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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.
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I was pleasantly surprised, seeing him perform like he's been there before.
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Agree he looked like he belonged, just a complete 180 degrees from the preseason.
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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.
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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.
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(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.
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Yep, he's really coming along nicely. Big time improvement in a short amount of time. Gotta love it.
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Would love to see him continue to improve. Just another weapon for the offense.
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Great to see him play well!
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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.
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(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.
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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.
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(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.
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(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..
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(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..
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(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.
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i remember a nice catch and run, and Andy missed him on another where he probably would have gotten some nice yards.
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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.
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(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.
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Keep in mind he’s just one year, this month, from an ankle injury almost as bad as Eiferts.
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