FuzzyLumpkins;1950141 said:
Im well aware that the DB should catch him but it was made out that it showed his 'blazing speed' and that guy came all the way across the field to catch him effortlessly.
Who described him as having blazing speed? You use terms like "effortlessly" rather loosely don't you think.? I doubt that DB would say as much. Perhaps you should make an attempt to read what's actually being said instead of what you want to read into it.
In the second one that was shown, the LB was stumbling behind him and was keeping pace. i have no doubt hes a good blocker and i also have no doubt that if he works hard as reported that he will eventually get the NFL passing game.
...and Schmitt was moving laterally to avoid being tackled. What's your point? Do you not think that slowed him down? The stumbling linebacker was hanging on for dear life, and likely wouldn't have been able to tackle him had the DB not got in the way. I'm baffled that you can watch that highlight and still insist that he's slow....well, I'm not really that baffled.
Thats not my issue. My issue is that every year theres another FB that people clamor for. This year is no different than it was with Leonard last year. i get sick of they hyperbole over a friggin FB.
iu have people arguing that a FB is jsut as good as a receiver for stretching the field as a TE for Pete's sake.
What's so wrong with clamoring for a FB? I haven't heard of anyone asking to take him with the 22nd pick, have you? The fact is, FB is one of, if not, our weakest positions on offense. It should be addressed.
Brian Leonard, much like Hillis, is kind of a tweener FB/HB. Schmitt is an old-school FB in a modern athlete's body.
If you're so sick of the hyperbole, you could always save yourself the headache, and not open the thread.
Hes not going to take away goalline carries from Barber and the only time he would see on the field especially next year is goalline and other obvious running downs.
He likely won't take many carries away from Barber. What he'd do, is lead him into the endzone...and do it far better than either of our current FB's. You, like myself and everyone else on this board, don't know that he'd only be in there on "obvious running downs". He's shown the versatility to play TE and shown that he has good hands. He could very well become a very important player in our offense.
I realize that hes a fan fave because of him banging his head into things and wearing a mohawk but the way people go on and on about him its like hes the second coming of John Riggins.
Putting words in people's mouths again. You can exaggerate all you want to try and prove your point, I'll take what I've seen the kid do on a playing field...and I'll be right.
