How Much Does RB Strength Matter Now, And Who Is The Strongest RB In The League? (1 Viewer)

[HairyGOATee]

How Much Does RB Strength Matter Now, And Who Is The Strongest RB In The League?

I ask because I feel like we are moving more towards speed, agility, route running, and pass-catching. Guys like Alfred Morris Marion Barber III and other pounders/grinders are becoming more rare now, as more and more teams opt to go with more "skilled" and "versatile" RBs (put those in quotes b/c they are debatable).

So what do you think?

 

[Interseptopus]

 

[voiceofunreason]

Ban dan

 

[Dr. Octopus]

He's a CB here but he may have played some RB as well.

 

[Biabreakable]

The bench press is the least predictive of combine metrics for the RB position.

 

[Tanner9919]

I dunno, Barkley is Quadzilla and the legs seem to work for him.

 

[HairyGOATee]

I dunno, Barkley is Quadzilla and the legs seem to work for him.

True, and if Zeke is going to be taken down for a loss, he always uses his power to gain back every single millimeter that he can.

But not sure I'd call those guys power backs.

 

[HairyGOATee]

Please elaborate on why you feel this way.

 

[HairyGOATee]

Ban dan

Although I "loved" the comment, that'd be going too far for sure. 

If he doesn't like this post, then I am more than happy to hear why. Moving on from big, bulky, and POWER backs is a trend we have definitely seen in the NFL, and I know that other boards have discussed it at length too.