Alfred Morris

[ntotoro]

If we were going to fit the scheme to Alfred then we should have kept the same OLine coach. We went with a different coach who while he does use the zone some is mainly a power running coach.

wether it was the scheme change or Alfred losing a step, he was off this year in 2012 first contact on average was 3.1 yards down field this year it was 2.4.

As a whole running was down this year
last year 10 teams had 2000 yards as a team only 6 this year.

As as long as we have a strong passing game it doesn't really matter if we rush for 2300 yards or 1300 yards

In all fairness, Alf was getting hit behind the LoS more this year than in years past, too. Gruden has never had a strong run game in his Offense. As in ever. As in he has never had one ever in the history of him coaching up an Offense. Lots of attempts, but stugots in terms of actual yardage. You have to just say his scheme is shit at some point. Whether Callahan can change that remains to be seen.

Nick

 

[Bulldog]

Morris had a very productive rookie year, but defenses were kept off balance by a quarterback that ran for 815 yards by himself.

As Griffin's production declined and he missed time due to injury Alfred's numbers really fell off the cliff.

Behind a very good offensive line with a veteran passer that is healthy in Dallas, Morris will be an 800-900 yard back and average around 4.2 per rush.

But put in that same situation there are 15-20 backs out there that could do that.

Morris is a legit NFL player, he is just not an elite or upper echelon player.

 

[Docsandy]

For what it's worth, I don't agree it's a PR hit at all. A far bigger PR hit from my perspective would have been the team opting to keep a player at a position they want to improve for other than football reasons. The Redskins are becoming a grown-up organization, making the kinds moves successful teams make every year by not getting caught up in sentimentality--their own or their fan's--and always looking to improve at every position.

Docsandy of 20 years ago would be really upset because of the sentimentality... but this Docsandy understands this is, after all, a business. I wish Almo the best... except twice a year...

 

[Docsandy]

tr1 knows as any Redskins fan does that Morris had a phenomenal rookie year. Truth be told, he was probably as big a factor in the Redskins success as Griffin was and arguably was equally deserving of ROY honors. .

Even Griff said that very thing when he won ROY... he mentioned Almo in the audience.... just an observation and an agreement

 

[Bulldog]

They worked off each other's success. Part of it was the scheme, part of it was talent and part of it was the fact the NFL didn't have any game film on Griffin or Morris through most of Year 1 to figure out a way to stop the zone reads and delayed hand-offs.

You really couldn't find two players that fit the system any better than the 23 year old Griffin and Morris.