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Originally Posted by prhom
Damien was good for us down the stretch, and I’m not going to be overly harsh on him. I think he’s an asset to the team and happy he’s a Chief. He will get production and it may be on par with what Hunt was providing in terms of yards and points. He’s just not the kind of guy who is going to get tough yards. Hunt seemed to relish grinding out gritty runs. I can’t recall how many times I saw Damien run into someone downfield completely upright. Hunt would have made that guy regret trying to tackle him.
I know Hunt is gone and get why, but we haven’t replaced that attitude and I wish we had. I thought we might draft someone like that. Maybe next year??
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I'm didn't mean to be harsh on Damien. I'm being harsh on those who fail to grasp the difference between the two and HOW those productions were made.
I'm confident about Thompson as long as he can put on some mass without loosing much speed - which Tyreek manage to do so it may happen.
@ DJ's left nut, "force" (such as inertia/momentum) is the result of speed X mass, which is what makes me hope in Thompson.
The abilility to change direction abruptly and force tackles has more to do with responsiveness, fiber muscle quality and center of gravity anyway, besides being a natural attitude of course, and one which is hardly acquired through practice.
If it was just a matter of weight everyone would use tackles at running backs.