Friday 08.04 Practice Thread

[Mr. Scot]

17 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

 

That's different.

[Ricky Spanish]

28 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

 

Dude, this is awesome. I love this.

[Jackie Lee]

 

[Jackie Lee]

 

[Mr. Scot]

26 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

 

That's not so surprising

[Ricky Spanish]

34 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

 

Follow up tweet from Joe:

Water is wet.

I know a lot of people are high on Chuba, and he did RUN the ball better last year compared to the year before, but he can not catch a cold. He has stone hands and he is the worst receiving back on the team. When CMC went down, it wasn't just a noticeable dropoff in the RB receiving game because he wasn't being utilized, he was, he just dropped damn near everything thrown his way.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Blackshear take 3rd down duties and slowly work into the running rotation as Chuba is fazed out as the year progresses.

[kungfoodude]

3 hours ago, ForJimmy said:

I feel like he is better at OG. BC at backup LT and Mayes as backup RT always made the most sense to me. Let Erving backup the interior line as it’s easier to hide a bad player there. 

Well he is a problem we will have this season but we don't have to have that same problem next season.

Which, I have no idea, maybe he really does make that much of a difference in the locker room. If so....I mean....I guess it is what it is.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, Ricky Spanish said:

Follow up tweet from Joe:

Water is wet.

I know a lot of people are high on Chuba, and he did RUN the ball better last year compared to the year before, but he can not catch a cold. He has stone hands and he is the worst receiving back on the team. When CMC went down, it wasn't just a noticeable dropoff in the RB receiving game because he wasn't being utilized, he was, he just dropped damn near everything thrown his way.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Blackshear take 3rd down duties and slowly work into the running rotation as Chuba is fazed out as the year progresses.

The value he offers is that with the ball in his hand, he's a freight train. That part of his game is hard to ignore.

But yeah, he can't seem to catch to save his life.

[therealmjl]

I fully expect Blackshear to be the 3rd down back. 
 

Chuba will be a solid change of pace runner but he should not be on the field in passing situations.

[csx]

Blackshear had a higher drop percentage than Hubbard last season. They both dropped 1 pass.

[csx]

I wont be surprised to see our 3rd down targets being tight ends this year. As well as Shenault.

[trucpfan]

16 hours ago, csx said:

I'm not saying that at all. Young has great presence and it will absolutely help him avoid hits. No point ignoring the fact he's small. It's reality. We bragged about Cam being bigger than the linebackers tackling him. Can't change the laws of physics 

Man I totally agree wtf does his size have to do with escapability you either have it or you don’t no in between. The size remarks make no sense at all from what I just saw he was moving around like a young Brees just avoiding defenders and keeping his eyes downfield ready to make a play I couldn’t be more impressed with a rookie QB so far.

[96Bravo]

37 minutes ago, Ricky Spanish said:

Follow up tweet from Joe:

Water is wet.

I know a lot of people are high on Chuba, and he did RUN the ball better last year compared to the year before, but he can not catch a cold. He has stone hands and he is the worst receiving back on the team. When CMC went down, it wasn't just a noticeable dropoff in the RB receiving game because he wasn't being utilized, he was, he just dropped damn near everything thrown his way.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Blackshear take 3rd down duties and slowly work into the running rotation as Chuba is fazed out as the year progresses.

I would lose no sleep if we got rid of him. He's okay, but not reliable in the passing game. The only reason we even drafted the guy was from them whim of Mrs. Rhule.

[csx]

If he can run there's no need to drop him if we don't have a better runner.