Many teams carry 3rd down RB's that can either block, run, or, catch a pass/screen and it is important that they can do ALL of it otherwise the opposition will know why that RB is in there.

Your going to normally carry three RB's and you better have on that can do all three of these things equally well. Right now Jackson is that guy and he's actually better than most when you combine the skills needed.

When Jackson is in there on 3rd down the defense simply cannot know whether he is going to block, receive, or, carry the ball. If they did it would be much simpler to defend the play.

There are times people here say "when I see that lineup I know exactly what they are going to do" but you can't say that when Jackson is the lone back on 3rd down. There is no way to know.

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I never said colledge did bad on the play nor did i say he should have done this or that.

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Don't think we can get anything for that old broken down nag. Maybe we can trade him to MN for a Brett Favre bobble head.

Or at least a chartreuse font color.

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Yes, I think I overreacted a bit there. Sorry about that.

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I thought so too Cheesey. At first I thought he would get a couple of yards then he slowed down and ducked in behind his wall of blockers and they made something out of nothing. good job guys.

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A 3rrd down back doesn't have to be "pass only". I think it was Tony Fisher who was a pretty good receiver out of the backfield but got some pretty good yards when they went to 4 WR and spread the defense then ran him up the middle.

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