contributions in the passing game.

Right after the injury especially, but when Rhodes steped in, WHAM, our pass pro was a lot more suspect.

If 18 is the most important player on the field every time he steps out there, then protecting him is potentially a higher priority than an extra 2/10 of a YPC (or whatever). We draft RBs who can do it all—run, receive, block, and THINK. Picking up the blitzes isnot just a matter of “okay, I stay ohome on this play.” It involves IDing the blitzer and if he’s a decoy, finding the right guy, or slipping out to receive.

Don’t you think the management wants the best team out there? Particularly after Week 17? Right now, my assumption is they think 29 gives them the best chance to win today while 31 learns the game and the O better. Putting the rook out there 100% is not in anybody’s best interest. Edge was one of a kind. Toward the end of the season they might be closer to 50/50 with 29 and 31.

The real test is next year—do they keep them about 50/50 or skew more toward one or ther other? That will tell us what the people who really know these guys think.

Addai does not suck. We need two seasoned, healthy, fresh, capable backs in the post season. and a better OL.

It’s like making fun of Keanu Reeves after the Matrix came out. While there’s plenty to ridicule (summoning the power of the mighty Ridicules) about his acting inability, that would have been an inopportune moment.

Wow, did I just compare Joe Addai to Keanu Reeves? “Yo, Mister Manning Sir. This offense cannot go under 400 yards per football game… or the Lucas Oil Stadium will explode. We will need to… keep it functioning at a high level. Dude. Whoa.”