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gardnerwebbalumnigator;n77717 said:Taylor can play at that level, just look at the SC game last year.
Concrete Helmet;n77460 said:Are you serious ??? Kelvin Taylor is a feature back that needs to be getting 18-20 carries a game. He is the type of back who gets better and better as the game goes on and probably is on the level of Mike Davis or Gurley if used properly.... It seems our idiot coaching staff are the only ones who don't realize this.
You can't give a guy like him 2 or 3 carries in the 1st half and base his potential off that. All great RB's get better and better as the game goes on.
williston_gator;n77488 said:Safe to say if we get a new coach there will still be a bunch of transfers. Part of the problem is being a spread team spending years to switch to a pro style and then switching back to spread starting over.
Circle City Gator;n77734 said:Really hard to blame Taylor. He had two runs, both poorly blocked. Here are all of his plays (runs in bold):
1. Off tackle for a yard (no hole).
2. Lead blocker, JD makes 1st down.
3. Safety valve in the flat, thrown elsewhere.
4. Safety valve in the flat, thrown elsewhere.
5. Safety valve going left, saw pressure coming from the right, went for the block and bumped JD as he threw.
6. Pass blocking, kept his man away from JD.
7. Fake handoff, moved to seal the back side of JD's run.
8. Went into motion wide, faking screen, JD run.
9. Handoff, left tackle ignored DE, pulling guard didn't make it in time - hit in the backfield.
10. Fake handoff, JD run.
11. Screen pass, Driskell zipped it in front of him, well out of reach.
12. Safety valve, thrown to WR.
13. Lead blocker, good block on LB, JD makes 1st down.
EuroGator;n77738 said:Thank you for finding actual facts. For the record, I don't "blame" Taylor. I also don't think he's shown he's as good as many here say he is. I would have had no issue with him getting more carries and while his production has been lower than MJ's, the sample size has dwindled each game and isn't reliably large enough. If you get two carries and the line doesn't give you a chance, it's not your fault.
However, to say that great backs need a bunch of carries to get going (as some have suggested) is crazy talk. Great backs produce from the start and get stronger with more carries. They don't produce below average YPC and then climb to much higher YPC with 10+ carries.
Circle City Gator;n77734 said:Really hard to blame Taylor. He had two runs, both poorly blocked. Here are all of his plays (runs in bold):
1. Off tackle for a yard (no hole).
2. Lead blocker, JD makes 1st down.
3. Safety valve in the flat, thrown elsewhere.
4. Safety valve in the flat, thrown elsewhere.
5. Safety valve going left, saw pressure coming from the right, went for the block and bumped JD as he threw.
6. Pass blocking, kept his man away from JD.
7. Fake handoff, moved to seal the back side of JD's run.
8. Went into motion wide, faking screen, JD run.
9. Handoff, left tackle ignored DE, pulling guard didn't make it in time - hit in the backfield.
10. Fake handoff, JD run.
11. Screen pass, Driskell zipped it in front of him, well out of reach.
12. Safety valve, thrown to WR.
13. Lead blocker, good block on LB, JD makes 1st down.
EuroGator;n77738 said:Thank you for finding actual facts. For the record, I don't "blame" Taylor. I also don't think he's shown he's as good as many here say he is. I would have had no issue with him getting more carries and while his production has been lower than MJ's, the sample size has dwindled each game and isn't reliably large enough. If you get two carries and the line doesn't give you a chance, it's not your fault.
However, to say that great backs need a bunch of carries to get going (as some have suggested) is crazy talk. Great backs produce from the start and get stronger with more carries. They don't produce below average YPC and then climb to much higher YPC with 10+ carries.
Muschamp is an idiot that NEVER seems to do the right thing......Do you watch the games ???G 2;n77811 said:Muschamp LOVES running the ball. If Taylor did it better than anyone then he would be our starter. Heck, Muschamp might even make him the QB.
G 2;n77811 said:The other RB's have to deal with the same crappy blocking. Heck, last night Driskel dealt with the same exact thing as Taylor when the pulling guard didn't make it there and he still managed to get a first down. I don't think Taylor sucks but he isn't this dominant force that some thinks he is. He would be playing if that was the case. Even a freshman Harris has seen the field over an entrenched senior QB.
Muschamp LOVES running the ball. If Taylor did it better than anyone then he would be our starter. Heck, Muschamp might even make him the QB.
cornbread;n77914 said:is concrete kelvin?
alcoholica;n77936 said:There are two indisputable facts....
1) KT is much better than he is playing
2) KT isn't playing very well
There is no doubt that KT is a tremendous talent, but he is not a complete back....yet. He possesses vision that is as good as anyone in the country. He's not the power back that Jones is, but he does possess enough size to be durable. His speed is adequate for top flight college/NFL competition.
What KT needs is reps and game experience to become a complete back. He is obviously not being developed here, so he might as well go somewhere else. A complete waste of talent if he stays.
I have been slow to come around to what many on here have been saying about coaching, but my eyes are opening. I have so much passion for UF that I chose ignorance over acceptance. This team should be cruising through the SEC East, and we just suck given our talent level.