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I'll be honest, I hated it when we traded Hines and I saw Moss as just a throw in in the trade and man was I wrong. Talk about single-handedly winning the game. We need a nickname for our new RB tandem. Bam-Bam?

 

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Just now, Jared Cisneros said:

Zack looked really solid. Helped us big time in this victory. He needs to be in a timeshare with Taylor even when he's healthy. Moss has been that good.

To me, Moss has earned the starting role until he doesn’t. Means I’d make JT earn his starting spot back. And that doesn’t look to be easy

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42 minutes ago, csmopar said:

To me, Moss has earned the starting role until he doesn’t. Means I’d make JT earn his starting spot back. And that doesn’t look to be easy

 

So you want to bench AR and JT? Some hot takes from you today.

 

With that said, great game from Moss. Finally found a really good spell back for JT. No more Hines up the middle for a cloud of dust.

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10 minutes ago, ColtsLegacy said:

 

So you want to bench AR and JT? Some hot takes from you today.

 

With that said, great game from Moss. Finally found a really good spell back for JT. No more Hines up the middle for a cloud of dust.

Moss  has been averaging over 5 yards per carry since he came back healthy, that was before today.  I never said bench JT, I said make him earn his starting spot. Moss has been playing very well. 

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5 minutes ago, csmopar said:

Moss  has been averaging over 5 yards per carry since he came back healthy, that was before today.  I never said bench JT, I said make him earn his starting spot. Moss has been playing very well. 

 

 He will be a great spell back for JT. However, once JT gets his legs and wind back, it won't be close.

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1 minute ago, ColtsLegacy said:

 

Really? Are you just being a negative Nancy today? I mean when, which will be pretty quickly. He looked well on his way today.

No, I’m just saying IF JT returns to form, which form is it going to be? 2021 or 2022’s? I hope he returns to 2021 cause 2022 wasn’t that great even pre injury

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2 minutes ago, csmopar said:

No, I’m just saying IF JT returns to form, which form is it going to be? 2021 or 2022’s? I hope he returns to 2021 cause 2022 wasn’t that great even pre injury

 

The offensive line this year is back to near 2021 form vs bottom feeder 2022 line. That may have played a role along with his ankle. Should the line keep up this effort, JT will shine.

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1 hour ago, csmopar said:

To me, Moss has earned the starting role until he doesn’t. Means I’d make JT earn his starting spot back. And that doesn’t look to be easy

Yup. Not to ignore the quality of back that we know and expect JT to be, there has to be some level of turmoil in both the locker room/ coaching staff and also the fan base due to the way that JT's agent agent advised and allowed this to become a media circus.  No matter how valuable the player, that was certainly not an example of how to go about your 'get the bag' mentality.  Anything less a division title & playoff victory still leads me to believe he'll be traded.

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58 minutes ago, ColtsLegacy said:

 

 He will be a great spell back for JT. However, once JT gets his legs and wind back, it won't be close.

I agree that JT should be able to earn it back no problem.

 

The make him earn it approach is the correct approach, imo. Which won’t really be that noticeable anyway, like you said he will need a few weeks to get his legs back anyway.

 

 

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2 hours ago, csmopar said:

Moss  has been averaging over 5 yards per carry since he came back healthy, that was before today.  I never said bench JT, I said make him earn his starting spot. Moss has been playing very well. 

I looked up his stats.  Moss was averaging 4.2 ypc before today.  After today, he's averaging 5.0.

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18 minutes ago, csmopar said:

I wouldn’t go that far

 I wouldn't think you would know, or have the capacity to give give him the credit deserved.

 I don't believe Edge ever had a 50 yarder where he out ran them. 

 But to simplify, Edge ran that hard, bounced off would be tacklers at the line of scrimmage, often behind, but rarely lost yards. A caveman should be able to see the similarity.

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10 minutes ago, throwing BBZ said:

 

 I wouldn't think you would know, or have the capacity to give give him the credit deserved.

Ummm, might wanna go look at some of my other posts where I’ve been singing his praises. 
 

that said, Edge was special and yes, I saw that first hand. Moss is not the same, maybe at times, similar in some ways, but not the same. Nor is JT. 
 

but that does not mean Moss is not good, he is. And I think he’s underrated a great deal. But he’s not on Edges level, yet. 

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58 minutes ago, throwing BBZ said:

 

 Moss plays similar to how Edge did. 

If you watch Moss run only 4 or 5 times (like I saw him in BUF), its easy to see that he tends to run with "forward lean" like Edge did (a Bill Polian term) which gives him good power and balance after taking a hit.  RBs like that also tend to fall forward when being tackled.  It also helps with pass blocking.  A lot of RBs don't have that natural lean, including JT.  And he's shifty, so he doesn't get hit directly. 

 

I was surprised by his speed today.

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You gotta wonder if he may decide that he doesn’t want to be a backup here long-term. And I can’t blame him. He’s earning a shot right now. He’s not married to here, he came in as part of a trade. If Ballard got a solid offer for him and it gave him a chance to be a featured guy somewhere I could see a deal getting done. 

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Moss has blown away my wildest expectations for him.  Look at what the 49ers do with their two headed monster at running back.  Granted neither Taylor or Moss is the pass catcher Deebo is but it could be what the Colts end up trying to be like on offense with Taylor and Moss staring in the backfield.

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