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RB Chris "Beanie" Wells (All B1G, All-American)

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Magua;1554591; said:
I'm going to call bullshit on that one. I find it a little ridiculous that you give your 1st round RB who is an absolute game changer/breaker 2 fucking carries. When Dwight Freeney went out of the game, I would have ran Wells to that backup's side time and time again, then hit them with the playaction pass.
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Down 21 points late in the game, you would have run Wells to the left side over and over?

Helluva strategy
 
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Buckeyecty4;1554728; said:
Down 21 points late in the game, you would have run Wells to the left side over and over?

Helluva strategy
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Why not? Kurt had no time to do anything even remotely close to completing a pass. The Colts were aggressive as hell, if not run a delay/draw, throw Beanie a screen and let him get out to the DB's.
 
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buchtelgrad04;1554734; said:
Why not? Kurt had no time to do anything even remotely close to completing a pass. The Colts were aggressive as hell, if not run a delay/draw, throw Beanie a screen and let him get out to the DB's.
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Easier said than done. Cardinals had no running game the other night. Warner takes forever to hand the ball off, and Oline couldn't pass or run block worth a damn. Sure they probably could have gotten some good gains on the ground, down 21 with 8 minutes to go in the game, but how many teams really run the ball in that situation?
 
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Magua;1554591; said:
I'm going to call bull[censored] on that one. I find it a little ridiculous that you give your 1st round RB who is an absolute game changer/breaker 2 [censored]ing carries. When Dwight Freeney went out of the game, I would have ran Wells to that backup's side time and time again, then hit them with the playaction pass.
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With respect to confidence in Beanie, he's demonstrated in the past a propensity for fumbling. Recurrence of the problem in Arizona is a sign that some reinforcement might be needed. Once he gets the fumblitis sorted out, we can expect Beanie to become the kind of dominant back we all know he can be.
 
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Beanie Baby: Cards' Wells not happy with lack of carries
Oct. 9, 2009
By Craig Morgan
Special to CBSSports.com

TEMPE, Ariz. -- If perception is reality then Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt and rookie running back Beanie Wells are viewing the world from opposite ends.

Wells believes he has a firm grasp of the Arizona offense and belongs on the field, no matter the situation.

Whisenhunt has other thoughts.

"I'm sure he feels he can do everything and I'm not sitting here saying he can't," Whisenhunt said. "But it's just like we do with any young player. When they get to the point where they're ready to play then they'll play."

Wells apparently had not reached that point in the Cardinals' last game, a 31-10 loss to Indianapolis on Sept. 27. He carried the ball two times for minus-2 yards and saw few reps as the Cards (1-2) abandoned the run game for multiple-receiver sets in an effort to rally.

"I can't even begin to wonder what the reasons were," Wells said. "It would help me if I knew why, but it's out of my control because I don't know."

Here's one thought: Wells, the Cards' first-round pick out of Ohio State (31st overall), missed most of training camp with an ankle injury. As a result, he missed a lot of classroom time.

"When you miss four weeks of training camp where you're usually putting the work in and you've got three other [running backs] who did the work, you don't put a young guy in there and risk getting a QB hit," Whisenhunt said. "That's not what a coach does, at least not the ones I've been around.

"There's no difference just because Beanie was a first-round pick."

Regarded by many as the most powerful tailback in college football, Wells was just the seventh player in Buckeye history to rush for more than 3,000 yards in a career (3,382), while adding 30 touchdowns. His average of 93.94 yards per game was the third-best mark in school history. He also tied Keith Byars for third on OSU's all-time chart with 17, 100-yard rushing performances and was named team MVP his junior season.

Given Whisenhunt's Steelers pedigree, Arizona desperately wanted that dimension to complement its star-studded passing attack of quarterback Kurt Warner and receivers Larry Fitzgerald, Anquan Boldin and Steve Breaston.

And the Cardinals love Wells' potential.

He is averaging 4.4 yards per carry on 16 attempts -- a full yard better than starter Tim Hightower -- and he looks on the verge of breaking big plays almost every time he touches the ball.

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Beanie Wells: 'I didn't think I was too far behind when the season started anyway ...' (US Presswire)

But the reason for that low number of attempts might be found in the other things Wells has done -- or hasn't done.

"The only issues we have are that some of our protection schemes, especially when we go to three and four receivers, are pretty complex and he hasn't had reps at that," Whisenhunt said. "To think that we're going to put him in a game where he has to cross the backfield and pick up a blitzer is not really logical."

That's not the way Wells sees it.

"You watch practice," he said. "Does it look like I'm missing anything?"
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Beanie Baby: Cards' Wells not happy with lack of carries - NFL - CBSSports.com Football
 
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Too On One: Chris ?Beanie? Wells
Scott Bordow, Tribune
October 10, 2009

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Cardinals running back Beanie Wells is tackled by Jaguars safety Reggie Nelson in Jacksonville, Fla. Sept. 20, 2009.
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Page Too: You?re an Ohio State guy. But now you?re in the NFL. You still hate Michigan?

Chris Wells: Oh, yeah.

PT: Will that always be the case?

CW: Pretty much. I grew up in Ohio, so it just comes natural.

PT: Does it pain you that Michigan is doing well this season?

CW: No, I want to see them do well. They represent the Big Ten. I want to see them do good all the way up until they play Ohio State.

PT: The week of that game, what?s it like on campus?

CW: It?s incredible. We have something called Mirror Lake. On Thursday, every student from campus, probably about 50,000 people, all gather at the lake and jump in.

PT: How different is the feeling the Saturday Ohio State plays Michigan?

CW: It?s the most exciting thing to be a part of. It?s the best rivalry in sports history.

PT: You didn?t lose to Michigan, did you?

CW: Nope. And I?m also the all-time leading rusher in Ohio State-Michigan history.

PT: Three of your teammates are from Michigan: Alan Branch, Steve Breaston and Gabe Watson. Do they say anything to you?

CW: They can?t say nothing. I think they only beat Ohio State one time.

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Favorite movie: ?The Outsiders?

Favorite TV show: ?Family Guy?

Last book you read: ?What Makes the Great Great?

What do you drive: Lincoln Navigator

Song you would sing if you were on ?American Idol?: ?Icebox? by Omarion

Your worst habit: Not being able to say no

Your first job: Working at a carwash

What would you eat for your last meal: Chicken and waffles

Best sports movie ever: ?Any Given Sunday?

Something about you that would surprise people: I think I can sing

Favorite athlete in another sport: LeBron James

Favorite city to visit: Columbus, Ohio

Reality TV show you?d like to be on: ?Eddie Griffin Show,? ?Going for Broke?

One food you refuse to eat: Tomatoes

Your favorite fast-food restaurant and item: Swenson?s in Akron, Ohio. They have something called the Galley Boy. It?s a burger, probably one of the best ones I?ve had.

Your hero: My mom and dad

Your bucket list: Skydive. Bungee jump. I want to do a lot.
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Too On One: Chris ?Beanie? Wells | eastvalleytribune.com
 
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Beanie gets a big pick up on the ground and what does AZ do? Call for two more pass plays resulting in an incompletion and a sack.

Even the announcers were understood that Houston's D sucks on run plays. If you want to throw, at least run some screens. Being so darn stubborn will only keep Houston in this.

Run - the - ball...
 
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