“Rookie Fever”s Red-Headed Stepchild: “Early Anointing”. (2 Viewers)

[TheWinz]

Najee = 225-250 touches, 8-10 TD's, 1100 total yards, RB24

Any naysayers care to throw out some numbers?

100 touches 340 yards 3 TDs
He’s due to get injured

Oh man! At least give him 430 yards on those 100 touches. That's his lifetime Yards per touch.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

That's his lifetime Yards per touch.

Oh sure, when Najee does it he’s “a steady contributor”, but when I do it I get called a creep and asked to leave the Applebees.

Seems unfair.

 

[TheWinz]

That's his lifetime Yards per touch.

Oh sure, when Najee does it he’s “a steady contributor”, but when I do it I get called a creep and asked to leave the Applebees.

Seems unfair.

Q: How do you know the California State Police are seriously enforcing the Speed Limits into San Francisco.
A: For the first offense, they give you two 49ers tickets. If you get stopped a second time, they make you use them.

 

[JohnnyU]

That's his lifetime Yards per touch.

Oh sure, when Najee does it he’s “a steady contributor”, but when I do it I get called a creep and asked to leave the Applebees.

Seems unfair.

Q: How do you know the California State Police are seriously enforcing the Speed Limits into San Francisco.
A: For the first offense, they give you two 49ers tickets. If you get stopped a second time, they make you use them.

For a 3rd offense you are forced to watch Chips reruns from beginning to end.

 

[TheWinz]

That's his lifetime Yards per touch.

Oh sure, when Najee does it he’s “a steady contributor”, but when I do it I get called a creep and asked to leave the Applebees.

Seems unfair.

Q: How do you know the California State Police are seriously enforcing the Speed Limits into San Francisco.
A: For the first offense, they give you two 49ers tickets. If you get stopped a second time, they make you use them.

For a 3rd offense you are forced to watch Chips reruns from beginning to end.

Estrada or nada

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

That's his lifetime Yards per touch.

Oh sure, when Najee does it he’s “a steady contributor”, but when I do it I get called a creep and asked to leave the Applebees.

Seems unfair.

Q: How do you know the California State Police are seriously enforcing the Speed Limits into San Francisco.
A: For the first offense, they give you two 49ers tickets. If you get stopped a second time, they make you use them.

For a 3rd offense you are forced to watch Chips reruns from beginning to end.

1. Rude
2. Extra rude
3. CHiPs ruled. Don’t front like you didn’t watch that show.

 

[Deamon]

Which of course is why they let go a 4K+ 35:12 Darnold, and *moved up* in the draft to take JJM, and have spent this entire offseason praising JJM’s work ethic while giving him more and more workload so he can expand the playbook.

To be fair, when the Vikings moved up to get JJM, they had no idea the Bears would release Rypien 4 months later. However, they are the dumbest organization on the planet because this past January they released Rypien exposing him to every NFL team. Lucky for them nobody else wanted their new franchise QB and they were able to sign him to the practice squad later.

Thank you.

I’m reasonably certain he was being sarcastic.

Nah

 

[Deamon]

Ah, no way! Tell Tim I say hi.

Wait... are you Brett Rypien?

His cousin

 

[Deamon]

Not Shtick. You'll see.

I give this a .0000001% chance of happening.

Reports out of camp are that JJM looks great, so I’m not sure what you’re basing any of this on. It does read like a schtick.

Only way JJM isn't the starter is if he gets injured.

I guess we will see.

So the spirit of this topic is to have thoughtful discourse on which young players we feel are anointed too early and more specifically *why*.

If you’re you’re going to make this assertion in here, don’t play this cat & mouse game BS with vague hints at your conclusion. Tell us who you believe will usurp the presumed incumbent and why, or kindly stop trolling what’s been a fun exchange.

Not trolling. Brett will be the starter.

I played golf with his dad a few months ago. I don't even think Mark thinks that Brett has any shot at being the starter.

Ah, no way! Tell Tim I say hi.

Oops, I meant his uncle!

To him too then haha.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I wouldn’t at all be surprised to see Najee as the early down banger & Hampton as a COP, receiver, breather back in his 1st year.

And as others have suggested, if Hampton struggles to protect the rock or pass protect Herbert, he’ll have a tough time staying in the mix.

Not saying that’s to be expected, I’m just saying it’s on the spectrum of possibilities and we just don’t know.

Another thing is if I have a vet signed for only one year and a rookie I control for up to 5 Years, I might be inclined to rack up the mileage on the old beater and preserve the mileage on the younger model for the long run. But as you said, there is always a range of outcomes.

 

[Ilov80s]

I wouldn’t at all be surprised to see Najee as the early down banger & Hampton as a COP, receiver, breather back in his 1st year.

And as others have suggested, if Hampton struggles to protect the rock or pass protect Herbert, he’ll have a tough time staying in the mix.

Not saying that’s to be expected, I’m just saying it’s on the spectrum of possibilities and we just don’t know.

Another thing is if I have a vet signed for only one year and a rookie I control for up to 5 Years, I might be inclined to rack up the mileage on the old beater and preserve the mileage on the younger model for the long run. But as you said, there is always a range of outcomes.

For sure but they aren't out for a Sunday drive to Church. This is the NFL. Daytona 500. F1. Slow and plodding can cost you yards, first downs, touchdowns, games. If Najee is leaving yards on the field and Hampton is making explosive plays, it's going to be hard to take an eagle eyed 5 year view of things. You might not be there in 5 years anyway if you aren't winning now.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

For sure but they aren't out for a Sunday drive to Church. This is the NFL. Daytona 500. F1. Slow and plodding can cost you yards, first downs, touchdowns, games. If Najee is leaving yards on the field and Hampton is making explosive plays, it's going to be hard to take an eagle eyed 5 year view of things. You might not be there in 5 years anyway if you aren't winning now.

Find someone who loves you as much as Harbaugh loves him some slow & plodding RBs.

If you went to a police sketch artist and described the perfect Harbaugh RB, he’d draw you a picture of Najee Harris. I’m just sayin.

Harbaugh would look at it like