Well he wasn't always injured, he had a solid 2011 season by rushing over 1,000 yards and was completely healthy and went to the pro bowl that year, 2013 once again completely healthy and rushed over 1200 yards which was the best season he had as a charger, other fans who don't see that he put up decent numbers those seasons are blind as hell

Yes, I knew this already. However, for the most part, Mattews was hurt a lot. Now we are just left with what could've been had he not gotten hurt a couple seasons such as 2012 and last year.

Well 2012 we had no offensive line so the running game wasn't that good, last year I wouldn't blame him for his injuries, Royal fell right on his knee last season against Seattle that wasn't Mathews fault and with his sprained ankle I totally blame that patriots player for tripping him and causing that injury

Do you realize how much pressure it was for him or anyone to ride off LT's coat tails??? Now we have Gordon and everyone is missing Mathews! He should have the lead role in Philly.

@@hollandsauce8422 to be honest he was better then Gordon .

The chargers wasted him away

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FutureMarine0321 good lookin bro

Everything you said was on point. I would like to add that he didn’t have the break away speed or lacked vision once he got past the first level of defenses. You can see how he would end up crashing into the LBs or he would get caught easily. He just didn’t have that extra gear a lot of RBs have. Lt had the ability to pull away from the defenses once he got past the first level, Matthews could of been so much better if he just had that burst.

​@@samm9074 he did run 4.45

@@sumandsubstance7881 yeah but it didn’t reflect on the field. Did you ever see him break away for a a long run ? I never did. That , along with poor vision made it impossible for him to be a home run threat out of the backfield .

if marshawn got injured for half his career

TeamCTKVideos since that was marshawn after he left the bills. The comparison fits.

Foreals man he was better then Gordon

FlyerzHD That was the only problem with McCoy he would slam on the brakes to go east or west on a defender making it easy to get tackled. If you keep your momentum by running straight and not stopping a defender will have to throw his body in your path to stop you.

David Mitchell dont fukkin jinx it.

I'm sorry. :P

+David Mitchell god dammit you jinxed it

+David Mitchell god dammit you jinxed it

oh boy.

yoyo ma everything you said was true, except for the goal line part, for whatever reason, under 3 different coordinators, once the offense is in the red zone, mathews gets phased out. As a charger fan, i've seen tolbert.woodhead and most recently oliver become the TD vulcher in the end zone. mathews is an excellent bell cow, but for whatever reason hasnt had luck as a goal line back

marv ye That's because the Chargers thought Mathews was fumble prone and were scared he'd lose the ball in a congested area such as the red zone. Then in 2013, they quickly figured out by the middle of the season that Rivers and the offense can go from 10 yards on the opponents side of the field to the Chargers 10 yards but had trouble scoring in the red zone.Woodhead was used for goal line situations for the beginning of the season and is exactly why Chargers had that issue until they were force to use Mathews and saw he was a goal line beast scoring easily when call upon. Things started to roll from there and they steadily fed him the ball and saw he fixed his fumbling issue, which is why he racked up consecutive 100 yard games close to the ending of the season and was the running back with the 2nd most 100 yard games that year.Eagles or Chip Kelly have balls whch is why they/he took Bradford, Murray and Mathews even though 31 other teams are scared to do so( 31 other teams don't have Chip Kelly's sports science that limits injuries either) and this same balls of his will compel him to choose Mathews over Murray in goal line situation as you already know Mathews is a beast.

yoyo ma I actually like how they have both Murray and Matthews, both are gonna play harder for more carries. which should motivate both of them

poophead69able They're gonna ball out for sure.

***** Mathews is a beast.

Lol I knew Polk wouldn't be here but it's good for him he would have a starting position somewhere else hope it's not too a rival

Yepp, what a shame he's not on the team anymore. I agree, he'll eventually find a job somewhere, I just hope not in Dallas, NY, or in D.C.. lol

Kevin S idc about dc since they suck lol

True lol

Just know Murray is the kind of back that needs carries to be effective. He needs 20+ carries a game to truly be effective. Hes not a scat back like Sproles. So how many carries for Mathews , sproles Polk, oh and don't forget the pass plays.

The_Kid_Flash As a Eagles fan I know we are getting good talent from the Chargers. Sproles proved that he is the Chargers draft pick not the Saints.

The_Kid_Flash Availability is the name of the game. After playing his 1st full season...he comes back and misses 10 games. Shit just doesn't make sense. But the guy who made this video did one hell of a job to make Mathews look like an All-Pro. I guess that's why they call it "highlights" I hope he gets paid to make highlights...that boy is good.

***** so let me get this straight...it's the teams fault that Mathews can't stay healthy?? Yeah that makes sense. Remember, he was considered injury prone in college. Do some research buddy. Mathews gets a little ankle sprain and he'll miss 5 games.

***** If we know anything about life it's taxes, death and Mathews will get hurt. Your whole offense is injury prone...Sam Bradford too. You'll find out soon enough...p.s. don't play him in the preseason. he might break something.

***** "He has struggled to stay healthy as he has missed time in each season at Fresno State. Durability is a bit of a flag after Mathews missed games with a few different injuries in college. " - NFL.com "Durability concerns" - WalterFootball "Missed a lot of time for injuries" - NFL DraftBreakdown He missed games every season as a Charger....YOU WILL SEE!! Lol And I'll be back laughing.

More of a deandre hopkins or jordy nelson

***** - Two games into the season bud. Seahawks are 0-2.

***** - Mathews 108 yards rushing yesterday against a tough Jets defense. Chip is working out the kinks. The Eagles will find their identity soon. Belichick does the same thing every year which is find out who is good at what. The process usually takes half the season. But...Belichick usually has a foundation under that experimenting to get the wins while doing it.

+Jeff Venom right now as we speak.. Mathews is better than Murray but Murray is holding his own.. although i got to say Mathews is WAY BETTER in terms of running on the outside. while Murray just goes at them north south as he has every time.. they both compliment each other really well.

***** - I still stand by Mathews. I think he will be a 1200 yard rusher with Murray out of the picture. As long as he stays healthy.

You shouldn't lol he wasn't an impact for us so he sure won't be a use for the, either

jimenez mauri He's good bruh. Injuries are obviously a concern, but he averaged 4.4 YPC in SD. McCoy averaged 4.6 in Philly and that was with a better line. If he stays healthy he will be great for us backing up Murray.

Kelly's system is what will make him productive

TeamBaconBoy18 He was productive in SD when he was on the field. Health is his problem. There is nothing fancy about Chip's system when it comes to RBs.

Chip Kelly will be the death of me "Health is his problem." Funny you say that....articles.philly.com/2015-06-19/sports/63572725_1_ryan-mathews-mcl-beef-jerky

Doug T agreed

BROmedy as a charger Matthews is actually a really great RB. if he wasnt often injured he still wouldve been a Charger

datone9 and a faster back probably doesn't break 90% of those tackles in this video, what's your point? faster people have a better chance of winning a footrace?!? thanks Einstein

Dude ran a 4.4 40 yard dash don't get too much faster at 220 pounds

+scott clark It's called Cary Williams lol

Chargers just wasn't lucky with this one, he just wasn't good enough to carry a game or the team on his back like Ladanian did, he was always the 4th 5th best player on the offense or hurt

They would've much more to show for those 5 years if they kept Turner and sproles

+pachoota ryan mathews was great actually. i allways looked up to him because he did great things for the chargers. the only reason why he was pressured because chargers picked ryan mathews right after LT. also, we shouldnt be complaining about ryan mathews cuz i was dissapointed with melvin gordon when he just made us lose yards. ryan mathews was a great running back and it was hard for me to see him leave the chargers.

+william minshew I think turner and sproles came there too early right when the chargers thought LT might have some more 1500 season yards left like his previous years but he was max out behind that offensive line , on Gordon, well he's a Wisconsin back so I wasn't surprise when he didn't make any difference for them plus they wasn't raving about him at training camp, ha ha ha Monty ball is unemployed , sweet foot sugar foot whatever got beat out by damage goods Dion lewis

Negrowski Lafoote my hero and own it are the songs u are welcome

***** TTTRRRRUUUUUEEEEEE

***** Kendricks didn't look any better at 0:51 as he and Williams got left in the dust. It's not really a knock on Kendricks but more a testament to Mathews's ability, I know that Eagles front 7 is pretty good in general. If a defense doesn't set the edge, you're most likely gonna be tackling him 15-20 yards downfield. He's pretty big at 6 feet and 240 pounds but he's as fast as small back, he ran a 4.4 40-yard dash. +CJNeima that was Maxwell and Earl Thomas, the best safety in the league. Even he cant catch Mathews unless hes 15 yards downfield or Mathews is running up the middle.

CJNeima , why would Bill Davis need to fix that? He doesn't have to defend Matthews. It's quite the opposite actually. He needs the defense to get the ball in Matthews' hands.

Polk gone but we got new undrafted one raheem mostert

***** every Charger fan knows he is a talented back - top 10 in the league, but he struggles to stay healthy and that's the bottom line.