Munchak: Don’t judge CJ based on five carries

CJ was absoutly shut down against even average Ds in 2011. By week 3 teams were not even putting 8 in the box and still shutting down CJsideways. CJ abused a couple of teams and did get 1000 but it would have too be one of the weakest 1000 I have ever seen.

 

1,000 yards is nothing impressive in the NFL these days.

Get 62 yards per game and you're a 1,000 yard back. Only garbage RBs don't reach 1,000.

 

I saw lanes on the field that night. It is not the OLs job to keep them open for an hour while CJ finds the path of least resistance to the end zone.

 

Apparently you guys know more than the offensive coordinator that drew up the plays after he reviewed the tape.

 

I rather be a pass first team anyways. We just need cj to be decent not great.

 

Nobody is expecting either coach to come out and say that he thought every RB hit the holes harder and ran with more conviction than CJ. They know CJ is fragile right now and they are trying to protect him.

 

May be true, but Munchak called him out about his drops (which I guess he would look like an idiot if he didn't), just don't see Palmer being scared to say "there were one or two plays where I think he could have cut a different way and gained a few more yards". Palmer always seems to talk somewhat honestly compared to someone like Fisher who will tip toe around any issue.

 

Eddie saw them as well, and I would say he knows more about that than Palmer.

 

Yea you may be right, I think I saw a missed lane on one play, but Eddie only had 2 years that weren't in the 3. something YPC, He was a different type of back and he was the reason I became a Titans fan but he's not exactly the type that got any more lanes than CJ has the past year or so, he usually just ran straight ahead for 1-6 yards.