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Trent Richardson doesnt travel to New England with the Colts - "personal reasons"

Maybe Indy can trade him back for Johnny and some draft picks.
 
Idioteque said:
I remember the first time I heard him mentioned as a blue-chip, top-of-draft prospect. It was on a long run of his in 2010 (I guess). Think he was playing Florida and broke off a long one. The analysts were raving about such tremendous speed and playmaking ability from a bigger back. I didn't see any of it. Looked like a normal-speed, normal-bodied college back. The kind of guy who will pop in workouts but didn't show that athleticism on the field. Couldn't believe I was agreeing with Jim Dumbfuck Brown, but I just didn't see anything special there.

As a rookie, he was OK. Consistent for 3-4 yards, but no explosion whatsoever. Now, he's barely a roster-able talent, as he doesn't play a ST role that your #2/#3 RB should to justify his roster spor. He's surprisingly shown some wiggle when untouched, but he's one of the NFL's worst regular RBs at generating yardage after contact.
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Yeah...He's was an average back...

 
bermudasteel said:
Yeah...He's was an average back...

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giant holes to run thru, horrible tackling, yup... looks like your typical college highlight video. Should we post one of Archer too?
 
Idioteque said:
No, you're right.. we can see now that he's a transcendent talent.

Jerome Bettis fked Barry Sanders and Trent fell out of one of their *****
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I never said he was Jerome Bettis or Barry Sanders. What I said is that "he was NOT an average back in college"...
 
1) Never draft a running back that high.
2) Never draft a running back that high + he had a dominant OL.
3) Never draft a running back that high + he had a dominant OL + he runs a 4.6 / 40.
4) Never draft a running back that high + he had a dominant OL + he runs a 4.6 / 40 + he is 5'9 and 225lbs.

Honesty, if he like contact more, he was better suited to bulk up and be a full back in the NFL - but that NFL does not exist and full backs are unicorns. I liked him as a college player but I also knew exactly what he was. Same with Manziel, loved watching him in college but he is not an NFL QB.
 
bermudasteel said:
Let it go...
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the point stands, we can grab any college player and make a highlight video making him look great. Richardson had a dominant OL against inferior opponents. He didn't break a ton of tackles, he didn't make people miss consistently. He ran thru gaping holes and shoddy arm tackle attempts by DB's
 
bermudasteel said:
I never said he was Jerome Bettis or Barry Sanders. What I said is that "he was NOT an average back in college"...
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I just think he benefited from the line as insaniti said. I really never saw anything special there.

I'm no Bama fan, but my favorite back of theirs was Siran Stacy. He was awesome when I was 8 or 9.
 
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