Something curious that Mike Shula said about about LaNorris Sellers today

Jack Veltri said:

I asked Shula about how much thought goes into having Sellers run the ball when the offense gets deep into the red zone. His response: “Yeah, we do that. And he's a weapon, both running the ball and throwing the ball. But you also don't necessarily want to run like he ran the ball, I think couple times, 22 times, I think a couple games ago. And I don't know if that's the best thing for him. He’s physical, he's tough and all that kind of stuff. “But, yeah, you want to use him as a weapon. And when you do that, you know, have a scheme up where it's not necessarily what you might have our normal running backs run, you want to have him run things that are just maybe a little bit so to speak cleaner. Those running backs are used to those dirty runs, so to speak, those ones where they just got to kind of halfway run through somebody. So you don't want to do that for him. But there's different ways you can do that. There's quarterback draws, there's counters, there's outside runs, and then a couple of other ways.” I mainly asked this because there weren’t any designed runs called for Sellers when USC reached the red zone Saturday afternoon.

Jack Veltri said:

I asked Shula about how much thought goes into having Sellers run the ball when the offense gets deep into the red zone. His response: “Yeah, we do that. And he's a weapon, both running the ball and throwing the ball. But you also don't necessarily want to run like he ran the ball, I think couple times, 22 times, I think a couple games ago. And I don't know if that's the best thing for him. He’s physical, he's tough and all that kind of stuff. “But, yeah, you want to use him as a weapon. And when you do that, you know, have a scheme up where it's not necessarily what you might have our normal running backs run, you want to have him run things that are just maybe a little bit so to speak cleaner. Those running backs are used to those dirty runs, so to speak, those ones where they just got to kind of halfway run through somebody. So you don't want to do that for him. But there's different ways you can do that. There's quarterback draws, there's counters, there's outside runs, and then a couple of other ways.” I mainly asked this because there weren’t any designed runs called for Sellers when USC reached the red zone Saturday afternoon.

Rooster Louie said:

Playing scared. Which supposedly gets players hurt as much as all out grinding.

Dirtpecker said:

What a word salad :ROFLMAO:

Jack Veltri said:

I asked Shula about how much thought goes into having Sellers run the ball when the offense gets deep into the red zone. His response: “Yeah, we do that. And he's a weapon, both running the ball and throwing the ball. But you also don't necessarily want to run like he ran the ball, I think couple times, 22 times, I think a couple games ago. And I don't know if that's the best thing for him. He’s physical, he's tough and all that kind of stuff. “But, yeah, you want to use him as a weapon. And when you do that, you know, have a scheme up where it's not necessarily what you might have our normal running backs run, you want to have him run things that are just maybe a little bit so to speak cleaner. Those running backs are used to those dirty runs, so to speak, those ones where they just got to kind of halfway run through somebody. So you don't want to do that for him. But there's different ways you can do that. There's quarterback draws, there's counters, there's outside runs, and then a couple of other ways.” I mainly asked this because there weren’t any designed runs called for Sellers when USC reached the red zone Saturday afternoon.

callahda said:

Sounds like Sellers has checked out and Shula and Beamer are catering to him to not get hurt. I get not wanting to get your qb hurt by not running him a lot but that is a major part of Sellers games. When Sellers ran out of bounds right at the 1st down marker instead of running through the Oklahoma defender for an easy 1st down I knew sellers wasn’t giving it is all. Before yall jump on me I don’t blame sellers for not wanting to get hurt There is really nothing left to play for this year. The season has been a major disappointment. But if you aren’t going to give it your all just opt out the rest of the year. Let Cutter Woods play and get some valuable experience for next year. I highly doubt sellers will be back next year so let’s just move on. It pains me to say that because I love Sellers and think he’s going to do great in the NFL but he’s checked out

Jack Veltri said:

I asked Shula about how much thought goes into having Sellers run the ball when the offense gets deep into the red zone. His response: “Yeah, we do that. And he's a weapon, both running the ball and throwing the ball. But you also don't necessarily want to run like he ran the ball, I think couple times, 22 times, I think a couple games ago. And I don't know if that's the best thing for him. He’s physical, he's tough and all that kind of stuff. “But, yeah, you want to use him as a weapon. And when you do that, you know, have a scheme up where it's not necessarily what you might have our normal running backs run, you want to have him run things that are just maybe a little bit so to speak cleaner. Those running backs are used to those dirty runs, so to speak, those ones where they just got to kind of halfway run through somebody. So you don't want to do that for him. But there's different ways you can do that. There's quarterback draws, there's counters, there's outside runs, and then a couple of other ways.” I mainly asked this because there weren’t any designed runs called for Sellers when USC reached the red zone Saturday afternoon.

callahda said:

But if you aren’t going to give it your all just opt out the rest of the year.

GivEmDaSpurs said:

Don’t know how you can say he has checked out when he fights like heck to not be sacked and runs around for 40 yards to gain 5.

Ole Cockeye said:

Every coach from high school to the NFL is going to be very concerned about potential injury to his starting QB. Shula did not say anything that any other coach would not have said.

washington cock said:

Every player that has opted out on this team has been ripped to pieces by our fan base. Pretty sure this is not something he wants to endure.