Comments on: Mendenhall may make his debut in Week Five

By: blackngold4life

blackngold4life — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:50:38 +0000

Don’t really matter who’s running the ball with that line. They get no push what so ever,any yards made is completely on the RBs.

By: ravenator

ravenator — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:29:06 +0000

Who cares, he’s a bust

By: granadafan

granadafan — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:37:48 +0000

You can add Mendenhall to the All-ugly list.

By: commonsenseisnotcmonman

commonsenseisnotcmonman — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:58:01 +0000

I present to you Jamaal Charles and his 233 yards rushing game 3 into the season following an ACL tear.

Although to be fair, he did play in 4 preseason games.

By: gallaghedj311

gallaghedj311 — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:36:52 +0000

Sure. Come back against one of the best defensive lines in football. Set the bar low Mendy…

By: ialwayswantedtobeabanker

ialwayswantedtobeabanker — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:11:14 +0000

Naturally, I hope we get Mendy back and ready to rock. But as a realist, our OL is not opening running lanes — backs are getting hit a step or two after the handoff. Opposing line penetration is very evident.

At least our OL is protecting Ben better, but my hope coming into this year was that Gilbert would be solid with his first off-season to develop.

Also, we wanted to see DeCastro and Adams kick tail, but DeCastro got hurt and Adams has a lot work to do. And Starks is coming off a blown ACL.

In addition, Colon was supposed to be a road-grader at his “natural position” of OG, but my breakdowns of tape showing him struggling in that regard, particularly in pulling.

It’s early, and DeCastro may come back. But our running problems start with the line.

Last point: no player has the same explosion so soon after smoking an ACL. Remember, Mendy cooked his ACL in 2012. Even Adrian Peterson, a freak of nature if there ever was one, is playing well — but still not with the explosion he had pre-ACL injury yet. I would temper expectations here a bit.