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<blockquote data-quote="lv20gt" data-source="post: 323785" data-attributes="member: 2299"><p>I think it has very little when it comes to our offense, especially when the career was as minor as his was in the NFL. Being a practice player and being good on special teams in the NFL doesn't mean he would be any better as a running back in college. This isn't a guy who had several years as the #2 RB getting some carries. He was a practice and ST player who rarely got touches of the ball. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>He played RB when they wanted a short yard back late in blowouts. He was effectively a FB. His first TD came with under 20 seconds to go in a game where the pats were up 14. His second came when the Pats were up 42-10. NFL career would mean something if it was actually significant. It wasn't, especially when talking about as a running back. </p><p></p><p>Eckel, the two years he started at Navy averaged 5.08 ypc (4.7 for his career btw) </p><p>Mills as a freshman averaged 5.07 against better competition </p><p>Marcus Marshal averaged over 7 per carry against better competition on ~180 career attempts. </p><p> Days, when he actually got a chance to show what he got, had 141 carries for an average of 5.9 ypc, 5.5 for his career.</p><p>Laskey averaged 5.2 ypc for his career.</p><p>Sims averaged 5.14 (brought down by an injury plagued junior year btw) 5.9 his senior year</p><p>Allen the year he played bback averaged 5.5, 6.36 for his GT career, and 5.56 for his career</p><p>Dwyer averaged 7.0 his first year in the system, 5.9 his second, and on his career averaged 6.23. </p><p></p><p>Eckel had a lower ypc than any of our bback but a freshman Mills who will almost certainly pass him</p><p></p><p>Dwyer, Allen, Days, and Marshall it isn't even a close debate. Yes, it's absurd to say eckel would be better than any of them. Sims when healthy was significantly better. That leaves only Mills and Laskey. And no, I'm not biased when it comes to this. I'm probably the person that thinks the least of Laskey on here. To me he was wholly unremarkable as a starter and it was extremely foolish that Johnson had him as the only guy getting reps at the position to start 2014. That being said I don't see any reason to think that Eckel would be better than Laskey. Also, when it comes to Mills, I might again be the person least high on him. I was of the opinion last year that Marshall was the better all around back, and it was a mistake for Mills to get the usage that he did, and that his inability to hit the big play will hurt us this year. But again, there is zero reason to think that he won't end up significantly better than Eckel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lv20gt, post: 323785, member: 2299"] I think it has very little when it comes to our offense, especially when the career was as minor as his was in the NFL. Being a practice player and being good on special teams in the NFL doesn't mean he would be any better as a running back in college. This isn't a guy who had several years as the #2 RB getting some carries. He was a practice and ST player who rarely got touches of the ball. He played RB when they wanted a short yard back late in blowouts. He was effectively a FB. His first TD came with under 20 seconds to go in a game where the pats were up 14. His second came when the Pats were up 42-10. NFL career would mean something if it was actually significant. It wasn't, especially when talking about as a running back. Eckel, the two years he started at Navy averaged 5.08 ypc (4.7 for his career btw) Mills as a freshman averaged 5.07 against better competition Marcus Marshal averaged over 7 per carry against better competition on ~180 career attempts. Days, when he actually got a chance to show what he got, had 141 carries for an average of 5.9 ypc, 5.5 for his career. Laskey averaged 5.2 ypc for his career. Sims averaged 5.14 (brought down by an injury plagued junior year btw) 5.9 his senior year Allen the year he played bback averaged 5.5, 6.36 for his GT career, and 5.56 for his career Dwyer averaged 7.0 his first year in the system, 5.9 his second, and on his career averaged 6.23. Eckel had a lower ypc than any of our bback but a freshman Mills who will almost certainly pass him Dwyer, Allen, Days, and Marshall it isn't even a close debate. Yes, it's absurd to say eckel would be better than any of them. Sims when healthy was significantly better. That leaves only Mills and Laskey. And no, I'm not biased when it comes to this. I'm probably the person that thinks the least of Laskey on here. To me he was wholly unremarkable as a starter and it was extremely foolish that Johnson had him as the only guy getting reps at the position to start 2014. That being said I don't see any reason to think that Eckel would be better than Laskey. Also, when it comes to Mills, I might again be the person least high on him. I was of the opinion last year that Marshall was the better all around back, and it was a mistake for Mills to get the usage that he did, and that his inability to hit the big play will hurt us this year. But again, there is zero reason to think that he won't end up significantly better than Eckel. [/QUOTE]
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