(04-30-2021, 05:14 AM)Bullseye Wrote: Honest question to those who followed UM closely.

How often did he utilize his RBs out of the backfield as receivers at UF or OSU?

For that matter, how often did Bevell utilize backs as receivers in Seattle and Detroit?

While  looking up clips of TL, I noticed he used Etienne quite a bit as a receiver.  Nothing overly fancy...dumpoffs mostly.

Is utilizing RBs out of the backfield an integral part of UM's offensive approach, Bevell's offensive approach, or might it be something they are incororating from Clemson's offense to ease TL's transition to the pros?

If they place a heavy emphasis on utilizing RBs in the passing game, then perhaps the pick makes more sense.

Considering just about all of the players people were clamoring for at 25 are still on the board at 33 and I don't have the hostility towards taking a RB early that most of you have, I'm not as irritated by this pick as some of you.  But it leads to some questions, though.

Knowing how much RBs are used in the passing game in this offense will answer many of them.

Oh man oh man please ask this question of Marshawn Lynch. But let me pop a bag of popcorn first.

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(04-30-2021, 06:41 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I like the Etienne pick a lot.  Although I thought he might be available at 33, when Najee Harris went off the board, there was a good chance Etienne would also go in the first round.   We need more than one starting quality running back, and Carlos Hyde isn't it.  Etienne is a very dynamic running back who can score on any play.  In addition, he's a tried and true weapon for TL.  I see him as another Christian McCaffrey.  

I think it's a very good pick.  Pre-draft, this was one of the players I wanted.

Najee is a bellcow back, though. Is Etienne going to be a 3-down back? If we were just looking for a change of pace, those guys can be had WAY later in the darft.

I hope this pick doesn't end up biting us in the rear, but I have a feeling it will be more defining of this regime than the TLaw pick.

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