hawk45":36ilrd9e said:
jlwaters1":36ilrd9e said:
I see him as a Turbin clone. Same size and virtually same measureables. Both are complete backs and I'm happy to have both. I expect big things from Turbin this year;.
For real? Turbin's mass is all in his upper body and Michael has a much lower center of gravity, better burst, and better vision going by the highlights.
We'll see how it translates to the NFL but they're not clones by any stretch.
I get it, the new guy is always the sexy pic. Many of you are swooner over Michael because he's a 2nd round pick. Fine But to say they aren't similar is ridiculous. Even PC said they were very similar that's why they drafted Michael. Turbin and Michael by all measurements are same size, have roughly the same speed, agility, strength. Both are good catchers of the ball.
Both players are rocked up, I think it's stupid to sit there and continually point out Turbin's upper-body, as if he's got Kelly Jennings legs or something. The dude is all around powerful.
Watch his 2012 highlights and tell me he doesn't have great burst, vision, balance. He's always falling forward. His biggest gaffe this year was dropping 1 pass against SF (Which wasn't an easy catch).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6UmX-6m0s8
The biggest difference between the 2 in college is that Turbin was ridiculously productive wheras Michael has never quite lived up to expectations.
Please don't misunderstand I'm happy we picked Michael, but I find it really weird that people are so quick to annoint Michael as Lynch's backup. IMO Turbin had a great rookie year and was very effective in what the Seahawks asked from him last year. I expect him as a 2nd year player will make a big jump in overall play and should be a pretty dynamic weapon.
I expect both Turbin and Michael to rush for 300-500 yards this coming year.