I like Richardson a lot, and he was a steal where we got him, but I think we all should change our perspective a bit on Pead, and WHY Fisher favored Richardson over him. In hindsight on things that we learned this offseason, Pead was clearly in Fisher's doghouse.
Did Richardson perform better than Pead in the preseason? Yes he did, but I reviewed all of those games, and illustrated that Pead had zero blocking. Our 2's could not compete against our opponents 2's and 1's, but our 3's played admirably against our opponents 3's.
Many of us think that it will be running back by committee this year. I certainly do. I only bring this up, because I constantly see writers saying that Richardson blew Pead away, and I'm not of the opinion that he did. Fisher has a doghouse and he uses it. The real positive here is that we have some talented options.
Good write up on Richardson.