Quote:A 'home run hitter'? He is fast (relatively speaking) and he is decisive about 'hitting the hole' plus he does seem to have good down field vision. None of those attributes, however, trump his seeming inability to hang onto the ball. Ball security is without doubt one of the most fundamental skills for a ball carrier. A running back who can't be relied on to hang onto the ball is just a fast moving, decisive... liability; the kind of liability that can cost the outcome of games. Don't get me wrong; I was one of the more outspoken supporters of DRob as I saw the positives he brings to the table. My support was based on the (now proven false) assumption that he had gotten over his penchant for fumbling. Regrettably, it's clearly still an issue for him even after three years here to work on it.


He has positives, yes, but he has undermined those positives by failing to reliably secure the ball. This is a professional level sport, not college, and failures have repercussions.


Sorry DRob... time to move on.

To be fair, the previous poster meant IF he can hold onto the ball, he CAN be a home run hitter.


I like DRob, but I do think he sealed his fate with all those fumbles when Yeldon went down. Despite how good he looked at times. He'll get the offseason to change their minds, no reason to cut him right now. But I'm really expecting to go in with Yeldon and Gray as the 1 and 2.

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