Blount earns short-yardage role

This is exactly what Cadillac Williams owners wanted to hear. Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Raheem Morris says that rookie LeGarrette Blount has earned the goal-line and short-yardage role for the team.

“For me it was a mentality with LeGarrette Blount,” Morris said. “You know, we got the ball down on the 1 yard line. And we’re in a 2-minute mode. And we stopped. And we’re in goal line offense. Our mentality was to run the ball in on the Pittsburgh Steelers. Because I know how much they pride themselves on stopping the run and not allowing people to go in there. So we knew it would be all out pressure up the middle … and we had two downs to get it.

“You know, it was no second guessing what play we were going to call. We wanted to run the ball in the end zone with LeGarrette Blount and make a statement for our young football team and for us that we’re going to get this yard no matter what. Safe to say, in a live situation, in live bullets, that LeGarrette Blount has earned the short yardage and goal line back role from now on.”

This is officially a fantasy nightmare. Cadillac just doesn’t do enough to warrant a start, and Blount is a risky play to say the least.