Cleveland Browns head coach Hue Jackson isn't of the opinion that running back Isaiah Crowell is deserving of an added workload.
"Guys get frustrated when they want the ball; I get it," Jackson told ESPN's Pat McManamon. "He feels like he can help do more and help the team. I totally understand. Just how we handle those things is important, just as important to me as anything, and he understands. We will go from there."
Crowell, who has averaged 7.7 yards per carry the past four games, was discontent following Sunday's 27-10 loss to the Baltimore Ravens - a game in which he received only five carries, one of which included a season-high 59-yard run.
Jackson, however, wants to see more from his running backs.
"No, me and you, all five of us could have run through that hole," Jackson said after he was asked if Crowell was deserving of more carries. "Go back and look at the play, so I'm not saying that. Inspiring runs, just so we are all on the same page, are when you break tackles. It is the tough runs. It is when everybody is knocking the crap out of you and you find a way to still make 4 or 5 yards. That is running in the NFL. ...
"Every hole is not going to be a 59-yard run. Sometimes you have to make your holes as a back, and I think the backs understand that."
Crowell has produced as an everyday back despite the erratic workload. Entering Sunday, the 24-year-old ranks 13th among qualified running backs with 4.4 YPC and throughout his four-year career, Crowell has yet to finish a season with less than 3.8 YPC.
