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Gotta love when someone uses an argument like that.I absolutely refuse to take away the 22 yard run.Run blocking is Carolina's biggest flaw so far:
http://espn.go.com/blog/carolina-panthers/post/_/id/8781/run-blocking-is-carolinas-biggest-flaw-so-far
Excerpt:
Jonathan Stewart led Carolina with 37 yards against the Lions. Twenty-two of those came on one run.
"And those yards were all from second effort on his part,'' Kalil said. "Imagine if we could block a little better for him how many yards he could get.''
"Jonathan, he just ran his butt off. Even on the [2-yard] touchdown, he had three guys on him. If you watch film on it, it's unbelievable. We've got to do a better job of blocking for him.''
The Panthers have to do a better job of run blocking all the way around to remain the ball-control team they want to be. An average of 87.5 yards in two games for 3.1 yards per carry won't cut it for a team that averaged 126.6 yards a game, 4.2 yards per carry, in 2013.
Take away the 22-yard run, and Stewart had 15 yards on his remaining 14 carries. You do the math. Not good.
"If you take away all this guy's best plays, he totally sucks!"
True of every player in the league.
Kalil said they didn't block a lick for him and everything he got was on his own. I only saw the TD run, but it certainly applies on that play.
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