I don't know how many times it's been said, but apparently it still needs to. He wasn't benched for the fumble. He came right back in the game shortly thereafter. It was then that he got absolutely blown up in pass protection and nearly got Mac Jones knees destroyed. It was THEN that his butt got stapled to the bench.
Well regardless of the reason, it needs to be unstapled with White out and Sony traded away because Bolden sucks, I can't comprehend in what NFL scenario that Bolden is a better option.
Totally agree - but it all comes down to pass pro and they clearly don’t trust Harris, Taylor - hence why Bolden got so much fun last Sunday.
I think too much is being made of the benching. They had 5 RBs; you can't keep all 5 active. Harris is the best runner, White the best receiver, Bolden the best STer, that left one slot for Taylor or Stevenson. Stevenson got the nod Week 1 and had some rookie struggles; Taylor got the nod the last two weeks. Neither played very much. Now White's out of the picture and all four figure to be active, and there's opportunity that wasn't there the first three weeks.
I mean the obvious answer is... if you need your RB to make a block (or run a route more complex than a leak out).
It's pretty ironic that the general feeling was they had an embarrassment of riches at the RB position; now 3 games into the season, it's not the case.
They still have a ton of guys who can run.... problem is the passing back role. And while Sony is probably a bit better there, it wasn't really his lane either. Basically we had 5 early down backs and 1 3rd down back. Then the 3rd down back got hurt
True, so needless to say, the guy they could afford to lose the least is the one they lost.
So if they had 4 early down backs on the roster to begin with, what do you think the reasoning was to draft another one?
I assume so, also maybe they thought long term Taylor is a 3rd down back, he just isn't ready yet.
In the near term, it would seem to default to Taylor since Stevenson doesn't have a year's worth of coaching on running NFL-quality routes in the Pats system.
Well that's ridiculous. Why would you say that? Yeah, he made some mistakes, and yeah, BB can be too stubborn by half at times, especially when it comes to young players and stupid mistakes, but that would be crazy. Cutting him??? A guy with that much potential and talent on a team with that few weapons/playmakers (young or otherwise) on either side of the ball? I don't see it.
The offense was great today - it hasn't been all that great much of the season. I think the jury's still out on this one, though I would agree Bolden has done fine for the most part.
Funny i was abut to look this up, since he reminded my of White today, not breaking anythng but getting few more yards than you expect.
The % of undrafted guys who go on to have 10+ year careers in the NFL must be really, really small.
