homerHAWKeye777
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Talking about sims, I always had alot of hope for him. He was explosive and I would have to go back to see if those home runs he hit were off the zone scheme. Did he end up getting hurt, was it his ankle
Sims was a solid contributer, he was just stuck behind a better back (Albert Young). And yes, most of his big runs were behind our zone scheme. A number of them were due to the OL opening a gaping hole up in the middle, while the defenders were all moving in the direction of the blocks. You simply don't give a guy like Sims that much room or he'll be in the secondary in a heartbeat. The problem with Sims is that he went down on first contact way too easily.
Also, BOTH Sims and Young were put in a tough spot in 2007 because they were stuck running behind a pretty crappy OL ... and our passing game was horribly inconsistent too. Consequently, it was pretty tough sledding for both guys throughout the entire season. I would have hoped for a nicer send-off for them as SRs.