Honest opinions on Lendale White?

I thought LenDale was dominant in the Rose Bowl
and reports had him at or near his current "inflated" weight
bulk does not concern me as long as he can play with it on

but he HAS to grow up a little
he needs to work on stamina and conditioning

it's too early to tell if he's capable of toting the rock for a season, but he won't get that test until this offseason to be the "featured" back, nor will he get much of a shot if Turner is aquired. HE could very well end up being one of these guys who got stuck on a team for years before going somewhere else and busts out

 

Great college back.

He has done nothing to impress me that he has an NFL mentality. He doesn't seem to have the "hunger" to hit the weights and train aerobically as well.

Kind of like the straight A high school student who had talent, but when he got to college never realized it was going to take a LOT of studying to get the A's and be top of the class (or simply didn't want to).

In short, he is lazy.

 

Don't have an opinion yet. I haven't see enough of him.

 

Frankly, no one knows enough about him to have a realistic opinion because he was behind Travis Henry all year as a rookie. Odds are we'll know this year because he'll probably start (or he'll blow his chance to start).

 

He worries me a lot. Feels like a bust to me. After all we've heard about this conditioning, I will be surprised if he pans out.

 

Lendale is a fat bag of crap. He's one of those guys that would do anything to be able to continue his lifestyle without playing football. Edgerrin James is the same way, except he's way more talented, and naturally 'slimmer.'

I've got a friend who spent a lot of time with White last summer before the draft, so I've heard the good word about his demeanor. Let's just say that his eating, drinking, and smoking were not put on hold to raise his draft status. I don't know what his playing weight is, but he was close to 260 that summer.

I thought it was a good pick for you guys, but I doubt if he'll last too long. He's just not talented enough to not give it his all.

 

IMO he really is a lazy fat bag of crap.

If Fisher had any confidence in him we wouldn't be looking at Turner. RB is one position where a rookie can be effective right off the bat. Even if a guy can't block for his QB he can still tear it up behind a good line.

White had from about June to the end of the year to get into shape but all we heard was one excuse after another. With Henry carrying the load there was no reason why White couldn't have hit the gym hard & make things happen.

People comparing him to Eddie makes me sick.