Originally Posted by
pczach
There's a difference between missing a few games and being out the entire offseason and missing all of OTA's, training camp, and all of preseason. It's not even comparable.
When he missed a few games, he had all of preseason and a bunch of games to get all the timing down.
The other thing people are missing is that every year there are new wrinkles and assignments built into the offense. He is clearly struggling with some of that as well. When you say there haven't been holes for him to run in, you need to watch some of the film from directly behind the offense. He is not seeing holes, and sometimes, he has run to the wrong hole. In other words, several times he has run right by the hole that was open and blocked for that specific play, and he ran into the teeth of the defense.
He will catch up soon and get his legs completely under him, but clearly it has been a struggle. It reminds me of when he was a rookie and he was feeling things out early in the year and people were saying he isn't a great back and that they didn't see anything special about him and that he was a wasted pick. Many said the team should have drafted a different RB.
All will be well soon, but he is definitely not feeling it yet. He will.