Is Ryan Grant Really the Answer at Running Back?

[SnakeLH2006]

I think the main problem with Grant is that currently have no other backs to compliment him. Wynn is too similar to Grant and hasn't done much of anything this year.

Grant just looks so stiff and awkward going out for routes and catching the ball. Jackson isn't a natural, but he looks a lot better than Grant.

Wynn has done plenty:

-Looked lost.
-Couldn't catch a pass if someone laid it in his hands.
-Looks absolutely burstless for a guy some had said had some real speed/size combos rare to RB's.
-Gives dumb glares up and down the field when he makes a bonehead play.

The problem is the backups, Wynn, and BJack (hurt) haven't shown much.

The OL sucks, yea, I get that, but it did for the last few years under Big Teddy T. It is what it is. But somehow, someway, Grant DID make some big bursts/big runs his first year in 2007? He's healthy now. Is the problem that he's about 28 and already going downhill physically, or did we pay him and he doesn't want to get hurt?

I dunno. Either way. Not impressed with 3.8 yards a carry this year (esp. when most of those BIG runs came on 3rd and 18 yard draws. I could run for 12 yards if the Defense is not expecting it. When we need him to get 2 yards on 3rd and 2. He's balled up like the pizza corner guy on the Soprano's who owes some money.

He's reallly underwhelmed. Some of that is on the OL. But he simply is not a good starter consistently for a winner. The last time he performed well was 2007 (13-3). We are 8-12 since then, and Grant has underwhelmed. Nuff said.

[bobblehead]

Link to MM calling a running play on third and 18 please...it would be news to me since 1st and 10 (up by only 3) is a must pass situation all of a sudden.

Grant got decent yardage in this one. I still saw a monster cut back he missed in the first half then when he could have run 10 yards for a first he cut back into the hole that was gone by then thus gaining about 6 yards.

Not a grant fan, haven't been all along. I think Wynn has better vision to be honest. He would be my first down back at this point.

[channtheman]

Fuck no. Grant misses every cutback lane it seems, and if he finds it he doesn't have the talent to cut sharp enough and make a big play.

[SnakeLH2006]

Fuck no. Grant misses every cutback lane it seems, and if he finds it he doesn't have the talent to cut sharp enough and make a big play.

QFT

[channtheman]

Fuck no. Grant misses every cutback lane it seems, and if he finds it he doesn't have the talent to cut sharp enough and make a big play.

QFT

There was this play early on where he found the cutback lane and it looked like he had a big run going, then a defender reaches out with his arm and slows him down completely and it ends at like 6 yards. AP would have seen the cutback that Grant did but cut it way sharp outside where there was a huge opening up the sideline.

At this point, I don't even think Grant is serviceable. I was of the opinion that we should pay him when he held out. That was stupid of me, and I wish TT had played hardball and said "fuck you". Grant would have tried out for a few teams and then been cut and out of the league.

[SnakeLH2006]

Fuck no. Grant misses every cutback lane it seems, and if he finds it he doesn't have the talent to cut sharp enough and make a big play.

QFT

There was this play early on where he found the cutback lane and it looked like he had a big run going, then a defender reaches out with his arm and slows him down completely and it ends at like 6 yards. AP would have seen the cutback that Grant did but cut it way sharp outside where there was a huge opening up the sideline.

At this point, I don't even think Grant is serviceable. I was of the opinion that we should pay him when he held out. That was stupid of me, and I wish TT had played hardball and said "fuck you". Grant would have tried out for a few teams and then been cut and out of the league.

I dunno. He is "good Packer people". So, I'm sure he'd at least get a fair shake with his talent like Ruvell Martin did when the Packers cut him and show his INACTIVE status worthiness on a roster for a powerhouse like the Rams, somewhere, somehow.

Anyone remember former Packer WR, Sanjay Beach, the 49er's castoff WR with good hands/work ethic from the early 90's. I get the same vibe. Tries hard, but can't shake a tackle. Good guy, but can't finish plays. Same vibe. Grant....