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SBXVII · 10-15-2008, 08:32 PM

As far as Mason goes I'll give you guys the fact that he probably could not pass block. Especially when JC was holding the ball too long. Can we not teach a young RB to pass block? I guess not.

As far as his running goes Mason lead the Skins/league in rushing yrds during preseason. Some might argue it was only against 2nd stringers I would argue that it was not all the time. Mason put up solid numbers consistantly. I like Rock but the only good thing about Rock is he breaks one good maybe two good runs the whole game and it's a long one. So his yardage looks good due to that. Rock has a tendency to dance in the back field, and run East/West always looking to break the long one sometimes costing us a yard or two. He is the one step forward two steps back until he breaks a long one. Or...until he fumbles which he is prone to do which is why he has not been our #1 since Spurrier.

My second issue with people saying Mason didn't do well is neither did Rock. Hell Portis looked bad in the preseason with first stringers and even in the first game he looked bad. Some how the team got the blocking issues corrected in time for the New Orleans game. I don't think it was the RB fault for not getting yardage I think it was the O-lines fault for not opening holes for Mason. The problem has been fixed. The only arguement one would have is possibly his pass blocking. and I'm not ready to right him off due to that. JC is getting the ball out faster which he was not doing in preseason, Hell he was not doing it the first two or three games. Our blocking got better. and yes JC has learned since preseason and the first game to get rid of the ball.

Nothing against SA but I don't see the Pro bowler /mvp in him anymore. I hope I'm wrong but he has had too many injuries and why on earth would a team let a pro bowler /mvp go if he could heal up and be a facter for the team in the future? unless they felt he lost his drive or motivation or skill. Perhaps they felt his injuries were a liability. I could not see us throwing Portis away simply cause he had a couple of injuries and he was not the pro bowler/ mvp. I hope I'm wrong. I hope he sattles up and runs like hell and we all are eating crow saying Mason who?

10-15-2008, 08:32 PM	#115
SBXVII Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 7,766	Re: Redskins Sign Shaun Alexander (Merge) updated As far as Mason goes I'll give you guys the fact that he probably could not pass block. Especially when JC was holding the ball too long. Can we not teach a young RB to pass block? I guess not. As far as his running goes Mason lead the Skins/league in rushing yrds during preseason. Some might argue it was only against 2nd stringers I would argue that it was not all the time. Mason put up solid numbers consistantly. I like Rock but the only good thing about Rock is he breaks one good maybe two good runs the whole game and it's a long one. So his yardage looks good due to that. Rock has a tendency to dance in the back field, and run East/West always looking to break the long one sometimes costing us a yard or two. He is the one step forward two steps back until he breaks a long one. Or...until he fumbles which he is prone to do which is why he has not been our #1 since Spurrier. My second issue with people saying Mason didn't do well is neither did Rock. Hell Portis looked bad in the preseason with first stringers and even in the first game he looked bad. Some how the team got the blocking issues corrected in time for the New Orleans game. I don't think it was the RB fault for not getting yardage I think it was the O-lines fault for not opening holes for Mason. The problem has been fixed. The only arguement one would have is possibly his pass blocking. and I'm not ready to right him off due to that. JC is getting the ball out faster which he was not doing in preseason, Hell he was not doing it the first two or three games. Our blocking got better. and yes JC has learned since preseason and the first game to get rid of the ball. Nothing against SA but I don't see the Pro bowler /mvp in him anymore. I hope I'm wrong but he has had too many injuries and why on earth would a team let a pro bowler /mvp go if he could heal up and be a facter for the team in the future? unless they felt he lost his drive or motivation or skill. Perhaps they felt his injuries were a liability. I could not see us throwing Portis away simply cause he had a couple of injuries and he was not the pro bowler/ mvp. I hope I'm wrong. I hope he sattles up and runs like hell and we all are eating crow saying Mason who?