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Bingo. Burkhead, like Bolden, is also a good special teams player. (Injuries and further moves permitting) He'll most likely spend most of this season playing ST, since he is rather similar to White/Lewis.
I saw limited footage of Rex Burkhead last year but I recall him being a pretty solid downhill runner who plays bigger than his size, particularly b/w the tackles.
Wow...hopefully he's at the local bar bragging about this because he was dead-on...
On one hand he did nail it and I don't mind giving credit where credit is due but on the other hand he comped a white RB to Woodhead and Welker and than placed him in NE. This is not a new thing.
Yeah, maybe and maybe not. Brandon Bolden was also making around $3m/yr and he never sniffed the backfield except for emergencies. I do think Burkhead will be in the backfield a LOT more than Bolden. That said, it's a long way until September.
I would put it at 10% chance that Burkhead assumes the Blount running down role and ends up with the most carries. I actually think there is a greater likelihood that the RB corp is:
Pretty minor quibble, but just wanted to point out that Bolden was signed in 2015 to a 2 year, ~$2.2 million deal ($1.1 million salary in 2015, $1 million 2016, with some small bonuses). I agree that NE is likely to draft a RB (I'm guessing late, based purely on their track record) and there's a long way to go before the season in which a lot could change, but I do feel it is a mistake to believe that the Patriots valued Burkhead and Bolden similarly.
I couldn’t disagree with you more. Lewis is a dominant player in the Patriots system when healthy. Just look at his 3td, 188 total yard performance vs the Texans in this years playoffs...Assuming health he will have a major role with the Patriots this coming season.
James White has also had dominant games in this system. As has a bunch of other RBs we have forgotten about.
Agree and disagree...I do see a bigger RB (be it Blount or someone else) eventually being added and taking those carries...my point is as of right now it would probably go to Burkhead...where I disagree is Burkhead being a fourth option...if he was going to be that I don't think they would have given him that much money...Lewis is interesting...I think a lot depends on whether he gets back that "giddy-up" he had prior to the injury...he was not the same player last year...as for White I have grown to like him and has carved out a real nice niche in the passing game but I don't think running the ball is a real strength of his...he has only had 9-22-39 carries in his three years there...
Sorry I didn't mean the order of my bullets to indicate a depth chart. I would expect in that above scenario Blount to be what he is, a rookie to potentially start stealing those touches while sometimes being game day inactive, and White/Burkhead to basically be what White/Lewis have been.
So either a 5'10", 210 lb white RB can be a primary RB, or he can't be. This article makes it sound like Burkhead can be, but some in the McCaffrey thread says that can't happen.
Well that was fairly pointless. No offense, Boston, as I appreciate almost all news in this slow time.
I haven't really waded in to any of the McCaffrey stuff, but it seems we're doing some rounding here to make the comparison. If we go by combine weights, Burkhead was 12 lbs heavier than McCaffrey (214lbs vs 202lbs).buck naked said:So either a 5'10", 210 lb white RB can be a primary RB, or he can't be. This article makes it sound like Burkhead can be, but some in the McCaffrey thread says that can't happen.
Im so confused!
I am torn on Lewis because he was clearly playing at well under 100% last year and a lot of times these guys two years removed from a major injury can be a great buy in dynasty. We've seen it before with guys like Welker who are still a step slow the year following their injury and people kind of forget how good they were before, which leaves a pretty nice buy window.
If so, would love the Steelers to bring him in for a visit.massraider said:
The only way I see Lewis getting cut is if he gets hurt again or if he has some off field issue that we are not aware about. He is only due $1.2 million this year. There is no reason to cut him. They need a returner, he will undoubtedly be used as a mismatch when he is on the field on offense, and if NE does what they wanted to do last year (have sets with both White and Lewis in the backfield at the same time), they can wreak even more havoc.massraider said:
