Comments on: Blount holds off Martin, for now

By: bucforever

bucforever — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:56:40 +0000

The starting position is Blount’s to loose! If he fumbles and avoids the holes like he did last year , Martin will be the man! Martin should get his fair share of touches either way. GO BUCS

By: benchwarmer69

benchwarmer69 — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:42:02 +0000

1. Schiano already said that he believes in a two-back system in the NFL.

2. As it’s already been stated above, and by coach Schiano, it’s a formality.

3. Schiano completely stomped out the “Blount’s getting traded/cut” conspiracy theories. We shouldn’t hear that talk much anymore.

4. And.. Why is it so hard to believe Schiano wants a solid two-back rungame? The Panthers did it rather well, the Bucs played the pretty good with Dunn and Alstott, and the Jacobs/Bradshaw combo was pretty neat as well.

All of those above had one or the other RB’s written down as a #1 or #2. It’s a formality the coaches have to abide by.

By: cletusvandam

cletusvandam — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:09:27 +0000

You of course realize the early training camp depth charts can be used for motivation right?
I mean as long as Blount thinks he has a chance of winning the starting RB position then he shows up on time everyday giving it all he has. If he was listed at 2 or worse on the very first depth chart of the season he’d be back to the show up when ever you feel like it, sucker punching buffoon he really is.

By: leeeroooyjeeenkiiins

leeeroooyjeeenkiiins — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:51:19 +0000

There was no smoke suggesting he was going to be cut, lol. Just because you guys ran a report about him showing up late under Raheem and then made the giant assumption that he was doing the same thing today doesn’t make it true.

Nor does Blount being ahead of Martin mean the team prefers Blount, as every indication coming out of camp so far has been that the two are virtually tied. As Schiano said, they only released a depth chart because they were forced to.

By: ripseau

ripseau — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:46:39 +0000

Alot of people forgot how successful Blount was in college. He was thought of as a first or second rd pick for some time.
Talent has never been Blounts problem

By: greatminnesotasportsmind

greatminnesotasportsmind — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:19:57 +0000

Blount is on top… Until he needs another team offcal to go to his house and wake him up for practice.

By: wubdub

wubdub — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:04:28 +0000

Or Blount is considered the ball-control back to Martin’s pass-catcher in what has become the formation of a very standard complementary backfield tandem. But yeah, I can see how a narrative of Martin being drafted to replace Blount only to see Blount battle back to “recapture” his spot with imagey of Schiano shaking his head in disbelief as Blount nips Martin at the finish line and later pokes the rookie off the pugil stand makes for a better story.

Narrow-sighted and wrong, but a better story.

By: kylewild

kylewild — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:00:04 +0000

“punched his way to the top of the team’s initial depth chart”

Wow, I’ve never heard that pun about LeGarrette Blount before..

By: houseofbacon

houseofbacon — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:59:41 +0000

At best, they’ll be 1a and 1b in an honest 2 back system.

At worst, somebody was too lazy to erase his name and move him down to 2, as that still seems inevitable before the real season starts.

By: tpasigned

tpasigned — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:59:23 +0000

During Schiano’s press conference, he said not to look into the released depth chart and only reason they released one is because NFL said they had to.

By: buchopeful

buchopeful — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:51:58 +0000

For now…Martin will prevail!!

By: nflofficeadmin

nflofficeadmin — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:51:17 +0000

Even Schiano prefers smoking a blount. Good for him..

By: njbucsfan

njbucsfan — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:42:53 +0000

Olsen sucked as an O coordinator and Blount didn’t get a chance to run as much

By: bubba9er

bubba9er — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:42:25 +0000

Doug could probably play defense for this team and win reps. Greg needs to find a way to get Doug on the field. He won’t regret it.

By: breadslicer

breadslicer — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:41:49 +0000

He’s never going to live that sucker punch down.

Nor should he.

By: bubba9er

bubba9er — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:40:52 +0000

Schiano is affraid Blount will sneak up on him and sucker punch him in the face if he is not a starter.