Feeling better about Mark Walton?

[fredtoast]

I know one spin move does not make a RB great, but I think he looks solid overall. He certainly did not look very good in preseason, but nothing can make a RB look slower than not knowing his assignment or how to read a new blocking scheme. Hopefully the quickness and explosviness will show back up whenj he can stop "thinking" and just run.

[SunsetBengal]

I was pleasantly surprised, seeing him perform like he's been there before.

[*bengalfan74*]

Agree he looked like he belonged, just a complete 180 degrees from the preseason.

[Bengalitis]

He's not a bruiser, more like a Gio type of player. Runs better to the outside than down the middle it appears. Probably more dangerous if he can catch the ball like Gio.

[*SHRacerX*]

Kid is working hard to show he belongs. With his ball security issues, however, it worries me a bit as he is twirling around that one well-placed helmet might lead to a turnover.

So far, so good. I love how hard he is playing.

[McC]

(10-02-2018, 09:43 AM)fredtoast Wrote: I know one spin move does not make a RB great, but I think he looks solid overall.  He certainly did not look very good in preseason, but nothing can make a RB look slower than not knowing his assignment or how to read a new blocking scheme. Hopefully the quickness and explosviness will show back up whenj he can stop "thinking" and just run.

I think it was his last carry in the preseason.  He gained eight or nine yards and actually looked like he belonged.  That looked like his turning point.

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

Yep, he's really coming along nicely. Big time improvement in a short amount of time. Gotta love it.

[Tiger Teeth]

Would love to see him continue to improve. Just another weapon for the offense.

[sandwedge]

Great to see him play well!

[*Go Cards*]

He certainly looked much better Sunday than a month ago.

And we needed him in that game as well, which made it even more impressive.

Do not like going into games with only two smaller stature RB's though.

[Tomkat]

(10-02-2018, 10:32 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: ...it worries me a bit as he is twirling around that one well-placed helmet might lead to a turnover.

One well-placed helmet will cause ANY RB to fumble... spin move, or not.
It happens all the time in the NFL.

[Millhouse]

I never had complaints on Walton, nor did I favor Hill over him. The only issue I had with drafting him was not him per say, but not using that pick for a position of need at depth.

The kid can play though. He has very good hands for receiving out of the backfield, and probably will be Gio's replacement after 2019.

[SunsetBengal]

(10-02-2018, 10:55 AM)Tiger Teeth Wrote: Would love to see him continue to improve.  Just another weapon for the offense.

Well, he had a nice play, anyway.  Those 5 rushes for 9 yds. aren't exactly lighting it up.  That 24 yd. catch was nice.  Other than that, he's 6 touches for 13 yds., a whopping 2.1 yds./touch.

[TheUberHuber]

(10-02-2018, 01:19 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Well, he had a nice play, anyway.  Those 5 rushes for 9 yds. aren't exactly lighting it up.  That 24 yd. catch was nice.  Other than that, he's 6 touches for 13 yds., a whopping 2.1 yds./touch.

Yeah he is definitely not gio or mixon but he is turning out to be a great third stringer. Pleasantly surprised by him. 

His first cary a game ago was pretty nice too. It got called back from a hold i think but he shot right through the gap for what would have been like a 8 or 9 yard run..

[SunsetBengal]

(10-02-2018, 01:29 PM)TheUberHuber Wrote: Yeah he is definitely not gio or mixon but he is turning out to be at least a warm body on the field. Pleasantly surprised by him. 

His first cary a game ago was pretty nice too. It got called back from a hold i think but he shot right through the gap for what would have been like a 8 or 9 yard run..

[McC]

(10-02-2018, 01:19 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Well, he had a nice play, anyway.  Those 5 rushes for 9 yds. aren't exactly lighting it up.  That 24 yd. catch was nice.  Other than that, he's 6 touches for 13 yds., a whopping 2.1 yds./touch.

I think the bigger point is that he's displayed some of what they saw in him.

[*michaelsean*]

i remember a nice catch and run, and Andy missed him on another where he probably would have gotten some nice yards.

[corpjet]

Yes he also had a solid run in his one touch in Carolina that was mitigated by a penalty.

He has def looked better, maybe he's still recovering from the knee issue in the pre season.

[*SHRacerX*]

(10-02-2018, 12:00 PM)Tomkat Wrote: One well-placed helmet will cause ANY RB to fumble... spin move, or not.
It happens all the time in the NFL.

I guess you missed the part where I said he had a propensity to fumbling, as ball security was one reason he fell in the draft.  

[Yojimbo]

Keep in mind he’s just one year, this month, from an ankle injury almost as bad as Eiferts.