LeGarrette Blount's practice performance improving; ....More carries to come?

[michael89156]

OCTOBER 09, 2012


LeGarrette Blount's practice performance improving; More carries to come?



Only time will tell whether Bucs running back LeGarrette Blount actually assumes a larger role in the Bucs offense in the weeks to come, as coaches have suggested.
 
But Blount is doing one thing that will only help his case: He’s performing better in practice.
 
“I think LeGarrette has practiced better the last couple weeks,” coach Greg Schiano said. “I think when you prepare better you play better.”
 
Schiano places great emphasis on practice performance when determining the roles of players on game day.
 
Blount has 13 carries in four games after giving way to first-round pick Doug Martin (71 carries) in the starting lineup. Neither has had great success – Martin is averaging 3.5 yards per carry, Blount 3.4 – but the Bucs are hoping their dramatic difference in styles create problems for defenses.
 
“Like I’ve said, I think those guys can really play off each other well,” Schiano said. “They are different styles. They are different body types. I think it can serve the whole offense well for them both to have carries.”
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Posted by Stephen Holder at 9:32:02 am on October 09, 2012

[GameTime]

ROFLMMFAO.  -- yeah, suddenly LGB is "practicing better".   Nothing to do with the gerbil in your ass tasting like, well, ass...

or possibly, blount is being held accountable for what he does in practice.

[Dolorous Jason]

I don't think it's a stretch to believe Blount really was dogging it in practice , thinking he was entitled to playing time. Sounds just like him , actually....

[BucfanNC12]

Didn't we hear something like this last week? I am starting to face the fact that Blount is a third down back considering Ware appears to get more playing time.

[dalbuc]

I tend to think LGB's "practice effort" level is inversely proportional to the level of Martin effectiveness to the coaching staff.

[meekerbeastman]

I think the coaching staff is starting to see martin not hitting holes and falling over in games the same as he does in practice.

also evaluating a bruiser like blount in practice is horrible. do you really want him trucking people and beasting through your linebackers/dbs? if he started going balls out in practice someones going to get hurt.


feed the beast Coach, feed the beast

[meekerbeastman]

i never want to wish injury on someone but the best thing that could happen to this team is martin gets a game day groin tweak and sits out a game. then LGB goes off for 120yds of monster and freeman gets time to toss bombs to vjax and mw19. hell even getting a few first downs and sustaining some drives would be awesome.

[Pteranodon]

Blount won't get more than like a half dozen carries because Schiano doesn't want any other RB outplaying Doug "three yards and a cloud of nothing special" Martin who is competing with Shonn Greene for the worst starting RB in the NFL.

[BucfanNC12]

i never want to wish injury on someone but the best thing that could happen to this team is martin gets a game day groin tweak and sits out a game. then LGB goes off for 120yds of monster and freeman gets time to toss bombs to vjax and mw19. hell even getting a few first downs and sustaining some drives would be awesome.

Thats a pretty sick thing to say.

[BucfanNC12]

I don't think it's a stretch to believe Blount really was dogging it in practice , thinking he was entitled to playing time. Sounds just like him , actually....

The man was a 1000 yard rushers when he first got here and got 781 yards considering the run game was abandoned early last year. Why wouldn't he be entitled to more carriers?

[tripblood]

Blount is licking his chops thinking about Kansas City's bootleg 3-4

[BucNY]

ROFLMMFAO.  -- yeah, suddenly LGB is "practicing better".   Nothing to do with the gerbil in your ass tasting like, well, ass...

or possibly, blount is being held accountable for what he does in practice.

Schiano said early on touches will be EARNED, not given.

[Booker Reese]

evaluating a bruiser like blount in practice is horrible. do you really want him trucking people and beasting through your linebackers/dbs? if he started going balls out in practice someones going to get hurt.

That's not the part of his game they need to see in practice - it's the other stuff.

[BucD]

evaluating a bruiser like blount in practice is horrible. do you really want him trucking people and beasting through your linebackers/dbs? if he started going balls out in practice someones going to get hurt.

That's not the part of his game they need to see in practice - it's the other stuff.

At least there is one person that acknowledges that there is more to playing RB than trucking people and "dragging **CENSORED**s."

People want to complain about "tells" and "predictability," well if that is all one man is good at and trusted to do, then there's a huge tell right there.

To be clear though, I think Blount CAN be good at the other stuff.  He just has to show it on the practice field first.  Coaches have to trust him.  If anyone needs an explanation why...well...

[Ms Elam]

sounds like Schiano finally took Martins kcid out of his mouth to me.