He also caught a pass for eight yards.Īs for if Williams or any of the other running backs did enough to separate themselves from the pack, Gannon kept the cards close to the vest. Williams was effective with limited snaps, recording 36 yards on eight carries for a 4.5-yard average. I look forward to continue working with him.” He banged some runs in there and created some extra yardage. “You can tell he’s played a lot of football before. “I liked the look in his eye,” Gannon said. Keeping on the running backs, Gannon liked what he saw out of Williams in his first showing as a Cardinal. He has gobs of trust from the coaching staff and players.īehind that, though, it seems like Ingram and Williams have a step or two on him. It’s safe to say Demercado has the market cornered when it comes to pass protection.
“We feel comfortable with the other guys too, but he’s shown he’s done a really good job of that. “He’s a guy we feel real comfortable with,” Gannon said of Demercado. That’s not to say that Demercado still didn’t make an impact in other areas.ĭespite his yardage, the undrafted rookie out of TCU paced the running backs in offensive snaps with 33 (43%) as he continues to be counted on in third-down passing situations. Outside of Rondale Moore’s negative yardage, Demercado was at the bottom of the totem pole from a statistics standpoint. The Emari Demercado conundrumĮntering Week 6, rookie running back Emari Demercado looked like a legitimate candidate to take over the ground game with James Conner on injured reserve with a knee issue.īut when Arizona took the field on Sunday, it was Keaontay Ingram getting the starting nod and the bulk of the carries, followed by Damien Williams in his first game as a Cardinal.Īs for Demercado, he was held to just three offensive touches for 17 total yards after pacing the team just a game prior in place of Conner. That’s something I always love to do.”įor a team that loves to run the rock, that’s music to offensive coordinator Drew Petzing’s ears. “It’s always cool when you’re a huge part of the run game when the running back’s having a great game and you know you’re a huge part of that. “I try to help in every aspect,” McBride said.
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