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Not sure about that. When was the last time a Redskin RB had a big year? Portis 6-8 years ago?
He can't because it's not true. Remember Shanahanigans 2 years ago? Nobody would touch a Redskins RB because there was a new starter every week and he remained tight lipped about it. I remember seeing Morris in the preseason last year and he looked good. I was caught up in the Shanahanigans philosophy though so went into the draft saying I wouldn't touch a Redskins RB. He ran tough and was tough to go down. He was one of those no nonsense guys that seemed to always fall forward 2-3 yards after he was hit. There's nothing elite about him. He's just a tough football player. It doesn't hurt that they have a decent QB now too.
Funny you mention this. Looking at this crop of rookie RBs on Youtube and Bell doesn't have blazing speed. Most of his longer runs were 10 to 20 yards at the most. Gio looks to be the best RB in this class. However Bell also seemed to fall forward 3 yards when being tackled as well. So Bell may be the guy. Guess we will know more when pre season games are played.
Shanahan's only been the Redskins coach since 2010. All sorts of nobodies were fantasy studs in Denver under Shanahan, so I'm guessing this is just another one of those cases.
Last year was the first year they had RG3 and the first year running the read option. Both RG3 and the read option really help the running game. I don't think you can at all compare pre-RG3 to the current team.
60/40 in your favor. He has a great line and a coach that's has a proven RB system and surely wants to satisfy his NFL sized ego by finding another late round gem at RB. But it takes a special player, not necessarily a special talent physically, to seize that opportunity to the extent he did as a rookie.
It's really not a great line. They have gelled over time, and work well together, but it's not ideal in the least. We've actually got some young draft picks in the pipeline for the interior OL and hopefully at RT as well that fans are really, really hoping step up and pan out. Chester and Polumbus specifically are serious weak links, although Trent Williams is on the verge of league-wide recognition as a top-5 OT.
No. Alfred is a better all-around RB than Helu, and the vast majority of Skins fans who have seen all of their touches would tell you that. There's an important role on this team for Helu if he can stay healthy, but it's not Morris' spot.
We're not a WCO. Unless you meant ZBS? Those two things don't necessarily go hand in hand.
The question was how. Morris would have been fantasy irrelevant if Helu were healthy last year. Truthiness.
How did he "fool everyone" and come into the league and onto the field as a starter week 1 without any fanfare, not how did he get his shot at the job. At least that's how I interpreted the title.
Well, in my rookie draft in late August, Alf was a late 1st round pick.
I remember looking at the depth chart list on my draft dominator in the final round of my rookie draft last year and Morris was listed #1 in late August. I remember thinking what the hell and took him with the last pick in our rookie draft. I knew nothing about him, but boy did it ever work out.
You have no credibility. The argument above is doo doo: why dont you explain to us how the read option made those 3 out of 4 top rushing teams so successful?
I agree it is the system not the back. I don't want to dig into numbers to make a point but..
You may want to check your coach and his history. While Alex Gibbs burst onto the scene with Shanny in Denver with his ZBS he's been a WCO guy since San Fran.
You're correct about the roots of his scheme. He comes from that coaching tree. But he believes it's different enough now that he no longer identifies is as a WCO, technically.
Its all semantics anyways, so much of the league is going towards a spread look, with more and more teams copying the pistol innovation, that offenses are becoming more alike than different every season, each innovation building upon the last as everyone plays copy-cat with a twist. It's starting to not really matter.
Bell had better agility numbers at the combine than Bernard. Maybe not the same straight line speed, but Bell's straight line speed was pretty good for his size, better than Morris.
Not to argue the point but Bell comes in with hype, Morris didn't. If I were to look for a comparison it might be Taylor in AZ. It is to bad that his former Cardinal Oline is superior to his current, but he is a very tough, between the tackle runner and I believe all he needs is a chance.
no helu is in line to be that 3rd down complement as long as he can stay healthy, maybe 5th rd pick chris thompson if not
This is incorrect. Shanahan specifically said at the podium the other day that they're working Morris into the passing game more. Before that, Morris said that besides staying in shape the most work he's done this offseason has been improving his receiving skills. Helu or Thompson will get some of those touches if Shanahan can't keep them off the field, but Morris is being worked in there as well. He graded out very highly in pass pro last season, as a rookie.
All the same factors? Like Helu having achilles tendonitis in both legs plus a toe injury?
good point. I think they want to have Morris more well-rounded in the case that Thompson/Helu aren't healthy/worthy of those touches, but plan A is to have at least one of them mixed in.
Helu hasn't proven to be able to stay healthy with a full workload. I think he will be a pretty decent option in ppr leagues though.
I thought it was just preseason soft tackling a la Lance Kendricks rookie season. He proved me wrong every game last year.
