Lynch is clearly the most important player on this team.

[jake206]

 

[dontbelikethat]

Can we agree to never question his motivation anymore? The beast is the best.

I thought that was one thing no one ever questioned. Might sit out practice,etc. but you know he'll bring it on Sunday so who cares. Even his teammates pretty much knows how it works with Lynch.

 

[Seafan]

MVP in team history.

There is no way you can ignore the OL like the Hawks have and expect another runner to keep this team competitive.

There is no other player like him out there. How do you replace this guy?

 

[peppersjap]

Extending him would be completely ridiculous at this point because he is still under contract for next year. I did think this would be his last year but he has probably played his way into that last year on the contract unless he wants out. He is a huge talent, hard to believe we got him for so little from buffalo. It is a pleasure to watch Beastmode play!

 

[themunn]

Funnily enough, I think this is one game where the O-Line massively dominated at the LoS and Lynch was less of a factor, given we had 4 players with multiple carries and Turbin was the "worst" at 5.3 YPC - in a game where our passing offense was awful and every man and his dog knew we were going to run.

But yes, extend the man. I've been saying it all year

 

[King Dog]

MVP in team history.

There is no way you can ignore the OL like the Hawks have and expect another runner to keep this team competitive.

Maybe I'm missing something, but what do you mean by this? Our starters from left to right (when healthy) are a 1st rounder, 1st, 2nd, udfa and 2nd rounder. Even this year we went 2nd rounder and a 6th wasn't it? Seems like we've invested pretty heavily in the line.

 

[SonicHawk]

I've been very much on the fence about re-signing Lynch. Just too many factors say he can't be as effective next year.

But you know what? He's made a believer out of me. There's never been a doubt that he was the most important part of this team this season, but even at 90% of what he is right now, he's still a top 10 back.

One more year.

 

[HawkWow]

MVP in team history.

There is no way you can ignore the OL like the Hawks have and expect another runner to keep this team competitive.

Maybe I'm missing something, but what do you mean by this? Our starters from left to right (when healthy) are a 1st rounder, 1st, 2nd, udfa and 2nd rounder. Even this year we went 2nd rounder and a 6th wasn't it? Seems like we've invested pretty heavily in the line.

Perhaps Seafan's use of the word "ignore" was inappropriate / inaccurate, but to me, that does not diminish his point. It doesn't much matter if the line was comprised of #1 overalls, they are a weak link and require further tweaking, imo. Yesterday they blocked well for our run game but it seems most o lines are blocking well against NYG.

You could call Robert Griffin 3 1st rounders, but that doesn't mean he is the answer and / or worthy of his draft status. I know I am being redundant here, but while raving about 'shawn's YAC, we are missing the fact that almost all of that YAC came after him first being hit at the LOS. As good as he's been for us, I can only imagine how good he would have been had a chunk of that contact occurred after gathering some steam and at the second level. Imagine him behind the Dallas Oline. He'd likely be the top contender for MVP honors, imo.

Then there's RW using his legs which obviously poses a threat to defenses and that makes life a bit easier for our O-line (in terms of run blocking) but that can't, or shouldn't, be depended on working forever. If even for depth, I can't see not making O-line our top priority / priorities. Just my opinion, of course.