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Rico Dowdle sounds like he’s gone

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2 things can be true, he was under utilized too much after chuba returned, too many games where we either abandoned the run or fail to ride the hot hand wether that was chuba or Rico

and we need to spend resources on defense instead of tying up more money into the offense 

I would not put much stock into brooks nor etinne 

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5 minutes ago, Cpt slay a ho said:

2 things can be true, he was under utilized too much after chuba returned, too many games where we either abandoned the run or fail to ride the hot hand wether that was chuba or Rico

and we need to spend resources on defense instead of tying up more money into the offense 

I would not put much stock into brooks nor etinne 

Yeah, the folks that think Brooks is going to show up be the player they saw at Texas is just wishful thinking. The truth is he may never play meaningful and impactful snaps at this level. You just can't assume anything based on those injuries.

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2 hours ago, CRA said:

I’ll be honest, Hubbard isn’t really good at this point either.   Brooks has been hurt for 2 years and you can’t really count on him as being anything.  

Backfield is going to need some juice and an addition. 

Hubbard isn't the problem, if anything it's a lack of a legit passing game. Jonathan Brooks fell way off when Danny Dimes got hurt. When teams just continually stack the box, or simply have stout lines, you can't expect RBs to go off. 

All that being said, I wouldn't paid Chuba like that either because I see him as more average than anything special. Just another Morgan contract that looked sketchy at the time that have turned out to be relatively bad.

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Just now, TD alt said:

Hubbard isn't the problem, if anything it's a lack of a legit passing game. Jonathan Brooks fell way off when Danny Dimes got hurt. When teams just continually stack the box, or simply have stout lines, you can't expect RBs to go off. 

All that being said, I wouldn't paid Chuba like that either because I see him as more average than anything special. Just another Morgan contract that looked sketchy at the time that have turned out to be relatively bad.

I wouldn’t call him a problem, but Hubbard at this stage isn’t really that good.   Really just a dude that should be part of a committee.  

Since the day we drafted Bryce, I’ve said he needs a real legit receiving RB.  

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4 hours ago, UnluckyforSome said:

He is directly responsible for 2 wins at least. That said, best of luck to you, sir.

He was almost responsible for at least 2 losses. We stuck with the run because we kept waiting for him to live up to his former promise. Didn't happen. 

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