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This is what Chip was talking about. He wants these types of guys, guys who can run over a defender and still gain 5+ yards on the attempt, not guys who dance around and lose yards. Before Murray even signed, I was stoked of having Matthews coming to the Eagles. Now we have a 4-headed monster, don't forget about Polk ;)
Just know Murray is the kind of back that needs carries to be effective. He needs 20+ carries a game to truly be effective. Hes not a scat back like Sproles. So how many carries for Mathews , sproles Polk, oh and don't forget the pass plays.
wow this kid is so underrated I cannot believe it. although he has an injury history he runs so hard and I had no idea he had ability to run like he does in these highlights.... wow
Unfortunately, due to the fact that he was always injured, Matthews won't be getting any credit from most Charger fans. Because he took the role of Ladanain Tomlinson, people will call his years in San Diego a bust. Thank you, Ryan. A great 5 years with him in San Diego!
Well he wasn't always injured, he had a solid 2011 season by rushing over 1,000 yards and was completely healthy and went to the pro bowl that year, 2013 once again completely healthy and rushed over 1200 yards which was the best season he had as a charger, other fans who don't see that he put up decent numbers those seasons are blind as hell
Yes, I knew this already. However, for the most part, Mattews was hurt a lot. Now we are just left with what could've been had he not gotten hurt a couple seasons such as 2012 and last year.
Well 2012 we had no offensive line so the running game wasn't that good, last year I wouldn't blame him for his injuries, Royal fell right on his knee last season against Seattle that wasn't Mathews fault and with his sprained ankle I totally blame that patriots player for tripping him and causing that injury
Do you realize how much pressure it was for him or anyone to ride off LT's coat tails??? Now we have Gordon and everyone is missing Mathews! He should have the lead role in Philly.
The_Kid_Flash Availability is the name of the game. After playing his 1st full season...he comes back and misses 10 games. Shit just doesn't make sense. But the guy who made this video did one hell of a job to make Mathews look like an All-Pro. I guess that's why they call it "highlights" I hope he gets paid to make highlights...that boy is good.
***** so let me get this straight...it's the teams fault that Mathews can't stay healthy?? Yeah that makes sense. Remember, he was considered injury prone in college. Do some research buddy. Mathews gets a little ankle sprain and he'll miss 5 games.
***** If we know anything about life it's taxes, death and Mathews will get hurt. Your whole offense is injury prone...Sam Bradford too. You'll find out soon enough...p.s. don't play him in the preseason. he might break something.
***** "He has struggled to stay healthy as he has missed time in each season at Fresno State. Durability is a bit of a flag after Mathews missed games with a few different injuries in college. " - NFL.com "Durability concerns" - WalterFootball "Missed a lot of time for injuries" - NFL DraftBreakdown He missed games every season as a Charger....YOU WILL SEE!! Lol And I'll be back laughing.
I sure miss watching this young man play. Ran hard every single time he touched the football. Was not afraid of contact. Had the agility to make tacklers miss. Literally put his body on the line every down (resulting in fumbles and injuries). It’s a shame he had to live under the shadow of the great LT. Just couldn’t fill those shoes, but tbh, nobody ever will. Made grown men look like boys at times.
Everything you said was on point. I would like to add that he didn’t have the break away speed or lacked vision once he got past the first level of defenses. You can see how he would end up crashing into the LBs or he would get caught easily. He just didn’t have that extra gear a lot of RBs have. Lt had the ability to pull away from the defenses once he got past the first level, Matthews could of been so much better if he just had that burst.
@@sumandsubstance7881 yeah but it didn’t reflect on the field. Did you ever see him break away for a a long run ? I never did. That , along with poor vision made it impossible for him to be a home run threat out of the backfield .
Yea we r stacked 3 running backs deep now we r unstoppable on offense but to be honest we should trade spore to get someone good at another position cause that would still leave us with two really good rb's
Thanks chargers we have ourselves a badass RB. I respect the chargers and their fanbase. Coolest fans I know as an Eagles fan. Got to hang with a bunch of Chargers fans when I was in San Diego and they were down to earth and chill. Much respect!
Anyone who knows football know Mathews is a top 10 RB. Had him as my RB in my fantasy league in 2013.He's no 2nd fiddle to Murray, only thing Murray got on him is a better contract. Don't be surprise when Chip Kelly favors him over Murray on goal line situations, kid balls hard.
yoyo ma everything you said was true, except for the goal line part, for whatever reason, under 3 different coordinators, once the offense is in the red zone, mathews gets phased out. As a charger fan, i've seen tolbert.woodhead and most recently oliver become the TD vulcher in the end zone. mathews is an excellent bell cow, but for whatever reason hasnt had luck as a goal line back
marv ye That's because the Chargers thought Mathews was fumble prone and were scared he'd lose the ball in a congested area such as the red zone. Then in 2013, they quickly figured out by the middle of the season that Rivers and the offense can go from 10 yards on the opponents side of the field to the Chargers 10 yards but had trouble scoring in the red zone.Woodhead was used for goal line situations for the beginning of the season and is exactly why Chargers had that issue until they were force to use Mathews and saw he was a goal line beast scoring easily when call upon. Things started to roll from there and they steadily fed him the ball and saw he fixed his fumbling issue, which is why he racked up consecutive 100 yard games close to the ending of the season and was the running back with the 2nd most 100 yard games that year.Eagles or Chip Kelly have balls whch is why they/he took Bradford, Murray and Mathews even though 31 other teams are scared to do so( 31 other teams don't have Chip Kelly's sports science that limits injuries either) and this same balls of his will compel him to choose Mathews over Murray in goal line situation as you already know Mathews is a beast.
datone9 and a faster back probably doesn't break 90% of those tackles in this video, what's your point? faster people have a better chance of winning a footrace?!? thanks Einstein
Honestly telesco should of given him a 1 year prove it contract for 2015, even though he's dealt with injuries Mathews is still a productive RB he's proven it so far but I know he'll have the same success in Philly like how he did for SD and won't have the haters bringing him down constantly wish you luck mathews in 2015 and thank you for an amazing 5 seasons with the chargers
FlyerzHD That was the only problem with McCoy he would slam on the brakes to go east or west on a defender making it easy to get tackled. If you keep your momentum by running straight and not stopping a defender will have to throw his body in your path to stop you.
My chargers always let go of our best players I honestly think if he would have came back this year he would have had a good year and we could have drafted a. Good offensive lineman or safety because Eric Weddle does not want to be there anymore.
Chargers just wasn't lucky with this one, he just wasn't good enough to carry a game or the team on his back like Ladanian did, he was always the 4th 5th best player on the offense or hurt
+pachoota ryan mathews was great actually. i allways looked up to him because he did great things for the chargers. the only reason why he was pressured because chargers picked ryan mathews right after LT. also, we shouldnt be complaining about ryan mathews cuz i was dissapointed with melvin gordon when he just made us lose yards. ryan mathews was a great running back and it was hard for me to see him leave the chargers.
+william minshew I think turner and sproles came there too early right when the chargers thought LT might have some more 1500 season yards left like his previous years but he was max out behind that offensive line , on Gordon, well he's a Wisconsin back so I wasn't surprise when he didn't make any difference for them plus they wasn't raving about him at training camp, ha ha ha Monty ball is unemployed , sweet foot sugar foot whatever got beat out by damage goods Dion lewis
another very talented rb that runs so physical he gets injured a lot makes you respect the guys that could run that hard and never get hurt but hurt others. earl Campbell the a train and the bus all examples.
Hope he is a monster with the eagles. dumbass move though Chargers c'mon this guy could've mentored your rookie smh he's a mean machine and if this guy stays healthy I'd be scared
Should win starting job in my books. He growing his hair long going to look like Polamalu running the ball. And his tinted visor stop it I'm scared already. Great power runner. Didn't need frank gore.
I think mathews is a better back than Murray when healthy he had one of the worst lines in the league while Murray had one of the best in the league and mathews still produced and changed the Chargers offense everytime he was able to play. Good luck in Philly Ryan!
I know he was injury prone but I'm not sure what the Chargers were thinking letting him go. Having that kind of RB has value beyond the yardage he runs for. If you don't get fired up watching him run, you're not a true football fan.
Always knew how good Ryan was for us here in SD. I'm just glad he picked the Eagles great fan base and a good heavy run system in place for him to succeed. I put money he beats Murray out for the starting spot by week 5.
LT left the biggest shoes to fill and no RB would have ever been able to fill them. Matthews was a beast. Feel bad for him, as he was a solid back that knew how to play the game. Also didn't help that the SD's line has been crap for the last couple of years..
If MG3 is a copy of Mathews minus the injuries, then watchout for the bolts. Fumbles will be an issue but hopefully they can get them sorted out during training camp. Woodhead in the passing game, Oliver for power runs and goal line carries, and brown for an ocasional change of pace. boy our. future is looking good. Look out for our rising stars on defense in Ingram, Te'o, Luiget, and Verrett. We'll see how our boy from the U does
As a Charger fan I can tell you his career highlight video should have been him sitting on the sideline with a chargers crew neck, sweatpants, and fitted on watching Danny Woodhead try to run through the tackles. He's good when he plays which is a rarity. Getting Demarco Murray was a good move by the Eagles because Ryan Mathews can't survive the first half of games.
***** Kendricks didn't look any better at 0:51 as he and Williams got left in the dust. It's not really a knock on Kendricks but more a testament to Mathews's ability, I know that Eagles front 7 is pretty good in general. If a defense doesn't set the edge, you're most likely gonna be tackling him 15-20 yards downfield. He's pretty big at 6 feet and 240 pounds but he's as fast as small back, he ran a 4.4 40-yard dash. +CJNeima that was Maxwell and Earl Thomas, the best safety in the league. Even he cant catch Mathews unless hes 15 yards downfield or Mathews is running up the middle.
CJNeima , why would Bill Davis need to fix that? He doesn't have to defend Matthews. It's quite the opposite actually. He needs the defense to get the ball in Matthews' hands.
jimenez mauri He's good bruh. Injuries are obviously a concern, but he averaged 4.4 YPC in SD. McCoy averaged 4.6 in Philly and that was with a better line. If he stays healthy he will be great for us backing up Murray.
TeamBaconBoy18 He was productive in SD when he was on the field. Health is his problem. There is nothing fancy about Chip's system when it comes to RBs.
Chip Kelly will be the death of me "Health is his problem." Funny you say that....articles.philly.com/2015-06-19/sports/63572725_1_ryan-mathews-mcl-beef-jerky
Just like a lot of great players, his health is the only negative thing about him. Other then that hes a great football player who has a lot of talent.
I am quite ashamed to say this, I tend to follow lots of running backs, and for over half s a decade I have been watching lots of highlights, but I NEVER paid attention to Ryan Mathews even though I knew of him. He actually runs with more aggression than Adrian Peterson does/did!
I love the way Mathews runs and always thought San Diego wasn't using him enough. Yeah, yeah, injuries. But a couple games I watched, he was getting nice gains in the first half, then they abandoned the run game and put it all on Rivers. Made no sense. I think he and DeMarco Murray have very similar talents. They both are quick and seem to have good vision and lateral movement. I can't believe Chip Kelly landed both. Murray tore it up last year, but had almost 400 carries. Imagine the torment of defenses when you basically have two of the same runningback. That's essentially using 50% power for 100% production. I am a Patriots fan, but I root for the Eagles second because of Chip. He is the next Bill Belichick. All the haters will see. The Eagles are going to be unstoppable once The Mad Scientist perfects his recipe of players and plays.
***** - Mathews 108 yards rushing yesterday against a tough Jets defense. Chip is working out the kinks. The Eagles will find their identity soon. Belichick does the same thing every year which is find out who is good at what. The process usually takes half the season. But...Belichick usually has a foundation under that experimenting to get the wins while doing it.
+Jeff Venom right now as we speak.. Mathews is better than Murray but Murray is holding his own.. although i got to say Mathews is WAY BETTER in terms of running on the outside. while Murray just goes at them north south as he has every time.. they both compliment each other really well.
