Who is you choice to start at running back this week.

You've got a point there, mac, and that's the one concern I have about Dwyer, his conditioning.

 

yeah i like dwyer but he looked slow and fat on sunday

 

Fair enough, but that discipline HAS to make sense. Why is Tomlin more of a disciplinarian with the RBs than he is with other positional players? Why wasn't Charlie benched after his second interception? Why wasn't Ike Taylor benched after he DROPPED his second interception? What about Mike Wallace? Why is Tomlin seemingly giving him a pass but he's benching Dwyer for TWO GAMES for one fumble? I'm fine with being a disciplinarian and getting tough, but that needs to apply across the board.

 

The question to me is who do I trust the most to hold onto the ball?

Mendenhall scares the daylights out of me the way he has the ball away from his body while going through the blockers. Dwyer secures it more and hits the hole quicker. Redman also has two hands on the ball in that same situation. Raineys fumble against the Browns was because he was fighting for extra yards and in doing so got turned into a pretzel so to speak. Turnovers and the lack of turnovers are starting to be the defining points of the 2012 season and we can no longer afford this same path.

 

I cant imagine Mendy was to unhappy with Tomlin for benching him. After his second fumble, he had his chin strap undone before he even left the field. He KNEW he was taking a seat.

 

If Mendenhall is healthy, then give him the ball. He has the most overall talent of the lot of the RBs. He needs successive carries to get back into the swing of playing a game. He's been out for pretty much a year. His only significant playing time was against the Eagles. In that game, everyone saw how superior his running was compared to Dwyer and Redman.

 

I would like to see mendenhall start and get some significant playing time to shake off the rust. There's a lot of folks on here that don't like him but I think he's a compete back who has proven he can put this team on how back (2010 AFCCG). I'd also like to see him back next year as I think we could sign him fairly cheap. None of this will happen though because he's clearly in Tomlin's doghouse even though all of our backs have been inconsistent. I just wish Tomlin was as hard on some of the other slackers on this team as he is Mendy.

 

And he had exactly ZERO of those 3 capable running backs in for the majority of the game on Sunday. He had an unproven, gun shy, undersized rookie toting the rock. I give Rainey credit, he gave it all he could but it would have been better having Dwyer in the game. Even the carry that Dwyer fumbled on was a good run by him. He was finally starting to get loose it appeared and the fumble was just a good helmet on ball tackle. Tomlin's discipline needs to be across the board and it's not.

And your sig is freaking me out!

 

You know, it is kind of strange. Last week I would say Dwyer without doubt. I still say Dwyer this week, butI saw an awful lot of tentativeness out of him when he approached the line in Cleveleand. His best asset is running hard to the hole, soemthing Mendenhall has never been good at. IF Dwyer tries to start kicking it outside or stutter stepping at the line, he isn't the answer. But Redman isn't either and I exepct Rainey to be dead by season's end if Tomlin is ever so idiotic to run him as the #1 again. JD will be the man sunday but you better believe the Ravens are gonna be punching his arms all night long

 

Dwyer

Tomlin did more harm than good sunday..agree Mendy gets benched same song and dance with him by rotating / benching RB's for punishment only adds fuel to the fire.. If a Dwyer - Readman etc. losses the ball get him back on the horse so he can trot his way into a rhythm. Stick with your man!

 

I mostly agree.
The musical RB's is not good. I also think Mendy has the best skill set of the RB's.
Dwyer has had the most success this season so I think he deserves to start, but I hope Mendy gets some carries.
Redman, Blah!

 

I don't see Mendenhall staying long at no.3 on the depth chart, unless something severe is happening in practice that we're not seeing.

I was actually all for the runningback by committee prior to last Sunday, so I can't moan about the rotation. I just think the slate should have been perhaps wiped clean at the half; or at least give Dwyer, who was getting momentum up, stay in. It's not like fumbles don't happen in the NFL ever.

 

What was that, again?

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[video=youtube;GbiD9a7PTt8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbiD9a7PTt8[/video]

 

Tomlin's is Dwyer. That is the only one that counts

 

I'd go with Mendy. We need our most talented guys on the field with Ben out.

Dwyer can take a 2 yard Mendy run and turn it into a 5 yard gain, while Mendy can take a 15 yard Dwyer run and turn it into a 60 yard TD.

 

make them all take their turn blocking for will johnson.

 

i really like Dwyar and think he should start...
One thing he need to work on is his conditioning. I know he's a bigger guy..But, i don't know how many games this year i watched and saw him pounding the other team and just when you think were gonna get the kill shot he is tapping his helmet to come out.....I think we need to push this guy and ride'em