Is it me or was Shaun Alexander a wuss

[Lords of Scythia]

Checks himself out of huge games.
Technique for being tackled--take a knee and wait for contact.
All production comes from HOF line

 

[Jville]

It's you.

 

[pittpnthrs]

Yep. it's you.

 

[RolandDeschain]

The OP's subject is way too excessive and insulting, but, he was absolutely a soft runner except in the red zone. Anybody who doesn't admit to that is a blind homer that prefers self-deception to reality.

 

[hgwellz12]

lol

 

[sutz]

Not sure about Shawn, but Shaun Alexander got us a few yards here and there.

 

[Welshers2]

Way to make a thread bashing one of the greatest Seahawk players ever, in fact the only Seattle Seahawk to ever win MVP, 16 years after his retirement. Very strange.

 

[LastRideOut]

Way to make a thread bashing one of the greatest Seahawk players ever, in fact the only Seattle Seahawk to ever win MVP, 16 years after his retirement. Very strange.

Some of the criticism is warranted though. He benefited from an all time great LT/LG, and was known to be a finesse runner. Great vision, but a power back he was never.

 

[Jerhawk]

It's Shaun dammit!!! SHAUN!!!

He was a strong runner when he needed to be. He made business decisions when he chose to. Still love the guy though. My childhood icon

 

[BGHawk]

Steve Hutchinson left for Minnesota and Shaun faded away. Was fun while it lasted tho

 

[renofox]

Year, Rush Yards, TDs
2001, 1318, 14
2002, 1175, 16
2003, 1435, 14
2004, 1696, 16
2005, 1880, 27
2006, 896, 7: SA missed 7 games due to injury. Mo Morris started these plus took reps in the other 9 and finished the season with 604y, 0 TD. From this point on SA never really came back from his injuries, even though he played a few more injury-riddled seasons for the Seahawks and Redskins.

Career: 9,453 yds, 100 TDs (t8 all time w/ M Faulk), 4.2 avg

What a pussy scrub. It was all the O-line. Other backs didn't perform anywhere near his level behind the same line because reasons. /s

SA was a beast when he needed to be but, like Lockett, didn't make stupid decisions for a meaningless yard or two to risk his best ability - availability.

Shaun vs 'Shawn for best Seahawk RB?
Tough decision.

 

[Jville]

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[IndyHawk]

It's Shaun dammit!!! SHAUN!!!

He was a strong runner when he needed to be. He made business decisions when he chose to. Still love the guy though. My childhood icon

I saw him at times do power runs when he really wanted to and he had
the power to do so.
The numbers speak for themselves.

 

[Jerhawk]

I saw him at times do power runs when he really wanted to and he had
the power to do so.
The numbers speak for themselves.

Exactly! And there were other times when he chose to go out of bounds to avoid taking an unnecessary hit. I don't fault him one bit for that. Alexander the Great!

 

[renofox]

I saw him at times do power runs when he really wanted to and he had
the power to do so.
The numbers speak for themselves.

I forget the season, but I do remember a stretch where he was ~34/34 on 3rd and 1 conversions with a stretch of ~20 games in a row with a 15+ yard run.

One of the best ever who would have been a 1st ballot HOFer if his career wasn't cut short from injury.

 

[Turtle]

If only he'd played a bit softer, he'd surely still be with us on our current quest for another Super Bowl

 

[Smellyman]

Exactly! And there were other times when he chose to go out of bounds to avoid taking an unnecessary hit. I don't fault him one bit for that. Alexander the Great!

I have 0 issues with it too. Availability is just so huge. Lynch was a unicorn who ran hard and rarely got hurt, but RBs go down all the time. Seahawks have gone through many. Chris Carson could have benefited from getting out of bounds a bit more. RBs do no good when in the training room.

Sometimes the extra yard is definitely worth it. Most of the time it is not.

 

[JustTheTip]

I see a lot of people using the word needed when the word that should be used is wanted.

 

[keasley45]

Even Holmgren was critical of his running style and lack of will when it came to being physical.

But holmgren let A Green walk, so Alexander was the beneficiary of arguably the best o-line of the era for a period.

 

[RiverDog]

Some of the criticism is warranted though. He benefited from an all time great LT/LG, and was known to be a finesse runner. Great vision, but a power back he was never.

And it wasn't just the left side of the OL. Robbie Tobeck was an excellent center, as was the RG Gray (can't remember his first name), plus Mack Strong was a helluva blocking fullback. It was demonstrated by SA's immediate and dramatic drop off in production once Hutch left and Tobeck retired.

It is a legitimate criticism to say that SA was a 'soft' runner, but calling him a "wuss" is way over the top.