mikeak
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Watching AC play and realizing we drafted Penny in the first round because we couldn’t figure out how to use AC is quite annoying
hawknation2018":2ho1t00p said:[tweet]https://twitter.com/PFF/status/1040544688623759365[/tweet]
Collins had a really poor rookie year; he was so indecisive. Then he started to look really good in his 2nd camp and preseason. Unfortunately, Chris Carson looked even better that preseason. They made the decision to keep Lacy, Rawls, and Prosise, even though none of them had shown anything in the preseason, and made the 4th spot a Collins vs. Carson battle. They also kept Madden as the FB.
I could see Penny making the same big jump from year one to year two that Collins made. I think he will struggle with the speed of the game as a rookie. Against the good run defenses he faced in college, he never did anything. But things should slow down for him in his 2nd year, particularly after he has an off-season to get stronger and faster.
mikeak":1wfoekyu said:hawknation2018":1wfoekyu said:[tweet]https://twitter.com/PFF/status/1040544688623759365[/tweet]
Collins had a really poor rookie year; he was so indecisive. Then he started to look really good in his 2nd camp and preseason. Unfortunately, Chris Carson looked even better that preseason. They made the decision to keep Lacy, Rawls, and Prosise, even though none of them had shown anything in the preseason, and made the 4th spot a Collins vs. Carson battle. They also kept Madden as the FB.
I could see Penny making the same big jump from year one to year two that Collins made. I think he will struggle with the speed of the game as a rookie. Against the good run defenses he faced in college, he never did anything. But things should slow down for him in his 2nd year, particularly after he has an off-season to get stronger and faster.
He looked like crap here the same year he signed with the Ravens and then looked great
Yep,mikeak":2gpccgf4 said:hawknation2018":2gpccgf4 said:[tweet]https://twitter.com/PFF/status/1040544688623759365[/tweet]
Collins had a really poor rookie year; he was so indecisive. Then he started to look really good in his 2nd camp and preseason. Unfortunately, Chris Carson looked even better that preseason. They made the decision to keep Lacy, Rawls, and Prosise, even though none of them had shown anything in the preseason, and made the 4th spot a Collins vs. Carson battle. They also kept Madden as the FB.
I could see Penny making the same big jump from year one to year two that Collins made. I think he will struggle with the speed of the game as a rookie. Against the good run defenses he faced in college, he never did anything. But things should slow down for him in his 2nd year, particularly after he has an off-season to get stronger and faster.
He looked like crap here the same year he signed with the Ravens and then looked great
bigskydoc":1s6e3nm9 said:Pretty sure I was Collin's second biggest fan here. Just another victim of Cabevel.
Of course I thought Lacy would pan out too, so there is that.
Wonder what Lacy would have done with a competent O-line/ running game coach and offensive coordinator.
Seafan":32quqlsi said:Alex Collins would be the 4th stringer on this team and I would rather have Russ run with it with Russ's 5.8 YPC vs. Alex's 3.6.
Alex Collins is ok behind a very good OL. He's a slower version of Penny. He's not got the toughness of Carson or Davis.
He didn't deserve to make the team last year and I agree with the Lacy stuff. He really didn't fit, Pete confused size with toughness. Lacy is dough boy soft. Don't know what happened to Rawls. He fell off the planet. Signing Lacy and Joeckel were huge desperate gambles to improve the running game that failed. IMO Pete has better info surrounding him than previous seasons. Of course the market drives what is available.