Ron Dayne vs. Joe Echemandu

I'm sure you've heard by now, Ron Dayne gets the start. Can someone give me some insight into what Kubiak is thinking, and as to when Echemandu will get his chance to carry the load?

half way through the game eche SHOULD see more time....when we are throwing the ball every down and ron dayne is getting his mealy 2 ypc we should see eche in there...JMO

I think him starting is a respect thing but IMO they will share the load equally.

amazingandre wrote:half way through the game eche SHOULD see more time....when we are throwing the ball every down and ron dayne is getting his mealy 2 ypc we should see eche in there...JMO

I've come to the conclusion that Kubiak doesn't know when to give up on Dayne. The most I am hoping for is an even split of the carries.

Fortunately, our already good passing game is about to get 100x better with the return of Andre Johnson and a healthy Matt Schaub. That should help the run game.

adam wrote:

amazingandre wrote:half way through the game eche SHOULD see more time....when we are throwing the ball every down and ron dayne is getting his mealy 2 ypc we should see eche in there...JMO

I've come to the conclusion that Kubiak doesn't know when to give up on Dayne. The most I am hoping for is an even split of the carries.

Fortunately, our already good passing game is about to get 100x better with the return of Andre Johnson and a healthy Matt Schaub. That should help the run game.

yes it should....dayne IMO wont be able to last all game...so eche will be gettin more carries later on in the game!

adam wrote:

amazingandre wrote:half way through the game eche SHOULD see more time....when we are throwing the ball every down and ron dayne is getting his mealy 2 ypc we should see eche in there...JMO

I've come to the conclusion that Kubiak doesn't know when to give up on Dayne. The most I am hoping for is an even split of the carries.

Fortunately, our already good passing game is about to get 100x better with the return of Andre Johnson and a healthy Matt Schaub. That should help the run game.

Yep definitely hey adam were you a member over there?

Well, maybe . just maybe, kubiak knows something about Dayne. He was a great back when in shape. If you look at Ron Dayne pictures in week one and now look at pictures of Ron Dayne in week 9.............you will see an extremely toned down , more athletic version- not close to his early days with...(NY? it think?)where he was the epitomy of what a RB should look like. Sure he let himself go ..but since Green has been hurt...and Dayne has had 10 weeks to know he might play...it appears to me that he has really improved his body and his stamina and he looks like he will be fine tomorrow ..in my opinion.

I have been hard on Dayne in the past also...so i am looking at this with a little realism...but he looks to me to be improving his game a lot! We won last(edit..two weeks ago i meant) week and he played great..only running into the back of his blocker once and he cut off right after. Come on now. We need this. After the game if Dayne plays poorly..then we can grieve. But now is the time to hop aboard the DAYNE TRAIN! Now Boarding. ALL ABOARD! Just love these smileys.

True he does see dayne daily unlike us. I trust Kubes and so far Dayne actually has not cost us the game and rarely gets negative yardage and more rare still fumbles so I guess he's not that bad. hmmmmmm.... that's a thinker

lol yosarian.....i guess ill board the dayne train for now....but i have my EYE on him.....

amazingandre wrote: but i have my EYE on him.....

ROLF!

how do you like the board yosarian?

Newfan2006 wrote:how do you like the board yosarian?

I wish i could put up an image from my computer in my posts. But other than that i think it's a great start! Keep it going.

It's not mine it's Amazing Andre's I just help out

Yosarian wrote:

Newfan2006 wrote:how do you like the board yosarian?

I wish i could put up an image from my computer in my posts. But other than that i think it's a great start! Keep it going.

hmmmm im not quite sure how to do that lol

I would love to see Eche get more carries, but you know Dayne can get it done

Newfan2006 wrote:

adam wrote:

amazingandre wrote:half way through the game eche SHOULD see more time....when we are throwing the ball every down and ron dayne is getting his mealy 2 ypc we should see eche in there...JMO

I've come to the conclusion that Kubiak doesn't know when to give up on Dayne. The most I am hoping for is an even split of the carries.

Fortunately, our already good passing game is about to get 100x better with the return of Andre Johnson and a healthy Matt Schaub. That should help the run game.

Yep definitely hey adam were you a member over there?

Indeed. I was the same adam flying the rebel flag.

well echo didnt seem to do that well his first cayy, I bet that mendenhall guy is pissed. He has a man crush on that guy

ya eche didnt do well..i didnt even see him after tha fumble....kubs hates guys who fumble..remember taylor how he called him out in practice lol....dayne did good but i still wonder about his consistency...lets see how he does over a coarse of a few weeks

amazingandre wrote:ya eche didnt do well..i didnt even see him after tha fumble....kubs hates guys who fumble..remember taylor how he called him out in practice lol....dayne did good but i still wonder about his consistency...lets see how he does over a coarse of a few weeks

Exactly I just wish Eche didn't end the day on that play.

I have to eat a lot of crow. I really have to give it to Dayne, he is the most reliable RB on our roster. He's never hurt and doesn't turn the ball over. Green only rushes for .2 more yards than Dayne on average. I've come to like Dayne. At least we know that he'll able to play and wont drop the damned ball.

ya i concur that dayne has become reliable...i wish he was quicker...that seems to be his downfall

How did you all like the ride on the Dayne Train Toaday? Oh yeah! What no train smiley?

Now you all see what i mean. Dayne is almost back in top form with his conditioning.

I hated to jump out on a limb about Dayne but he is what we have and he doesn't deserve the criticism he has gotten lately. Now at the beginning of the year...yes..he was not in shape and couldn't help us. But we are seeing a very different Ron Dayne.

Yeah for Dayne!

oh yeah...i tole ya so. Ha!

We need a RB in the worst way this offseason. in the WORST way.

I agree. Ron Dayne is only a quick fix. Not a solution to our RB woes. I'm glad RD is looking better but he still can not be considered a top number 1 back. He is a good back up when in shape and holds onto the ball. We can expect him to fall forward and stuff but we do need a back who can break it all the way if given a hole and some open field. I expect we are scouting RB's for next years draft. It is one of our positions where we could use some upgrade.

I think we have the solution in Walker, Joe, and Taylor.