Why is everyone anointing Scarborough as the RB2?

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I want to know why people think Dequinton Osborne is getting the anointing oil.
 

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Redball Express said:
The FB we got from Oakland.

They only have 6th rd. pick invested in him.

Peanuts

and no way he is as good as this guy running the ball.
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So who is our lead blocker? Linehan is a big FB guy. Completely opposite from the Eagles who love to run out of the gun and don't use FBs.
 

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How many RB do you think we will carry. And WR. I figure 6 WR. And we will be carrying a FB also.
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Bell Cow - Zeke
Backup lead back/breather for Zeke - either Smith or Scarbrough
Third down running back/scatback - Tavon Austin
Fullback/lead blocker - Jamize Olawale


You have to have one of each if you're going to run Linehan's offense. Rod Smith can catch, but he's not a burner, and we were definitely missing that scatback guy from our offense last year. One who can turn a 3rd & long checkdown into a first down because of his elite quicks and elusiveness. Austin has that ability.

Therefore, Zeke, Austin, and Olawale are shoe-ins, and it's between Smith and Scarbrough for the RB2 spot. There's an outside chance they keep both and make one inactive on gamedays, though. Look at 2016. 4 HBs and 1 FB is not insane compared to 2016 when we carried 7 total (but only 5 receivers). The main problem that year was that Dunbar and Whitehead were pretty redundant. We also carried too many bad linebackers that year like Gachkar and Wilber.
 
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KJJ said:
Jackson was released to make room for McFadden. As far as I know he’s out of football. He was picked up by Cleveland in 2016 but had an undisclosed injury.
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KJJ said:
Jackson was released to make room for McFadden. As far as I know he’s out of football. He was picked up by Cleveland in 2016 but had an undisclosed injury.
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he was waived for Dmac with the hopes of being signed to practice squad. But after multiple teams put in a claim, Cleveland was awarded. He was then waived injured, he was definitely liked here.
 

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Dre11 said:
he was waived for Dmac with the hopes of being signed to practice squad. But after multiple teams put in a claim, Cleveland was awarded. He was then waived injured.
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Browns used the #1 waiver priortity on him. Giants tried to use their #3 waiver on him as well.
 
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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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Watch the tapes. But I do like Smith. So he will be hard to transplant. Typically guy like Scarborough don't produce early under Garrett.
 
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Whoa.

We are back to the Darius Jackson choo choo train to the Super Bowl again?
 

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Dre11 said:
he was waived for Dmac with the hopes of being signed to practice squad. But after multiple teams put in a claim, Cleveland was awarded. He was then waived injured, he was definitely liked here.
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Jackson was a change of pace back, but not really a scatback, lead back, powerback, or fullback.

These "tweener" backs tend to have the worst careers out of all the types of backs. There are a few exceptions but... exhibit A... Ameer Abdullah. The Lions tried to make him their bell cow but he is a tweener back. Exhibit B... Thomas Rawls. Had a few good games early but teams caught up with him pretty quickly. Not strong or tough enough to run inside very well from pro formations, not fast enough to do a lot of damage in outside zone or in the passing game, not a particularly great blitz blocker... just a tweener back. As for the Cowboys, exhibit C... Joseph Randle. Tweener back all the way. We all know about him.
 
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To answer the question. No one is anointing Scar. All we are saying,its exciting to have a RB here that has the pedigree he has,and it can only help the team. That's all. He's in the DeMarco Murray mold.
 
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Jackson was a change of pace back, but not really a scatback, lead back, powerback, or fullback.

These "tweener" backs tend to have the worst careers out of all the types of backs. There are a few exceptions but... exhibit A... Ameer Abdullah. The Lions tried to make him their bell cow but he is a tweener back. Exhibit B... Thomas Rawls. Had a few good games early but teams caught up with him pretty quickly. Not strong or tough enough to run inside very well from pro formations, not fast enough to do a lot of damage in outside zone or in the passing game, not a particularly great blitz blocker... just a tweener back. As for the Cowboys, exhibit C... Joseph Randle. Tweener back all the way. We all know about him.
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Jackson was 6ft 220 pounds, definitely could’ve been a lead back.
 

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Jackson was 6ft 220 pounds, definitely could’ve been a lead back.
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His worst carries in the 2016 preseason were when asked to run inside. He was at his best running outside zone and making catches for RAC yards in the screen game. But he was definitely not a burner who could run any route and score any way, i.e. Kamara.

Weight is only half the battle, the other half is where is the weight/muscle located. Look at Kamara. He LOOKS like a scatback who can't run inside, from the naked eye test. But he's actually the same height/weight as their bell cow Mark Ingram.
 
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His worst carries in the 2016 preseason were when asked to run inside. He was at his best running outside zone and making catches for RAC yards in the screen game. But he was definitely not a burner who could run any route and score any way, i.e. Kamara.

Weight is only half the battle, the other half is where is the weight/muscle located.
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Ok and your point? He had minimum carries as a rookie, there’s no way you make a determination on such a small sample size.
 

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Dre11 said:
Ok and your point? He had minimum carries as a rookie, there’s no way you make a determination on such a small sample size.
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I'm just saying, based on his preseason 2016 sample in which a lot of people on DCF and CZ anointed him.
 
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