Skip Bayless comments on Saquon
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My dad always said “son there’s more Azzholes in this world that azzes”. I give you exhibit A
The classic workhorse running backs he's referring to are extinct. Just look at the NFL and show me an Earl Campbell, Larry Csonka, John Riggins or a Franco Harris type RB. These guys don't exist anymore because the game has changed from a RB perspective. No, Saquon Barkley is not a power back, instead he's finesse back who has some size and speed.
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Let’s just go ahead and Skip Bayless
The only game skip played and mastered was pocket pool and he couldn't win there either because the Referee was a prick. Skip is a true douche.
Why are you following or paying attention to Skip Bayleess, and why would you then give him what he wants?
No, just the opposite. The guy made a stupid comment Re SB but your ascertion about his re: JoePa and PSU in 2011 is 100% incorrect.
Yep, I stand corrected. It was Steven Smith who came down hard on Joe, and Bayless had a much different view.
Yes. Smith was hysterical and Bayless about the only vocie of reason in the entire sports journalism world. If the NYG get an average OL in front of Barkely, he will set long standing league records.
Sorry, stopped reading at Skip Bayless.
Pretty much all saquon does is make his own holes. Bayless must have been low on retweets.
Barkley is having great season behind worst OL( run blocking been graded 31st and passing blocking 30th in the league) I don't wahat this idiot is talking about.
I seem to remember when Gurley ran behind bad OL with a bad qb he was very very average at best (think he averaged 3.1 yds/carry)and not nearly as productive as Barkley.
Though watching saqoun last night I do wish he try to just lower his shoulder pound it little more. Trying to juke everybody all the time will not work in NFL.
Just take those few yards....
I seem to remember when Gurley ran behind bad OL with a bad qb he was very very average at best (think he averaged 3.1 yds/carry)and not nearly as productive as Barkley.
Though watching saqoun last night I do wish he try to just lower his shoulder pound it little more. Trying to juke everybody all the time will not work in NFL.
Just take those few yards....
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skip bayless is an absolute idiot. He's the worst kind of cowboys apologist. He thinks Dak is a top 5 QB and is better than Wentz, has great faith in their WRs and loves him some zeke. He's a bloviating clown that has been provided a platform simply because he's controversial. IGNORE HIM
it was, when guys like Jim Brown and John Riggins were bigger than LBs and as big as some DTs.
The game has changed since those days- nobody is running over the huge defensive players of today
Unfortunately, Saquon's last two teams lacked a reasonably qualified OL and offensive game plan. At PSU he was having to make more moves and find space in the backfield, let alone downfield.
From what I've seen, the Giants have him running the same side passing route.
Maybe the Giants could use a different type of back with their current situation, but I feel being that type of back would not be good for that RB's season or career. Saquon has much more to offer that is unique and special.
I have less concern, if things change with the Giants, Saquon can adapt.
I think Skip's middle name is 'Splash'. He wanted to making a splashing wild prediction in almost everything he comments. on. Maybe he should change to politics or climate change.
I think he is doing that as often as possible. The bouncing I see from Saquon isn't being done when 3-4 yards are available - it's when he's getting hit behind the LOS and is just trying to avoid a negative play. I'll link a picture from last night's game later this afternoon where he caught a pass in the flat 9 yards behind the LOS with essentially no blockers on a 3rd and 2. He tried going up field and started to bounce that outside when he was first hit 5 yards behind the line, and it wound up being a 9ish yard loss.
So you can fault him for potentially making a bad play even worse, but as far as lowering his shoulder and getting 3-4 yards he's already doing that.
Remember that Barry Sanders guy. Yeah, few people do because he wasn’t a workhorse either.
In all seriousness, it seemed like Barkley had that wheel route going a lot and was open much of the time, but Eli rarely looked that way, preferring to throw it downfield to Shepherd or Engram who would end up making the wrong move and resulting in an incomplete pass.
In all seriousness, it seemed like Barkley had that wheel route going a lot and was open much of the time, but Eli rarely looked that way, preferring to throw it downfield to Shepherd or Engram who would end up making the wrong move and resulting in an incomplete pass.
I recently noticed that Skip is sporting "skinny pants." This should explain so much about him.
Everything Skip says is trash. He doesn't know football, he should just focus on basketball. He's consistently said Saquon cannot run between the tackles which is just horsesh!t. He CHOOSES not to run between the tackles because he breaks 20+ yarders consistently off tackle or on the outside (and he has no tackles to run behind). Bayless is too old to understand this. What Saquon's done through his first 7 games has only ever been done before by the likes of Dickerson and Faulk. Kid's a hall of famer so just let Skip be clueless like he always is.
That being said, he didn't have a great game against Atlanta. He's much more effective when he hits the holes fast, no hesitating, just like he did against the Eagles. It warps the angles. I swear sometimes he tries the Bell patience thing. He just needs to get back to his speed game. He cannot depend on his line enough to wait for plays to develop. Blocks don't develop with the Giants, they disintegrate at rapid speed!!
Line is trash and the team is a$$.
That being said, he didn't have a great game against Atlanta. He's much more effective when he hits the holes fast, no hesitating, just like he did against the Eagles. It warps the angles. I swear sometimes he tries the Bell patience thing. He just needs to get back to his speed game. He cannot depend on his line enough to wait for plays to develop. Blocks don't develop with the Giants, they disintegrate at rapid speed!!
Line is trash and the team is a$$.
SB looked pretty good on the lead/stretch play they ran from the I formation.
Whoops!! wrong 26 I must have been asleep!
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He's on TV only because there are people who are willing to watch him. His schtick is making controversial comments, and they are typically controversial precisely because they are stupid. If I'm watching TV and he comes on, I have an immediate and uncontrollable urge to change the channel.
I heard him talking about this on the radio when discussing the G-Men. he made some reference to rushing yards, ypc, etc. of SB versus other RBs in their first few years of playing in the league. Names he was throwing out were Todd Gurley, Sony Michel, Zeke Elliott, Kareem Hunt, Kerryon Johnson, Nick Chubb and Leonard Fournette. his focus was SB has "too many negative yardage plays"......but he never once cited the actual data. SB is among the top 5 in the NFL in total yards, 4.9 ypc and leads most in TDs at 7 (not sure that counts last night). by all measures he is producing.
Here's what I was talking about - 3rd & 2 and they pass to him in the flat. O-line is beat, no WR's blocking on the play, exactly how is he supposed to "lower his shoulder" and get 3-4 yards.
