Marshall Faulk

[booeycollector]

Did anyone catch the Rams v Seahawks game this morning?. It was a top game with Marshall Faulk returning to his running best.

Shaun Alexander also had a great game tearing the Rams up down the middle.

Two great running backs on show. Hopefully Faulk can keep it up and the Rams forge towards the playoffs.

 

[Tommy Smith]

Alexander was/is awesome. His last three rushing totals have been 195, 150 odd and now 177 :shock: Shame about the fumble though which was the turning point.

 

[Paullyboy]

Faulk still is great, but we may never see him at his full-best because of Martz love of Steven Jackson. He has massive raps on Jackson, and understandbly too, and will keep giving him a fair chunk of Marsh's carries.

 

[sunny]

Sill a good player Marshall Faulk....I thought he may have slowed some, but no. Great in clutch situations too.

Alexander is maybe the most underrated player in football.

 

[booeycollector]

Faulk still is great, but we may never see him at his full-best because of Martz love of Steven Jackson. He has massive raps on Jackson, and understandbly too, and will keep giving him a fair chunk of Marsh's carries.

Steven Jackson looks outstanding. He is a big boy who isnt afraid of the tough stuff. You are right Martz will slowly inject him into the game as the weeks go by.

 

[booeycollector]

Alexander is maybe the most underrated player in football.

Spot on.

 

[Paullyboy]

Id agree Alexander is very under-rated, however I cant help but think his teammate Matt Hasselbeck was one of the most over-rated coming into this season. I kept hearing how great he was going to be, but I still dont think Hasselbeck is anywhere near a top tier QB

 

[Eelectrica]

Id agree Alexander is very under-rated, however I cant help but think his teammate Matt Hasselbeck was one of the most over-rated coming into this season. I kept hearing how great he was going to be, but I still dont think Hasselbeck is anywhere near a top tier QB

I think Hasselbeck would be doing a lot better if his recievers could catch the ball. In their games against the Rams and Patriots his recievers must have dropped around 10 passes.

Afters his rookie season Keyshawn Johnson wrote a book called "Just give me the Damn Ball". After this season Hasselbeck should write the sequel: "Just catch the damn ball"

 

[Broncodroid]

Marshall Faulk has returned (albeit not near the heights scaled between that of 99-01) and the addition of Rookie power RB Stephen Jackson has added to Faulk's game, not taken away from it.

Martz is able to hand the ball to Jackson keeping Faulk fresher for the backend of the game. For instance, Faulk in the last half carried the ball 13 times for something like 103-105 yards! Age is catching up on Faulk and if Jackson can come in doing what he is doing (5.5 p/c or something to that effect), Faulk is going to prolong his career eating up more and more yards from scrimmage.

 

[kurt faulk]

Marshall Faulk has returned (albeit not near the heights scaled between that of 99-01) and the addition of Rookie power RB Stephen Jackson has added to Faulk's game, not taken away from it.

Martz is able to hand the ball to Jackson keeping Faulk fresher for the backend of the game. For instance, Faulk in the last half carried the ball 13 times for something like 103-105 yards! Age is catching up on Faulk and if Jackson can come in doing what he is doing (5.5 p/c or something to that effect), Faulk is going to prolong his career eating up more and more yards from scrimmage.

this post is spot on.

faulk isn't able to carry the load anymore. jackson is the only rb the rams have brought in that they can trust to spell faulk.

canidate, gordon, harris - all average and untrustworthy. the result - faulk having to carry the load and as a result he was perpetually injured or playing below his best.

this year with a stud like jackson able to do the tough stuff faulk has been able to stay fresh and play as well as he can on those old legs.

however the rams stink and are only making up the numbers this season. lucky they're in the nfc west (worst?) and their only competition are the pretenders, the seagulls. actually their competition may be coming from the improving cardinals, a win this week puts them at 0.500.

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[Cupid Stunt]

He really tore it up against the Bills.

Bye Bye Faulk... :arrow:

 

[kurt faulk]

He really tore it up against the Bills.

Bye Bye Faulk... :arrow:

you mean the same way mcnabb tore it up against the steelers?

so he's had a couple of bad games this year, wow.

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[Paullyboy]

He's still a great player, but he is never going to be the same as he once was obviously.

 

[Cupid Stunt]

A couple of bad games? I wont pick him apart because he is getting old but ffs 6 yards from 13 attempts isnt a bad/hard day at the office. That is just crap. But worse still is he is supposedly the Rams premiere RB. I understand that sometimes other teams just have your number & theres bugger all you can do but SIX yards? Come on, the writings on the wall when the Bus is considered a better prospect.

Yeah McNabb stunk against the Steelers but that happens when you have no running game. Somehow teams figure you'll be passing alot. But at 9-1 Philly can afford a loss. At 5-5 St L cant afford 6yards a game.