Samje Perine

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(01-27-2017, 07:51 AM)bengalsturntup926 Wrote: I did like what I seen out of perrine, but I don't think he'd be any kind of game changer rb, I was looking at all the past drafts, and it really is a crap shoot on rbs. There's just so many of them.  For instance we could of had bell but we chose, gio Bernard. Freeman was is looking the best out of his class and he was a 3rd round.  There was one draft with Peterson and Lynch in the first round, I think that kind of reminds me of this year with cook and fornette, I think cook is a sure thing, fornette is risky. Demarco Murray also was a 3rd rounder.

Le'Veon Bell made a big commitment to drop weight. His weight his rookie season in Pittsburgh was 244. He's now down to 225.
It was also reported he was over 250 his senior year at MSU. He dropped to 230 for the combine, which means he ballooned back up to 244 after the combine. Bell also ran a 4.60 40 at the combine at 230 lbs, which is good but not a speedster by any means. BJGE ran a 4.60 40 and was 225 lbs, so the team might have thought he'd be a plodding RB like BJGE and that wasn't what they wanted.

It's taken Bell and the Pittsburgh staff to really get Bell to become a star in the NFL and keep the weight off, as he was not at that level coming out of college. Would the Bengals have been able to get Bell where he is today? I doubt it.

At the time, the Bengals had the plodder in BJGE and needed a scat back to be more dynamic. They got Gio and he's been solid in that role. They then decided to drop BJGE and get a bigger RB in 2014, which is why they didn't go for a RB like Freeman.

It's crazy to imagine though that if the Bengals had done the reverse (find a replacement plodder in 2013 and a scat back in 2014), they could have had both Bell and Freeman. That could be one hell of a dynamic backfield. Even if Bell never committed to being more explosive and lose 20 lbs, it still would likely be better than what the Bengals have now.