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Originally Posted by dirk digler
I know this won't make me popular but we haven't had a true #1 RB since Hunt left. All we had is a bunch of average RB's and that includes Pacheco. He was #17th in rushing last year, with 935 yds in 14 games. meh..I like him but isn't what Kareem was. Hunt had 1327 yds his rookie season and was on his way to that number again or higher before he left. He had 827 yds in 11 games for us.
The only question I have is the lack of a good RB the talent we have or is it because our OL isn't a great run blocking unit? I will be interested to see how Hunt runs behind this OL and that should tell us quite a bit.
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Let's say he was 17th in rushing over the entire season. That would imply that he was right in the middle of NFL RBs and very average. Hate to break it to you, but that is an average #1 RB.
Now let's consider that he only played 14 games. If we annualize that to 17 games, it's 1135yds.
Compared with other running backs who played 17 games, that's 32yds behind Derrick Henry, 13yds ahead of James Cook, 141yds ahead of Breece Hall, and 159yds ahead of Bijan Robinson.
I'm not saying he's better than those guys, but he's in the same conversation and bracket as them. And those are clear #1 RBs.