Burkhead Making A Strong Impression in New England

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(06-09-2017, 04:19 PM)coachmcneil71 Wrote: Meh....Rex is a better back than Hill. It was more than obvious that this is truth down the stretch last year. He just isn't the right persuasion for a RB, or a second Rd pick. Some coaches aren't willing to admit that they make mistakes. Merv being one of those.

My feeling as well, despite the fact that Hill was apparently playing hurt almost the entire year.  But it underscores the rest of what you said.   As a team we have not favored playing later round skill players if we've seen good play from a higher round pick early on.

Not a totally invalid concept either.  But in this case the 2nd round pick was hurt most of the year and we really didn't give Rex significant snaps till the last 2-3 games of the year.   That does not seem smart to me.