Quote:In my opinion, quickness, vision and patience are more critical for a Running Back to possess than straight line speed. Speed helps you once you are through the hole, but the other three attributes will help you find and attack it. Running backs are rarely going full speed at the beginning of the play since they need to allow for the blocking plan to develop. They have to synch themselves up with what the rest of the Offense is doing.

 

Wide Receivers on the other hand will usually start out a play at a sprint and then throttle down in their route when a change of direction is needed.

 

When a QB runs with the ball, typically speaking he is exploiting a read and running away from a Defender or he is scrambling away from pressure. When he goes to run, he almost always needs to be at top speed when he does.

 

Maybe this is the delineation for which you are looking.

thats what i was looking for. thanks. Denard has track speed we all know that but his track speed is of no use is he doesnt possess rb traits, thats why i see him more of a wr, most of the running qbs in college made the switch to wr because its an easier transition.  im not sure how switching from any position in college to rb in the pro has had success in the past but the stack is against denard, i want him to succeed at rb but i think he'd have more success playing wr. 

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