GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
As long as both are healthy I feel like Josh and Feagin are going to be co-#1s basically splitting carries, with Loughery and Valentine getting the rest or for situational downs.
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Feels like Magnus has been on the team for at least 15 years.Players no longer on Roster:
- Terrance Brooks (DB)
- Blayne Sisson (DB)
- Fabrizo Pinton (P, announced)
- Devin Hale (OL)
- Magnus Møller (OL)
- Sam Tsagalis (OL)
- Jake Huber (QB)
- Jake Petrow (TE)
- Weston Adams (WR)
mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
Just speaking to general terms of deterrents to him being a #1 B1G running back:
- Needs to improve in passing downs. He's a decent blocker, but little threat in the passing game.
- Needs to miss a lot more tackles. You can't be a big back and only average 1.2 missed tackles forced per game.
- Consistency. He has longer runs than you would expect for a bigger back but that also means he has way too many TFLs and short gains.
it must have been basically health related stuff, because he was deep in the rotation for a good part of last year.
Fun fact (or not).....Beatty was the OC for the Bears last year (interim....but still LMAO)
A number of players will be Spring Breaking in the Los Angeles area this weekend.
NASchamp
- Atlanta
Was wondering the same thing lol. What is going on in practice?!
Those are injuries from last season
Based on his production at the end of last year, it will be difficult to not have Loughery heavily in the rotation. He brings a burst that McCray & Feagin simply don't have.
Injury history, the coaches don't want a workhorse back run into the ground, and Laughery really earned his carries later on in the season
I wonder if this is an anomaly or if the emphasis on staying away from the head is causing this? Defenders lead with the shoulder. Offensive players get hit more in the shoulders. Lineman - probably the same as always.
Either way, it's easier to repair a shoulder than a brain.
Or has surgery come to a point where is better to go in more frequently microscopically and clean things up than old school play through the injury?
Legit question: are missed tackles and broken tackles tracked separately or do they both count as "missed tackles?"
I think it’s tacked that same.
The running back that everyone wants to play LB will be the starting RB as long as recovery keeps going well
back off the koolaide!
LOL! The sports landscape in Illinois is pretty bleak.
1. Cubs
2. Illinois Basketball
3. Illinois Football
4. Bears
5. Bulls
6. Blackhawks
7. White Sox
8. Northwestern Basketball
9. Northwestern Football
10. Any other college sports team in Illinois
They are closer than the Bears, Sox, cubs and bulls!
I'd like to see him at TE, forget the LB spot. A faster Tyler Warren.
But if he can actually find and/or get to the interior hole this year, he'll be fantastic. He's gotten lost in the past.
And it seems TE's are every bit as valuable to the NFL these days.
Curbelo Fanboy
BERTBALL IS LIFE
Drink less kool-aid. I do think they have a coach that could position them to contend at a higher level than in 30 plus years. However the 12 team playoff makes it harder as you have to win 3 or 4 games (most likely) to get it done. I'd say Bret is building something that could have a few cracks at it in coming years. For this coming year, they could make the playoff or could just as likely go 8-4 but the thought they could win it seems a bit of folly tbh.
They just don't have the depth of high level talent across the board to think they could beat a string like OSU, Bama, Georgia or ND in multiple games in a row. They can get there, but it will take time & some luck. Even if they don't, if Bret can string together a bunch of 8 plus win seasons over a 15 year career he retires from IL as a legend & perhaps with his name on the wall at the end of the stadium.
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