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Riiiiiiight.realtick;3768292 said:Lol, unbelievable, only you would have the ego to think that anytime someone invokes the name JacQuizz Rodgers, that it somehow is a reflection on you good or bad.
:wink2:I brought up JaQuizz Rodgers because he's similiar in stature to Noel Devine. That's it.
Why not compare him to Kendall Hunter then? Why not Derrick Locke? Oh, because no one mentions Hunter or Locke even though explosive wise they are much more like Devine.
Yes, durability is a major downgrade of Quizz.Hmmm, let's see, Devine's freshman season he split carries behind Steve Slaton, so I'm guessing that may have impacted his numbers. Rodgers has also had 250+ carries in all three of his seasons played. Devine never cracked 241 carries in any of his four seasons at WV.
57 more career receptions in a full season fewer games. 365 more yards in a full season fewer games. More TDs receiving this year than Devine's entire 4 year career. Yeah, that'd about cover it.And why is Rodgers a better receiver? Because he was force fed the ball more?
Devine did more with the ball when he caught it, as witnessed by his 7.35 yp/rec (6.9 yp/rec for Rodgers). You might argue that isn't much of a difference and that would be exactly my point.
I'll take the guy whose production in ypc hasn't dropped every single season and produces more yards and more scores. In 4 years Devine has 31 total scores. If Quizz stays in school next year he only needs 11 scores to double Devine's total, and that doesn't count 2 passes for TDs. If I did, he would only need 9. To double the production in the most important stat of all."He averages more yards per carry." Rodgers averaged 4.6 to Devine's 4.4 this season. How about we take a look at what they have averaged throughout their careers?
Devine: 5.9 ypc on 721 carries.
Rodgers: 4.9 ypc on 788 carries.
I'll take that full yard difference with Devine.
Devine has never scored on a college return though. So the experience isn't all that more impressive.Right, because I like Devine over Rodgers it means I'm not being objective. I like Rodgers, he's a good college running back, but I'll take the more explosive Devine over an upright running, average speed/quickness, 5'7" 190 lb power back. Not to mention, Devine has experience returning kicks in college.
I like Devine just fine, but the "all day, every day" comment was just silly.

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