Sign Anquan Boldin

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(06-03-2016, 03:05 PM)3wt Wrote: Burkhead needs to get the ball more.  They send him in mostly as a receiver and throw him maybe a single rep a game (if that) carrying the ball.

The guy is a really good running back with elite lateral movement, good explosion and decent strength.   Nebraska used him on the goal line a lot with good effectiveness.

Hard to get a groove going with a single carry, and hard to properly use him if the other team knows he's on the field to receive.  I think he's underutilized.   If you give him enough carries it sets him up to be really effective because the defense doesn't know what he's out there to do.

I think he's good....you have to be to be in the NFL, but beating traditionally slower Big 10 players and elite NFL defenders is two different things. He got plenty of looks at Indy, and I didn't see much. Put it this way: if we're relying on Rex for a lot of targets this year, we're in trouble.