Todd Gurley: Would You?
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Was not this term also used on Tavon Austin?
We have a fully healthy 2014 3rd round selection RB wearing street clothes on the sideline now adding Zero to help this team now. I just do not see an need of a RB when we have two 2nd yr RB's & two rookie RB's healthy & ready to go. Then there's also this other Elite Player named Tavon Austin who has been a part time RB too. TA is just in his 2nd season too. A ton of youth & Unused talent standing around.
Making that statement is a bit premature wouldn't you say? Stacy played extremely well last season and imo Cunningham has even more potential than him.
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I was never in favor of Austin at #8 overall. Second, Austin isn't an every down player.
6'1, 232 lbs RBs who, I'm betting since there aren't any times out there that I can find, run better than a 4.5 don't grow on trees.
Lynch ran a 4.46. Bet Gurley does the same.
That said, we DO have some pretty good RBs though I still think Mason was probably a wasted pick. Next year has a boatload of premiere RB talent coming out.
I love Bennie and I love Zac, but damned if a Lynch type RB doesn't make you drool. Cruisin for a bruisin if you had Gurley running behind Robinson.
At any rate, I just want elite in next year's draft and I don't know if there's a QB that's elite right now.
Until we get our QB situation fixed, most other things need to be put on back burner, so to speak. I just want a QB that will play for 10-15 years with great success. Albeit Sam Bradford or someone else. We cannot continue to have third string QB's play and rely on everyone else to pick up the slack.
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Unless we're drafting in the top 10 again, we aren't getting Wintson (and I don't want the crab stealing rapist anyway) or Mariota sans a MASSIVE trade-up and there is too much talent in this draft next year to burn picks.
Who outside of that would be worth a 1st anyway?
Not every great QB has to come from a first round pick. I know people hate the guy and most didn't see it happening, but Tom Brady is the poster child of a low round QB who is great (damn that hurt.) If you go back through the years, you will see most great QB's were never drafted in the first round. There are plenty of excellent pro-style QBs in college, you just need to find the guy who will fit your system. By the way, Winston would never be drafted by the RAMS because their style of offense does not require a running-style QB, which is why we didn't look to trade Sam and draft RG3. Vince Young did not work under Fisher at Tennessee, so I do not see that type of QB playing in the current system. Same goes for Mariota. Unless the RAMS change coordinators and go to a style of offense that allows a QB to run, we are going to stay with a pocket passing QB. I have not had time to really look at the current class of QB's eligible to enter next year's draft, and I won't until we get closer to the end of the college season, so I'm not sure who would be the best to draft, but I do know we don't need another running back at this point.
True.. I still call Wilson a mobile game manager though not saying he don't have the potential to become a bigger part of the offense but I don't think they win because of him but they certainly don't lose because of him either
He doesn't always hit the hole as hard as he should. There are times he's just too hesitant. I don't think he's going to be a top of the draft talent. Probably a mid to late first rounder.
I'll bet you if they were both playing at the exact same time during their collegiate peak there would be a very healthy debate who was better. Guaranteed.
It's easy to look good when your entire offensive line is going to the NFL though. Georgia has a good line, but it wasn't anything like Alabama's when Trent played. They could have fielded a better offensive line then some NFL teams.
Who cares? Are you attempting to argue that Richardson and Gurley are very similar players or that the SEC tends to put out ineffective NFL HBs?