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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
But Hyde isn't slow to the hole; that's just the product of being a veteran RB. Now if he ends up running tentative then he'll get cut. But he's never been that guy before - he's always been willing to drive at the hole once he has the ball.
He's slow past it, sure - but that's not the role we're talking about here. He's no sort of breakaway threat.
But again, we're talking about a very limited, specialized niche here. And if you need that guy, you need that guy and taking a dude that weighs less than 200 lbs and putting him into that role will A) fail and B) get him ground into dust in all likelihood.
Like I said - if you're lucky is just doesn't matter. If I'm the Saints I have no use for a power back; we'll be playing in Domes and down south almost every week. Gimme my speed. But that's not the Chiefs. The Chiefs could end up in a situation where they absolutely need a guy who's not gonna dance, who's not gonna need to get small and find a crevice so he can 'fall forward'.
They may need a guy that can just run as hard as he can where the hole is supposed to open and if that hole doesn't open he just just hit the mother****er in front of him hard enough to move that pile forward. And if that's the case, Darwin Thompson is not gonna get that job done.
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Pretty much, if Carlos Hyde is here it is more of an indictment on Darrel Williams than anything, they need to have a larger back that can be counted on if the weather is ass or to pick up short key yards.