Dick Jauron and the irony of his RBBC plans
An article on the Bills official website discusses Dick Jauron’s decision to go with a running back-by-committee (RBBC) approach this season.
Buffalo’s head coach has stated more than once to Buffalobills.com that he’s leaning toward a running back by committee approach this season. With all of the final four teams standing last season (New Orleans, Chicago, Indianapolis, New England) profiting greatly from a two-horse offensive backfield, Dick Jauron remains in favor of a group effort for 2007.
Apparently, this is what you get when you put an Ivy Leaguer in charge of a football team. While I applaud Jauron for recognizing a commonality among last year’s four top playoff teams, his decision to let that guide him is the epitome of not seeing the forest for the trees.
While it’s certainly true that all four teams in the championship rounds were RBBC a year ago, THREE OF THEM ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THAT POLICY THIS YEAR…
- Chicago — Thomas Jones is off to New York and the Bears run game is beholden to Cedric Benson
- Indianapolis — Dominic Rhodes is serving his suspension in Oakland, while 2nd year Joseph Addai gets a full workload in Indy
- New England — The Pats let Corey Dillon “retire” and will let Laurence Maroney carry the load
Dick, before you go ahead and convince yourself that Marshawn Lynch shouldn’t carry the rock A LOT, take a look at your model teams and realize that they too are going with a one-back situation this year.
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