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When Bruce Arians opted to turn to Carey Davis instead of old reliable Dan Kreider as the Steelers starting fullback, it signified a pretty significant changing of the guard. Instead of the pile-driving guard in a backfield, Davis was going to be the versatile running/pass catching threat who could also block OK, if not as well as Kreider.Five games into the season, what has that gotten the Steelers? Six carries for 10 yards (1.7 yards) and five catches for 13 yards (2.6 yards per catch). It's the kind of opportunity that Kreider could only dream of--he has had no more than seven carries and 10 catches in any of the past five seasons, but it's not like Davis is turning those opportunities into big plays.
Davis does have more running ability than Kreider, and given more opportunities, I'm sure he'll break a 10 or 15-yarder at some point, but the benefit of a four-yard Davis run seems to be outweighed at this point by what the Steelers are losing in blocking ability.
I've got to credit the guys at Steeler Fury for first raising the point in Hardnosed's Monday Evening Quarterback. We're not seeing a whole lot of reason for the switch up to now. Hardnosed's point is that the Steelers should have signed Justin Griffith in the offseason, my point is that they should scour next year's draft for either a polished fullback or an athlete to mould into a fullback--a lot of the team's are turning short college linebackers into solid fullbacks.
But for now, give Kreider more snaps so he can lay the wood on linebackers since that's still the main role of the Steelers fullback--and he's easily the team's best blocking fullback. That doesn't mean Davis doesn't have a role on this team, but where it's roughly an 80-20 split of playing time now, there's no reason to not make it more 50-50.
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