While I was only one of many that have wanted to see Choice get more opportunities, I am very pleased to have tooted his horn over the past two seasons.
To me it is not rocket surgery to recognize TC as a running back.
I take nothing away from Felix either. I love having them both.
My ability to recognize a solid RB stems from watching our local high school the past 40 years.
We have run the ball almost 100% of the time so I have seen many many many different RB's over the years, and it is not always the fastest, the biggest or the shiftiest that make the best backs.
I have seen kids become great backs and have great years that you never would expect just because they run straight ahead and get what is there.
Some coaches get enamored with speed, but speed does not a running back make.
The best backs hit the hole hard on every play and they run north and south. They move the chains, they get what each play gives, they never run backward or lose yards.
Does that describe the leading rusher in NFL history or what? Emmit was not the biggest, or the fastest, or the shiftiest, .. but he always ran north and south, never lost yardage, and ran straight at the defense.
Choice is the same type of back. His style would have been perfect for our local high school. He possesses many of the same qualities that Emmit did.
Now don't think I am saying Choice will be the next Emmitt. I'm not. I'm just saying that his strengths are similar strengths that made Emmitt the special back that he was.
He is not the brute that Barber was, he does not have the breakaway speed that Feilx does, but he will move the chains and sustain drives. Nothing fancy, he just gets the job done.
I hope moving forward that Tashard gets his chances to contribute every game.
