Quote Originally Posted by zulater View Post
Personally I just want to see Mendenhall run a little bit smarter and more motivated. I think the job is still his to lose. The only thing that's changed is that he can indeed lose it if he doesn't cut out the negative yardage plays.
When Mendenhall has a lead blocker like Miller or Johnson in the backfield, he reads their block and tries to find a crease where they have blocked.

When he is the lone back in the backfield he has to read where the hole has been created by the O line. When there is no hole, he tries to be patient for one to open up and sometimes gets caught for a loss. I guess that you are advocating that if he has no hole to hit, he just drive his helmet into the back of an O lineman. That is one way to motivate them to block I guess.