The guy I want to see get more touches is Xavier Gayten. I know he came in on mop up duty but he seemed to have an extra gear along with Booth.
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Yeah, I noticed that too. I get that maybe our O line wasn’t just bulldozing through people, but it’s also not like our RBs were getting hit in the backfield or even the line of scrimmage very often. They’ve got to be better at finding lanes and falling forward for that extra 2-3 yards just like EKU’s guy was doing all night. Well, at least until 4th down
I didnt see much power, vision, or speed from any of our backs til late in the game
I didnt see much power, vision, or speed from any of our backs til late in the game
I'm going to withhold opinion for now. Nothing excited me much about our running yesterday (except Coleman running back punts).
Don’t forget about Whittemore’s reverse…
Lebby has been high on him also, so I was surprised he didnt get more meaningful snaps.
He and Booth could do some damage IMO.
Gayten is/was a track star. Posted a 10.95 in the 100 meter. He should only get stronger & faster. Seems to have a bright future.
He and Booth could do some damage IMO.
Gayten is/was a track star. Posted a 10.95 in the 100 meter. He should only get stronger & faster. Seems to have a bright future.
Running back, done right, is hard to do. Gayten will have to demonstrate his knowledge of the playbook, blocking, pass routes, etc. We will see him more down the line, but he did look good in the few plays we saw him.
We did see one fumble several times though. Or, I think it was the same one to fumble at least twice. That's correctable so hopefully we won't see it anymore.
Bump. He is going to be a good one...assuming he stays.
I’d still like to understand how Lee was RB1 to start the season.
He did the right things. Possession RB. Wasn't afraid to block.
I don't think that would look like a 2nd gear against an SEC defense.
I'm fine if I'm wrong.
You'd be incorrect, he ran a 10.9 100M in HS, he can go and he's a good size RB too.
it would most certainly look like second gear against an SEC defense. Of course its because hes got a 4 speed transmission! The last player I can recall that could pull away from anyone was kevin prentiss(sp). Not saying the kid isn't faster than the others but he aint taking one to the house against SEC teams.
There were so many runs on Saturday where if the RB went left (to a gap) instead of right (to the backs of our OL) we would have broken more long runs.
Everyone who stepped in that spot looked great! Other than the accuracy of MVB, this was the most impressive thing on Saturday.
Should I be surprised that you didn't bother to notice I was responding to a post saying we had 3 running backs with an impressive 2nd gear?
Did they all run 10.9 in HS?
And yes, I have high hopes for Xavier.
Brandon Holloway was seriously fast. We just chose to run his 93 lbs between the guards most of the time.
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