(02-14-2024, 09:03 AM)Synric Wrote: No love for Bucky Irving? He is the best RB in the draft class with the ball in his hands. Leads forced missed tackles and I believe second behind Jaylen Wright in Yards after Contact. Oregon run a 60/40 Gap/Zone split which identical to the Bengals rushing offense so he would fit in day 1. Bucky is also the best receiving back in the class.


I don't care how big a RB is as long as they can break tackles, get yards after contact, and catch.

(02-07-2024, 02:14 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: There's a ton of TE talk and rightfully so. RT and adding to Dline has got a lot of attention and again, rightfully so.

But one thing, here I go again, that I also feel needs some serious attention is our RB room. IMHO our lack of efficiency at running the ball is one of our bigger problems, near the top. And I get it and fully agree there's a bunch of peels to that onion. Scheme, play calling, blocking style, just overall game situations and so on.

But I believe our lack of dynamic backs is part of the equation as well. Let's face it, C. Evans and T. Williams need to be gone. C. Brown has flashed and shown promise, but I'm not sure he's a true "bell cow" type? And Mixon, well that horse has been beat to death, lets just say he's not a game changer.

We need new life in our RB room to say the least. I read a draft profile that read words to the effect of "Blake Corum isn't really elite at any one thing, but he's great at almost everything."

A tag team of Chase Brown and Blake Corum may well be just what the Dr. ordered? And Mixon if he has to stay and he probably will. I just strongly feel in order for this team to really hit it's top gear we have to get better at running the ball.

If Corum is there at 80 I hope they run to the podium and take him.

(02-14-2024, 03:15 PM)Whatever Wrote: I don't mind Bucky as a Day 3 prospect, but bad vision and terrible pass pro make me project him as just another Chase Brown.  He'll only be able to see use situationally because you can't trust him to block and for every big one he pops, he'll take three negative plays because he can't find a hole.

(02-14-2024, 03:24 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Yes sir BF74. All for a RB like Blake Corum to add to our corps. Like you say, he can do everything well. Makes us so much more unpredictable
on Offense and Corum is much harder to tackle than any of our RB's. The priorities this Offseason needs to be to get to running the ball more 
efficiently and stopping the run better on Defense. 

Blake Corum would definitely help in one of these areas.

(02-14-2024, 06:24 PM)pulses Wrote: Michigan RB's do not do well in the NFL for whatever reason and Corum is a smaller back. We need someone that's a Gus Edwards type bigger back who can plow when we need them to. Corum doesn't give you that and we already have the other in Chase.

(02-14-2024, 07:16 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: True on Michigan RB's. I think Corum will be the exception though, he is such a hard worker.

Braelon Allen is still my favorite RB for us in this Draft. Big, physical RB that is hard to tackle. Just what we need.

(02-14-2024, 07:21 PM)pulses Wrote: Allen I love him....Benson would work as well and he's a much better pass blocker....Brooks is the best pass blocker amongst RB's in this class tho.

(02-14-2024, 03:15 PM)Whatever Wrote: I don't mind Bucky as a Day 3 prospect, but bad vision and terrible pass pro make me project him as just another Chase Brown.  He'll only be able to see use situationally because you can't trust him to block and for every big one he pops, he'll take three negative plays because he can't find a hole.

(02-15-2024, 12:34 PM)Synric Wrote: I disagree with the vision patience and vision are a big part of his game and I agree pass pro will most likely never probabaly never even be an average part. He gets the Jahmyr Gibbs argument from me an underneath offensive weapon. Malachi Corely and Jaheim Bell also get this tag for different reasons! Going to be a fun draft.