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Toby Gerhart looks slow

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(This post was last modified: 08-20-2014, 07:44 AM by DewtheMathis.)

Quote:First of all let me say that I'm a big fan of us signing Gerhart, and I love power and downhill runners in the NFL. I'm a strong supporter of good defense and heavily running the ball. That being said, speed obviously isn't Toby's strong suit, which is fine with me, like I said, I like downhill powerful runners. But if you look at his old film with Minnesota, all of his best runs were results of incredible down-field run blocking and huge holes to run through, not to mention he just looks... well.. slow. I have yet to see any proof that the guy can use any type of burst or moves to get the yards that we're undoubtedly going to need from him. I don't want to come off as hating on the guy either, like I said earlier, I am a fan, but I'm just concerned. What do you guys think?
 

First off let me say what if the Jaguars hadnt of signed him, are you fine with it just being Toddman, D-Rob, and Storm Johnson (which arent actually that bad of backups really)?


 
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  • <ul><li><span style="font-family:calibri;">Unanimous All-American (2009)

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  • <span style="font-family:calibri;">Doak Walker Award (2009)

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  • <span style="font-family:calibri;">Archie Griffin Award (2009)

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  • <span style="font-family:calibri;">Jim Brown Trophy (2009)

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  • <span style="font-family:calibri;">National Offensive Player of the Year (2009)

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  • <span style="font-family:calibri;">Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year (2009)

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  • <span style="font-family:calibri;">First-team All-Pac-10 (2009)

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  • <span style="font-family:calibri;">First-team Pac-10 All-Academic (2009)

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  • <span style="font-family:calibri;">NCAA rushing leader (2009)

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  • <span style="font-family:calibri;">4× Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Week

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  • runner-up for the 2009 Heisman


What happened in 2010 that stoped all the above praise?  He was drafted in the 2nd round by the Vikings and became the backup to Adrian Peterson whom nearly broke the most yards rushing ever award and is a 3 down back.



Despite that he had a few rushes while there....



He averages 4.7 yards per carry on 276 attempts and avg 7.8 on 77 receptions.



 



Last season, he led all backs with a ludicrous 3.8 yards per carry after contact (minimum 199 carries), and has a career average of 2.8 yards per carry after contact.



 



His 40 yard dash time is 4.53 its no CJ but he's not a snail either.



http://www.nfl.com/fantasyfootball/story...eddie-lacy  The next Eddie Lacy not bad?



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Messages In This Thread
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by purplenurple28 - 08-19-2014, 08:09 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by MarleyJag - 08-19-2014, 08:12 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by Swaguars - 08-19-2014, 08:14 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by David4499 - 08-19-2014, 08:18 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by flgatorsandjags - 08-19-2014, 08:20 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by GingerJag - 08-19-2014, 08:42 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by Fred Jones-Brunell - 08-19-2014, 08:52 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by Fred Jones-Brunell - 08-19-2014, 08:54 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by Haterade - 08-19-2014, 09:32 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by JagsQuest - 08-19-2014, 09:35 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by VisitingCobra - 08-19-2014, 09:40 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by The Real Marty - 08-19-2014, 09:41 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by HURRICANE!!! - 08-19-2014, 09:45 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by git'er_done - 08-19-2014, 09:48 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by Redsky39 - 08-19-2014, 10:33 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by Hard_Eight - 08-19-2014, 11:53 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by DavidzPimpSuit - 08-20-2014, 12:19 AM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by JagFanatic24 - 08-20-2014, 01:07 AM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by ATLjag - 08-20-2014, 07:16 AM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by DewtheMathis - 08-20-2014, 07:42 AM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by Bon Jagley - 08-20-2014, 08:27 AM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by DewtheMathis - 08-20-2014, 08:36 AM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by HURRICANE!!! - 08-20-2014, 08:45 AM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by DewtheMathis - 08-20-2014, 08:51 AM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by HURRICANE!!! - 08-20-2014, 09:29 AM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by HURRICANE!!! - 08-20-2014, 09:31 AM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by DewtheMathis - 08-20-2014, 10:49 AM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by JaguarJosh05 - 08-20-2014, 11:52 AM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by MarleyJag - 08-20-2014, 12:19 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by The Mad Dog - 08-20-2014, 04:41 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by FBT - 08-20-2014, 04:50 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by maheo30 - 08-20-2014, 05:07 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by The Mad Dog - 08-20-2014, 05:11 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by FBT - 08-20-2014, 05:15 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by Olive - 08-20-2014, 05:20 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by FBT - 08-20-2014, 05:23 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by Caldrac - 08-20-2014, 05:49 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by maheo30 - 08-20-2014, 06:18 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by Dakota - 08-20-2014, 06:42 PM
Toby Gerhart looks slow - by MarleyJag - 08-20-2014, 07:11 PM



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