Pollard the Under The Radar Factor?

Hadenough said:

Didnt Pollard have a costly fumble and also get hurt last season. Im not really sold on Pollard to be anything more than a 6-8 carry and 3 catch RB. I wish the Cowboys would put more stock into the RB2 position.

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he barely played..on limited reps he showed out nice. He hurt the Rams pretty bad if I recall. Garrett refused to give the kid the reps he needed each week. This staff values the back up rb position. The scheme under MM tends to feature lots of rb sets. He used Ty Montgomery at rb and the dude had success. Pollard has a real chance at exploding and being a weapon.

StuckMojo said:

Pollard had 139 carries in his college career and Henderson had 431 over the same time period.

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I said Pollard played more snaps.

Pollard was 2nd on the team in receptions during that period.

Pollard also:

1. Rushed
2. Blocked, often on running plays.
3. Played Wildcat QB.
4. Had 7 TDs as a Kick Returner.

Summary: Yes, the #WR on most teams has less carries than the starting RB...

xwalker said:

I said Pollard played more snaps.

Pollard was 2nd on the team in receptions during that period.

Pollard also:

1. Rushed
2. Blocked, often on running plays.
3. Played Wildcat QB.
4. Had 7 TDs as a Kick Returner.

Summary: Yes, the #WR on most teams has less carries than the starting RB...

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But you said it wasn’t true that Pollard didn’t take the place of the running back.

Rayman70 said:

AH NO. lol..He was JAG obviously. For the life of me I never will understand why he kept being brought back.

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Both Pollard and Darius Jackson were the same kind of SPARQ type top athletes .

Both possessed legit 4.4 speed, both adequate size...but Pollard has.far different type skill set, lower body power and instinctive knack for the game than Jackson.

we got a legit play maker with Pollard ... we got just another athlete on paper with Jackson.

Rayman70 said:

well, normally I would agree.Bur JG is gone, and we know MM loves to use wr's and put them at RB and also take rb's that have speed and move them out to the flank. I think we will see him in space on bubble screens in certain packages. The last regime failed the kid and the team by not using him a lot more and taking advantage of his skills and speed. At Memphis he was used a lot at WR...AND KNOWING MM, he realizes this and has had time to dissect his game. Its foolish not to line him up all over.

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RBs moving out to flank or in slot is more like putting them out in pass game as nickel -pass RBs instead of
taking on the role as slot WRs. And i'm thinking Pollard as more of a Darren Sproles, Chris Thompson, Ty Montgomery (a former WR) even such Lance Dunbar moving around in motion/out of backfield and into
the pass game.

- i'm trying to think of part time/limited role players as a guy like McCaffrey is a significant full time featured guy,
but i can imagine Pollard can/will be used in pass game on quick screens, flairs & swing passes, curls and up field wheel routes, occasional slot depending upon packages and situational downs and distances.
We already know what Pollard can do as a ball carrier, and both he and Zeke will flourish in both areas if the
new coaching regime revamp how the RBs will be involved.

- Could there be packages and instances where both Zeke and Pollard can be used in backfield and on the field
at the same time ?

- But i do really believe that if Pollard is going to be used and utilized to his fullest potential and skill set, it will
have to centered, planned and designed led by McCarthy and the new coaches ..rather than relying on Moore and how he used (mis-used?) the RBs.

StuckMojo said:

But you said it wasn’t true that Pollard didn’t take the place of the running back.

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Wrong.