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Message: [QUOTE="bigmike, post: 3979879, member: 3928"] We all know he is a rare talent, and he has come out of the gate extremely strong in both total yards and TD’s. What I am wondering is will his ability and success result in fewer penalties called on the offense in the future? As I have stated in other posts, I am not an expert, but it dawned on me that we could begin to see a few things happen because he is so good: [LIST=1] [*]Referees know he is good and they begin to choke on whistles on maybe questionable calls. [*]Referees know how good he is and the publicity from his exploits causes them to be more lenient since they may wind up on replays looking foolish if they make an atrocious call. [*]Our O line is more relaxed because they know what they have behind them, and we begin to see fewer false starts and holds. [/LIST] Has/does this type of thing happen with high level talent, and not only at running back? [/QUOTE]