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Don't wish this on any player...
kearly":1al6xufc said:I think Hunter is pretty good and wouldn't mind him getting a shot with the Hawks at some point. That said, he was probably going to be their 4th RB anyway with Gore, the 2nd round pick, and Lattimore all ahead of him.
Popeyejones":u89glq72 said:I don't think so. The 9ers staff has such a strong bias for veterans I'd have been shocked in Hunter wasn't taking the carries after Gore (with Hyde taking over Dixon's short yardage role, LMJ gone, and Lattimore not suiting).
TBH, I think this is awful for Hunter (the real story), and oddly not that bad of a thing for the 9ers, particularly in the long term. This was likely going to be the last year on the 9ers for both Gore and Hunter, and they'll have a better idea of if they have Gore's replacement on the roster or not already now that Hunter won't be taking all of Gore's scraps. As for the drop-off from Hunter to LMJ/Hyde/Lattimore, I don't think it will be that large, if existent all.
The corrolary would be if Lynch was in camp and the Hawks had a few guys they were excited about and invested in at the position behind Lynch/Turbin rather than just Michael. In that scenario if Turbin went down it would be much worse for Turbin than it would be for the Hawks, IMO.
(FWIW I think Turbin is a nice player who is oddly undervalued by some Hawks fans sometimes, and the same is/was true for Hunter as well.)
:13: GeniusSourdough #49":1o69exa7 said:kobebryant":1o69exa7 said:loafoftatupu":1o69exa7 said:
Just watch Baalke and JS go out and get drunk one night.
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