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AggieFin21 said:Did you not see how he played last year?!
Look, I agree that he LOOKED bad last year! Minor looked terrible last year cast into the role of a power runner. Our Offensive line was so terrible in the first 5 games last year that it's a miracle Minor survived at all! Plus, he really seemed tentative and that's what got him killed.
Linehans system calls for running out of passing formations, and for that he needs a guy to get to the hole QUICKLY on draws, swing plays and screens. Lamar Gordon is a between the tackles guy and you've GOT to have one of those. Sammy Morris is VERY talented and flexible as a backup fullback, h-back, goal line kind of guy. I love his never say die attitude. Minor is the only guy on our roster who has value in other areas that can really hit the hole quickly (when there is a hole) and doesn't fumble a whole lot.
Could we use another speed back, a youngster? Absolutely. But with the number 2 pick in the draft? Hell no!
If we can just slide down 2 or 3 picks and get an extra 4th round or 5th round pick we can get BRAYLON EDWARDS on day one and then go heavy on day 2 with a young Center and Safety and DT and OT.
Edwards makes us viable because THEN the Linehan "Randy Moss" system can be put into place. Edwards stretches the "d" with Chambers crossing and Booker sitting and McMichael roaming the middle freely with only a lumbering linebacker on him. And if they switch to a nickel, let McMichael devour that guy on a draw and watch Minor go for 20 yards up the gut.
Edwards is the key to this draft. Our future QB, if it isn't Feeley, should be Matt Leinart next year. Our RB can't be Edgerrin James or Shaun Alexander because they just don't hit the hole fast enough. We need a LaDanian type and while I don't like Benson very much (much more a Wanny guy than a Saban guy) Ronnie Brown could very well be that guy.
Personally, I'm hoping for Edwards so that we can become the offense that we need to be. But if it's Brown then it's Brown. Either way, you get a RB or WR this year. It's just that there are SO MANY rb's around this year that a quality back is BOUND to be availabl in the third or fourth round of this draft. I know it.
Oh well, think EDWARDS!