If Damien Williams goes down, sign Trent Richardson as our 3rd down back

[normaldude]

Damien Williams is a 225 lb RB with 4.4 speed. Physically, he looks like an every down back. Unfortunately, reality is that his vision & burst through the hole is poor. On the plus side, he has great hands, and is great in the open field. As a result, Damien Williams is a great 3rd down back for us.


Trent Richardson is a 230 lb RB with 4.4 speed. He was the 3rd overall pick in the 2012 draft, and was described as a true every down back with excellent hands.

During his 3 years in the NFL, Trent Richardson has really struggled as an every down back. While at Alabama, he had a monster o-line, so his 1st contact was often 5 yds past the line of scrimmage against a tired LB or DB. But in the NFL, he's not going to have that kind of dominating push in front of him.

[video=youtube;o5hUE-Dxyac]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5hUE-Dxyac[/video]


Trent Richardson might be similar to Damien Williams. A big fast RB who looks like an every down RB, but simply doesn't have the vision to run between the tackles on 1st & 2nd down.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/08/trent-richardson-inexplicably-misses-gaping-hole-runs-into-linemen


Some say Trent Richardson's career is basically over. But considering that he has good hands as a receiver, and considering that he looks good in the open field, he might be more suited for a role as 3rd down back, as a receiver.

[video=youtube;IuO_cRWvfvw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuO_cRWvfvw[/video]

My Suggestion: If Damien Williams goes down, sign Trent Richardson as our 3rd down back, as a receiver. He's currently unemployed, and will work for cheap.

 

[gregorygrant83]

Would rather sign Robert Turbin once his ankle heals.

 

[SCLSU Mud Dogs]

nah

 

[datruth55]

I would sign Richardson but he has a terrible trajectory. His trajectory doesn't work because he's a slow bucket moving backward...out of the NFL backwards actually.

lol...Trent Richardson sucks.

 

[finz99]

That 4.4 track speed translates to about a 5.5 40 on the field. Dude is so slow it's painful.

 

[Hamhocs]

He hasn't broken a tackle since the LSU national championship game

 

[steveo style]

Are you his brother or something lol

 

[normaldude]

He hasn't broken a tackle since the LSU national championship game

Watch the last video on my original post (above). Trent Richardson broke plenty of NFL tackles in the open field.

 

[PHINSfan]

He's an excellent example of why a low 40's number doesn't always translate to being fast in the football field.

 

[uk_dolfan]

 

[spiketex]

Total failure and let go in Cleveland, then Indy, then Oakland and you still want to give Richardson another chance. I wouldn't touch him under any circumstance. No.

 

[AEGBRG]

First a Tebow thread, then Ponder, now Richardson. What is next? Bring back Phillip Wheeler?

 

[normaldude]

Total failure and let go in Cleveland, then Indy, then Oakland and you still want to give Richardson another chance. I wouldn't touch him under any circumstance. No.

Did you even read my post? I'm saying that Trent Richardson is a failure as an every down back, but can be excellent as a 3rd down back. If Damien Williams had been used as an every down back, he'd have had the same exact issues.

 

[kcbrown]

Told you guys Ingram and Richardson were stiffs, yet people wanted us to draft these guys.

No thanks as a third down back.

 

[tcdrover]

Richardson is just a guy trying to pick up pay checks at this point.

He has been useless for a few years now