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Anyone wish we had Fournette instead of CMC

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Just now, uncfan888 said:

But even though they don't have a good o line, he's at least got a chance to get the handoff, move up to the line, and look for a hole. Our guys are getting hit as soon as they get the ball. That's a recipe for disaster 

I see.  Well, here's the thing, if we had Fournette, I think you wouldn't be thinking that.  Because unlike Stewart he can take a pounding, and also, some of the running plays are on Shula.  We have over 65 yards with Stew vs the Patriots.  How much you think we would've had with Fournette?  

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9 hours ago, Hoenheim said:

Hindsight is 20/20 dude. I doubt most people were really thinking that much about how successful Cohen and Hunt would be in the draft, admittedly mostly because of their schools and conferences they played in and not their individual performances in college which were both great.  

From the coaching staff's perspective, we hadn't drafted a first round hb since almost 10 years prior (keep in mind the franchise is barely 22 years old) , Stewart approaching 30 and showing signs he's losing speed/explosiveness, and there was a  huge need after last season to take pressure off of Cam after him absorbing so much punishment and injuries. I'm not apoligizing for them taking McCaffrey, I think I agree that in retrospect there could have been better moves made, but you have to remember also he's not even played half a NFL season yet. Especially when you draft a player that high you can't call them a bust in 6 games when the oline has been ass and , the starting center has been out for most of the games, and Cam was ass for half the games, and he like you said is playing with an incomptent OC and HC as well. I'd give him a couple years here to truely evaluate his performance and say if he's a bust or not, and that's just in our system . He'll probably get another chance or even multiple to go to teams that know how to use him much better. 

Truth is, he isn't a powerback , you're right. But he's not even remotely tapped his potential yet in my opinion. Give him more carries and better blocking, and you'll probably see much better results.  I think he should be getting closer to 10 carries and 10 receptions a game , instead of what like 4-6 carries and 5 catches is around his average now, shouldnt be giving him less than 20 touches from scrimmage a game. I don't think anyone not named Walter Payton or Barry Sanders would be even remotely productive running behind our oline. 

But... but... but... you can always restart a new game right?  Like on Madden?

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I think the question is not whether we got the right running back, because to be honest, if we base a good running back as yard season, or at least having more yards than the qb, we haven’t had one since Cam got here.

So the real question is when we were hiring an offensive coordinator to replace Chud, andI think the choice was between Hue Jackson and Shula, did we get the right one?

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