21 Years of Roster Change - Running Back

[jsy]

2021 & 2022 - We used 3 2,000 yd season South Florida RB's as our Top 3 RB's

For all the debates on what went wrong with Knighton, Parrish & Franklin....

Their Pro Day testing results are in - and I think we have our answer

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WTF? i knew they were slow and weak but man
its ugly

 

[bshaw28]

Could they have moved Chaney to fullback?

That was my thought too.

Robert Burns left Miami at 225 - was 228 as a RB/FB at UConn - then weighed 222 at his Pro Day.

Burns got NFL practice squad paychecks from the Bears & Falcons for 2 years - so maybe Chaney is trying to go that route.

 

[Trav]

I agree. I used to call Parrish "a really good RB trapped in an unathletic body"

And that's when I thought Parrish was 190/4.6 not 180/4.7

Parrish did the best he could with the tools he had.

The 2020 class Chaney vs Knighton vs Parrish "who's better" arguments fell far short of expectations.

Parrish tested a lot better than that plenty of other times. That was a bad run. I'll ask all the Lane slurpers if he would have twice recruited an undersized back who actually runs a 4.7.

 

[bshaw28]

Then we look at Lyle who imo was probably the BIGGEST disappointment on the entire roster last yr. And everyone is just blaming it on Injury… idk we will see. I do wonder if we look back in 2-3yrs and see his combine/pro day performance and see he isn’t nearly the explosive athlete we thought he was…

Bingo. I've been saying since last off-season Lyle isn't as big or as athletic as people think he is.

My RB Stock Tips:

2025 Off-Season - Sell high on Lyle, buy low on Fletcher

2026 Off-season - Sell any Lyle stock you still have & Buy Pringle

Or if you like risky bets - Hold Lyle stock until after Game 4 of this season, then sell.

 

[KingB02]

This yrs RB room is going to be VERY interesting to see how the staff handles it.

Brown Imo is a solid RB3. But like the guys we are *****ing about he’s imo not a great athlete. He’s just big, a solid dependable runner, and trustworthy in blocking. I very much doubt how good of a reveiving option he actually is, I just think he was the guy there cause Fletcher can’t catch. How many carrries is he going to get though? I literally can not think of a single reason besides just wear and tear why I’d want Him getting carries over Fletcher though.

Then we look at Lyle who imo was probably the BIGGEST disappointment on the entire roster last yr. And everyone is just blaming it on Injury… idk we will see. I do wonder if we look back in 2-3yrs and see his combine/pro day performance and see he isn’t nearly the explosive athlete we thought he was… but my biggest worry is that yet again Lyle is a practice hero that the staff loves, and then come game time he does a whole lot of nothing yet again. The GOD news is with Mensah and this WR core even with our Oline likely taking a step back (especially early), the RBs will have an absolute **** load of pressure removed from them. It’ll be a lot more similar to with Cam and how teams were scared to load the box which is the exact opposite of last year. I do worry Lyle gets too many snaps and does nothing with them again…

Then we have Pringle imo who SHOULD be RB2 to Fletcher as he is a perfect compliment. He’s basically what Parish would be if he was actually fast and explosive with great acceleration. I swear to god if Lyle gets significantly more snaps than Parish and does nothing with them I’ll be annoyed. And last yr all the bs about not trusting him to block is just dumb to me.

I’d say my biggest worry about this RB group isn’t actually their performance this yr. I think it’d take complete incompetence to not get elite output out of the RBs this yr with the QB and WRs we will have. But what I am very closely watching is usage and how that will impact NEXT yrs team. Fletcher will be gone. Any or even all 3 of the others I mentioned could leave for one reason or another….

Lyle does have the longest run in program history (crazy as it sounds). That run showed what he is when healthy. But last year he was hurt. It is what it is.. the best ability is availability! Pringle is good, but they’ll have to battle it out for the second RB spot. Pringle benefited from an obvious change in the play calls in the running game after the first loss. Anyone who denies that is full of ****! Pringle has to become an every down back though! If you can’t block, you can’t play on most passing downs!! Period! Because if you’re in the game and everyone knows you can’t block for ****, they automatically know you’re going out for a pass.