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[diehardskin2982]

what are the chances of us keeping Mason on the roster to make our own 3 headed monster?

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by diehardskin2982

what are the chances of us keeping Mason on the roster to make our own 3 headed monster?

I'll be honest absolutly no chance. I just get my man crush in a dander about all the people who say he did all his work against 2nd and 3rd stringers but fail to remember Rock had the same chances agains the same 2nd and 3rd stringers and could not produce.

Having said that, Portis is our #1. Who comes after is the question. Some say it's Betts no questions. Some say it should be Rock. All I'm saying is everyone is screaming about not having young talent through out the team being developed for the future and yet when someone is brought in at RB we hear the same thing all the time. Portis, Betts, Rock. We have no room for anyone else. That's nice but at some point with all three of them being with in a few yrs of each other, they will all be either let go or retired. Who will be trained/developed to take over for when that happens? As of right now we bring in RB's to simply keep our 1st,2nd,and 3rd stringer from getting injured in preseason. Or so some would lead you to believe. The team has finally woken up at WR. O-line is still an issue perhaps but the team did go out and pick up talent to compete even though age is still an issue.

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by diehardskin2982

what are the chances of us keeping Mason on the roster to make our own 3 headed monster?

Mason's biggest issues are he's not special on special teams and he pass blocks only slightly better than a blind man with no arms.. Unless he's overcome those flaws he's no better than the 54th man on a 53 man roster.

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

Mason's biggest issues are he's not special on special teams and he pass blocks only slightly better than a blind man with no arms.. Unless he's overcome those flaws he's no better than the 54th man on a 53 man roster.

I don't doubt your observations but these issues can be taught and developed unless he's a complete moron which I doubt they would bring him back if that was the case. I don't think it's an issue of him not being able to block or big enough to block, but simply not knowing who to block when. If I'm not mistaken Portis had the same problem during the first few games last yr. They even stuck Sellers back there to help out and they both wiffed on one play.

Perhaps people should be more concerned about JC's ability to read defenses?

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

I don't doubt your observations but these issues can be taught and developed unless he's a complete moron which I doubt they would bring him back if that was the case. I don't think it's an issue of him not being able to block or big enough to block, but simply not knowing who to block when. If I'm not mistaken Portis had the same problem during the first few games last yr. They even stuck Sellers back there to help out and they both wiffed on one play.

Perhaps people should be more concerned about JC's ability to read defenses?

Yes, but Portis and Sellers are starters, and not camp scrubs who need to do everything to stay on the team. If Mason is to remain on the 53-man roster, he needs to prove he can do other things than just running the ball, since we have a starter and a backup and a 3rd string guy in that position.