Bengals FA RB Rex Burkhead at Gillette Stadium visiting Patriots 3/13

Minitron said:

I understand your point and I also see we don't have the same view on the role of Burkhead if he gets signed. I think if he's brought in he is an immediate core special teamer and gets a few touches late in blowout games. And if you want to give some guys rest or want to change pace or something like that he is able to get you some yards if he gets the ball. Also if we should end up having a horror year in terms of injuries like 2015, he would be able to be the lead running back for us and we don't have to sign a Steven Jackson-type player off the streets. (That's a ****load of if's in a post.)

EDIT: I still belive we draft a big, bruising running back this year for the lead role.

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In the words of Emily Litella,"Oh! That's different. Never mind."

Burkhead was almost exclusively a special-teamer than RB for CIN until the last six games of 2016, and he made a tad more than $700k. So, I guess it does depend on whether BB is looking at him as just a special-teamer or as a contributor as a lead RB. With the Pats, they've pretty much been mutually exclusive positions.

I was assuming that Burkhead's looking for an actual RB job and the BB is looking at him for that, unless BB sees Burkhead as an exceptional special-teamer. For Burkhead, with the Pats, it's pretty close to the same money, either way, though.

As far as big bruisers go, there should be a couple available in the 3rd or later, but I also think Blount's size may have been more anomaly than prototype. A guy Burkhead's size might be big enough to get the "15 for 60" job done.

Brick27 said:

Greater motor and brings his lunch pale every day. What he lacks in elite athleticism, he makes up for by being a gym rat. Very scrappy and deceptively fast. Would be a nice signing.

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I'm not accusing you of anything involving race, but anyone reminded of that scene from The League?

Brick27 said:

Greater motor and brings his lunch pale every day. What he lacks in elite athleticism, he makes up for by being a gym rat. Very scrappy and deceptively fast. Would be a nice signing.

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I've never seen so many meaningless cliched euphemisms in one post in my life.

If BB sees him as just STer he'll go search for a job elsewhere..
If he signes here, he'll compete for starting by comitee job.

Sign this beast. He's a very good special teams man and he's a very good running back too, downhill, physical and decisive. Hence sign this beast.

BelichickFan said:

Weird numbers, the straight line speed is really bad. Everything else is good.

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Well its a good thing, because we really don't need a home run hitter at RB. What we need is a guy who can get 4.5 yards on 1st and 2nd down, and a hard 1-3 when needed, and the occasional dump pass, and catch out of the back field. Rex Fits the mold perfectly for that.

This guy was an excellent RB at Nebraska and has almost no mileage on him, which is key for a RB.

He's about the same size as Gilislee, too, for those who were asking.

Everyone keeps labeling him as a pass catching, 3rd down back. Yet when you watch him run, he runs downhill and better then any player we have on the roster. including even Blount.

Many football sites across the web label him as a excellent blocker, and the fact that ,at times he played TE for Cinci even more confirms that.

Also read that he played and lined up exclusively at WR.

This guy checks all the boxes and I would be ecstatic if he signed.

VectorPrime said:

I've never seen so many meaningless cliched euphemisms in one post in my life.

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Maybe, but I have never seen a hybrid RB/FB with both the sand in his pants and initial burst of Burkhead. He's a lunch pail guy who is first one in and last one out, he comes to play and plays to the whistle. What his measurable lack his unmeasurable make up for.

He's a coaches dream.

Ivan said:

Maybe, but I have never seen a hybrid RB/FB with both the sand in his pants and initial burst of Burkhead. He's a lunch pail guy who is first one in and last one out, he comes to play and plays to the whistle. What his measurable lack his unmeasurable make up for.

He's a coaches dream.

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I actually really want Burkhead here but this **** is hilarious. I hope you used those cliches on purpose.

I would be okay with 3 years, 6-7 million, 4 guaranteed. Split the Guaranteed between this year and next, 2 million each season.

Throw in a performance bonus if he can replicate what blount did and break a 1000 yards

Elijah said:

I actually really want Burkhead here but this **** is hilarious. I hope you used those cliches on purpose.

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Just tellin it like it is. Kids a warrior, never lets up, you want him in the foxhole with you. And he'd give you the clothes off his back. He just has an old soul,

In addition to this dude......I want either LG or Brandon Bolden in a Pats uniform next season.

Ivan said:

Just tellin it like it is. Kids a warrior, never lets up, you want him in the foxhole with you. And he'd give you the clothes off his back. He just has an old soul,

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Is he a 24/7 -round the clock worker? Blue collar-type, bring his hard hat everyday?

Cuz you know hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard......

Some preseason tape from 2015 of him taking a few (and doing well) from the slot.



Cmon Bill, make it happen

maineman209 said:

Yeah, the only scenarios in which Bolden should be on the field with the offense are A) the Pat are winning in an epic blowout, or B) all the other RBs are dead.

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Why wouldn't we want one of the best ST players on the team on the field?

maineman209 said:

Yeah, the only scenarios in which Bolden should be on the field with the offense are A) the Pat are winning in an epic blowout, or B) all the other RBs are dead.

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With Hernandez in jail, (B) is not likely.

zoostation said:

Why wouldn't we want one of the best ST players on the team on the field?

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Not on offense. Bolden is the Chuck Knobloch of the NFL. Fumbles, drops passes and couldnt run through a lane if Moses parted it for him