Good. No one wants to hear me do it one more time.
This means that the bulk of the running back workload these last three weeks has gone to the most unlikely divisive figure I’ve ever seen in three-plus years of blogging for Stampede Blue: Joseph Addai.
I’m just going to come out and say it: Joseph Addai has played very good football these last three games, and I challenging anyone to try and prove me wrong on that. Look at his performance yesterday and you see the mark of an efficient, tough player who knows when to shine at the right time.
42 of Addai’s 63 yards rushing came in the fourth quarter against the Texans. Addai also scored a rushing TD in the fourth to re-take the lead for good. In two games, Addai has throw a game-winning TD and rushed for a game-winning TD. That’s clutch!
In two games, Addai has run for 125 yards, catch 7 passes for 53 yards, and scored three TDs in three different ways (passing, catching, and rushing). He’s done all this without Donald Brown to ease the pressure, and with virtually no help from Chad Simspon.
Also, factor in that Addai is usually in on all passing downs, blocking for a no-huddle attack that has thrown the ball 98 times in two games. And in those 98 drop backs, I don’t recall a single play where Manning was sacked because of a blown block by Addai.
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