Who is our best weapon on offense?

I doubt we reach an agreement on this. Best if we agree to disagree.

 

Well in that case you certainly proved your point. The poll results are conclusive. I hope you guys are right. I'd rather have my QB be the best player on my team than my running back.

 

I think at this point it's obvious you have a grudge of some sort. But for kicks:

McCoy has had 6 games under 40 yards rushing while missing 6 games. CJ has had 14 games under 40 yards rushing while missing zero games. So that is 12 games of less than 40 yards production from McCoy, and 14 games of less than 40 yards of rushing from CJ. Do those 2 games hold that much weight in your mind?

 

And for the record, McCoy only has 3 rushing TDs in the last 12 games he has played, not counting the 4 he missed due to injury.

There is no doubt CJ's play and production has regressed, but it happens to every player. Every player is going to see ups and downs throughout their career depending on an innumerable amount of variables. My point is that while CJ has struggled, he is still better than most of the RBs out there. There is no doubt we need more from him, but the coaches need to do a better job of setting not just him, but their entire offense up to be successful. People on this board seem to be overly critical. And I get they are just passionate about Titans' football, but we need to keep reality in perspective.

 

It's completely different though because the Eagles were (and are) a pass first team. We've always been a run first team, and when CJ can't top 40 yards (regardless of the OL) it's pretty pathetic. And it's happening week in and week out. He has barely 100 yards rushing in the last four games combined.

It is tragic we paid him all that money... because we'd be a hell of a lot better right now if we could've spread that ~$13mil around to someone like Dumervil, Avril, Bennett, etc. We missed out badly on getting Avril and Bennett - who both ended up signing with the Seahawks and making that defense even better. And they were reasonably priced. Then there's the unlikely scenario we could've signed Welker. He signed for 2 years/$12mil with Denver. Obviously Peyton Manning had everything to do with his decision, and he would've been crazy to sign here unless we offered a lot more, which we could have if CJ wasn't here. Just sayin'.

CJ has really set this team back. That said, I still said he's our best weapon on offense... just gotta find better ways to utilize his talents.

Part of me wants him the hell off this team, so we can focus on building a better offense around Jake, but part of me also fears he will dominate somewhere else and haunt us if we let him walk. I don't know. We don't really have an option though... either take a massive pay cut or GTFO.

 

What bugs me is that when he goes on a tear after the bye everyone will just say "he did that against weak opponents".

 

Well, it would be nice if we could count on the highest paid RB in league history (before AP) to do well against strong opponents too... that's where we need him to show up.