(04-30-2021, 09:07 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(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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Okay...limiting the discussion to Marshawn Lynch, here are Lynch's  targets and receptions totals between 2011-2015, and then the total number of RB targets each season:

2011  41 targets  28 receptions; 103 total RB/FB targets
2012  30 targets  23 receptions; 76
2013  44 targets  36 receptions;  67
2014  48 targets  37  receptions; 74
2015  21             13 ---------------------Lynch only played in 7 games this year; 78 targets

Russell Wilson arrived in 2012

These numbers do not, by any stretch, tell the whole story.  For instance we don't know what percentage of plays the RB was the primary receiver (i.e. on a screen) or a subsequent read.

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