Newby isn't that poor. Possibly Wilbon is quite similar (flashes, but needs more experience. Maybe he's more athletic, but on the other hand less polished) and he would get chances if they wanted more committee look.
I would like to see some Wilbon/Ozigbo going forward, though. Just to spell Newby. If Newby goes down we want the next guy to have some more experience. Cross has that but might not be the right #1 runner. Seems more of a specialist.
He's bad, zoogs. Inexplicably bad. Like, "give Rudy a chance to get in the game for one snap" bad. I implore anyone who has any doubts to re-watch the game and watch only him on offense.
He is constantly on the ground. Several times after a run fake, he would go to "block" and would run into the backside of one of our linemen and fall down. On that kick return he took out of the end zone (poor decision), he took the ball out 10 yards then simply slumped to the ground seemingly without any contact almost like a QB sliding before getting hit. I'm not sure I've seen him break contact a single time. Indeed, in this game alone, I saw him get taken down by single-arm tackles at least twice.
When he runs, he tries to stretch almost everything to the sidelines, never daring to cut and head upfield. Eventually, a defender will chase him down from behind and tackle him for no or little gain. Don't even get me started on that play where he was running with a blocker in front and instead of heading to open field, he ran straight into his own blocker and fell to the ground.
The only time he picks up any yards is when he gets a good push from the offensive line and gets upfield for a quick 5-6 yards, or things are well blocked to the outside and he can break an off-tackle run for 10-15 yards. But literally all of his yards are in wide open space with not only no contact, but no defender anywhere near him.
If I seem obsessed with him, it's because I cannot believe that a coaching staff like this is blind to how ineffective he is as a player.
