What he did the first couple games of last year aint worth a flying **** today. Today he has a career ypc average of under 4 which doesn't cut it in the NFL.
When did Daniel Thomas ever say he was healthier in those two games than any time the rest of the season? You don't have to answer that because I know he didn't. When I have seen him comment on it he pointed out how he was battling it the entire season, in fact since well before the season began. I find it curious that you would insist that he was healthier in Week 2, one week removed from a game which he missed because of the hamstring, than later weeks such as 16 and 17 when he'd not been on the injury report as being even limited in practice for months. But then, as you say, he had good statistics in those two games, so it's more important to claim the conditions were somehow different. Otherwise you would be forced to admit high averages were a random function of the small sample. And heaven help us, that can't possibly be the case...
Daniel Thomas just sucks, plain and simple. Jeff Ireland actually traded up for this guy in the 2nd round. A big, slow 233 lb back that doesn't play physical and goes down easily on first contact. Basically, he's incapable of doing what pretty much every other big, slow back does. Even in college he would always prefer to avoid a tackle with a spin or juke than truck forward. Only Jeff Ireland.
Those nimble feet clearly aren't helping him at all with his terrible ypc. Being nimble really doesn't help you much when you're big and slow, and fall down at first contact. No thanks, I'll take a bruiser if you're going to be 233 lb and slow.
Thats not a complete assessment of Daniel Thomas and you know it, R&R. He also fumbles like a mofugga.
Ah yes. How could I forget... Though to be fair to him, that's something that should be coachable. Everything else, what you see is what you get.
I absolutely have heard him say it became a real problem after those first 2 games, which makes you absolutely wrong.
To be fair, Thomas' success rate is ~42% IIRC, which is pretty solid. YPC can be somewhat misleading.
