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Rashard Mendenhall: Growing Pains or Carelessness?
Published: October 29, 2009
Four out of the seven fourth quarters were shutouts; the other three generated a total of 16 points.
Besides Ben Roethlisberger’s interceptions, the offense is plagued with fumbles especially from the running game.
Fumbling the football is the fastest way to go from a starting position to being demoted to the bench.
Good or great running backs that have game-breaking runs on a regular basis can lose their playing opportunity if the coach thinks that a fumble might be the end result.
As primary carrier, Rashard Mendenhall lost two fumbles in scoring territory the past two games and was benched in the fourth quarter.
Coach Tomlin feels that Mendenhall got a “little careless” when he fumbled inside the Minnesota Vikings’ five-yard line on the second play of the fourth quarter.
Mendenhall had runs of 14, 16, and 17 yards; all on first down and averaged 6.9 yards per ca...
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