Edgar Bennett

I’ll bet Edgar is texting something like that to Starks as we speak!

Different guys have different ways of being motivated, but this seems pretty sure-fire, and doesn’t have the potential blowback of a benching. I’m definitely a believer in the “light a fire” strategy, though. No such thing as a running back running too fiercely.

That run reminded me of Tommie Frazier’s big run against Spurrier’s Gators – everyone was so busy trying to rip that ball out of there that they forgot to tackle him. Still a good run, but the defenders were the football equivalent of “enablers” on that one.

Lynch’s production hasn’t been that great. Yes, that was a hella run, but few and far between. Good teaching tool, tho.

I am now officially tired of the Starks talk here. It seems anytime we talk about the offense people want to see him get more carries and I just can’t figure out why. Pretty soon I’m going to start calling him Underwood 2.0. Seriously think about it….all we here about is the kid’s potential, but he’s not working hard enough in practice to get on the field and was a relatively low round pick. He’s not done much, but really everyone seems to think he’s the answer. I don’t get it.

Don’t show me his college highlights.
Don’t talk about his one good game (Jackson has had one or two good games too I don’t think he’s the answer either).

I’m not officially tired of it. We are in the playoffs and that’s not the time to take a chance on a sixth round flyer who has not shown a consistent presence in practice or on the field. What we need is to go back to what we do best…passing. What we need the ground game for is the 3rd and 1’s and goal lines….and you know what? In those situations it’s not 44’s number being called. It’s not 32’s number being called. It’s not a dude in dreads going out either. It’s 30. He’s going to pound it or we are going to pass. That’s the answer ladies and gentlemen.

So please, let’s give Starks and offseason and training camp. Let’s see how he grows into the role we are hoping he can become and not get our hopes up for anything too much this season.

but unfortunately all I could think upon seeing that run was: I sure wish Ted Thompson had pulled the trigger on that trade for Lynch. And, I don’t care to hear about how productive he hasn’t been for the Seahawks. I feel very confident that our running game would have been significantly upgraded if we had added Lynch when he was available. That’s all I need to know. This team was way too talented to trust the running game to our current stable of RBs, and this is a rare example of Thompson dropping the ball.

you’re asking a rookie who has hardly played this year to try and do something big in the playoffs… I hope it happens, I REALLY hope it happens… but I think by doing that you’re just asking him to press things and start to make mistakes. Like not securing the ball and trying to get extra yards when we just need one or two, which ends up us not getting those one or two yards.

I love Starks and I hope he gets some carries cause I think he’s full of potential… but leave the ball in Rodgers’ hands for the next 4 games and let Jackson/Kuhn worry about the “heavy” lifting from our RB position

you da man

He reminds me of Najeh Davenport with his lumbering, upright style. Deuce McCallister too. John Clay maybe?

I watched Starks eat it up tonight.

Looks like someone may have lit a fire under the young man..let’s hope he keeps it up!