I mean he has zero chance at making the team. But someone needs to throw the ball to Blue on swing passes at the rookie minicamp. I'm not sure we have a WR at rookie minicamp worth throwing a pass to but the RB's need to catch some balls and someone has to hand it to them.
Barkley is due for an injury. That's been most of his career. But that O-line is so good that they could put another RB back there and get really good production. Although their RB depth chart is pretty stinky after Barkley right now.
Good production, yes, but not enough to carry the offense like he did throughout all of last season.
I’m glad they added Mofo, because I have a bad feeling about Blue’s durability
AJ Dillon and Shipley are pretty awful backup RBs. ImIf I were an Eagles fan I would be scared of those guys playing lots of snaps.
They've lost a lot of depth and I think these over the top proclamations about how the Eagles have "8 awesome DL" is just an assumption that what they saw last year will continue.
They are certainly no Kenny Gainwell.
All the discussion above when you could boil it down to this:
I'm with you, I really like Blue but he is the type of guy you pair with someone. And I'm glad we drafted a back who theoretically pairs with him well. Thunder and lightening is kind of a cliché but truth is as a defender it's more difficult to defend when you face two vastly different styles of RB. And ultimately maybe Mafah doesn't work out. Or for year one it's more Jevonte than Mafah, but I like the idea of this pairing on the roster for 4 years if they workout.
Yeah, I find it unlikely that Blue would be a total bust unless he can't get the fumbling under control. He is just too fast and talented as a receiver to not find a role in an offense. Which is all you normally expect out of a fifth round RB. But he may never be a 1000-1500 yard rusher either. If you have a decent offensive coordinator I think you can at least find ways to use him. And he isn't totally one dimensional to the point that he is a Turpin where you sort of feel like it's a pure gadget guy.
Yeah that was never happening. I hope the kid works out. But it's a one year rental situation.
Yep and he played 4 less games and 200 less snaps than he did in 23. He looked a lot more fresh seasons end IMO. I just think he would be more effective if they didn’t rush the guy every play.
So, 1.5 in September and October vs some of our toughest competition.
If we can get Mazi to eat a shit ton of food and weight 340 pounds, will your opinion on him change?
We “know” they were trying to trade for Pickens and the price was too high. Who knows maybe they tried GB, for one of their receivers, Cincy about iosavas, NO for Olave, or MN for Addison. They were trying to trade during the draft and it didn’t work. No reason to rush now. See if the phone rings. Teams know the cowboys are looking for WR help.
