the RB department is throwing Payton under the bus.

Glad to see somebody on this team has the guts to criticize Payton…but it is a bit surprising that it is Bush.

Don’t ask me, ask Coach. His gameplan, not mine. His plays, not mine. Boss says do it, we try to do it. Even if it’s stupid.

Is Bush tired of working for Payton? Maybe he’d like to go to a team with a commitment to the run and a dominating line. What would happen if we straight-up swapped Bush for Brandon Jacobs…other than Jacobs’ average plummeting by 2 yards and Bush becoming a Super Bowl MVP?

Brandon Jacobs is averaging 5.1 yards per carry. Pierre Thomas is averaging 4.6 yards per carry. These are this year’s stats. Last year PT averaged 4.8. Jacobs is a career 4.8 yds per carry….on a team that stresses the running game. If there were a commitment on this team to run the ball, do you think PT’s stats would go up or down?? I say clearly at lease .5 yards up. Now, Reggie is a different story. If we switched Reggie for Jacobs, Jacobs avg, if it went down, would be almost nothing. Reggie, on the other hand, his avg may not go up. He is inconsistent and lthough explosive, is avg is low and he doesn’t propel an offense steadily. That’s why we never know what our phenomenal offense is going to do. For a number 1 rated offense, we are very undependable.

My point is our O-line is very capable in the running game. When you pass 47 times, you play an inconsistent RB who loses yardage often, and you run sporadically, you get sub par results. I am a big Deuce fan, but PT at this juncture should get 22-25 touches and live with it. His stats have earned him that. He has been the only consistent back in two years.

There is no way in HELL that the Giants will let him go…

I’d straight-up trade Reggie for a healthy Brandon Jacobs or Steven Jackson. The downside to those big, bruising backs is that their running style comes with injuries that cause them to miss games here and there. Hell, I’d trade everyone but Brees for “All Day” Adrian Peterson.

I think it’s great that Reggie is voicing his dissent about the MIA run game. Maybe Payton will wise up. In a way, I think Payton may already be wising up that Reggie will never repay in production the incredible monetary investment the organization has made in him. As a result, maybe Payton has lost confidence in his running backs. This would be stupid of course because Deuce still has some thunder left, Reggie would be great if only Payton would stop putting him in awkward situations, and Pierre has shown to have both the thunder and the lightning at times. Let’s just face it—Payton is an idiot.

Is Bush tired of working for Payton? Maybe he’d like to go to a team with a commitment to the run and a dominating line. What would happen if we straight-up swapped Bush for Brandon Jacobs…other than Jacobs’ average plummeting by 2 yards and Bush becoming a Super Bowl MVP?

Except it would be a different team, like the Patriots or someone else with a good line. It’s not impossible, his contract is contigent upon his production, they could let him go.