(10-02-2018, 09:05 AM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(10-02-2018, 08:57 AM)ANikowho Wrote: I mean, he's clearly not a bust, but damned if this hamstring isn't frustrating...

But it's better than a torn acl or a broken leg I guess. If nothing else though, this right here is WHY you don't overpay your running backs.

And for the record, at the time of the draft, I was hoping for Kamara. Pipedream, that was.

I’m not saying he’s a bust but how is he clearly not a bust?

He was drafted #4 overall and has missed quite a few games already. He had injury issues at LSU and has them here.

My reasoning? Because it's still early. And he did, in his rookie season, facing stacked boxes again and again, put up 1000 yards, and almost reached double digit TDs.

Now, should this injury crap keep hampering him, throughout this season and the next? Then you gotta start worrying about that word. Just based on his ability to punch through a Dline to score in the redzone right now, I'd say he's not yet a bust. If he struggled to do even that this last year, then I'd say it's more fair to use the word.

I'm not thrilled about drafting him as high as they did - I wanted them to go in another direction the whole time. But they did, and we're stuck with him for now. He's still a very good back when he plays. They just need to get him healthy first.

If that doesn't happen, THEN we can start talking about Bust status. Remember, Yeldon was being considered a bust for a good while, but he's still on the team showing that he's a useful piece. Is he a bust then? Probably not.

A bust, at least to me, is somebody who is completely, absolutely, almost incomprehensibly, worthless to the team. Mr. Luke the Joke, to me, was a bust. And is. Now THAT was a waste of a pick.

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