chris98251":26m9wytt said:
2yrs and counting, maybe he has learning disabilities and needs Adderall prescribed.
It is overblown though.
The two fumbles last year- Michael did everything 100% right, but a player got a helmet right on the football when Michael was inches off the ground and miraculously popped it out. Carroll said after both fumbles that Michael did everything right and that it was crappy luck.
The fumble that happened this year happened as he was transferring the ball to the outside, the defender saw him transferring the ball and karate chopped. Michael actually had two hands on the ball but I guess he hadn't completed the transfer 100% yet. This one is on Michael because he should have transferred a moment sooner and perhaps with more skill, but it wouldn't have happened if not for the defender making a great, heady play. Like when ET karate chopped that fumble in the Rams game.
The non-fumble in the KC game was Michael reaching out for an extra foot when he didn't need to. That was dumb and deserves a degree of criticism, even if it didn't result in a real fumble.
None of these are your classic fumbles that you would associate with a RB who has a fumbling problem (holding the ball loose like RG3 does, etc). To be fair, there have been many times in the past when Michael got away with mistakes and didn't fumble, but that said I do think he's showing some growth with ball security this year.
His protection seems to have improved by leaps and bounds.
It's funny that you mention Adderall, I was just thinking how Michael's biggest remaining problem is probably how he loses focus sometimes.