Midway through the second quarter, Alexander ended up with the rushing title and scored a touchdown to pass Priest Holmes for most touchdowns in a season. MVP award most likely coming.
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Midway through the second quarter, Alexander ended up with the rushing title and scored a touchdown to pass Priest Holmes for most touchdowns in a season. MVP award most likely coming.
Alexander is great, IMO, in the top three in the NFL at RB.
Hes a very good running back, but he has perhaps the best offensive line in the NFL run blocking wise and a good passing game to keep defenses honest, keeps the 8 and 9 defenders out of the box. Also he plays in a crappy divison and the Seahawks are gonna get a rude awakening coming in their home playoff opener. Any NFC wildcard team matches up well against them.
Would you pay Alexander BIG $$, or draft or sign another productive running back and free up cap space to improve the rest of the team?
IMO though MVP is Tiki Barber, the Giants dont win anything without him.
A good passing game? LOL.
I would pay Alexander, his speed is suprising, and he has a nose for the end zone and first downs.
His O-line is great, and the passing game is not that good, maybe if they had some receivers.
Yes I would call a 65.3 completion % 3383 yards passing and a 98.1 percent passer rating pretty good for Hassleback and a team that didnt have to play from behind all season.
As long as you have a passing game that moves the chains, that keeps the defense honest.
Of course Alexander has a nose for the inzone, he gets 100 red zone carries a season! Tiki may have only had 9 TD's to Alexanders 28, but hes also took out inside the 10 yard line. He has been his whole career, which is stupid.
Why does every coach always think bigger backs equal better goalline runners? It doesnt unless maybe if your on the 1 yard line.
Look at alexander's stats on 3rd and 1, seattle convereted ALL of them.
He is just too good a back to let go, IMO.
Your boy Johson is impressive, I think he may end up being better than 95% of the NFL backs.
Heres my top four
1-LT
2-Alexander
3-Edge
4-Johnson
I hated to see Chicago get rid of Bobby Engram. He, Jerivicious, and Darrell Jackson are actually a really solid core. Looking at alot of teams, if you have a QB, you have a passing game, Favre is proof positive of that even without Walker, Driver, and Ferguson. Hasselbeck is the best qb in the nfc this year, I would say they have a passing game.
I wouldnt let him go, I would just frachise him again if they have the cap space. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
Seriously though, you dont sign running backs in this day and age in the NFL to huge long term deals. There's always someone that can be productive, especially with that offensive line and balanced attack.
I wouldnt write off Jamal Lewis just yet, I know he had a bad year but a change of teams would do him well. I could see him being a real good back for the steelers with Bettis retiring.
NFC QB's outside of Hasselbeck sucks though.
yeah I mean there are circumstances, McNabb and Culpepper hurt,Favre without weapons and Bulger hurt, but I would put Hasselbeck in the top 4 in the nfc regardless. All of the nfc qb's are really young(eli,rex,chris simms, etc.....Delhomme and Vick are just too mistake prone to ever be great qb's.
imagine Hasselbeck, Alexander, and the massive O-Line with TO next year!
Theyd score 50 a game and rival INDy as the best O
You might be right about most of them, but the point is Hassleback is a good quarterback.
Guys like Shawn Alexander, Ahman Green, and yes, Preist Holmes plus Larry Johnson have benefited greatly from playing in balanced offenses with stellar offensive lines.
But its like in Denver they produce good RB's with a great o-line.
If they had a franchise back, IE Alexander, their run game would be great, not just good.
Its not just all the o-line, you gotta have some passing and a good RB at finding the holes and gettin thru them./
Everyone forgets Priest was a backup in Baltimore and a backup at Texas in college. Hes a good player, Larry Johnson is a horse, but I watch the highlights and half the time, neither one of em gets touched.
I dont know about 50 a game, but that would be a scary thought. I love TO, but Id hate to see him go to a team that plays in such a crappy divison.
Alexander would have 2000 yards, but so would TO probably.
Though remember, what looks good on paper always doesnt translate to the field. Remember how good the Vikings and Ravens secondary was suppose to be this season?
Bah, BAL's secondary is too old, cept for Reed.
McAllister has seen better days,and Rolle has too.
The only difference with Denver is they dont have alot of money dedicated to the o-line. Walter Jones and Hutchinson demand so much money that it hurts their ability to be able to spread money out to Alexander and get other players. Seattle is alot like the rams, Orlando Pace makes an ungodly amount of money and they have to pay Holt and Bruce too. They are horrible on defense and need some cap space too.
Denvers running game isnt great? They made Ron Dayne good. They combined for well over 2000 yards on the ground this season.
Diets when you talk about the ravens seconday, I think they made a big mistake bringing rolle in. You dont need great players at every position on D. If you have a player or two at every level like the bears, you can have a great D. As look as you have ogunleye, urlacher, and brown, you have a solid defense. Throw some atheltic young guys around them, save cap space and build a winner. No need for superstars at every position.
I think they will keep boller and maybe sign Kitna as insurance.
Kitna stinked today against the Chiefs. haha
Though your right, I wanted the Chiefs to sign Rolle but im glad that ended up with Surtain, hes a good player with a great attitude.
I think it all starts up front though, if you can get to the QB quickly like the Bears, it makes your secondary that much more dangerous. When you cant, you get burnt like Charles Tilman. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
Peanut has the toughest position in the league man, I dont envy him.
I will give credit where credit is due though, the jets getting Ty Law was the ballsiest and most brilliant move of the year. He was worth every dime.
Think he goes back to the Pats after this season? He only signed a one year deal didnt he?
I dunno, didnt he and Bellicek have some beef with each other?
Im guessing he stays with New York, gets a big contract and breaks his leg lol.
Who knows, I predict a Pats to somehow get back to the Superbowl this year though. Belichek is a genius, even though his biggest mistake was letting Law go. Which, when you think about it wasnt that bad of a move, until 3/4 of the starting secondary when down for the Pats this year.
I think Rodney Harrison was the straw that broke their back. He was their Mike Brown. Bruschi is their Urlacher, but we both know how much better the Bears are with Mike Brown.
Yeah good call, Harrison is a beastly hitter and ballhawk, just like Mike Brown. My Chiefs need that kinda guy, of course they also need a all around good defensive tackle who can get to the QB. Isnt Ian Scott a free agent? [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] They are pretty solid at linebacker now though. Jared Allen is a beast at defensive end.
I hope Herm Edwards is the next Chiefs head coach, I have my fingers crossed on that one though.