[smithandrew051]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

I think people tried to speak Darwin Thompson's success into existence based on some college highlight plays that reminded them of Kareem Hunt-lite. Hunt had been cut the previous season, and for some reason people were hating on Damien Williams even though he did well at the end of 2018. After those guys, you had Carlos Hyde, Darrell Williams and crap. Shady McCoy didn't get signed until later. And I think we used Spencer Ware's corpse at some point, too?

Anyway, it was just too perfect of a setup for Darwin Thompson to be either our lead or at least situational RB. It made too much sense. And yeah, he did look good against backup buttholes in preseason, but as usual, the coaches know better.

Pacheco doesn't have the position handed to him at all. There's still pressure to use CEH, and it's hard to ignore Jet McKinnon's effectiveness in the playoffs. If Pacheco gets carries, it's because he earned them by being better than the other guys. If he's not, then he'll still probably make the team as a kick returner.

I agree with all of this. You seem nice.