....lybob Posted March 17, 2012 Posted March 17, 2012 Wait until Richardson falls to us and we have to take him as BPA
Ramius Posted March 17, 2012 Posted March 17, 2012 No one said anything along the lines of "Spiller only has straight line speed". At this stage of his career, Spiller should be carrying Jackson's helmet. Anyone who thinks Spiller is a better than Jackson hasn't been watching. It's no different than when people (like Jauron) clung to the idiotic idea that Marshawn Lynch should keep getting half the carries when Jackson was CLEARLY a much better player and far more productive. One again, we're back to "well, CJ is a first round pick and Jackson..." Jackson was probably the offensive MVP in the NFL when he got hurt. No one was better at the RB position in ANY facet of the game. The dude was averaging 6.5 yards a touch. Chris Johnson, in his MVP season, averaged 6.1 yards a touch. I don't have any problem with Spiller getting plenty of snaps but this team isn't getting anywhere near the playoffs if Fred Jackson isn't an integral part of the offense. 5-5 and seven 100+ yard games with him, 1-5 with a single hundred yard rushing game without him. It's not a coincidence. To be fair, CJ would have had at least 2 more 100 yard games if chan hadn't been a complete idiot and either abandoned the run or forced Tashard friggin choice to get 6-8 carries. Fred is the better back now but Spiller showed a lot of reasons to be excited about his future.
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