Seanhawk":1d7zpk58 said:
pacific101":1d7zpk58 said:
Michael's is a good player mediocre at best. When he's really working hard he can do a little better, but he's never going to be a Rawls or a Lynch or a pope. He might help the Green Bay out a little bit, but he's not going to do a lot more than what we saw of him in Seattle.
I wish him the best in his career, I appreciate his contributions to the Seahawks. I almost thought he was going to breakout earlier this year and show us something special, but as has been his history, he proved to be little more than a shooting star, that will start out with a bang in Green Bay, then fizzle after a few games. He won't last long there if he plays for them like he did for us.
Good god man. Pope isn't even a Michael yet. Michael actually has a carry against real NFL competition.
Cheese is Rice Man, go back and check Popes stats against Michaels during the preseason, at that time Pope was averaging 8.6 yards per carry, while Christin was averaging 5.4, and Michaels numbers only went down the further he went into the season. This isn't about not liking Christin, its about the business of Pro Football, and the incredibly high expectations placed on players to hold on to their spots on a team.
Pope isn't getting a free pass, he has worked his ass off and consistently gave the Seahawks everything he has, and has thru the process of competition, earned his rightful place on their offense. In fact The Popes stats surpassed all the other running backs during preseason and all things being fair, and had the Seahawks tradition of players competing for their spots, held true, The Pope should rightfully have been appointed the lead RB this season.
For reasons I don't understand, the Seahawks broke with tradition in this instance and kept RB's that had potential, but hadn't earned their pisitions based on their performances. I'll let Pope's running do the talking for me. Down the road short piece, you'll be singing a whole different tune about this kid. He is the real deal and he's hungry as hell to play in the NFL and with the Seattle Seahawks in particular.
I wonder if Troymaine, hoped he wouldn't get picked on a waiver, but when he did, decided to dog it in NY, hoping they would drop him so Seattle could pick him back up. Pete ids no fool to the system, and had said from day one he was trying to figure out some way to keep him with the Seahawks.
The important thing is, he's back home where he belongs, and there are good things ahead for the Sehawks as a result. Now after shooting my mouth off all over the place I hope he doesn't get injured like all our other RBs have the past couple of years.