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Originally Posted by Cephalic Trauma
Your post shows it. The guy ran for 1200 yards last year, good for 6th in the league. He's had 1000 yard seasons, in 5 of his 7 seasons, and is a threat to catch the ball out of the backfield. Not to mention he's above average in pass blocking. He's easily a top ten back when healthy.
Hunter is Gore-lite when he gets carries.
Regarding James, any rookie is unproven. What's your point? The guy has an enormous amount of potential.
The 49ers are much better as a group.
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I'd still rather have all those RBs I listed over Gore.
In the game of football, only one guy can carry the football at a time. If both Charles and Gore touch the ball 250 times in a season, the only thing that matters when comparing them is the talent. If Charles is the better back, then a huge chunk of each RB stable's total touches becomes affected.
Charles and Hillis are going to account for 90%+ of the Chiefs touches by RBs. I'd rather have those two guys toting the ball for me than a mixture of Gore, James, Hunter, and Jacobs.
Again, this is based on what we know now. If James or Hunter explode into elite RBs this season, then we're talking a completely different story. But from what we know from years past, Charles and Hillis as a combo are better than those four guys based solely on the distribution between the backs.