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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I see lots of praise for James White (and I am one of them, he has played well!) but its not really a comparison (if Dion is fully healthy).
I actually feel like people are talking up Dion's return just a little too much. I like him and he's good but I don't think he's going to make a world's difference in what is already a very good year from our RBs. Yes it will be better, but not 5X better.
What I'm really happy about is the extra depth we will have at RB if/when he comes back, regardless of who is getting the most carries and catches from the backfield.
90 yards per game is definitely great production, but it wouldn't be 90 additional yards of production vs what we have now. Maybe it will 90 instead of 65 or 75 with the current guys playing. That's the only point I was trying to make.I think its a major unknown but I tend to agree with you.
Before he got hurt he was averaging about 12 touches and ~90 yards of total offense a game. Thats some major, major production.
Coming off of the injury and the new players doing well, I think they will ease him in slowly and see how the flow of the offense goes with him in it.
If he can give them 1/2 of what he did last year that'll give them another dimension defenses need to deal with.
Poor bastards.
I actually feel like people are talking up Dion's return just a little too much. I like him and he's good but I don't think he's going to make a world's difference in what is already a very good year from our RBs. Yes it will be better, but not 5X better.
What I'm really happy about is the extra depth we will have at RB if/when he comes back, regardless of who is getting the most carries and catches from the backfield.
Exactly. They may get some more yards on the ground and a few more yards on the dump offs but it wont be appreciable. Might open up things even more for the TEs90 yards per game is definitely great production, but it wouldn't be 90 additional yards of production vs what we have now. Maybe it will 90 instead of 65 or 75 with the current guys playing. That's the only point I was trying to make.
I will be surprised if we see him on the field this year at all. Managing the roster for the one IR guy that can return plus the Pup guys might make it difficult and since the running game is in decent shape I dont see him taking snaps this year. I hope to be wrong. But who do you release?
RB Dion Lewis and T Sebastian Vollmer both on PUP.
I'm as big of a Dion Lewis fan as any. But there are a few places where James White exceeds Lewis. Right now, I'd say Lewis is a better blocker and a more dynamic runner. But James White is perhaps a better pass catcher, and while not as dynamic of a runner, still has great field vision.
I'm just glad we have both these guys on our team!!
First things first.
There is no guarantee that Vollmer is coming back this year. Initial reports was that he was done and that the PUP was a formality..
Next, you forgot about Tre Jackson who is also on the PUP. He's not as much of a need.
Lastly, players who could be cut:
Coleman, Foster, Grissom, Karras, Johnson,
Also, there is the potential for Bolden to be IRed.. I know it hasn't happened yet, but that doesn't mean anything.
I'm as big of a Dion Lewis fan as any. But there are a few places where James White exceeds Lewis. Right now, I'd say Lewis is a better blocker and a more dynamic runner. But James White is perhaps a better pass catcher, and while not as dynamic of a runner, still has great field vision.
I'm just glad we have both these guys on our team!!
White has better hands but Lewis really does add a special dimension.
All very good points. However it was just my opinion, no news about him that is substantial at all so far. But I still think it is more likely than not that he could be shelved for the season, but there are a lot of if's just as you have indicated.
Dont get me wrong I want to see him back.