Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 14930112)

IOL, IMO. DE is sneaky thin (since Speaks sucks, K-Pass is in a contract year and Okafor is a likely cut candidate next season).

But the value wasn't there at either anymore at IOL or LB so I get it.

Originally Posted by Cosmos (Post 14930281)

Agreed, but remember this name...Tim Ward, a free agent DE on the roster who was injured last year. Coaches were impressed before he went down.

Originally Posted by Megatron96 (Post 14930245)

No, boo-boo, no.

First, the OL came together in the last quarter of the season and in the playoffs, and we were able to run much more effectively than in the first half of the season.

Second, as a pure runner, CEH has the kind of vision, football IQ, acceleration, balance, and shifty-ness to find creases to run through that no one else in the RB room has. Which you would know if you had watched the Brett Kolmann video, which explains this in a way that even dummies can understand. There's pictures with arrows and everything. You should go watch it.

So even if the call is an interior gap run, this kid has the tools to find yards that our RB group couldn't find last season, other than Shady, who is also elite in those respects.

In fact, CEH is exactly the kind of RB you want on the field when your OL isn't playing very well. This kind of ankle-breaker can effectively hide a lot of OL issues as far as the running game goes.

Originally Posted by Chief Northman (Post 14930223)

Screw Thompson. If Darrell is healthy, keep the big back with sweet pass-catching skills. Washington can spill Clyde, Darrell can spill Damien. The only upside Thompson has is that he got a lot of experience on specials last season.

Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 14930277)

CEH and Damian are locks

I assume the rest of the spots are up for grabs with Washington having an inside track, they may only keep 3 as honestly Darrell Williams and Darwin Thompson haven't shown all that much.

Originally Posted by Detoxing (Post 14930285)

It should be noted that the corpse of Lesean McCoy averaged 4.6YPC behind this line last year.

CEH will be fine.

Originally Posted by lcarus (Post 14930259)

Watching tape of this guy and my god, his routes as a pass catcher are dirty. His jukes are other worldly.

Originally Posted by Mecca (Post 14930289)

McCoy looked better because he was shifty and what do you know we draft a shifty guy.

Originally Posted by lcarus (Post 14930279)

All the times it appears the defense has him reeled in 5 yards behind the first down marker and he always finds a way to pick it up anyway (or get damn close) is my favorite thing about him.

Originally Posted by tyreekthefreak (Post 14929668)

Still won't be able to run the ball if the O-line doesn't improve. How many times did we run it straight up the gut for no gain last year???

Answer....A ton!

Originally Posted by Chris Meck (Post 14930258)

Yeah, he's got that elusiveness and change of direction to make something out of nothing. It's a rare talent, and that's what you have to have if you've got a middle of the pack at best OL.

We're also not going to suddenly hand off 30 times a game. I mean, that's just not what Andy Reid does. I don't care if we had Barry Sanders and Walter Payton.

And Clyde's got a little of both of those guys going on.

Originally Posted by BryanBusby (Post 14930280)

Just watch his tape against Bama if you're in doubt.

Originally Posted by BryanBusby (Post 14930280)

Just watch his tape against Bama if you're in doubt.

Originally Posted by Megatron96 (Post 14930301)

CEH is going to run behind Damien and Washington this season. He'll see about 15 snaps a game. Remember he has to learn the playbook, and he has to make EB believe that he can pass pro just to get on the field.

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