I wouldn't say that Carson is a bust at all, he certainly has some good value as a RB "prospect". To me he will remain a "prospect" until he has more consistent playing time to really show what he has. 4 games isn't enough to properly evaluate his performance. You don't have to be a "stats geek" to see the difference in performance between these two RB's. I'm not saying that Carson is bad or anything, I just think many here may be a little too optimistic about him based on the extremely small sample size. I certainly think that Carson can and will be a good member of the RB room if he can stay healthy and add value as a backup to the real RB they just drafted in the 1-st round. No way in hell will Carson be the starter over Penney. Together, however, they can all be part of a successful and revitalized running game, each with a roll to play. Carson will likely be the B/U to Penney & after the preseason games this will be obvious. IMO.
Chris Carson, 2013-2016, (Oklahoma St.)
2013: No carries, No yards
2014: No carries, No yards
2015: 131 carries, 517-yds, 3.9-ypc, 4-TD's
2016: 82 carries, 559-yds, 6.8-ypc, 9-TD's (showing the "potential" that PC liked)
TOTALS: 213 carries for 1076-yds, 5.05-ypc, 13-TD's
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Chris Carson, 2017: (As a Seahawk)
---VS: Green Bay, A 17-9---LOSS
6 carries for 39-yds, 6.5-ypc, 0-TD's, 1 reception, 10-yds, 0-TD's
---VS: San Francisco, A 12-9---WIN
20 carries for 93-yds, 4.6-ypc, 0-TD's, 1 reception, 7-yds, 0-TD's (1 decent game out of 4 games, maybe just a fluke?)
---VS: Tennessee, A 33-27---LOSS
11 carries for 34-yds, 3.1-ypc, 0-TD's, 2 receptions, 18-yds, 1-TD.
---VS: Indiana, A 46-18---WIN
12 carries, 42-yds, 3.5-ypc, 0-TD's, 3 receptions, 24-yds.
---TOTALS: 49 carries for 208-yds, 4.2-ypc, 0-TD's, 7 receptions, 59-yds, 1-TD.
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Rashaad Penney, @ SDST. in 2017 alone, had individual games of:
197-yds, 216-yds, 175-yds, 128-yds, 107-yds, 170-yds, 53-yds, 69-yds, 253-yds, 234-yds, 222-yds, 203-yds & 221-yds.
(That totals 5, almost 7 games where Penney had more yards in a game than Carson had in his 4 games last year.)
--NOTE #1: The 53 & 69-yd games were both in losses when 2 of their 3 Freshmen OL were hurt & replaced with B/U freshmen OL, on a team also with poor QB play that was a run first team.
--NOTE #2: Penney often faced 7 & 8 in the box on his carries as he was the focal point of the SDST run first offense. They knew he was coming, but couldn't stop him, that's the definition of a great RB IMO.
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