Quote:I am here to eat a small slice of crow, with coo-hhhwip on top please.  He's looked pretty good the last few games and I was pretty critical of him for most of the season.  I wonder how well he could be utilized along with a healthy Shoelace next season...  

 

He doesn't look like he's the type of RB that can carry the full load, but having his punishing style along with D-Robs speed and quickness could be a pretty good 1-2 punch.  But the question still would be for me is if Fish is the right guy to figure out how to use these 2 types of players to the best of their talents.

On paper, your comments make total sense. The very same thing was said about a Toby / Adrian Peterson combination 1-2 punch when he was at the Vikings. But, the reality of it is how do you tell a guy like AP (when he was playing) that the team is going to split the carries up a bit. Admittedly, DRob is no Adrian Peterson but I just don't see a "sharing of the load" between these two guys. A major part of the reason Toby came here in the first place was to be thee feature back. Injury and non performance put the nix on that but I really don't see him settling for being anything other than the featured back once again next season (assuming they keep him). And DRob has proven that he does NOT belong on the bench either so therin lies the dilemma.

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