Both him and Skattebo have a lot of tread off of their tires. Neither guy seems to avoid big hits very well (especially Skattebo, who seems to invite these collisions). I would not use a high draft pick on either guy, in large part because I don't think they will have a longer, effective career.
I have no issue with that take at all. Rb longevity is a major issue and How much these guys have been used is semi alarming. These guys are touching the ball 35 times as the only real weapon on these offenses. It might be best for both these RBs that their seasons ended today and they don’t have more games to play.
Not being an apologist.
If you are drafting him based on his productivity, you have to look at his competition. He destroyed the Mountain West. That's not exactly playing against future NFL players on defense every week. So, I think a poor showing against PSU absolutely hurts his draft stock. He's still going in round 1 most likely, But , like you, I hope not to the cowboys. He's not Saqaun Barkley or Adrian Peterson.
I don't think we should ever use a high draft pick on a rb. That said, I think Scattebo offers more than Jeanty.
What exactly is more?
What I’m suggesting is it really wasn’t a poor showing. He logged 16 broken tackles and 81 of his 104 rushing yards came after contact. The box score stats were a lot worse than the deeper metrics show. This had more to do with penn state exposing thre Boise offense as a whole than it had to do with Jeanty the individual.
He had 30 rushes. So, any cumulative stats are meaningless. 16 broken tackles in 30 rushing attempts isn't impressive. I realize he had a great statistical season, but I'm just not impressed after watching him play. Skattebo was way more impressive.
Skattebo may go about 80 spots behind Jeanty.
If you like Skattebo better as a prospect that's completely fine, I think its a reasonable debate, but downplaying 16 broken tackles is wild to me. Skattebo to compare today had 8 on the same number of carries.
cmon now. Ya'll are getting wild!!
& two turnovers
Oh really? You ever read about Emmitt’s final game as a Florida Gator in the 1989 Freedom Bowl? He had 17 yards rushing in a 34-7 loss to Univ of Washington. It was Emmitt’s worst game EVER. Four months later he was drafted by Dallas and the rest is history.
The difference is the competition. Sure Emmitt had a bad bowl , but you had 3 years of him running against SEC defenses. So, you could say with confidence that he just had a tough day. With Jeanty, you have seen him piling up yards in the Mountain West which is hardly known for defense. So, you have to scrutinize bad games against power conference teams a little more.
Yeah but you did say he was essentially equal to them. Saying the best who have ever done it could have done no better is just too bold.
25 carries, 192 yards, 7.7 ypc 3 TDs against #1 seed Oregon
No I did not say he was equal to them. I literally said Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith or Adrian Peterson wouldn’t have fared much better against that Penn State D. I was merely pointing out that even the greatest have bad games. In Emmitt’s last college game, he rushed for 17 yards. Was merely saying even the greats have a bad game once in a while.
