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[QUOTE=Dirtstar;4500767]this is from Evan Silva, notorious Jet-hating doosh.
that being said, Greene has pfailed to deliver on the promise of his rookie season and has yet to prove that he's a reliable, legit starting RB.[/QUOTE]
I've been reading Rotoworld for about 3 years now, and it has been very helpful not just for fantasy football but for actual football as well. Obviously, those two things don't necessarily go hand in hand. I've been following Silva for about 8-10 months now.
He's an extremely bright guy and knows his football, but he comes off as a Jets basher to me too. His tweets usually have a subtle jab at the Jets or give them virtually no credit. Not that this is an isolated incident, but here's a convo I had with him on twitter:
[U][I]Evan Silva @evansilva[/I][/U]
#Jets loading up on box safeties for 46 D. #Patriots quick-hit pass game designed perfectly to pick that apart. Long year coming in NYJ.
[U][I]@OedipusRexRyan[/I][/U]
@evansilva That's the way to beat the 46, but I haven't seen anything in past to suggest they run it vs NE. Typically only put 6 or 7 in box
[U][I]Evan Silva @evansilva[/I][/U]
they drop 8 into coverage and get creamed on the ground. "adjustments" have worked terribly vs pats
I didn't have enough characters/time to reply, but while the Pats did abuse the Jets with that in Week 5 on the kill clock drive to end the game, it was also the same strategy the Jets employed to annihilate the Pats in the playoffs the year before. Watching the Jets/Pats rivalry, it certainly is a cat and mouse game between Belichick & Ryan. In Week 5, the Pats caught the Jets in with their passing down personnel in the front seven (guys like Dixon and Westerman) and went no huddle and continuously ran the ball.
What I wanted to reply to him was "That's exactly why they drafted guys like Wilkerson and Coples the past few years -- versatile guys that could play all three downs as opposed to specialists like DeVito, Pitoitua, Dixon, Westerman, etc." Now it's time for Ryan to respond to Belichick's moves from last year. I just found it kind of douchey for him to say "Long season for NYJ" just because in his opinion the Jets defense won't match up with the Pats offense. It's probably true, but pretty much every team struggles with the Pats offense, and I'm quite confident that the Jets defense will perform admirably in the other 14 games. The long season comment just rubbed me the wrong way.
Anyway, ranting over...I do agree with his assessment of Shonn Greene. He has very little instincts as a runner. What boggles my mind, however, is that Greene's initial burst is nonexistent now. Perhaps it is due to him being the lead back and taking bumps and bruises, but I don't get it. In 2009, I thought he had an outstanding initial burst for a power back and some of his best runs were stretch plays to the outside. He seemed to turn the corner at will and his burst was much stronger than Jones's even thought Jones was better at pushing the pile and finding the right creases to run through.
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