Brandon Jacobs took his share of criticism this year for a slow start, but his running backs coach Jerald Ingram believes it was a coaching problem.
When Danny Ware was hurt in the preseason, Jacobs had to take on many of Derrick Ward’s old plays on passing downs. The New York Daily News writes that Jacobs was forced to run more slow developing plays like draws and sweeps that didn’t fit his hammering style.
“I don’t think he was tip-toeing as much as he was trying to be
patient,” Ingram said. “He was trying to make sure everything was
perfect.”
The team doesn’t trust Ahmad Bradshaw enough to block in most of those situations, so they used Jacobs before realizing they were not playing to his strengths.
After some adjusting, Jacobs has averaged 5.1 yards per carry over the last four weeks. And it sounds like Ware will be a significant part of the offense moving forward. (Yep, that’s a fantasy football alert. Especially for Bradshaw owners.)
The Giants have lost four straight games, but a return to their strong three-headed running attack of 2008 would go a long way. Big Blue’s next two opponents — Atlanta and Denver — have also been struggling, especially against the run.
Expect to see a lot of Brandon Jacobs, running straight ahead.
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cue all the brandon jacobs is a horrible running back comments. His yards per carry, aside from a slow start this yr have been up with the best of them.
It took the Giants coaching staff how many weeks (5-6) to realize they weren’t utilizing Jacobs strenghts?
Isn’t that what coaches are for, getting the most out of their players? And to call plays that play to a player’s strengths.
And if Bradshaw can’t block find someone who can. Jacobs is too valuable of an asset to misuse.
he’s not elite but i’m sure many teams would love to have a bruising runner
Take our coaches… please.
Pats would take him.
He’d be great on the Birds. He might be able to convert one yard.
Coaching has been most of our problem this year. The only way to rectify this situation is to fire Gilbride.