forget Maxwell, Murray is the real shit signing

[Diggle]

Maxwell we can get out of that deal after next year. And isnt horrendous. He just isnt a top tier CB.

Murray straight up sucks

[3rd & Inches]

He is a fucking bum. No lateral moves, needs college size holes to gain yardage.

[Greenstealth]

Agreed

[3rd & Inches]

And because of his contract, it keeps better running backs on the sideline.

[Susquehanna Birder]

I'm not totally ready to write him off. I think of it more like he's not as flexible, and that Chip isn't playing to his strengths. He was touted as a more aggressive downhill kind of guy. But Chip's system appears to ignore that sort of style. Mathews has adapted better, and Sproles loves that kind of action...but all of them are asked to do to much side-to-side running. Give Murray a better lane to hit head on, and he will perform.

[McCarthy12]

There's part of me that agrees. Chip isn't playing to his strengths at all, which is baffling because I thought he wanted north-south runners which was part of the party line on why Shady was dumped. That said, I can't watch the guy slide on his ass back to the line of scrimmage again without throwing something at my television. Either way, I'd prefer Matthews. I'm afraid Chip has backed himself into a corner where he can't possibly satisfy all three - and I have zero faith in him keeping the right guy(s).

[slag]

I read that part of the problem is that the inside isn't there because the defense does not respect the outside receivers, so the safeties cheat to the middle.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Part of me is wondering if it isn't a chicken-and-egg issue. Maye Murray is upset, and he is trying to save himself for whatever his next gig might be. That certainly doesn't excuse it, but I'm wondering if it would even be an issue if he was used properly.

Mathews was a pretty prototypical downhill kind of guy, and I was psyched when they signed him. Finally, some relief from the lateral running that McCoy was doing. WRONG! The system hasn't changed, and it's worse because they are forcing the style on the personnel, rather than leveraging the talent that each runner has. The fact that Duce is rotating the runners regardless of the play called tells me that Chip is valuing scheme first, and I find that kind of infuriating.

[Susquehanna Birder]

That's an interesting take. I'm not sure it it's indicative of the receivers' ability to work the outside, or the QB's ability to get the ball to them. Or both.

[Two Gap Penetrator]

Too many changes to the offense

Bad receivers, bad guards, injuries on the offensive line, shuffling of the offensive line, quarterback that's new to the system and struggling to regain confidence, backup quarterback that can't hand the ball off and almost trips the running back on every play.............just the perfect storm of discombobulation. Not a great situation for a running back to come into. Could Barry Sanders be effective in this situation? Maybe.

[TRENT]

he's here one more year, by then Homo will be toast

he can be relegated to the bench next year,, Matthews and Sproles can get it done,,after next year he's gone

[Two Gap Penetrator]

Oh I believe this to be the case. Absolutely.

These receivers get NO separation. They may run good routes and have good hands, but if you can't make your QB comfortable with a step or two on the defender the QB is going to hold onto the ball because he's afraid of getting picked (or if you're like Sanchez you GET picked). How do you get separation? You do it either by being faster than the defenders or being more physical than the defenders. We don't have any of that. So what does that all mean as far as the RB? People are free to move up and fill gaps and they don't have to worry about our receivers. Running game shuts down, the screen game shuts down.

[Susquehanna Birder]

...the perfect storm of discombobulation.

Pretty much. As the Washington fans have discovered so often, it all looks good on paper, but getting it all to work cohesively on the field is another matter.

[The Ref]

Murray is better than he's shown here. It's true that he isn't fast, but he never was. It's still a team game and this is a mostly bad team of mediocre players. Picked by Kelly.