MVP: James Starks

[Tarlam!]

The Bears were going to draft Starks in the 6th round:
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/...port-card.html

How did their pick work out for them?

As a post script, LeFevour was released at the final cut and is now with Cincinnati and Starks ran for 123 yards on 23 carries in a playoff game. Good for you James! I’m proud of you. Good luck next week in Atlanta.

The Bears still suck!

[vince]

The Bears were going to draft Starks in the 6th round:
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/...port-card.html

Interesting stuff. How great would it be for the Bears and Packers to meet in the NFC Championship and Starks be intrumental in ending the Bears' season.

[pbmax]

Nice post. It is obvious he gets more outta nothing than Jackson gets out of something. He doesn't hesitate and the best part is he bounces off tacklers and keeps churning along. Last guy that did that in GB was Ahman. He is a horse the offense can ride thru a defense. The passing game is going to open up in ATL because the dirtybirds saw it too.

McGinn said even when he made a bad read and went wide, he realized his mistake, stuck his toe in the ground and cut north. So even a bad read by the RB gained two yards. That kind of thing makes like for the QB much simpler than Jackson stopping, looking to change direction and losing 1.

[vince]

McGinn said even when he made a bad read and went wide, he realized his mistake, stuck his toe in the ground and cut north. So even a bad read by the RB gained two yards. That kind of thing makes like for the QB much simpler than Jackson stopping, looking to change direction and losing 1.

The contrast certainly is stark isn't it?

[sharpe1027]

McGinn said even when he made a bad read and went wide, he realized his mistake, stuck his toe in the ground and cut north. So even a bad read by the RB gained two yards. That kind of thing makes like for the QB much simpler than Jackson stopping, looking to change direction and losing 1.

I remember one play in particular where there was nothing to be gained and he just cut hard inside and decided to get what he could. Some how he shot through the line and got almost ten yards. Good things happen when you run north and south with a purpose.

I also saw several times that he made a lateral shift before he cut up field. Without that shift, the defense was in position, with the shift he changed his angle and found a hole to gain good yardage. It is nice to have a RB that can take advantage of the linemen sustaining their blocks.

[Fritz]

Boy he hit the holes fast on the plays into the middle. Sometimes it looked like there was no opening in the line at all, yet he squirted out the other side like a newborn out of mama.

But if it's third and one do you give it to him or to Kuhn, who seems to run straight into the pile but keeps his legs churning?

[bobblehead]

Interesting stuff. How great would it be for the Bears and Packers to meet in the NFC Championship and Starks be intrumental in ending the Bears' season.

Oh sweet nectar of irony.

[mraynrand]

Oh sweet nectar of irony.

you wax poetic about things pathetic

[Tony Oday]

Both of the birds gave up over 105 yards rushing a game...and the Falcons I would guess, were playing from ahead much more often.

[Packgator]

The Bears were going to draft Starks in the 6th round:

Yeah right. The Bears has since last April to go public with that if they wanted to. Now Starks has a monster game in the playoffs and the Bears all of a sudden say "we were going to take him too..... aren't we great". I guess it's true what they say: The Bears Still Suck.

[SnakeLH2006]

i said before the game that i hoped MM was just hiding Starks for the playoffs and that he would blow up today and have a big game

23 carries 123 yards

a star is born

See Snake's original thread...A star is not born...He was there, Red.

Finally MM got rid of his BJAck lust, and just glad to see others see Starks is our future.

BJack can catch. BJack can block. BJack cannot get a 50% ratio of positive run/negative loss run for the life of his slow, unathletic ass. Starks is a hard runner that makes rushing plays positive. Starks caught 60 passes in his JR year at Buffalo and can catch the ball...even if he can't block (he does it ok) he's 10 times the back BJack could EVER be given his ability to RUSH the ball forward. God Snake loves this guy.

[vince]

Good article on the path Starks has taken up to now.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/12/AR2011011205449.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST2011011207509

[Fritz]

I watched the "SoundFX" in the other thread, and it sure looks like Jennings is jacked about Starks.

[bobblehead]

See Snake's original thread...A star is not born...He was there, Red.

Finally MM got rid of his BJAck lust, and just glad to see others see Starks is our future.

BJack can catch. BJack can block. BJack cannot get a 50% ratio of positive run/negative loss run for the life of his slow, unathletic ass. Starks is a hard runner that makes rushing plays positive. Starks caught 60 passes in his JR year at Buffalo and can catch the ball...even if he can't block (he does it ok) he's 10 times the back BJack could EVER be given his ability to RUSH the ball forward. God Snake loves this guy.

BJack isn't unathletic or slow, he is indecisive. He doesn't have the vision. He flashes brilliance when the hole is where its supposed to be, or where he is expecting it, but when its somewhere else he doesn't have that quick/decisive vision to plant the foot, cut back and go. I said he lacked vision in his first season, then he looked good his second year and I reversed, but then he proved my initial assessment was correct. He is what he is....a very good 3rd down back.