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Wondered same thing last week. They traded a 4th rounder for him and he looked really good on camp. He isn't listed on injury report.

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Might have to do with compensation due to the Eagles if he hits performance incentives. And there being 3 other good RBs.

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Simple answer is because Dixon is the better short yardage back so he gets the nod as RB3.

 

Dixons a special teamer - which is probably the real answer.

 

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So why did we bive up a 4 the rnd pick for him

 

Long term building? Contingency plans?

 

Not only will next years 4 not help us today, there's a good chance he'd be inactive in a year too. Brown is likely our 3rd back but because he's not a special teamer they'd rather save him for injury and figure Dixon can finish out a game in an emergency.

 

Very few teams have 5 out of 45 active players be rbs

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Depth...?

 

You don't give up a 4th for a RB to make him inactive every week. The only logical explanation for me is Whaley doesn't plan on keeping Spiller and Brown is his replacement next year.

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You don't give up a 4th for a RB to make him inactive every week. The only logical explanation for me is Whaley doesn't plan on keeping Spiller and Brown is his replacement next year.

 

Who knows if spiller will work out for us long term, who knows when Fred hits the wall.... And if either gets nicked up we have a guy. The active/inactive is just a matter of gameday roster building.

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You don't give up a 4th for a RB to make him inactive every week. The only logical explanation for me is Whaley doesn't plan on keeping Spiller and Brown is his replacement next year.

 

No, that's not the only logical explanation

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Again, I think he's either a replacement for CJ or Fred.

 

And I think many here forget there's a good chance that could be for weeks 7-12 if one sprains an ankle

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