Brandon Jacobs the NFL's Most Overrated Player?

Jacobs makes a big target and we all know there were a number of issues behind the demise of the running game.

I still like him as the starter and AB coming in…getting pretty equal carries.

Jacobs did not help himself but he is not he only reason and not deserving of this tag from Pricso

One thing that really aggravates me is that the Giants seem to have a “big guy plowing through the line” philosophy in short yardage downs, which are really the worst downs for a big guy, especially down by the goal line, when everything gets bunched up. I know it seems like a big guy should be able to just bowl over defenders to pick up a yard or two, but remember that even the biggest RB’s (like Jacobs) are still smaller than the average DT’s, and when those DT’s are backed up by LB’s and safeties, he’s not gonna go anywhere.

I’ve always believed that in short yardage situations, you’re much better off with a little guy like Bradshaw, who can disappear, dance around, and find a hole, than you are with a big guy like Jacobs. In his prime, LDT may have been the best goal line back of all-time, and nobody would confuse him with a bruiser.

from calling Jake overrated by saying he’s not his style of back. So of course he’s gonna think he’s overrated.

If all parties involved are healthy and moving like clockwork, Jake will be back to 2008 form. Jacobs looked like 2008 Jacobs in the preseason last year (I know..preseason, but it seemed everything else from the preseason carried over) so if he didn’t have that MCL tear, he probably is that dude again..at least as much as he could be behind the OL.

I’m more concerned with Bradshaw’s 2 broken feet and who exactly the 3rd RB is, or at least who’s gonna fill that gaping whole Ward was in the offense.

But I think his size hurts him. He doesn’t make tacklers miss. If there is no hole, he isn’t cutting to find one. He runs straight ahead and upright, not my style of back

So automatically, because it’s “not his style” he’s overrrated. What a joke.

and last year didn’t really back it up. That skews non-fan’s views towards him in a negative way. But I agree with ED 100%, you have to be rated at the top to be overrated. Maybe Prisco’s argument is that he’s overrated because he shouldn’t start at all? If that’s the case, he didn’t make it very clear.

The media outside of NY has a dislike for NY teams and athletes. How about the most overrated team in football? The Cowboys. Year after year the Boys are predicted to play in the SB. An interesting prediction considering they Boys finally won a playoff game for the first time in more than a decade.

he lists an overrated and underrated player for every NFL team.

He has named BJ as his overrated Giant – given he had to pick someone from the Giants – it is a fair choice.

Now if BJ responds with 1200+ yards in 2010 he will not be overrated.

Who would you have picked as an overrated Giant?

and it seemed like when he did play, he just disappeared. Yeh yeh injuries, I know. I guess I didn’t expect that since his prior injury record was clean.

I think this guy underrates the value of one of those bone-crunching trucks on the complexion of both the Giants offense and the opposing team’s defense. Defenses are used to dishing out punishment, not the other way around, and when Jacobs would demolish a defender it would really help establish the Giants’ offensive game-plan. Has that running style taking it’s toll on Jacobs? I don’t think that’s debatable. But for those two glorious year when Jacobs was doing his thing he was an invaluable part of the Giants’ success.

prisco the prick

he was saying how the Running back situation in New York is uncertain b/c AB should be starting….because Jacobs is taking punishment and getting injured.

a few days later he wrote an article about Dallas’ running back situation. Apparently Marion Barber will be better this year because w/ Choice and Jones he won’t have to carry the ball that many times and hence will be able to stay healthy….so splitting time is a good thing and will benefit the Cowboys.

where as in New York AB splitting time with Jacobs is a controversy.

Just amazing how ones personal preference can influence one’s opinion……

Rode one year of success behind an excellent team to a big trade and makes, what, 9-10 mil a year? And leads one of the worst offenses in the NFL? Yeah, I think he’s a bit more overrated than BJ. And that’s just one little example off the top of my head.

I love the power and macho enthusiasm he brings to the game. His punishing hits on defenders goes a long way in demoralizing opposing defenses when he’s healthy. But in spite of much talk about starting to run smarter, he still prefers the bone jarring hit to slipping the defender sometimes or going low without absorbing so many collisions. I love watching him, but I think he might have a short career if he keeps doing what he’s been doing since he came into the league, even splitting time.
  I think the three headed running back with Brown mixed in almost as much as AB and Jacobs might be the best scenario in 2010.

Sorry for the quick finger there… BJ needs a at least three steps into the line to create that power, anything less and he goes down very easy – so he strated to run laterally, and that was worse!

Being “overrated” is when your expectations far exceed your production. Well, Jacobs never even made it to the Pro-Bowl, so he dosen’t have any un-earned accolades. What he does have is two 1,000 yard seasons under his belt, a member of one of the greatest RB trio performances in NFL history, and the fact that he set the tone in each of our playoff games during our run at XLII. That considered, he might even be underrated. We all love Jacobs, but he does seem to start tip-toeing if he dosen’t set the tempo and gets smacked in the mouth by a defender early on – see opening day against the Redskins with London Fletcher. As a coach, I’ve seen it in my own athlete’s eyes. The little boy emasculated look like he wants to take his toys and go home. Regardless, if I had to pick an overrated Giant, I’d go with Osi for his struggles against the run. He’s a far cry from Strahan.

Since when is his opinion worth more than 3 pieces of dried monkey crap mounted on a piece of plexiglass?

about rating the guy in the first place. Who rates him with the elite backs? He’s not that type of back and the Giants don’t run a ‘one elite back’ offense.

BJ is the Joba Chamberlain of the Giants. He’s a setup man for everything else they want to do on offense for the simple fact that if he’s on the active roster for the game, opponents HAVE to game plan for him.

He comes in, beats up the D for a while, then AB shakes it up the rest of the game. It works when everyone’s healthy.

or he’d be writing a lil differently. When Jacobs first burst on the scene, he was overpowering and intimidating. That’s when he was a success. The past couple years, however, he’s been trying to change his game. He’s shied away from contact more, tried to be more elusive, let’s plays develop before hitting the hole, and even taking to the air (which has proved disastrous). However, he’s had declining success b/c of it. That’s not his game. That worked for Tiki, b/c he was just a slippery bastard. It works for AB, b/c he’s got some sick moves and incredible speed. That does NOT work for a man his size.

I think Jacobs comes back stronger this year. I think he’ll be feeling healthy and strong, and after last year and all the criticism he himself got, we’ll be a force to be reckoned with. I do not, however, feel that bodes well for the longevity of his career. But in reality, he has no career if he doesn’t go all out.