Anderson wasn't good enough for Carolina

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, Inimicus said:

Understand this, I feel like Im calling out a Titan these last couple of weeks when you and I have exchanged opinions.

You are a far more knowledgeable football guy than I am. 

I just refuse to believe that we know everything that went into the decision.

I don't need to know everything. I can see the results.

It was a stupid thing to do.

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, MasterAwesome said:

What a simple-minded argument...

The question is simple: would CJ Anderson have helped us win more games this year? It’s funny cause I could’ve sworn 99% of our complaints during the season were about our defense, our injured quarterback, or our offensive line (honorable mention: Devin Funchess). Can’t recall anyone criticizing our run game as a contributor to our losing streak...and to do so now would be revisionist history.

But hey, two great players are better than one! Even if they’re gonna be riding the bench 90% of the time...hey look, you just made a case for every luxury pick we made in the draft in the past several years. Vernon Butler and Shaq Thompson must have still been great picks in your mind.

Pointing out that our team is coached by idiots doesn't actually make this look like a smart decision.

[Inimicus]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

I don't need to know everything. I can see the results.

It was a stupid thing to do.

So you would keep a single exceptional player if he was a risk to locker room cohesion?

 

[ellis]

Hold on a sec....just watching CJ Anderson sealing a playoff game with two power runs. 

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

i literally cannot believe the people who say stupid poo like "well we have CMC so anderson doesn't matter". rams have todd gurley AND CJ anderson AND they are going to the NFCCG.

[Car123]

1 minute ago, Sean Payton's Vicodin said:

i literally cannot believe the people who say stupid poo like "well we have CMC so anderson doesn't matter". rams have todd gurley AND CJ anderson AND they are going to the NFCCG.

They have a complete team. We have a poo o-line, poo d-line, poo dbs, and a qb with one arm.

[Cdw]

3 minutes ago, MasterAwesome said:

The question is simple: would CJ Anderson have helped us win more games this year?

Yes, if used properly.  Had we perhaps sit a hurt Cam, put in a back up and relied heavily on a two headed rushing attack, yeah I could see a few more wins.  We wernt exactly playing many juggernaugts in that 7 game streak.

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, Inimicus said:

So you would keep a single exceptional player if he was a risk to locker room cohesion?

If he's unhappy, you can either respond and listen to what he has to say or you can tell him to sit down and shut up. That's part of being a head coach.

Cutting a good player and hurting our depth is a stupid move. You hurt your own team and reward him by doing so.

Rivera's own statements since the transaction show just how idiotic it was.

 

[Butterflyj30]

Anderson is what we needed for those real close games!! He and CMC could have finished it off

[GoobyPls]

7 minutes ago, MasterAwesome said:

What a simple-minded argument...

The question is simple: would CJ Anderson have helped us win more games this year? It’s funny cause I could’ve sworn 99% of our complaints during the season were about our defense, our injured quarterback, or our offensive line (honorable mention: Devin Funchess). Can’t recall anyone criticizing our run game as a contributor to our losing streak...and to do so now would be revisionist history.

But hey, two great players are better than one! Even if they’re gonna be riding the bench 90% of the time...hey look, you just made a case for every luxury pick we made in the draft in the past several years. Vernon Butler and Shaq Thompson must have still been great picks in your mind.

Mccaffrey was averaging less than 2 ypc in the redzone, you think Anderson wouldn’t have helped in those RZ runs???

[Car123]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

If he's unhappy, you can either respond and listen to what he has to say or you can tell him to sit down and shut up. That's part of being a head coach.

Cutting a good player and hurting our depth is a stupid move. You hurt your own team and reward him by doing so.

Rivera's own statements since the transaction show just how idiotic it was.

 

Why the hell did we cut Steve Smith?

[ellis]

5 minutes ago, Inimicus said:

So you would keep a single exceptional player if he was a risk to locker room cohesion?

 

 

[panthers34]

3 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

He didn't come to camp out of shape.

If you think cutting him for making a mistake in the Atlanta game was a good idea, then I'm going to assume you're prepared to cut Cam Newton for the mistakes he made this year, right? Ditto DJ Moore, Donte Jackson, Christian McCaffrey and various others who had major mistakes and games this year.

and boy, the Rams sure look stupid for letting Anderson take carries away from Gurley tonight, don't they?

 

Yeah because Gurley and his 8 yards a carry really struggled tonight. 

And yes to answer your question I have less of a leash for a vet on a one year deal then I do for a rookie on a 4 year deal. CJ was a late signing with us this year since no other teams were all that interested and when we cut him again no other teams were that interested for a couple weeks... quit acting like Ron is blind for not seeing this coming and every other coach did 

like I said, a lot of backs can look great in short stretches of games. Anderson is good but far from a premier back.

[panthers34]

8 minutes ago, Monty83 said:

I laugh at “he was cut by one of the worst teams in football.” Two if you count us. And hmm....maybe that’s why we’re two of the worst teams in football.

We finished with the 16th draft pick not the 2nd