Cam Skattaboe

[BlazeCarolina]

25 minutes ago, BullCityP said:

Brooks > Skatabooboo

Yeah, but people around here like to have that revisionist eye and act like they knew Brooks would get re-injured and never make it to the field.

A lot easier to call the draft from a year past it versus a month before it, folks.

[csx]

I was interested in him but in the end Id rather load up on pass rush potential than RB. 

[jtm]

I wanted him as well, but the Panthers had bigger needs.  It will be interesting to see if he can continue to play as physical as he is playing given that he isn't as big as Brandon Jacobs, Peyton Hillis, Derrick Henry, etc.  I suspect he'll have a short NFL career but he sure is fun to watch and pull for.  

[LinvilleGorge]

2 hours ago, BullCityP said:

Brooks > Skatabooboo

Maybe. But I said it at the time and I'll say it again. Spending a 2nd round pick on a RB rehabbing an ACL was insane. Especially for a bad team with a ton of roster needs. 

[csx]

Im glad physical running is in fashion again. If it sticks we should see physical linebackers and safeties. The game needs this. 

Edited 2 hours ago by csx

[frankw]

What does Brooks have to do with Skattebo? He has 9 career NFL carries and won't increase that number until at least next year. Besides Skattebo was a 4th round pick. And the folks who want to carry water do know the whole purpose of drafting an RB high is to get immediate production while on their rookie deal yes?

[uncfan888]

[TheBigKat]

He’ll have 3 pro-bowl years and CTE by year 4 but totally worth it

[jb2288]

This place would have melted, rightfully so, if we took him at 77 or traded up from 114 to take him. For all we know he may have been the guy over Etienne if there

[jb2288]

3 hours ago, BlazeCarolina said:

Yeah, but people around here like to have that revisionist eye and act like they knew Brooks would get re-injured and never make it to the field.

A lot easier to call the draft from a year past it versus a month before it, folks.

It’s the huddle fallacy lol

[jb2288]

3 hours ago, CPcavedweller said:

I said in the lead up to the draft that I’d take Cam in the 3rd or the 4th. Cam was a man amongst boys against Texas and in every other game I watched at Arizona State. I wanted to pair him up with Chubba and run the ball 35 times a game. 
 

so here would have been my choices: Tyler Warren, Nic Scourton, Cam Skattebo, DE, LB, WR

Turns out that Warren is pretty darn good, Skattebo is going to have 15 touchdowns this year, and Scourton is going to be one of the best rookie defensive players in the league this season. 
 

I always thought taking Tet was a luxury pick because while receiver is important, Tet is a complementary piece to what Bryce does well, not the main course. A tight end like Warren and a back like Cam would have opened a whole new world up for both Dave and Bryce. 
 

But here we are. Apparently the Front Office doesn’t read my posts because if they did, we would be a very good football team right now. 

Maybe but Bryce and Daniel Jones are about as opposite QBs you can get and Steichen Canales pretty different scheme. Warren would be good anywhere but I don’t think he could drop into our team and necessarily have the same production. Regardless, locking down a stud #1 WR is never a bad thing. 

[Khyber53]

Y'all gotta quit crying about the girls you didn't get to date.

 

[strato]

I get the people gun shy of a knee rehabbing RB. 

I was the same about Stewart and he ended having an excellent career but was always nursing his foot or ankle and it was a known thing when they took him. 

[TD alt]

4 hours ago, CPcavedweller said:

I said in the lead up to the draft that I’d take Cam in the 3rd or the 4th. Cam was a man amongst boys against Texas and in every other game I watched at Arizona State. I wanted to pair him up with Chubba and run the ball 35 times a game. 
 

so here would have been my choices: Tyler Warren, Nic Scourton, Cam Skattebo, DE, LB, WR

Turns out that Warren is pretty darn good, Skattebo is going to have 15 touchdowns this year, and Scourton is going to be one of the best rookie defensive players in the league this season. 
 

I always thought taking Tet was a luxury pick because while receiver is important, Tet is a complementary piece to what Bryce does well, not the main course. A tight end like Warren and a back like Cam would have opened a whole new world up for both Dave and Bryce. 
 

But here we are. Apparently the Front Office doesn’t read my posts because if they did, we would be a very good football team right now. 

While your thoughts on Warren and Skattebo are fun to ponder, there's just no way in hell I'm changing the first three (well, probably four) rounds of our draft. And, I seriously doubt that we'd be a good football team, much less a "very good football team," any more than we are now. Skat is the new, fun kid on the block, but he wasn't usurping Chuba or Dowdle (nor should he have in that scenario in my opinion), and McMillan will have a greater impact in this league than Warren. McMillan may just be a unicorn, but it's going to probably take a prototypical QB to unlock McMillan's oozing potential. And, lastly, Etienne is not some chump either. He doesn't have the power of Skat, but he makes up for it with speed and finesse. (Go Dawgs!)

And, no, I didn't forget Scourton or Umanmielen, but they're value to our squad goes without saying.

Edited 27 minutes ago by TD alt