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The Jets have made it clear what they expect from Greene this season. The fourth-year running back will be the engine for a team that hopes to revive a ground-and-pound attack that lost its way in 2011. "I'm asking for a monster season," RBs coach Anthony Lynn said. "I think he's one of the best power backs in the game. Why wouldn't you?"
Reported by the New York Daily News
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Greene, coming off a 1,054-yard season, admitted that there's additional incentive to play better in the final year of his contract and "get a fresh new start" under new OC Tony Sparano, who could turn him into the bell cow running back that Rex Ryan claimed he would be prior to last season. As Daily News staffer Manish Mehta reminded readers, Greene posted career highs in carries (253) and yards last season, but he never became the centerpiece of an offense in perpetual flux. What can we expect this year? Green is looking for 300 carries. "I had 250 last year," Greene said. "So 50 more ain't nothing." Could he handle 350? We might find out. Greene hasn't approached the coaches with the 300 mark in mind, Lynn said, because, "at least he thinks he knows that he's going to get it 300-350 times. ..." The question is, can he be effective enough with those carries?
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