Raheem Is Sky High On Blount
August 9th, 2011
Seeing LeGarrette Blount, Joe thinks the guy looks more fit and menacing than last year. Bigger up top, smaller in the waist, but still a manbeast all around.
Raheem Morris agrees with Joe’s assessment, so he told Steve Duemig on WDAE-AM 620 yesterday. The head coach says Blount is “rocked up” and nobody would believe his actual weight.
More important, Raheem was glowing about Blount’s work ethic and new-found awareness on third down.
“First off, it’s not really imperative that he stays on the field for three downs. But his want to and drive, that I’m really impressed with, him having the ability to come back and really lock in the protections, do a bunch of things right, really not have to start over from scratch again. He took some of that stuff and he worked on it, and came back and you can tell, Raheem said.
“You’ve seen his body change. He was already a physical specimen, but I’ve seen him get a little bit heavier, but rocked up. It’s a different heavy. If I told you how much he weighed, you’d go, ‘No way’ because he looks 230. He’s a manchild.
“He’s taken that and really got into his playbook in the offseason and studied it and just kept doing it over and over again. Whatever he took home with him, his notes or whatever it was. Him being around Josh [Freeman] has helped him out a bunch. So I’m really proud where he’s come back at and what he’s trying to do for his football team.”
Joe’s fired up to see Blount get an entire season as the No. 1 running back and mature into an all-around player. And, hopefully, Greg Olson will see fit to pound Blount a bit more on first down, which Olson seemed allergic to at times last year.
In that interview, Raheem also went on to say Blount’s situational football smarts are improving. (Think short yardage in Atlanta.)
For Joe, watching Blount pound the rock and leap tall buildings in a single bound is priceless. Nothing would be better for the Bucs offense than Blount reaching a new level of greatness.
August 9th, 2011 at 1:03 pm
Blount realized in the offseason his key to him having a huge season running the football is to stay on the field on 3rd downs. I was watching tape of Blount yesterday one on one drills picking up a blitzing linebacker and he rode the guy right to the ground (not sure which linebacker but it was awesome.) The guy is a beast and this is great news!!!!!! B Train baby all year right up the gut especially against the Titans LOL. This guy along with Freeman are the keys to us making the playoffs especially with us being shaky at MLB. GO BUCS!!!!!!
August 9th, 2011 at 1:03 pm
I saw him on Saturday night and he’s at least 245lbs of solid muscle.
August 9th, 2011 at 1:07 pm
Our entire offense depends on our ability to run the ball. I remember being at the Tampa – Steelers game when we first “discovered” Blount. I was watching the Steelers wonder who the heck this Blount guy was. You could see through the binoculars that the Steelers just were not expecting a running back like Blount.
I just hope he does not get hurt this year, because our offense just is not the same w/o him.
August 9th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
i know freeman is what this team is built around, but i think blount will be the 250 pound rat running one the wheel that powers this offense. the more snaps he gets the better so long as he can stay fresh.
August 9th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
I see Blount getting over 1200 yards this year. I just hope he uses his mass better at the goal line and gets 10+ TDs to go with it….
especially since he is my rookie keeper in a fantasy league where you keep one vet and one rookie from different positions (I have Peyton Manning as my Vet).
August 9th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
One thing to mention, just like Penn should help make Clayborne that much better, a big ebast of a RB should help the LBs get tougher as well
August 9th, 2011 at 1:28 pm
I certainly hope he has corrected the fumblitis issues that seemed to have plaqued him last year. I understand his running style might make him susceptible but he still has to protect the rock.
August 9th, 2011 at 1:41 pm
So is he lighter or heavier than 230? Typically when people are chiseled they look a lot bigger than they are. I weighed in at a miniscule (For me) 170 lbs at my bodybuilding show last Saturday and people were surprised because they thought I weighed in the 200’s. I think typically, the smaller a guy gets (while maintaining muscle mass) the bigger one looks.
I love Blount, I just have a bad feeling about all young RBs… Was Blount lucky last season and pretty much immune from the injury bug, is he really THAT durable, or did he get lucky last season? One thing I really like about his odds of remaining healthy… Two years of JuCo, one year as a complementary RB at Oregon (still got over 100o yards), his senior season with very little playing time, and then minimal carries and wear and tear last season, he hasn’t been ridden all that hard. Maybe he’s the rare big back to have a lengthy and healthy career.
August 9th, 2011 at 1:55 pm
@Brandon A cubic inch of fat weighs less than a cubic inch of muscle because fat is less dense. Which means 1lbs of fat is larger in volume than 1lbs of muscle. Which means 250lbs fat man takes up more room than a 250lbs muscle man. So a fat man generally looks bigger than a muscular man. Although, you can clearly see the difference in shape.
For example, I weigh 265lbs but no one believes me when I tell them because I have roughly 11% body fat. They’ll say 240/245lbs tops.
Anyways, what Raheem meant is that he lost fat and gained muscle. Similar to McCoy. I wouldn’t doubt if he was somewhere between 245lbs and 250lbs still.
August 9th, 2011 at 1:55 pm
@Brandon A cubic inch of fat weighs less than a cubic inch of muscle because fat is less dense. Which means 1lbs of fat is larger in volume than 1lbs of muscle. Which means 250lbs fat man takes up more room than a 250lbs muscle man. So a fat man generally looks bigger than a muscular man. Although, you can clearly see the difference in shape.
For example, I weigh 265lbs but no one believes me when I tell them because I have roughly 11% body fat. They’ll say 240/245lbs tops.
Anyways, what Raheem meant is that he lost fat and gained muscle. Similar to McCoy. I wouldn’t doubt if he was somewhere between 245lbs and 250lbs still.
August 9th, 2011 at 1:56 pm
I don’t know why that doubled. I only click submit once.
August 9th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
BSPN Preseason Power Ranking have us at 12. Aints at #4. Fowlclowns #6. Kitties at #30.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings/_/year/2011/week/0
August 9th, 2011 at 3:12 pm
Are you saying that RAh is high on Blounts? That explains a lot. lol
August 9th, 2011 at 3:15 pm
Blount -free agent
August 9th, 2011 at 3:19 pm
@thomas haha!!!
August 9th, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Come on Muah: 265 with 11% body fat? Really. If so, I am sure that you are more formidable than GMC.
August 9th, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Mauha…You are one bad motha…shut your mouth!
Thomas, size does not equal talent in a given sport. I way in at 225 with 17% body fat. Mauha may be a tall big body builder gym rat kinda guy. I have friends that weigh in at the same weight with higher body fat, and they all look heavier than I do. Granted, I need to get that level down to Mauha’s if I want to see abs, but that may require giving up beer…and that is not going to happen.
August 9th, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Oops, I meant weigh in…
August 9th, 2011 at 5:24 pm
Definitely backing up Mauha Deeb on this one. Started working out quite a bit a few years ago when I weighed around 180. Now I weigh about 200 and people guess I still weigh around 180. Muscle weighs more than fat so if you are leaned out with alot of muscle you weigh more than you look like you do. Thomas 2.2 lets hope Rah is just high on Legarrate and not on blounts!!! LMAO
August 9th, 2011 at 5:32 pm
I haven’t the slightest idea what Rah said!
We got a differently heavy and note taking manchild?
Classic! Gotta love this guy!
August 9th, 2011 at 6:40 pm
he is heavier, and tighter.
muscle weighs more but it also ‘hang’s less.
he weighs more. looks ‘tighter’
August 9th, 2011 at 8:02 pm
Yes Dan, but some muscles hang less than others. So do boobs.
August 9th, 2011 at 10:02 pm
Can’t wait to see Blount used in the 4th quarter as a battering ram against opposing defenses.
August 9th, 2011 at 10:54 pm
Saw him drag a Steeler 6 yrds and ordered a jersey right after the game. Thanks Joe for the footage of blitz p/u where Blount and Lumpkin both eat up the rushing LB. Just asking {for all you quick twitch change of pace back fans} if the Heisman winning RB can go to NO that late in the draft, where do you suppose Lamichael James goes next year? Anybody want to recreate the Duck’s backfield that never was?
August 10th, 2011 at 4:15 am
@thomas 265lbs of brute viking strength and 295 lbs of NFL talent, strength, endurance, flexibility, and athleticism are not the same. I could never compete. I probably run a 7.9 40 yard dash. Not quite NFL adequate.
@McBuc I’m only 6’1″. Not really tall. Nor am I a gym rat. I just pick up heavy things and move them from one place to another for fun.