Sign the Beast XLIX: RB Pierre Thomas - Make It Happen, Please

thomas runs hard and has good hands....get him bill

We like our 3rd down backs to be versatile. Lining up at times outside as a reciever. Do not think Thomas has those skill sets

DaBruinz said:

Shmessy - merge your duplicate threads man.. *LOL*

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Thanks for the heads up, DB. I didn't see that. Still having a tough time with the website glitch stalling when I create a thread.

shmessy said:

Thanks for the heads up, DB. I didn't see that. Still having a tough time with the website glitch stalling when I create a thread.

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No worries.. I think Ian will only give you 25 lashes with wet noodles instead of 50.. *LOL*

BUSTAMOVE said:

We like our 3rd down backs to be versatile. Lining up at times outside as a reciever. Do not think Thomas has those skill sets

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Have to disagree here. We did this because Vereen had that athleticism. Faulk rarely, if ever, lined up outside..

DaBruinz said:

No worries.. I think Ian will only give you 25 lashes with wet noodles instead of 50.. *LOL*

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It's called the Mod Discount.

DaBruinz said:

Have to disagree here. We did this because Vereen had that athleticism. Faulk rarely, if ever, lined up outside..

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Reason for that was that Verren was a different cat from Faulk or Woodhead for that matter. Better straight line speed, not as much wiggle.

BUSTAMOVE said:

We like our 3rd down backs to be versatile. Lining up at times outside as a reciever. Do not think Thomas has those skill sets

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Lynch lines up as a receiver at times. If McDaniels ask Thomas to do so, he will be more than capable of it. Thomas' ability to turn a screen into a first down is more than worth any lose of supposed versatility. The guy is one of the best in the league at bailing his QB out of pressure.

Whats up with James White? Seems like he's a complete unknown. Looked good in garbage time vs KC but that's it. Can he line up as a wide out like Vereen?

Sticky Caulk said:

Lynch lines up as a receiver at times. If McDaniels ask Thomas to do so, he will be more than capable of it. Thomas' ability to turn a screen into a first down is more than worth any lose of supposed versatility. The guy is one of the best in the league at bailing his QB out of pressure.

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right, and doesn't fall down on first contact like many 3rd down backs do

50-yard-line said:

He's got 122 catches for around 900 yards over the last two years, to go along with 770 rushing yards in that time frame - and had a 4.9 ypc last year.

when has Bolden ever shown any ability to approach that kind of production?

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I'm not debating Thomas has been a better player over his career but he is 30 years old so his best years are behind him. I'm looking at developing White but using Bolden short term. White has the tools to be successful as a 3DRB in my opinion.

shmessy said:

Reason for that was that Verren was a different cat from Faulk or Woodhead for that matter. Better straight line speed, not as much wiggle.

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Woodhead flexed out more often than Vereen. Woodhead entered the NFL as a WR. Vereen was one of the more overrated players to wear a Patriots uniform in the past decade in my opinion:

Chris Johnson, why stop with that amateur? Is OJ in game shape?

Brady6 said:

White has the tools to be successful as a 3DRB in my opinion.

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I was really rooting for White last year, knowing vereen would probably leave for bigger money. When he played in PS and very little during the season, I squinted and squinted and squinted and he still did not show any signs of having "it".

I have a feeling ....the draft holds the answer to Vareens replacement....

The desperation from the OP about a 30-year old role player leads me to believe we are better off ducking out of the FA market and addressing this later in the offseason.

Thomas is too easy to spell. I for one can't wait until they draft Jay Ajayi so we have another running back whose name is constantly misspelled on this board.

SONS_OF_BELICHICK said:

I have a feeling ....the draft holds the answer to Vareens replacement....

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Yeah but we have to find a replacement for Vereen too.

primetime said:

Thomas is too easy to spell. I for one can't wait until they draft Jay Ajayi so we have another running back whose name is constantly misspelled on this board.

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I'm a big fan of him, he has a wide running style very similar to Lynch, plus he can play all 3 downs. I would love to see him selected, or Tevin Coleman is another back I like.

shmessy said:

I was really rooting for White last year, knowing vereen would probably leave for bigger money. When he played in PS and very little during the season, I squinted and squinted and squinted and he still did not show any signs of having "it".

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In the preseason they used him a lot as a inside the tackles runner. As a receiver he showed very well in my opinion, as an inside the tackle runner I agree he was not a site to be seen.