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Originally Posted by SNR
I was actually pretty pissed that we were courting both Hillis and Tolbert this offseason and went this Hillis over Tolbert. I don't think Hillis is great at all, but I realized that for what we need him, he'll do a pretty damn good job. We're not going to ask him to be the offense. We're not even going to ask him to be our entire backfield. If he even plays at 80% of his 2010 level, he will be EXCELLENT in the Thomas Jones role. Everything else he can do is just icing.
So Hunter is far from elite but he's not much of a dropoff from Gore? Then you just made my point. Gore is not elite. Charles IS elite. The 49ers would have an advantage if either team sustained injury to their starters. But if we do that, now we're not just bringing injury into the equation, we're making it an entire side of the equation. We're saying, "There is a case where the 49ers have better RBs, and that's if there's an injury to both teams' starters. So let's make that a preliminary assumption when comparing these teams."
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I agree with your entire first paragraph. If the chiefs had tolbert, this would be a completely different story. But they don't, so we have to go with Hillis. And you know just as well as I do that Hillis is not a sure thing. Maybe he can be 80% of what he was, and that would be great, but he was ****ing awful last year.
I don't think Hunter is "far from" elite. He just isn't elite. But I guarantee anybody who watched the niners last year knows how special he is in a complimentary role to a workhorse back like Gore. He's a damn solid #2, and adding James to that mix is scary. If you watched him in college, you know James has JC-like potential that can be utilized in many different ways.*
I'm not a huge fan of Jacobs either, but he is an upgrade over Dixon. I think the 49er FO is just trying to see if he can provide some power, and if not, they have a really good FB in Brit Miller or Gore will take those carries.
*I'm not saying he's JC (you may take it that way judging by the way you've been reading my posts). I'm simply saying he's giving the niners a home-run threat like JC with his ceiling being like JC.
At this point, let's agree to disagree. I don't think we'll ever agree on this. I'm a Chiefs fan, and really hope our rb's are better next year, but I just can't get over the 49ers' depth.