Derrick Henry

If that's the argument people are going to make then I think it would apply to damn near anyone.

 

So... is that a yes or a no? Do you think he's better than anyone we have or not? Would he be a tremendous upgrade over what we have or not? I'm talking about Henry, no one else. My opinion is that no one we might be able to sign in FA will be better than what we have at the moment. Forte is the only one I see that might be but he isn't what he was either... Henry imo gives us a future at RB, NOT a stop gap. Isn't that what so many are crying about with many of the guys we've brought in as FA's over the years? Why not grab the best OT possible and a RB that can carry the load?

 

You think one OT and one RB is going to solve our entire running game? I'm pretty sure we need more than one OL that can improve that area (having decent WRs will help also, but that's for another thread).

We need a stud CB either 1st or 2nd round picks. That would help our defense tremendously. McCourty is not the same and has never been a 'shut down' CB from the get go. If we don't go after a good CB either in FA or the draft, we'll be playing scraps on both sides of the field.

It doesn't matter if Mariota throws 4 TD's every game, we'll still get beat.

 

You're talking about Henry, I'm talking about damn near every other back being an upgrade. The idea isn't to upgrade over Antonio Andrews and David Cobb, the idea is to find someone who can tote the rock consistently. That ain't Henry, unless you want 29 carries of getting whatever is blocked and then a gaping hole where he takes it to the house.

We don't even know what type of offense we're going to be running come February. Everyone getting in a tizzy over taking an I-formation back when we have a QB who excels in the shotgun/spread.

And no one seems to be worried about the workload Henry is taking on right now. Dude will probably eclipse 400 carries if Bama makes it past MSU. Through 13 games Henry has 71 more carries than any back in the NFL after the same amount of games. Craziness.

 

I've always been of the mind that you can take a serviceable RB with a good OL and do well enough to keep defenses honest and wind games. I'll take picking an OL player over a RB that is going to get stuffed in the backfield every down they tote the rock. No matter how athletic or powerful Derrick Henry is, he is going going no where with the OL we have now, even if we were to take a LT in the 1st and Henry is an option in the 2nd. CB in the 1st and get an OL in the 3rd or 4th.

 

I think it's a good start in fixing the running game. Move Lewan to RT where imo he actually played better than he is at LT. The saying goes and is true, the best friend to a young quarterback is a good run game. Yes of course there is more that needs to be done and if we can find a WR who can stay healthy that would also help. Pretty sure DGB has already done more than I expected out of him after is 1 1/2 yrs off the field.

 

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You obviously haven't watched Henry play, if that's what you you think lmao. Either that or you're being blatantly ignorant. What you evidently aren't seeing is the personal we have vs the personal we need... we have the personal to run an I formation or have you forgotten Fowler?... if you watch Alabama you might see they run the ball ALOT out of the shotgun AND they also line up and play big boy football in the I. We have 2 scat backs and 2 supposed power backs... where's our run game?

Look, there are plenty of holes on this team C, OG, OT, NT, MLB, CB SS, FS, RB, WR... the only thing I actually agree with you on is thst we don't know who the next coach is or what systems they will install. But saying Henry can't run out of the shotgun formation or that out of 30 runs he only gets 1 good one... as I said, you are obviously not watching any Alabama football. If my opinions bore you, DON'T REPLY.

 

I'm of the opinion that if we could win our blocks consistently, Andrews and Cobb can consistently get positive gains with occasional big plays.

I think Henry would be a slight upgrade that doesn't really change how teams play us.

 

We have a lot of personal problems...