Quote:I think he could run for 1500 with our oline like it is right now.

It would appear by your comments in many of these threads that you haven't really watched much of him. 

 

It is widely acknowledged that because of his lack of explosion he is one of the more oline dependent RBs, especially among the top ones. It is also widely acknowledged that because of his lack of explosion he is best suited for an under center offense (LSU was 85% under center, Jags were 73% shotgun). On the shotgun attempts he did make he was nearly a full half yard below the NCAA average, 4.4 to 4.8.  

 

Even if I believed he was the best RB in this class, which I don't, I would still believe he is not a good fit for this offense. Blake has never played in an under center offense in his career NFL or college. If we take Fournette we are trying to fit a round peg into a square hole one way or another. It would be awfully risky to not only expect Blake to take the leaps and bounds advancements he needs to make, but expect him to do it while transitioning to an offense he has never ran before. 

 

On the flip side, Mixon, McCaffrey, and Cook (among many other day 2 RBs) all have a lot more experience and much more production while in shotgun. 

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