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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Yeah - 2023 Fat Clyde (AKA: Clyde Edwards Éclair) was a different animal than previous versions.
He was much sturdier at contact. Not in a Jamaal Charles way where contact balance allowed him to keep moving after contact, but mostly in a mini-Bettis sort of 'physics work' way.
He still has those short/choppy strides so he's solid out of the backfield and he still has good hands. He doesn't have any burst to speak of but he's not pretending like he does anymore.
He's not the guy he was when he was drafted. And while that's trading any ceiling at all for a playable floor, at least the floor is viable now. The ceiling was pretty obviously a pipe dream to begin with.
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He had 1.1 yards after contact/attempt last year, his worst of his career. I think they used him so infrequently that when they would use him and he'd have a good play, people would fixate on that play more than they otherwise would. Cause he was really bad last year.