Gurley is the best back in the NFL
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Can we perform a hat trick with some kind of uber receiving talent next draft?
HE WITH HORNS
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If he had started the whole year, he would be leading the league in rushing. He's getting close to it anyway now, even after missing several games. We'd be screwed without him.
We've found a formula. Pick these athletic freaks who show well on game tape. Donald just happen to destroy workouts too. How he lasted to our pick, I'll never know.
People got hung up on his size, and they were mistaken. Badly and irrevocably mistaken.
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I think that's a testament to the method of taking the best player available. Fill basic needs in FA and then pick up the athletic freaks in the Draft. I like how it's working out so far
The blocking stood out to me as well....especially Rob getting out ahead of the play and taking his point of attack 6 yards up field, then imposing his will on a linebacker that had the leverage advantage.. GREAT job.
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Yet we've seen it work in the past. And no, it's not like saying a tiger shouldn't have stripes. A QB's job isn't to under-throw deep balls.
TA has the speed to separate deep. Foles has hit him deep this year. Foles just has to drop it in the bucket.
I completely disagree. TA set records in high school and college for 100 meter dashes. He IS the fastest guy on the team. Maybe in the league. We've seen him blow by defenders and have to come back for the ball. It happened twice yesterday. There's not a single defender in the NFL that could run him down.
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Actually, Tavon isn't THAT fast in the 100m. I think his high school best was 11.47. Tavon is more quick than fast. He has incredible burst but not elite top speed. There are other guys on the team that are faster in the 100m.
If Tavon keeps going on a tear, & puts a punt return in the EZ a couple of times, we may have already done so, + Tree may make it a quadruplet.
Could watch this all day.
Once Todd hits the 2nd level, he's gone.
And good luck to the sad saps trying to tackle him when he's at full boar like a bullet train.
Foles will never throw a Dan Marino deep ball. Dan Marino didn't throw a Dan Marino deep ball. The receiver has to adjust and highpoint the ball if necessary. It's just how it is. It's his nature and the nature of most deep passes by most QBs. Bruce and Holt made Warner look a lot better at the deep pass than he would look with TA.
You need tall physical receivers for those passes. If TA isn't in the open field, Foles should never throw it to him deep unless it's desperate and going for the PI.
I also thought TA had the speed to separate deep until I didn't. He has a horrible record catching the deep ball or separating after 30 yards. Dude's little legs pumping like Fred Flintstone's make him look faster than he is in a straight line. Just as Gurley's long graceful strides make him look slower.
TA is all YAC in my mind until he proves otherwise. Burst speed that is unfathomable. Slippery. Change of speed and direction that spins defenders to the ground. But straight line? It doesn't work.
See above. I don't agree. TA gets run down in a straight line race all the time. It's his change of speed and direction that keeps him from being tackled.
And more to the point, if Foles can't drop it in the basket every time, then we need to accept that and use them both in their strengths and not try to make them what they aren't.
He's currently #5 in the NFL in rushing yards, #1 in YPG, #1 in rushes of 40+ yards, tied for 2nd in rushes of 20+ yards (behind Bell), 4th in longest individual running play, all while being 17th in attempts.
Wow.
Wow.
