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Quote:I haven't seen a damn thing from this guy.

he had two big runs.

Quote:I haven't seen a damn thing from this guy. 

It's probably best if you don't put too much thought into these things because you suck at it.

He looks good with any room to run. The first play was pretty good where he moved the pile it was mojo esque.

I want to see him in a full game. a lot of backs have to get warmed up before they start breaking off the big runs.

he looked REALLY slow, but it was just his first action so not going to judge yet

Quote:he looked REALLY slow, but it was just his first action so not going to judge yet

Pretty sure that was because of the nature of the runs he was been asked to do

We are using the outside.run to set up the bootleg to open things up for bortles, throwing on the run is a big strength for him but it causes problems for Gerhart


Gerhart is best between the tackles hitting the hole fast and smashing through arm tackles to get to the second level

Last night you could see him having to hesitate.waiting for a gap that tbh never came


That's why Robinson is having such success as he is the only one with the speed to get right to the edge before the defenses breaks through


The long run showed he has more than enough speed

Gerhart looked fine to me. Ran hard, fast enough and move the pile when he went up the middle. As Ukjag said, he is going to have a lot more success up the middle then on the outside.

The 18 yarder he broke up the middle was enough for me (for now). I think those will be a norm for him with every so often it going for a TD.

Quote:he looked REALLY slow, but it was just his first action so not going to judge yet

I don't jump on players to quick but yea he did look slow.

He's not a guy you want to run the stretch play with especially with the line in the state it's in currently.  He's a hammer you punch through the line with.  The blocking last night was painful. 

Quote:He's not a guy you want to run the stretch play with especially with the line in the state it's in currently.  He's a hammer you punch through the line with.  The blocking last night was painful.

let Drob run the stretch and Gerhorse hammer the inside. I really feel like it could be a lethal combo.

Agreed.  It's a good 1-2 punch in the running game.  As long as the line does improve, this will become an asset. 

Quote:he looked REALLY slow, but it was just his first action so not going to judge yet

He's not slow. He looked slow on on the stretch plays because he doesn't have great lateral agility. I doubt we see Gerhart running any more stretches. Robinson looked great running the stretch to the left when he got in for his score last week against the Bucs. Fisch knows which running style works better for these plays. 

Quote:He's not slow. He looked slow on on the stretch plays because he doesn't have great lateral agility. I doubt we see Gerhart running any more stretches. Robinson looked great running the stretch to the left when he got in for his score last week against the Bucs. Fisch knows which running style works better for these plays. 

 

That wasn't a stretch play.

Quote:That wasn't a stretch play.

 

Which play was he talking about where he thought Gerhart looked slow?

Quote:Which play was he talking about where he thought Gerhart looked slow?

 

Gerhart's was a stretch, Denard Robinson's wasn't.

Quote:Gerhart's was a stretch, Denard Robinson's wasn't.

 

Went back and watched and you're right it wasn't. 

 

I still think Denard's speed and vision would work great for the stretch. 

Quote:Went back and watched and you're right it wasn't. 

 

I still think Denard's speed and vision would work great for the stretch. 

 

Agreed there. I'm hoping he garners around 5 touches a game and takes it from there.

Quote:I don't jump on players to quick but yea he did look slow.

 

I don't know how you could tell.  The first 5 plays he had zero running room, essentially running into his OL or getting surrounded by defenders in the backfield.  The one time he did get a little daylight though he was gone.

Didn't get to see much out of Gerhart last night. O-Line needs to space it out a little. Toby did have a nice run up the middle.