4 FA running backs the Dolphins could look at
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I know people here dont want to hear it but Lindsay is a better fit for this offense than Duke... And while Wilson was on the Niners, he was on the slower scale when it comes to Niners RBs, and as a consequence, wasnt all that productive relatively... I made a thread not long ago about the Niners RBs under Shanahan, and IIRC, I dont think any RB who ran over a 4.5 40 time had any kind of notable success in that running game...
I like Lindsay too.
I don’t mind Lindsay and Duke in the mix but I don’t want free agent RBs. They are dog **** after their first contract. I really hate free agents in football, hardly works out. In our case though we have to take chances in FA because we have money to spend and we have holes, but I still hate it.
Back to the RBs, you draft them. You draft them every three years and run them into the ground until they have nothing left. You churn them and burn them. They rarely are worth anything after their first contract. Definitely don’t wanna spend on someone else’s retread at the position
Back to the RBs, you draft them. You draft them every three years and run them into the ground until they have nothing left. You churn them and burn them. They rarely are worth anything after their first contract. Definitely don’t wanna spend on someone else’s retread at the position
You're setting yourself up for disappointment... 49ers drafted exactly 2 RBs in 5 drafts under Shanahan, no one higher than the 3rd... And the most productive one of the bunch was the 6th round speedster... For comparison sake, they've drafted 7 WRs in that time span, 4 of them in the first 3 rounds... Now that doesnt mean thats what McDaniel is going to do, but experience/history is pretty much all we got at this point, and it doesnt look good if you're a fan of early RBs in the draft...
Ignorant post.
clownfish
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I watch a fair amount of Browns games and D’ernest Johnson looked really great in spots. Speed and power. Sign him and Duke and pick up a mid round rookie RB and I’d be happy with the Jonson and Johnson RB room.
Which part?
I don't necessarily agree with all of it, but those views are common lines of thinking on the subject.
Could you elaborate on why you believe it is wrong? That might result in some insightful debate, rather than just saying "ignorant".
Explain in detail
**enter generic **** here about a few good RBs in FA in general coupled w stipulation “we’ll thats provided you’re not overpaying, duh!”**
GhostArmOfMarino
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I like Lindsay too.
Can you explain why? His YPC was less than Gaskin, who was awful and has been raked over the coals.
Lindsay wasn't good at all here, looking fast while not getting yards and having poor vision doesn't scream keep him, to me.
While your post is correct on YPC he only had 38 attempts to 173 by Gaskin, and no fumbles. I like his attitude. Would like to see what he could have done with more touches.
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Well for one thing, Lindsay had 1000+ under Rich Scangarello, who's from the Shanahan tree... Fins had Lindsay running inside on 83% of his touches, for comparison sake, Elijah Mitchell ran inside on only 30% of his snaps... Evaluating Lindsay on what he did in the Fins offense in 2021 is basically useless...
Lindsay absolutely best fit for this offense. Even good at pass pro which will be essential for McD system.