My gut says that you're wrong, but the more I think about it I might be convinced. It'd be tough, but you could do it.

 

Both are going into new situations and if Gerhart isn't used to making that zone read, he might have quite the issue in finding the gap and exploiting it. I have no idea what kind of scheme Minnesota ran, so Gerhart might be in for a tough learning curve.

 

Jones-Drew is coming off of yet another injury, but he does have his chip comfortably set on his shoulder. While he might be driven, what cannot be discounted is that he seemed to be very, very close to losing the proverbial "step". Your caveat about barring injury is a difficult one, and not unimportant. If anything, I think that Jones-Drew's injury history is a big reason why he was allowed to test Free Agency. The team just didn't see any long-term production out of him.

 

As we sit here now, before Training Camp, before the pads go on, before the Preseason games, I think you're wrong. But I've been wrong before.

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