[GoodGrief]

I don't think the coaches are being too picky by emphasizing blocking ability.  How many times did we see a play start, see the blitzing backer find a gap and then he'd just disappear, cut down by Taylor?  If Barry Sanders can't do that, but Gaffney, Wright, Seal, Christian McCaffrey et al can, that's a very good reason to give them the carries.

Yeah, I'm all for flashy razzle-dazzle, but we had two fantastic injury-free years of Andrew Luck largely because not-flashy Stepfan was there to dive at defenders legs and upend him.

[GoodGrief]

I don't think the coaches are being too picky by emphasizing blocking ability.  How many times did we see a play start, see the blitzing backer find a gap and then he'd just disappear, cut down by Taylor?  If Barry Sanders can't do that, but Gaffney, Wright, Seal, Christian McCaffrey et al can, that's a very good reason to give them the carries.

Yeah, I'm all for flashy razzle-dazzle, but we had two fantastic injury-free years of Andrew Luck largely because not-flashy Stepfan was there to dive at defenders legs and upend him.