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Curtis Martin's Knee: Blame Herm

That the Jets' old evil regime rushed back QB Chad Pennington well before his shoulder had healed is well documented, but Dan Leberfeld reminds us that Herm Edwards is also responsible for the fact that running back Curtis Martin's career hangs in the balance. As Leberfeld writes:

Martin hurt his knee in Week Two last year, but continued playing with the injury until Week 13.

Why? You will have to go to Kansas City and ask their head coach, Herman Edwards. The way the former Jets coach handled the Martin situation last year was mind-boggling.

Most weeks Martin couldn’t practice, but he would play on Sunday.

That’s a great idea. Run a 33-year-old running back into the ground on a team out of contention most of the year.

But a lot of the Edwards’ Kool-Aid drinkers in the media would tell you, “He had no choice.”

Why is that? Because Edwards told them that.

Readers of this blog will recall my posts last year about this matter. Here are a few:

Week 2: "Curtis Martin ran the ball 31 times yesterday. That is simply inexcusable. The Jets gave a big contract to Derrick Blaylock to serve as Martin's backup, but after failing to get a carry last week, Blaylock was given the ball only twice yesterday."

Week 3: "For four years, the Jets let Lamont Jordan languish on the bench. After Jordan left for Oakland, the Jets made Derrick Blaylock the highest paid backup running back in the NFL. Yet Blaylock has only carried the ball 5 times in the Jets first three games. Yesterday, despite promising all week that Blaylock would get significant playing time since Curtis Martin has an injured knee - and despite the running game's ineffectiveness - Blaylock did not even touch the ball until the 4th quarter."

Week 4: "Derrick Blaylock again went essentially unused today, with only two carries. Why exactly was he given a $3.2 million signing bonus and an $11 million contract? The failure to utilize Blaylock is especially galling since Curtis Martin has been totally ineffective."

Week 5: "After carrying the ball just ten times in the Jets first five games, Derrick Blaylock broke his foot today and is out for the season. For the 2005 season, Blaylock earned a cool $250,000 per carry, or around $135,000 for each of his 19 yards rushing."

Week 8: "Edwards now reveals that Curtis Martin sustained a serious knee injury in week 2 that should have kept Martin out for a couple of weeks. In other words, Martin should have missed weeks 3 and 4.

"I guess that would explain why in week 3, backup running back Derrick Blaylock did not carry the ball until the 4th quarter (and only got three rushes then) and why in the week 4 loss to Baltimore, Blaylock only ran the ball twice.

"Yep, Herm sure is doing some magnificent coaching."

I'll stop there. Enough about Herm. Let Kansan City - I think that's where Jewboy is from - enjoy him now.
posted on 8/10/2006