(05-04-2019, 07:05 PM)Fred Jones-Brunell Wrote: I really hope we find a role for Flowers. Guy can be special. Kind of a dying breed at FB but I felt Bohana offered us some bright spots at time. Flowers is more athletic. Would love to see him heavily involved in PA passes. I have a strong feeling Flowers will be kept as almost an H back safety valve for Foles.

Except that we have Josh Oliver for that. I lament the death of the FB position as well, but if you need a receiver out of the backfield, you can drop a TE back into an H-Back role or invest in a third-down back. If you need someone to gain a few tough yards, you've already got Fournette. If you need an extra blocker in the backfield on short yardage, drop an offensive lineman or defensive tackle in front of the running back and smash away. If your offense is going to spend most of its time with three receivers or two tight ends on the field, a true fullback isn't really needed, and unless that fullback is Montell Owens blowing blockers up all day every day, the spot is probably better used for depth elsewhere.

I forget who it was that told this story on the air. Definitely a retired coach, might have been Madden? His fullback was having a great year, picking up over four yards a carry. The FB asked the coach at practice why he wasn't getting more carries, and the coach replied that the starting RB was running for almost five.

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