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Originally Posted by Detoxing
Dude is averaging 2.6 YPC. |
I care about one thing and one thing only with him - hot, nasty, badass speed. That's it.
And I've seen a couple clips of cut and run plays where he still shows his burst. No, I'm not expecting him to pick through the line or do anything at all between the tackles.
I'm thinking about those outside zone looks that they tried to run with CEH earlier in the year and were failing miserably with Williams a couple of weeks ago. Plays where he can just find a corner and turn on the jets.
As a change of pace back, he presents something we just don't have right now. Especially if McKinnon's hamstring keeps him out at all. We have a bye week to get him up to speed w/ a limited playbook and hell, he may even have some knowledge we can use against the Broncos (though admittedly pretty unlikely).
I think it's a zero cost, no brainer of a move. Many of us (or at least me - repeatedly) have lamented the lack of speed in our backfield and how that keeps us from really threatening that cover 2 shell. Teams don't fear our running game because we just are not a threat to break a long run. Well Lindsay with just 5-6 carries/gm could occasionally pop one of those.
He's just a different animal than what we otherwise have.