(05-09-2021, 04:40 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(05-08-2021, 08:08 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: I don't think he has the frame to have 20 touches a game. He's a 200 lb speed back, not a bell cow #1.

He is 5'10", 215 lbs.   James Robinson is 5'9", 219 lbs.  Not that much difference. 

In the 2020 season, Etienne averaged 20 touches per game, rushing and receiving.  

I think he and Robinson will share the load.   Robinson will have more rushing attempts, while Etienne will have more pass receptions.   I also think the days of the so-called bell cow back are gone.  It's a 17 game season now.  Teams need more than one starting quality running back.

James Robinson had 240 rushing attempts last year.  The next most was Ogunbowale with 32.   Think of the load JRob would have had to carry if we had been leading in more games, and had to salt the game away running the ball.

He put on weight to be 215 if that's what he really was, he wasn't nearly that heavy last season. I agreed that we needed a better complimentary back to go with JRob, but those numbers last year were just another season where the Regime couldn't figure out that more than one guy was allowed to touch the ball. But what you said there is right, ETN is definitely a pass catching back, and a very costly one at that. Let's hope this group is better able to disguise the plays when he's on the field else we just got ourselves another Chris Thompson in exchange for a 1st round pick.

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