Why is everyone anointing Scarborough as the RB2?

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He was a late 7th rounder for a reason. These are the type of picks that get traded for practice squad prospects and washed up JAGs. Maybe he's another Alfred Morris, but he's not going to get the opportunity Morris had because the Commanders had a hole at RB that year after drafting both RG3 and Cousins.

He's not particularly fast or great at anything, just a decent body to have on the team. Let's not forget we still have some guys who can, you know, run the ball, with NFL experience behind them.

RB1 - Zeke
RB2 (Alf role) - R. Smith
3DRB (Dunbar role) - Tavon Austin
RB4 - Scarborough

Anyone who thinks Scarborough is going to get 250+ yards in the regular season or anything crazy like that is fooling themselves big time.
 

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I never really watched him play... supposedly he is a run straight bruiser who hits hard... Maybe they want him for some short yardage plays, or goal line runs.
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Short yardage plays... only if Zeke goes down.

There simply isn't a safer bet in the NFL than Zeke on 3rd & 1, both the analytics and the eye test prove it.

And it's not just about who can bully their way into the line the hardest. If so, all 32 teams would run a huge brusing fullback in each of those situations. Nope, it's about ballcarrier vision, ability to have the innate sense to hit the right hole in the split second. Football smarts and field awareness, there isn't a better runner than Zeke in the NFL.

Example... Fournette is a talented young back, but he's inferior to Zeke in all the intangible ways. Against the Patriots he gets stuffed on critical short yardage downs because he just can't hit the right hole at the right time. Zeke would have won the Jaguars that game.
 
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Maybe they are planning on doing nothing but running lol... breaking out the old 3 back wishbone plays haha.
 
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I'm not, he will be lucky to make the PS. Even if he makes the 53, he won't dress unless injuries.
 
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If they did decide to run the wishbone that would be funny to see... Linehan would be pretty ticked off if he couldn't pass with 3rd and inches.
 

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zerofill said:
If they did decide to run the wishbone that would be funny to see... Linehan would be pretty ticked off if he couldn't pass with 3rd and inches.
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There will be no wishbone, we've gone over this before when we had Zeke, Morris and McFadden. Plus, we have about a million receivers.
 
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The only way he makes the 53 is injury and/or we carry 4 RBs. Perhaps they count Austin as a WR in which case he's RB3. I don't see them cutting the current FB obtained from Oakland.
 
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millennial_legend said:
He was a late 7th rounder for a reason. These are the type of picks that get traded for practice squad prospects and washed up JAGs. Maybe he's another Alfred Morris, but he's not going to get the opportunity Morris had because the Commanders had a hole at RB that year after drafting both RG3 and Cousins.

He's not particularly fast or great at anything, just a decent body to have on the team. Let's not forget we still have some guys who can, you know, run the ball, with NFL experience behind them.

RB1 - Zeke
RB2 (Alf role) - R. Smith
3DRB (Dunbar role) - Tavon Austin
RB4 - Scarborough

Anyone who thinks Scarborough is going to get 250+ yards in the regular season or anything crazy like that is fooling themselves big time.
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Zeek will need to be spelled. Bo is a good back
 
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For the same reasons some people think that Mike White is a better starting QB than Dak or that Tavon will be a weapon in our return game or that Rico will be a top 3 TE this season. I think he should be RB2, just because he has "scar" in his name. :rolleyes:
 
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americans love the under dog story. feel good stuff. fairy tale endings. but let's face it, for a 7th round pick he could be something very good. especially behind an outstanding o-line. we'll know in preseason.
 
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millennial_legend said:
He was a late 7th rounder for a reason. These are the type of picks that get traded for practice squad prospects and washed up JAGs. Maybe he's another Alfred Morris, but he's not going to get the opportunity Morris had because the Commanders had a hole at RB that year after drafting both RG3 and Cousins.

He's not particularly fast or great at anything, just a decent body to have on the team. Let's not forget we still have some guys who can, you know, run the ball, with NFL experience behind them.

RB1 - Zeke
RB2 (Alf role) - R. Smith
3DRB (Dunbar role) - Tavon Austin
RB4 - Scarborough

Anyone who thinks Scarborough is going to get 250+ yards in the regular season or anything crazy like that is fooling themselves big time.
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Thanks for clearing that up. I know since the Draft the entire forum was confused in thinking Scarborough was gonna get 250+ carries.

Thank you for being a shining light in that storm of confusion.
 
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