Source: boston.cbslocal.com --- Friday, February 24, 2017
By Michael Hurley , CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — We’re in the throes of the NFL offseason, a Football-starved period of time that leaves a major entertainment void for millions of Americans. There’s just not much happening. Free agency is weeks away from kicking off. The draft is even more distant. If you can’t get your fill of watching men exercise at the gym, then you’ve got the combine coming up soon. But that’s pretty much it. Sometimes in the course of this Football wasteland known as late February, one might be inclined to put in a little bit of research on different topics. And in the process of that research, you sometimes find some things you weren’t necessarily looking for. That happened to me with LeGarrette Blount. The 30-year-old running back is an interesting case, as there seems to be nobody who lacks an opinion on the man. I can’t recall a contributing player to two Super Bowl teams inspire so much negative comments from fans regarding his abilities. Not all fans, of course, but many fans. For an example, here is a sampling of the comments on the 98.5 The Sports Hub Facebook page from a story I wrote in September, which asked simply, “Why the hate?” Paolo said … “He’s f—— terrible. A 250lb back who’s afraid to hit people he would rather zig zag everywhere and get fumbles. He’s not the Blount we remember in that Indy game he’s a soft slow and boring back.” Carlos said … “Blount doesn’t suck. But that stat is misleadin ...
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