SoulfishHawk
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Walker and Charb, good luck defenses. Both are legit weapons.
I believe his name is Witherspoon.Can he play defense too ??? We need a monster like that again to make guys going over the middle nervous again.
He is definitely a hitter. Especially for a guy his sizeI believe his name is Witherspoon.
Defensive first down!He flew for a first down...
Yes he did. It wasn't even close. They al chose that run. Looking forward to see the picture of him posting with the sceptre.It should win angry runs tomorrow.
I hear what you're saying, and to some extent agree, but I think people, including you, are selling Walker short as a short yardage back. Eventually there will be stats and trends that make the case for one or the other, but for now, what I'm seeing...There is an interesting discussion to be had here about RB usage, because thus far we haven't really been using Charbs as either a 1-2 punch or as the thunder to Walker's lightning.
Modern NFL theory on RB rotation is that you try to give guys entire drives and that's what we've been doing. The idea is that it lets the back gets into a groove with repeated snaps and contact. The downside of course is that we had a few Walker short yardage snaps that I would have rather had Charbs in on, and then some first down carries for Charbs where Walker would have been more suited to the lack of OL run blocking.
In my view our two lead backs have such different styles that we should try to split the difference more between letting each play their own drive, but also putting each in their best situation to succeed.
Walker has top end awareness and elusiveness which allows him to create when there's no hole, which leads to a very high YPC but also very high variance. He should get most of the 1st and 10s, particularly when we have so many backup OL in who can't form a consistent hole.
Charbs is a downhill throwback runner who looks for contact and has a lower ceiling but a higher floor. I want to see him in the game on most 3rd/4th and 1s even if it's supposed to be Walker's drive.
Good point, this is an important factor. Splitting drives between guys avoids showing favoritism on those valuable goal to go opportunities. Plus, it may be a lot more incentive earlier in the drive if you think you'll be left in once the team is in the red zone.I know that I would have been super-unhappy to be subbed out once the drive gets into first-and-goal. Luckily there was no other decent option on that team. In any case, K9 can resolve this dilemma by simply taking 70+ yard runs to the house, like he did last year, and skipping the first-and-goal scenario entirely.
im waiting to see them both in the backfield at the same time. Rather tha telegraphing what type of run is coming given the skillsets these guys possess, put them both back there and let the defense trying to figure it out.