JJ inteview tonight - MB3 possibly returning to his original role, I like it, here is why

The CBS 11 interview that will be shown tonight (thanks to Grizz for the info), I am writing this to offer my take on why I would like to see MB3 back in his original role of closer.

The first thing I would like to state are the reasons that I do not feel apply to this discussion of why he should or should not be the "starter".

Reason 1: MB3 wore down over the season when he received the majority of the carries.  MB3 injury that hampered him over the last three games of the season had to do with a dislocated toe he suffered when someone stepped directly on his foot.  MB3 made it worse by trying to run on the injury and while trying to compensate for the current injury he strained a different muscle.  The example that comes to mind when I found out he had strained himself brought me back to when Staubach said that he strained his should when he tried to adjust this throwing motion do to a broken finger.  MB3 did suffer a rib injury early in the season but it never sidelined him for any game time.  So the idea that he wore down is a little half-baked, there is reason to believe that it could happen due to his style but the burden of proof is thin in my opinion.

Reason 2:  MB3 was not able to sustain the same ypc as he did in 07, there is an theory for this as well.   Two actually the injury mentioned in the previous paragraph affected what speed he did have and made him less effective.  The three games with BJ also hurt his ypc because in the 1st game it became obivious that BJ would not beat them throught the air so they simply shut down the run.  The next two teams followed the same formula: lather, rinse repeat.  With that said I do agree that MB3 should return to his original role.

The reasons I am in favor of having MB3 return to closer.

Reason 1:  The previous time he was there he flourished, he was very productive and had no problem with where he was on the rb lineup.  MB3 style is better suited for this role and it showed in 06 and 07 years for proof (this we all know).  During the early part of games the defenders were able to bring him down a bit easier in the early part of the game, he is smaller than Brandon Jacobs, he does have the will but not the size to do what Jacobs does in the early part of the game.

Reason 2:  The amount of fumbles that he had in 08 were a little troubling, the years before he seldom had that problem.  I would wager that since he was the starter maybe he felt the need to fight for every inch which resulted in more opportunities for fumbles.  At the same time maybe just the increase in carries were the direct cause of his increased fumbles.  It could also be something that opposing teams learned about his style since he was the starter and received more carries he drew increased study from opposing defenses.

I stated the earlier reasons that I did not agree with because there seems to be a growing perception on this blog that MB3 wore down and could not produce.  I have brought these points foward for discussion to bring a different take and state that those in favor of moving MB3 back to where he was can make the case without having to use this half-baked perception that he cannot hack-it.  It's my opinion you could make you point on at least the last two reasons I stated.  Of course this is all has no substance at this time if the interview does not touch on these subjects.  I believe that we will not know much until TC starts and the team starts to install what offense it will be running for the 09 season.  Feel free to share your own take and what you think of the reasons I provided.