Charbs nominated fedex POW

[kidhawk]

FedEx Air and Ground players of the week | NFL.com

Whether he is the top nominee or not he’s our guy so ets give him some votes.

 

[cymatica]

I'd imagine he gets the vote considering he's the only ground player on the list

 

[Appyhawk]

Everyone who knows about running back knows K9 is an outstanding talent. NOW people are seeing that Charbs is as well. The fact is they are different types of talent so I don't see it as fair to compare them. What they are is a great team of running backs for one team to have. Rankings are one way to cause...(crap. forgot the word. starts with a d). Trouble! Ha. We are blessed with multiple talented running backs and that is something I have always hoped for due to the frequency of injury at that position. We are now, thanks to an improving O Line, in position to maintain a strong rushing game to achieve the overall balanced attack we desire.
I am very pleased to see Charbonnet receiving attention for the work he has put in. He deserves and has earned it.

 

[MontanaHawk05]

Yeah, he ain't beating Josh Allen for that. But definitely going to vote for him.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Josh Allen is a ridiculous football player. Too bad the Refs had to help the Clams win yet another game. Magically missed obvious penalties when it counted, again.

 

[SNDavidson]

High praise from former coach Herm Edwards - says Charbonnet reminds him of Saquon..

 

[SoulfishHawk]

A little, well a LOT early to make a comparison like that. But.....if he ends up even 70 percent of what Saquon is? He'll be a hell of a player.

 

[ZagHawk]

Can someone explain to me how Charbs succeeded where K9 hasn't most of this season. Did the O-Line finally click this game? does Charbs just have a more adapted style vs the Cards? Did Charbs just have a breakout game? is K9 perhaps not as good as we think? Usually when the back up steps in, you expect to see a drop off in results or at best a matched result...

 

[GeekHawk]

Sataoa Laumea. That's why Charbs succeeded, and K9 will as well. The dude just needed a second game to show his first game wasn't the real him.

 

[cheese22]

A lot of posts last week slamming Charbs saying how weak of a backup he is and a wasted pick blah blah blah. Nothing about that game made me happier than seeing him have a great game. I also liked seeing McIntosh getting reps and helping the cause.

 

[keasley45]

Can someone explain to me how Charbs succeeded where K9 hasn't most of this season. Did the O-Line finally click this game? does Charbs just have a more adapted style vs the Cards? Did Charbs just have a breakout game? is K9 perhaps not as good as we think? Usually when the back up steps in, you expect to see a drop off in results or at best a matched result...

Things are just gradually getting better. Last week Grubb mentioned recognizing that he had to change his approach and make things less complicated. He also ackowledged having needed time to get accustomed to the pro game. SL being inserted in the lineup is a nice upgrade for the strength and violence he brings, and now, the line finally has continuity.

 

[cymatica]

Can someone explain to me how Charbs succeeded where K9 hasn't most of this season. Did the O-Line finally click this game? does Charbs just have a more adapted style vs the Cards? Did Charbs just have a breakout game? is K9 perhaps not as good as we think? Usually when the back up steps in, you expect to see a drop off in results or at best a matched result...

It's obvious the run game as improved from the oline perspective, but I wonder if Charbs is a better fit only in the sense of his patience of allowing blocks to setup. Right now, only the coaches really know and it would be nice to see Walker in that counter scheme or on the jet sweep run, but I'm curious if Charbs made it work even better.

 

[bigskydoc]

They actually decided to start NFL level run blocking in this game.

I haven’t watched every running play closely, but I certainly can’t remember any counters being run before the Cards game. Maybe just because they failed miserably with our practice squad right side.

 

[Kamcussionator]

Can someone explain to me how Charbs succeeded where K9 hasn't most of this season. Did the O-Line finally click this game? does Charbs just have a more adapted style vs the Cards? Did Charbs just have a breakout game? is K9 perhaps not as good as we think? Usually when the back up steps in, you expect to see a drop off in results or at best a matched result...

Walker has the bad habit of dancing around in the backfield instead of turning it up field. Whether it's because he's waiting for the 'perfect' hole to open up (ala Alex Collins before AP straightened him out) or scared of getting hurt again (ala Curt Warner post knee rehab), he doesn't have an NFL running back mentality.

Everyone on the defense can run a 4.5-4.7. You might make one or two people miss, but once your feet stop it's over. The numbers will get you. If you want to be the starter, first you need to avoid negative plays (by turning it up field) and then the big plays will come.

Charbonnet has that mentality. And it doesn't just prevent negative plays, it makes your line better because once the back has turned up field, only the blocks at the point of attack matter.

 

[Wsumatt1982]

Can someone explain to me how Charbs succeeded where K9 hasn't most of this season. Did the O-Line finally click this game? does Charbs just have a more adapted style vs the Cards? Did Charbs just have a breakout game? is K9 perhaps not as good as we think? Usually when the back up steps in, you expect to see a drop off in results or at best a matched result...

As someone mentioned the blocking was better but K9 and Charbs are two different styles. K9 hasn't trusted the hole and that's why you see him break the ball back or to the outside. He wants space. Charbs wants to get north and south and be more of a punisher so he will go full speed ahead. If K9 just trusted the blocking a little more he would look a lot like Charbonnet.

 

[Ad Hawk]

For a good part of the season, Walker has been met in the backfield by unblocked defenders. The game on Sunday (or was it against the Jets? My memory is unclear) showed some of those very discouraging stats. He has had reason to be line-shy.

However, there are several differences worth mentioning from this past game:

1. Charbonnet came in at just the right time as our line is strengthening with Olu and Sataoa coming and Lucas back
2. He does not have the line-shyness to complicate easy, open (or semi-open) holes in the line
3. He's a different back than Walker, for good or ill (good this past week)
4. We played the Cardinals again, a team whose tendencies are better known to us

We'll see what happens Sunday night if Charbs is in the whole game against a team we do not know as well.

 

[Jville]

The team blocking chemistry was the best of the year verses Cardinals. Wonderful Game. I've replayed and slow mode and stepped thru this game frame by frame on multiple viewings this week. Great momentum building game.

https://www.seahawks.com/news/zach-charbonnet-chosen-as-ground-player-of-the-week

 

[BASF]

For a good part of the season, Walker has been met in the backfield by unblocked defenders. The game on Sunday (or was it against the Jets? My memory is unclear) showed some of those very discouraging stats. He has had reason to be line-shy.

However, there are several differences worth mentioning from this past game:

1. Charbonnet came in at just the right time as our line is strengthening with Olu and Sataoa coming and Lucas back
2. He does not have the line-shyness to complicate easy, open (or semi-open) holes in the line
3. He's a different back than Walker, for good or ill (good this past week)
4. We played the Cardinals again, a team whose tendencies are better known to us

We'll see what happens Sunday night if Charbs is in the whole game against a team we do not know as well.

Bolded the most astute comment in the thread. If everyone would please watch the All 22 breakdown on youtube from the Ravens fan that has decided to follow Macdonald with his youtube channel, you will see him point out that the Cardinals were following the motions we used in our previous game in anticipation for the play we ran against them last game. The player that was moved, we were running almost every time into the gap they vacated. Our offensive coaches finally had a really good gameplan. Our oline finally has a couple of guys who can pull effectively. Charbonnet benefitted from that beautifully.