Henry never played poorly. He just didn’t get the touches he needed. If you actually played and coached football, you would know this.
We evaluate players on a play by play basis. I know in 5-10 carries if he's looking 'right' or not. A guy like Henry needs touches but you also have to coach the game offensively based on game plan and what the other team is doing. But I digress...
So he played like a beast in every game? If he played poorly the first 18 attempts of a game, do you think he's still playing well and would be amazing if we just gave him the ball another 7-12 times? At what # of carries does that beast mode kick in?
If he had 4 carries, that's one thing, but he was supposed to be the feature back. If you carry the ball 10 times and get me a 2.5ypc, that's a big problem.
His carries by game were 10, 18, 18, 8, 11, 7, 12, 6, 11, 9, 8, 10, 17, 33, 21, 16. According to you, he should only have performed well given enough carries which I would assume you mean at least 20 or 25? He only got that twice. It only took his 17 carries to annihilate the Jags for 230+yards...and 16 carries the last game of the season to get his 93 yds...so why with 18 carries in weeks 2 and 3 did he perform poorly? In week 1 he had 10 carries avging 2.6ypc. That's not good.
A good sign a rb is not playing well is how many carries he gets over time. There can be a game here or there that have nothing to do with him (like you fall behind by 4 td's and need to throw more than you want to). But a reduction in carries over time is telling and his carries were reduced after week 3. Now you can argue his ypc are not so accurate on 10 carries, but that's enough carries to see what he's doing. Additionally, his last 4 games last year were not good either (between 1.8 - 3.1 ypc) and the 1.8ypc was on 28 carries. Did he have enough carries in that game?
But even Henry knew and said he wasn't playing well. I would think he'd know. Additionally, the Titans seriously considered trading him because he was playing so poorly.
I guess the player, OC, coach, and GM disagree with you.
Mariota has not shown that he is a franchise QB. Do I want him to be one? Yes. But, there is absolutely zero evidence that he is.
He has shown that he has the skills to be that. But some backup qb's show the skills but are never consistent enough to be franchise players. So the questions for Mariota are can he stay healthy and be more consistent with his A-level games and not have 4 good games 8 avg games and 4 bad ones.
You tend to type a lot of words. I think a lot of people on this board value your ability to type a lot of words.
Unless I'm a secretary, why would anyone value my ability to type a lot of words? LOL I think the ONLY people who value me typing a lot of words are the people who understand or gain insight from my lengthier posts where I explain the context or reasoning behind something to further their knowledge.
Unfortunately, your opinion means as much as the people you despise on this board. Give it a rest.
I should give what a rest? Calling out haters who make stuff up just to bash our QB? People who take one stat and claims it means something it doesn't? Or explaining that ALL the players on the team should be held accountable for their play? One of the reasons I like JRob and Vrabel are not because they are perfect - they aren't - but they have the right idea on how to run the team. One of the most important aspects of ANY successful team is holding everyone accountable! Give it a rest? Nah...I'm well rested!
But thanks for the suggestion!
And thank you for trying to put words in my mouth. I don't despise anyone on the board. But I am curious...if you think my opinion means nothing and all I type are a bunch of words...why do you waste your time reading just a bunch of words that have no value to you? More importantly, why do you waste your time responding to my posts?