Luuuuuuuuuuepke!

[1time4urMind]

248lb’s of running back. His worth will show itself in 2nd half of games. Just one more layer of the onion MM has to play with. Can’t wait to see Pollard, Duece and Luepke create havoc.

Is everyone sleeping on Dowdle? Kid can play. A lot of people loved him when he was the undrafted flavor of the week a couple of years back. Being healthy and playing well, I'd think this year starts off with him getting most of the carries behind Pollard. Distribution may change as the season goes on depending on match ups and who has the "Hot hand", but, "Go Dowdle!" in week one.

 

[1time4urMind]

248lb’s of running back. His worth will show itself in 2nd half of games. Just one more layer of the onion MM has to play with. Can’t wait to see Pollard, Duece and Luepke create havoc.

Is everyone sleeping on Dowdle? Kid can play. A lot of people loved him when he was the undrafted flavor of the week a couple of years back. Being healthy and playing well, I'd think this year starts off with him getting most of the carries behind Pollard. Distribution may change as the season goes on depending on match ups and who has the "Hot hand", but, "Go Dowdle!" in week one

 

[CCBoy]

Yep!
Usually, if a little guy beats a big guy, it's because the little guy is more skilled than the big guy (or gets in a lucky shot first, i.e., element of surprise). All things being equal, the big guy beats the small guy 10 times out of 10.
And I'm a little guy.

Always there is a sequence and the most actual experiences at being effective dominate. Not the size, but technique. There is actually no dominance in implied power. That is an individual's advantage, but experience, at any size, at handling dominant type moves is the factor on the table. Small or large.

Control of one's own environment. Small hand axes aren't allowed on the field as well...

 

[Runwildboys]

IF I were you then, and don't see why and the logic, I'd be very, very afraid of Jack and the Bean Stalk and early musical rhymes.

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Ring around the rosie, pocket full of possie, they all fall down...that children sang.

It was only about the Black Plague....smart guy.

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Oh, I'm sorry, you are such a football expert...that doesn't excuse your attempt at trying to channel discussion that actually is on target. Just not what you want to be considered as well.

Now squeek up and tell me you don't understand anything...or just get real in one's own posting.

I have been around since the beginnings of both the Cowboys and this board.

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Men are judged by their accomplishments, not size!!!!!!!!!!



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Go ahead and sneak on out of this discussion...unless you really want for it to carry on. I stated a valid truth.

Again, nothing to do with my post.

Someone posted this: "athletic big guy is going to destroy an athletic little guy the vast majority of the time. ", and you responded with a diatribe that completely ignored this disclaimer, as if the person was speaking in absolutes.

I commented that he'd said, "the majority of the time", and you went off on some tangent clearly aimed at self promotion, rather than acknowledging his disclaimer.

Verbosity doesn't make one correct.

 

[1time4urMind]

Trying to judge the fight in a man by his height? Weight?
Man, get outta here.
People don't even fight no more.
All they do is talk.

 

[deerhunter11]

HUNTER LEUPKE will be a safety valve for DAK , both in blitz pickup and short yardage passes when plays breakdown. He will pick up the tough yards that Zeke used to ,he will be a difference maker .

 

[Captain-Crash]

Again, nothing to do with my post.

Someone posted this: "athletic big guy is going to destroy an athletic little guy the vast majority of the time. ", and you responded with a diatribe that completely ignored this disclaimer, as if the person was speaking in absolutes.

I commented that he'd said, "the majority of the time", and you went off on some tangent clearly aimed at self promotion, rather than acknowledging his disclaimer.

Verbosity doesn't make one correct.

 

[tyke1doe]

Always there is a sequence and the most actual experiences at being effective dominate. Not the size, but technique. There is actually no dominance in implied power. That is an individual's advantage, but experience, at any size, at handling dominant type moves is the factor on the table. Small or large.

Control of one's own environment. Small hand axes aren't allowed on the field as well...

The "most actual experience" relates to skill. Again if you have two equally skilled people, the bigger man is going to beat the smaller man 10 times out of 10.

That's simple physics and biology.

Where and when this DOES NOT apply is when the smaller man has superior skills or even better skills than the bigger man.

Royce Gracie was mopping the mat - so to speak - with men twice his size. It was because he had the better skill in his discipline. But when bigger guys started learning grappling and jiu-jitsu, they narrowed the gap (his jiu-jitsu was still superior to theirs), and even Matt Hughes beat him (Matt's jiu-jitsu skills were no where near Gracie's. I'm just pointing out that as one increases in skills one comes closer to beating their opponent if they have a size advantage).

Again, this is not hating. This is physics.

 

[losersgetcute]

He has excellent hands but I think he'll have challenges running against pro level athletes on defense.

I think if a guy is 6-1" and 230+ running a 4.56-4.61 forty, he will do alright. The difference with this player is he is not just an athlete, but a smart football player who understands leverage due to his wrestling background. He is going to be someone other teams study once he trucks a couple guys in the flat or flattens someone trying to get to Pollard.

 

[Rockport]

Really, try hitting the jackpot on a zonderspiel in Germany and stopping at every Gasthause on a trip about 100 kilometers back to Kaserne and the entire group getting a Visenbier...then safely complete the journey. We had a NCO beer hall on our 3rd floor stocked with double bach...and kept a log for accountability.

You did what now? One club we called the Na-zi club....must have been a personality thingie.

We use to raid the SNCO barracks on our Benjo Bombers because they had beer machines. 25 cents for Olympia. Good times.

 

[CCBoy]

We use to raid the SNCO barracks on our Benjo Bombers because they had beer machines. 25 cents for Olympia. Good times.

Good to know stuff...for sure.

Three of us were on a Willis Jeep in Korea behind a equal to a deuce 'n half going up a hill, when a large case of romyen fell off the back ... we immediately stopped! A whole platoon ate romyen for a month with a package, egg, and hot sauce.

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

Wow ...... This is a very biased take

No it's not. He's not going to generate explosives, and explosives are what define good offenses.

Him getting a lot of touches means you're getting nothing out of your vertical passing game, and that's what Cooks - your most significant addition - is here for.

 

[CCBoy]

No it's not. He's not going to generate explosives, and explosives are what define good offenses.

Him getting a lot of touches means you're getting nothing out of your vertical passing game, and that's what Cooks - your most significant addition - is here for.

With 4 strong and deep challenging receivers...no 20 yard success?

 

[kskboys]

Short yardage is the problem . No one is stuffing FB’s into the line of scrimmage wanting to get anywhere . Heck use a blocking TE to clear brush for Pollard Deuce or Dowdle and instead of dreams of “ short yardage “ you may break one off . What a concept . If this man is featured in the current offense then Elliott should have been kept around .

So much “ excitement “ over “ short yardage “ out of North Dakota st . Oh boy

Where are you getting the info that there are no short yardage elements any more? That thought is simply not correct. You may want to consider a new info source.

Short yardage backs: Chubb, Taylor, Pierce, Dillon, Jamaal Williams, Juszyck, Ricard, INgord, Keith Smith.

Every team needs a way to pick up short yardage. If your QB is quick enough, the short pass is often used as such, though there is an inherent danger in that, as a mistake often results in a pick 6.

 

[RonWashington]

Where are you getting the info that there are no short yardage elements any more? That thought is simply not correct. You may want to consider a new info source.

Short yardage backs: Chubb, Taylor, Pierce, Dillon, Jamaal Williams, Juszyck, Ricard, INgord, Keith Smith.

Every team needs a way to pick up short yardage. If your QB is quick enough, the short pass is often used as such, though there is an inherent danger in that, as a mistake often results in a pick 6.

Almost all the backs you mention have a break away element to them . I give the ball to Chubb or Pierce & Williams goodness those are certified RB’s who can break off a nice piece of real estate .

I just don’t feature Andy Reid or Sean McVey laying awake at night thinking of off tackle to the FB for 2 yards and a measurement .