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<blockquote data-quote="Lee" data-source="post: 196446" data-attributes="member: 786"><p>You take that game out and he still averaged almost a full YPC over Laskey last year playing behind the best Oline since PJ has been here. Laskey averaged 4.98 YPC last year. If you take his best game out he averaged 4.8 YPC. As a Senior. Behind the best Oline in PJ's tenure. Contrast that with 7.42 with and 5.69 without his best game. As a TRUE freshman. Behind possibly the worst Oline since PJ has been here. Why would we move him again?</p><p></p><p>As for what Marshall could do on the edge, I have no doubts he could average 8-9 ypc. That's not uncommon for an aback. I think a lot of guys could do that, but I also think that is dependent on way more than someone's running ability. You said it yourself that you think that Lynch will be or should be moved to WR because he won't get playing time at aback due to all of the other guys with more speed that will be playing. If a guys that isn't good enough to crack the 2 deep next year in your opinion can get 9+ ypc, why would we move our most talented RB there instead of leaving him where he just averaged 7.6 ypc at bback? I will take the bback averaging 6-7 ypc over moving him to aback to average 8-9 all day. </p><p></p><p>As for abacks averaging high ypc numbers. In 2014, we had 2 that averaged more than 8.5 ypc. 4 in 2013, 1 in 2012 with another at 7.9, 2 in 2011 with another at 8.0, 2 in 2010, 1 in 2009, and 1 in 2008. In that same time frame we've had 2 bbacks average 7 ypc or more. One was a true freshman this year with candy initials and the other was Dwyer. Even with his best game taken out, (which is ridiculous btw because we play terrible teams every year and you don't take those games out of other guys ypc) his 5.7 ypc is more than AA ever had, .1 less than ZL's best year and .2 less than SD last year when he went on a tear. </p><p></p><p>I don't see any reason to move him to aback. If he gets beats out, I will actually be very happy because that means whoever took his place is going to be nasty. His vision, feet, and burst are something we haven't had at that position since...Dwyer. As for me comparing the two, I said MM is the best we've had since Dwyer in terms of pure running ability and he reminds me of him. Also Dwyer's first year in this offense was as a sophomore who already had game experience and a year in the S&C program. He also had the best WR in college football on the outside that the defense had to respect. Take Dwyer's 15.7 ypc game out and his numbers look different that year as well. During that year, he also had a game where he averaged 2.8 ypc and another where he averaged 1.7 ypc (against the almighty Gardner-Webb Bulldogs btw). So you can't just use your metric to judge one and not the other. Everyone gets to play against the bad teams. </p><p></p><p>Again, I'm not saying he is as good or will necessarily be as good as Dwyer, but he has the most potential I've seen at the bback spot since Dwyer left imo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lee, post: 196446, member: 786"] You take that game out and he still averaged almost a full YPC over Laskey last year playing behind the best Oline since PJ has been here. Laskey averaged 4.98 YPC last year. If you take his best game out he averaged 4.8 YPC. As a Senior. Behind the best Oline in PJ's tenure. Contrast that with 7.42 with and 5.69 without his best game. As a TRUE freshman. Behind possibly the worst Oline since PJ has been here. Why would we move him again? As for what Marshall could do on the edge, I have no doubts he could average 8-9 ypc. That's not uncommon for an aback. I think a lot of guys could do that, but I also think that is dependent on way more than someone's running ability. You said it yourself that you think that Lynch will be or should be moved to WR because he won't get playing time at aback due to all of the other guys with more speed that will be playing. If a guys that isn't good enough to crack the 2 deep next year in your opinion can get 9+ ypc, why would we move our most talented RB there instead of leaving him where he just averaged 7.6 ypc at bback? I will take the bback averaging 6-7 ypc over moving him to aback to average 8-9 all day. As for abacks averaging high ypc numbers. In 2014, we had 2 that averaged more than 8.5 ypc. 4 in 2013, 1 in 2012 with another at 7.9, 2 in 2011 with another at 8.0, 2 in 2010, 1 in 2009, and 1 in 2008. In that same time frame we've had 2 bbacks average 7 ypc or more. One was a true freshman this year with candy initials and the other was Dwyer. Even with his best game taken out, (which is ridiculous btw because we play terrible teams every year and you don't take those games out of other guys ypc) his 5.7 ypc is more than AA ever had, .1 less than ZL's best year and .2 less than SD last year when he went on a tear. I don't see any reason to move him to aback. If he gets beats out, I will actually be very happy because that means whoever took his place is going to be nasty. His vision, feet, and burst are something we haven't had at that position since...Dwyer. As for me comparing the two, I said MM is the best we've had since Dwyer in terms of pure running ability and he reminds me of him. Also Dwyer's first year in this offense was as a sophomore who already had game experience and a year in the S&C program. He also had the best WR in college football on the outside that the defense had to respect. Take Dwyer's 15.7 ypc game out and his numbers look different that year as well. During that year, he also had a game where he averaged 2.8 ypc and another where he averaged 1.7 ypc (against the almighty Gardner-Webb Bulldogs btw). So you can't just use your metric to judge one and not the other. Everyone gets to play against the bad teams. Again, I'm not saying he is as good or will necessarily be as good as Dwyer, but he has the most potential I've seen at the bback spot since Dwyer left imo. [/QUOTE]
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