Jump to content

  • Welcome!

    Register and log in easily with Twitter or Google accounts!

    Or simply create a new Huddle account. 

    Members receive fewer ads , access our dark theme, and the ability to join the discussion!

     

Chuba Hubbard is a NFL starter

Zod

By Zod,
in Carolina Panthers

 Share

Recommended Posts

onmyown Grand Master

onmyown

Posted
Posted (edited)

not a big drop off? do you know how to watch football? or you just watching both get hit instantly because of our poo oline and come up with a casual fan conclusion? Hubbard isn’t breaking ankles every game and he isn’t close to matching gains after contact, d coordinators aren’t stacking up against him or opening up a wr just to account for him WHILE he continues to gain even when they know it’s coming, not to mention he can’t catch worth a poo and if you haven’t noticed, there’s a poo ton of plays/routes that have been yanked out of the playbook because of him and cmc being out

CMC has entire defenses watching him and still makes them pay but they don’t even know Hubbard is on the field and there’s not that big of drop off lol

this reminds me of similar threads with Davis last year and when other teams realized he was only 90% scrub and they paid just a smidgen of attention, Davis got shut down

argue the contract all you want but this take is beyond laughable 

Edited by onmyown
  • Pie 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
GRWatcher Mentor

GRWatcher

Posted
Posted
5 hours ago, Catsfan69 said:

Anyone watching this game tonight can see the value of Cmac in Kamara.

 

Kamara has been so dominant they are putting two guys on him. That's going to open things for other guys.

Would Payton trade Kamara? No.

Hubbard has multiple problems that will keep him a backup wherever he plays. Can't catch. Can't break tackles, especially that 1st one that aims for his ankles. For a RB he has trouble keeping his balance. He reminds me of Bonnafon and we know how his career has gone.

  • Poo 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
mbarbour21 Proficient

mbarbour21

Posted
Posted
23 hours ago, jayboogieman said:

And it doesn't matter that CMC is special since he can't stay healthy enough to play. Chuba wins by default since he is healthy enough to play.

It doesn't make him a better player in terms of talent. That's my angle. I mean sure, so far Chuba has been much more available. He still isn't more talented. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Khyber53 Grand Master

Khyber53

Posted
Posted

Chuba would be starting on a number of teams in this league because he can play the position and he can get yardage. He does need to develop some parts of his game, and while he is learning on the fly, we've got to remember that he's still a rookie. He's got a lot to learn, he's got to get more familiar and comfortable in the passing game and he needs more time in strength and conditioning.

If you base his evaluation against the starting RBs across the league, he's going to fall into place somewhere around 26th-27th in capability. He beats out some team's resources because they just don't have a decent running back on their roster. And Hubbard is decent right now. He isn't, however, ready to be a RB1 that anyone outside of his home team knows his name. His game just isn't complete right now and he isn't delivering the big hits and big runs. Not saying he won't, he just isn't there yet.

So, in my opinion, Hubbard is in just the right spot for him. He's a RB2 behind an excellent (great) RB1 and he's seeing starting RB work because of an injury to the guy in front of him. He's getting on the job training and he's pulling his load when asked most of the time. Another year or two and he's going to be noticed.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
BrianS Veteran

BrianS

Posted
Posted

The talk about stacked boxes and scheming are irrelevant.

Chuba averages nearly four yards per carry behind a historically terrible offensive line.  That's a starter quality average in the NFL.  It's as simple as that.  It doesn't matter how the defense aligns or schemes, if your RB is getting four yards a pop, you feed him.  All day.

Imagine what he would look like behind a line like Tennessee.  Or the old Denver zone scheme.

  • Beer 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
TDGone Collaborator

TDGone

Posted
Posted (edited)
3 hours ago, BrianS said:

The talk about stacked boxes and scheming are irrelevant.

Chuba averages nearly four yards per carry behind a historically terrible offensive line.  That's a starter quality average in the NFL.  It's as simple as that.  It doesn't matter how the defense aligns or schemes, if your RB is getting four yards a pop, you feed him.  All day.

Imagine what he would look like behind a line like Tennessee.  Or the old Denver zone scheme.

He’s at 3.7 and he’s getting worst as the defense starts paying attention to him and so has our offense went backwards with him .He is terrible in the passing game .So if you like avg or below avg you must be ok with us going 500 or worst every year

Edited by TDGone
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • PMH4OWPW7JD2TDGWZKTOYL2T3E.jpg

  • Topics

  • Posts

    • LinvilleGorge
      J Person article on Canales and game plan and Rico

      By LinvilleGorge · Posted

      Well, we built on that momentum alright. LOL Trying to prop up a QB with a game plan instead of trying to do your best to win a game with the tools you have at your disposal is what you do with a rookie early on in his career on a bad team. It's not what you do with a 3rd year #1 overall pick when you're shockingly sitting at 6-5 and playing for the division lead.
    • kungfoodude
      J Person article on Canales and game plan and Rico

      By kungfoodude · Posted

      Canales outsmarts himself on a very consisent basis. In some ways, he is one of the most ill suited to be head coach of the Tepper tenure.
    • raleigh-panther
      J Person article on Canales and game plan and Rico

      By raleigh-panther · Posted

      i find this to be alarming on so many levels  im going to change the order of the portions i copied from Joe’s article i  really have serious doubts   about Canales’ common sense  1. A running team forgetting to run  2. Making this game plan about Young’s passing game momentum .  Total idiot.  It is about winning games not about young’s momentum. That is what practice is for , not live games  god help us all.    Article below  Confused by the Panthers’ pass-heavy play calls vs. 49ers? Rico Dowdle probably was, too   CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In two seasons here, Canales has juggled offensive play calling with his head coach responsibilities. Sometimes the balls end up on the floor. In two critical moments Monday night, Canales chose to go with a pass in situations where a handoff would have been the more direct approach. The first was the disastrous, first-and-goal play from the 1 where Bryce Young opted against running in for the score and instead lobbed the ball toward rookie Mitchell Evans, only to see safety Ji’Ayir Brown come down with it. The second one was just as perplexing. When the 49ers were whistled for roughing long snapper J.J. Jansen on Ryan Fitzgerald’s successful PAT pulled the Panthers to 17-10, Canales took the point off the board and went for a 2-pointer from the 1. But Canales ran a play that didn’t take advantage of the spot, with Young missing Jalen Coker in the back of the end zone. (Rookie wideout Jimmy Horn Jr. appeared to be the first read in the flat.) Canales said after the game he wanted to build on Young’s record-breaking passing performance in Atlanta, and thought the line was protecting well. But that lack of rhythm Canales mentioned was the result of never giving Dowdle the opportunity to get into it. When Dowdle ripped off a 17-yard gain on the first offensive play of the second half, Canales came back to him two plays later. It was his final carry.   After an overnight, cross-country flight, Rico Dowdle began his Tuesday — at least on social media — with an emoji. Dowdle’s post on Xcontained no words accompanying the face with spiral eyes emoji, which EmojiTerra tells us symbolizes “confusion, dizziness, overwhelm or being utterly shocked.” Per the website, it’s often used to convey “feeling dazed, hypnotized, or caught off-guard in troubling or surprising situations.” It’s not hard to figure out why the Carolina Panthers running back would be feeling some or all of those emotions. Dowdle has been one of the Panthers’ fun, feel-good stories this season, an Asheville native who signed a prove-it deal with his home-state team and then got right to the business of proving it. Before the Panthers hosted the Dallas Cowboys in Week 6, Dowdle warned his former team to “buckle up,” then backed up his words by running for 183 yards and racking up 239 yards from scrimmage. But in a 20-9 loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Monday night, it was Dowdle who was buckled up. And the guy who strapped Dowdle into a safety harness and threw on the child-safety locks was none other than Panthers coach Dave Canales. Dowdle led all backs Monday — including Christian McCaffrey — by averaging 6.3 yards per carry. But while 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan was feeding McCaffrey a cornucopia of 24 carries and 31 touches, Dowdle finished with a meager six rushing attempts. That matched his season low from a loss at Arizona in Week 2, when Chuba Hubbard was still RB1 and the Panthers were throwing nearly every down in the second half trying to catch up. Dowdle wasn’t the only back Canales dissed. Hubbard had just three carries and the Panthers finished with 13 as a team, tied for the fifth fewest in franchise history. Some of it was about opportunity, or lack of it. With the 49ers’ two touchdown drives consuming more than 16 minutes, the Panthers ran just 43 offensive plays, which matched their low under Canales and tied for the second fewest in team history. But Canales, who arrived in Charlotte last year preaching the balanced offense gospel, conceded Tuesday that he didn’t emphasize the running plays on his call sheet nearly enough. “Offensively, just could not get our rhythm going. And really it just started off with the run game. I have to make sure that that comes alive,” he said during an opening statement to reporters. “That’s a part of who we are. It’s a part of what we believe in. We have two great backs that contribute to this team. The offensive line was blocking well and that was a missed opportunity by me. And I’ll do better in that regard.”        
×
×
  • Create New...