I was just pointing out that pass protection might not be an impediment to either Gibson or Love having a receiving RB role in the offense based on Ron Rivera using CMC as much as he did as a rookie, despite how poorly CMC protected the QB.
I am not sure either. He hasn't played in a long time. I never got around to evaluating that for Love. Love had a 2k rushing season in 2017. But comparing his receiving stats to McCaffrey he didnt produce nearly as much as CMC as a receiver. The connection between Love and CMC is that they were both from Standford and both are smaller RB. This connection matters somewhat because of Ron Rivera
I am not sure how many times they had Stewart and McCaffrey on the field at the same time. There was an easing in process with McCaffrey his rookie season. He was used as a receiver a lot. He did play 70% of their offensive snaps. Stewart and Cam did have more rushing attempts than CMC his rookie year.
Well looking into CMCs rookie season and trouble with pass protection, one of those games was against the Steelers who used a lot of blitzing and so on to force CMC into a situation where he had to block. This is where some of his bad reps happened. So if Gibson or whoever is the RB has a weakness in pass pro, the opposing defense may try to force the RB into more pass blocking reps by the way they rush, and in that case maybe Barber would play more snaps as an adjustment.
As far as Peterson, unless he has really improved in pass protection over the last two years, he is not good at it either.
Love was not as good a receiver as CMC. Gibson has been good at everything statistically but over a small sample size. I have watched what I could find on him and think he has a lot to learn in terms of running routes, changing gears and the nuance of the position. He is really athletically gifted though and has everything you could ask for as far as that goes. If I saw perhaps double the sample of plays that he had, and he looked just as electric? That would be enough for me to think he is one of the top players in the class. Its really not enough plays for me to say that with confidence though.
its the coaches comparing Gibson to CMC as far as their long term vision/hope for him in the offense.
Appreciate the clarifications. good insight throughout.
honestly not a lot to get excited about here imo. It’s a muddied mess & if I didn’t have AP as a $1 draft pick in dynasty I wouldn’t be invested in the WAS offense at all, nor would I be looking to be. Especially for the perceived value of Gibson (1-2 round value per others above).
that team looks like a train wreck, and I honestly want no part of it.
too many years chasing RBs on bad teams. The only time it really worked out for me was Jamal Lewis in his record breaking return from the torn ACL. And that Ravens team knew how to run, had the OL to do it, and had a defense that kept games close enough to keep feeding Jailbird the ball.
I know others had good luck with MJD in terrible Jacksonville teams, but he was a special talent and was game-script neutral since he was a complete player. Also, he drafted himself with his 1st round pick in FF every year, which is my favorite football player story, since before he said that a lot of NFL players poo poo’d fantasy football.
anyway, the point is, having 2 legs & a job isn’t quite the draw it used to be, so even if Gibson or Love “wins” the starting gig & they put AP out to pasture, you’re still not likely to get much more than a RB3, and I can’t imagine the TBD’s going into 2021 without drafting or signing a RB. This looks like a collection of “let’s see what floats to the top” to me. From what I’ve read, Love is the most talented back on the team (considering APs age/mileage/lack of ability as a receiver) but his health is an unknown.
. In case you weren’t being hyperbolic. And he had 38 receptions (at 19 a pop!) that’s a pretty good sample size from which to evaluate a running back’s skillset!
