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Originally Posted by GoWalrus
The fact is, this season, he was moved to wide receiver. His number of snaps as a RB was severely limited.
Almost every touch he got this year was as a WR.
He's too small to play RB in the NFL.
You don't have any answer for Dexter's complete inability to make people miss, do you?
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This season he was moved to WR because we had no depth due to injuries and "wtf" issues like Breaston, he ended up #2 in receptions. He totally sucks right?
This year he had 12 rushing attempts because we have a very deep backfield, and we were very thin at wide receiver.
Did you know Dexter has more carries in his career than receptions? When Jamaal got hurt, who did we use?
I'd argue that at least 1/3rd of his touches came from him lined up behind QB and at least 40% of them started with him in the backfield but could have motioned him.
He is also, NOT too small to play RB in the NFL and you would be stupid to ever repeat that phrase again.
Dexter actually has really good balance, I've watched him bounce off a few guys here and there, make a few guys miss here and there. You guys seem to think that because Matt Cassel checked down to him all year with 3 guys draped over him, that he can't make people miss.
Go watch the 2010 Dexter highlights again. When we actually played well as a team. He's going to get utilized just like that. Or hell, go watch the 2011 highlights of dexter. He was pretty productive.
And do you know what is scary? His YPC in the running has consecutively gone up each year, his YPC in receptions rebounded this year, and was the 2nd straight year that his number of catches went up in this offense.
Lets remember this post for this time next year, so I can come back and say "I told you so" when Dexter is sitting on 1200-1400 all purpose yards (offensively).