Shonn Greene is possibly the most important under-discussed player on the team. Greene's at the Forefront in the Backfield Published: 06-28-10 By Nick Gallo
with this oline...and Greene's explosiveness...I think he can reach those type of numbers. But you're right...he has to hold on to the football....and stay off the injury list.
I think it will depend on how many goal line carries he gets as well.....perhaps 14 TDs is a tad high.
I hope he's in good shape...I always read that he has a weight problem. Just run like How ya did vs the Raiders & especially in the playoffs and I think we will all be happy with Greene's performance
If we ground and pound and our offensive line sticks together, then I honestly see him getting around 1200 Yards 12 TDs with 4.5 YPC around there, the guy is a monster as long as he stays healthy and we spread the ball around to keep backs fresh then the GREENE MACHINE will come alive At the end of the season, people in NY will forget about Brandon Jacobs running people over and start thinking about the GREENE MACHINE abusing opposing defenses I can absolutely see him feasting on bad running defenses, i'm telling you one game he's going to get like 2-3 rushing TDs
1300 easy. then again if Greene goes down our offense becomes baptism by fire for Sanchez. but as far as Greene goes if he stays healthy he will be a perennial pro bowler. but his style will force me to see it before I believe it. its been years since I've seen a RB seek so hard to initialize contact yet still have some breakaway speed. even better his performance will push LT even harder too in the process. heres to a injury free season :beer:
I can see Greene getting the brunt of the carries between the 20s and then splitting carries a lot more with Tomlinson in the red zone. Something like that will cut into Greene's TD totals. But 14 is in no way out of the question, either. If he didn't have such a high profile 3rd down back in LT breathing down his neck for carries, I think a healthy Shonn Greene could score 14 TDs in his sleep. I'm not going to fool myself with the 'healthy' part of it, either. He's going to have to keep from getting nicked up for a while to convince me.
Yeah, I can see Greene have a season or two where he can maybe stay healthy and then the eventual Marion Barber happens. But I love to watch the guy run, so I'll enjoy it while he is in there.
Greene runs with such reckless abandon....I love it and hate it at the same time...seeing him destroy opposing defenders is a thing of beauty, i just hope we can get 5-7 years out of him before his body turns to pudding......I believe his health will be a concern for the duration of his career with the Jets. If "Nosedive" Thomas Jones can score 14 TDs behind this line....Greene should be more than capable to do so too.....we'll see what happens.
Tomlinson will get a bunch of the goaline carries which will take away a ton of TDs for Greene. Personally I don't think he will get more than 250 carries and at 4.7 ypc that only puts him at 1,175 My projection would be 250 / 1175 / 7 TDs
If the Jets go into the season relying on Greene with no viable backup plan in case he gets hurt he'll get hurt. Jet seasons always fall down on the predictable failure. Right now the Jets have no plan B that is more than a hope and a prayer. They need to find plan B by the end of training camp or we're very likely to have another season derailed by the thing most likely to.
There is no way in hell Tomlinson is a viable plan B. He's 31 years old and on the decline. Could he rush for 4 yards a carry behind the Jet's OL in 200+ carries? Yeah, he could, although he's not likely too, but that would be the line doing all the work and Tomlinson coasting behind it. No strength there, just getting by. You give a RB who is actually good those carries and he goes for 4.4 and the carries become a plus. If the Jets rely on LaDainian Tomlinson to carry any load for them next year they better hope Mark Sanchez turns into Philip Rivers in a hurry, and then they better not be too disappointed when they get ousted at the end of the season because a good D shut down their weak rushing attack.
i'll agree with you in that LT is NOT a starter that could handle 200+ carries.....but if Greene goes down...he's a viable "Break glass in case of emergency" starting HB. In addition....other players would have to step up (McKnight for instance or perhaps the Leader of the Resistance).....it wouldn't be a total clusterfuck, Br4dw4y5ux....this is the HB position we're talking about....easiest interchangeable position on the offensive roster.
I think were going to have to wait until the season starts to make that assumption that LT can't play a full season and be very productice, once we see how he runs behind that line we will see, I myself think that great players find a way to make it work, if LT is truly motivated and thinks he still has something left, he will produce ... and if TJ can do his dinky runs with our O-line and have one of his best seasons, so can LT Also add in the fact that we have John Conner, if Greene were to go down *knock on wood*, we could have "McClain-like" role as a FB playing RB to get us some yards
It is nice to have that emergency everyday back (LT). Greene would be right at the top of my list for likelihood of injury this year, along with Jenkins. I'd be happy if Greene could make it through 3/4 of the season with the way he runs.
Br4dw4y5ux is right in that the Jets would be better served if LT was relegated to his reserve role...and kept his carries at a minimum. The Jets will need LT to be fresh and healthy for any kind of playoff run. If he's called upon to "start" and carry the load because of an injury to Greene....we run the risk of going into the playoffs with a tired/battered HB corps. The point I was trying to make is that i still believe LT is a viable starting HB in this league......should he be? No.......but is he capable? hell yes.
