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<blockquote data-quote="GTRX7" data-source="post: 195915" data-attributes="member: 1045"><p>I agree. Losing Byerly hurt a ton! I think he would have played meaningful snaps in probably 35-40% of the games. (Also removed Jordan from the A-Back competition, which turned out more costly once we lost Cottrell, Qua, Taquon, Snoddy, etc.)</p><p></p><p>As others have mentioned, JT is a stud, but is also a bit limited in what he excels at due to his size. He is not the best on 3rd & 4th and short, does not run the midline the best, and is not a great passer over rushing lineman. What he does do, is excel on plays in space. Last year, we had lots of reverses and interesting scheme plays to take advantage of that. This year, without Shaq, our line just couldn't execute those same plays. CPJ has said many times that he had to stop running certain plays because certain guys on the line just weren't capable of blocking them. We also were largely ineffective at getting to the middle linebacker. I think JT's skill set and the o-line skill set just didn't match up this year and I think Byerly would have been able to bridge that gap in certain games/situations. Jordan was just not ready.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTRX7, post: 195915, member: 1045"] I agree. Losing Byerly hurt a ton! I think he would have played meaningful snaps in probably 35-40% of the games. (Also removed Jordan from the A-Back competition, which turned out more costly once we lost Cottrell, Qua, Taquon, Snoddy, etc.) As others have mentioned, JT is a stud, but is also a bit limited in what he excels at due to his size. He is not the best on 3rd & 4th and short, does not run the midline the best, and is not a great passer over rushing lineman. What he does do, is excel on plays in space. Last year, we had lots of reverses and interesting scheme plays to take advantage of that. This year, without Shaq, our line just couldn't execute those same plays. CPJ has said many times that he had to stop running certain plays because certain guys on the line just weren't capable of blocking them. We also were largely ineffective at getting to the middle linebacker. I think JT's skill set and the o-line skill set just didn't match up this year and I think Byerly would have been able to bridge that gap in certain games/situations. Jordan was just not ready. [/QUOTE]
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