Pretty certain that Martin and Miller end up getting re-upped. Forte maybe. The rest, feh, I would rather draft a guy.Chris Ivory, Doug Martin, Lamar Miller, Alfred Morris, Matt Forte, Ronnie Hillman and James Starks are all UFA's next year. Several of those guys would be upgrades to McFadden and considering Murray's drop off this year, I'm sure they can be had cheap considering their ages, especially Forte.
Go out, throw 4 million a year at one of these guys, have them split carries with McFadden, draft a guy in the 4th-7th, hope Dunbar comes back strong and call it a day. Forte might be the best tradeoff between cost and ability, I'm sure teams will shy away because of his age but he showed he can still play and is an all-around back. Give him a 2-3 year deal, keep him fresh with McFadden, let McFadden walk after next season and then draft Forte's replacement in the HOF 2017 RB class.
Pretty simple IMO.
Depends on the salary. Ivory at 6 mil a year?Pretty certain that Martin and Miller end up getting re-upped. Forte maybe. The rest, feh, I would rather draft a guy.
If Turbin continues to show he can carry the ball as well as block, then I'd be fine with letting McFadden walk (if he's no longer under contract).Chris Ivory, Doug Martin, Lamar Miller, Alfred Morris, Matt Forte, Ronnie Hillman and James Starks are all UFA's next year. Several of those guys would be upgrades to McFadden and considering Murray's drop off this year, I'm sure they can be had cheap considering their ages, especially Forte.
Go out, throw 4 million a year at one of these guys, have them split carries with McFadden, draft a guy in the 4th-7th, hope Dunbar comes back strong and call it a day. Forte might be the best tradeoff between cost and ability, I'm sure teams will shy away because of his age but he showed he can still play and is an all-around back. Give him a 2-3 year deal, keep him fresh with McFadden, let McFadden walk after next season and then draft Forte's replacement in the HOF 2017 RB class.
Pretty simple IMO.
I really like Collins out of Arkansas.So would I. Elliott or Henry would be beastly behind our line.
But if we don't land one of them, I'm almost to point where I'd be fine ignoring the position altogether and jousting bringing in a FA to split carries with DMC. This class of RBs as a whole is a steaming pile of dogshit. Next year is the year to invest highly in one.
You'll get Alex Collins and like it!So would I. Elliott or Henry would be beastly behind our line.
But if we don't land one of them, I'm almost to point where I'd be fine ignoring the position altogether and jousting bringing in a FA to split carries with DMC. This class of RBs as a whole is a steaming pile of dogshit. Next year is the year to invest highly in one.
McFadden has decent straightline speed. He looked slow as hell on that big run he had.His vision is downright aweful. McFadden has great straightline speed and can actually run hard at times but that is it. Turbin showed far more ability to break tackles and make guys miss.
Well, that would make for an awkward lockerroom environment.Imagine if we drafted Tyler Eifert like Garrett wanted. He'd be effing Escobar right now.
I didn't even see this before I posted.I really like Collins out of Arkansas.
He's no flashy, but he's got all the tools to be a good successful back in the NFL. We also wouldn't have to take him in the 1st round.
[MENTION=2]dallen[/MENTION] - you think Collins would cut it at the NFL level?
We didn't all think that. I wanted Rivera bad.Remember when we all thought that Ron Rivera would be a terrible coaching hire?
And Mike ZimmerRemember when we all thought that Ron Rivera would be a terrible coaching hire?
I was always impressed with Rivera, but it's been a huge shocker to see how good of a coordinator and coach he's become since we gave him the boot.And Mike Zimmer
OTOH, a lot of fans were intrigued by SingletaryRemember when we all thought that Ron Rivera would be a terrible coaching hire?
Jerry was very impressed with Singletary.OTOH, a lot of fans were intrigued by Singletary
I am not sold on Elliot as well, he seems like a straight line guy.Elliot is good bit nothing special. Throw on top pf that the hissy fit he just threw and I'm sort of meh on him. If we were picking him around 30 I would be cool with it but I don't think he is worth anything near a top 15 pick.
Just take a middle round RB like we should have this year.
I think he could be a good NFL back. I just think he should be more of a Carlos Hyde type early second round RB. I don't see him as an elite freak deserving of top 15-20 consideration.I am not sold on Elliot as well, he seems like a straight line guy.