09-30-2019, 12:12 AM
(09-29-2019, 11:44 PM)jason Wrote: I don't think Kareem Hunt's gonna have much impact. Nick Chubb is the much better back. Sure Hunt will get some snaps every game, but they aren't gonna shift to a timeshare. Chubb's already proven his worth as a bell cow, and wasn't very good when he was part of a committee last year.
I don't like Hunt due to what he did in the Hotel, but he was a VERY good dual threat back before the investigation and getting cut last season and he's 24 years old with a full season of not getting hit so he's got plenty left on his wheels. Plus he's not coming off an injury so while he'll be rusty there isn't any issues like "does he trust the knee" or anything like that. He led the entire NFL in rushing as a rookie in 2017, while also putting up 8 TD's on the ground, 53 catches, 455 yards, and 3 TD's through the air. Last year in 11 games he still had 824 yards on the ground with 7 TD's and another 26 catches 378 yards and 7 receiving TD's. That's not an inferior back. Chubb is good, but he's not the receiving talent that Hunt is (80.6% catch percentage, 10.5 ypc, 10 rec TD's for Hunt on 79 career catches to Chubb's 70.5%, 7.4 ypc, 2 rec TD's on 31 grabs (not including his 3 rec, 18 yard, 0 TD receiving game today). If Hunt can knock the rust off he can be a monster on the field, and both of them could be even worse.
