Hubbard says he might have rushed back

[Mr. Scot]

We theorized this was possible...

[Khyber53]

Rico deserved his garlands, the guy flat out played lights out when we had to rely on him. Chuba, we seemed to forget was also a steady, sturdy running back himself, and when he didn't come back and set the world on fire, a lot of folks were basically calling him a bum for it.

Let's be honest, though, we've got two excellent running backs and 11 weeks into the season they have had their bumps and bruises. Goes with the game. We've got the latest bye game possible and we're rotating them, so maybe down the stretch when the cold wind blows those two guys can just keep pounding the opposing teams into submission.

 

[OneBadCat]

Chuba looked a lot faster last week. His burst might be back.

[Proudiddy]

Yeah, Chuba looked better against ATL.  He had some more burst.  He looked slow and heavy the weeks prior.  And interestingly enough, Rico didn’t look quite as sturdy or explosive against ATL, as he came into it banged up.  I hope they both feel better going into the San Fran game, as they’ll have an extra day of prep, and then I hope they both get back to as close to in-season 100% as possible after the bye week.  We need them.

[Donald LaFell]

8 minutes ago, OneBadCat said:

Chuba looked a lot faster last week. His burst might be back.

Yeah he has a “springy” quality when he’s at his best. I’m always really impressed how he navigates traffic. Dowdle will always be faster but when a team is really loading the box I wonder if a healthy Hubbard might be more effective. 

[PootieNunu]

I already knew this, he was scared of job security because of the numbers Rico was putting up. 

Can't say I blame him but it hurt the team. 

[cranky]

The best part is they compliment each other. Chuba is a more patient runner, patiently waiting for gaps to form while Rico is more explosive.

I wish they would use Rico more like McCaffery was used - getting him the ball in space to take advantage of his explosivness and violence. Then have Chuba pound the middle for the tough yards.

Edited 54 minutes ago by cranky
too wordy

[Swaggasaurus]

I don’t care. He’s got bricks for hands and consistently fugs up drives because of it. So does JT Sanders. So does bi-weekly Legette.

[Bear Hands]

At the end of the day, I doubt either are even here in 2 years. Hope they can crush it together the remainder of the season

[PleaseCutStewart]

Chuba's problem for the games he looked bad is that he looked hesitant and didn't know where to run. He actually seemed to be thinking less and just running Sunday, which helped.