09-21-2016, 04:25 PM
(09-21-2016, 07:38 AM)Wyche Wrote: One thing I think we're overlooking here.....Gio is a MUCH shiftier back. That's highly advantageous behind a porous offensive line. Ask Barry Sanders. Also...silly as this may sound....his stature affords him the ability to get "lost in traffic". Hill is a bigger target. Something to ponder.....it's kind of like when we had Palmer the statue and didn't address problems with o line. You can't have a downhill runner if you can't open holes. That said....Jeremy misses his share of them when they are there.
Agree with this. Also, YPC be damned, Gio hasn't looked good running the ball to me either. He's broke a couple 10+ yard gains that really boosted his YPC due to his tiny sample size thus far, but he's getting stuffed at the line a lot as well.
I get that some people aren't sold on Hill (putting it nicely), but I think it looks foolish to use these 2 games as evidence against him when we clearly have a severe issue with the line right now.
All that said, I wouldn't mind making Gio the primary back for awhile, because (a) he's better at making something out of nothing and (b) it could give even more evidence that the line is the main problem.
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