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This the time of year where we hope our players with great athletic traits get it right between the ears. I miss football.
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So many backs I don’t understand how you keep them happy. Our new RB coach better have a sports Psychology degree.
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This. Amazing problem to have but I have no clue how they’ll do this. Hopefully we are up so much end of each first half that they allow Fletcher to rest and then the committee gets their carries.
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I truly am shocked that when Fletcher came back nobody left
I could easily see him being RB1 for a bunch of games next year. Fletcher has nothing to prove and we'll want to preserve him for the postseason.
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Given Fletcher’s personality, he was probably a driving factor in getting everyone to stay
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Whats your thoughts on Pringle
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There was a reason he started game 1. He earned it in practice. The Lyle vs pringle battle will be a fun one to watch in the Spring. One of them won't be happy
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ehhh, in most of those games Lyle only got 1 or 2 carries and as we all know, most RBs need a few runs before they truly get going. Lyle never got those opportunities like Fletcher did.
Also, how come we're omitting the USF game when Lyle went 6 for 104 (17.3 avg)? That's 2 games that year where Lyle went for over 100 yds (in 7 and 6 carries respectively) when Fletcher didn't do it once.
And i'm a HUGE fletcher fan btw; he's an amazing Cane. But to say Lyle being RB1 was "disrespectful" to Fletcher based off what they both did in 2024 and what the coaches saw behind the scenes during practice, it's not fair either. JMO.
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Check draft status and return if yall can and get paid. You know what the Mandalorian says..” it is the Way”
I think you need that depth at RB because they get hurt often. We've had years where we thought we had 4 good ones, then two get injured and we don't look deep at all. Added to that, a guy like Fletch might not want to be overused during the regular season.
WR is where it' going to be hard to keep everyone happy. We've got 6-8 guys that are going to want touches.
I'm a big fan of Pringle.
I'd still like to see more of Pringle vs better teams/in closer games - but I'm pretty confident he's pretty good.
IMO the depth chart should be:
1 - Fletcher
2 - Pringle
3 - Brown (more of a situational role player who could sometimes be our #2)
I'd use these 3. If 1 gets hurt, I'd just use the other 2.
4 - Lyle, CWH, Mallory can battle this out. Mallory being the wild card if he's better than I think. But IMO these are more depth/late-game in blowout type RB's.
But Lyle consistently hasn't looked good in games (Both in 2024 and 2025).
Shouldn't that by far be the measure of how we evaluate players?
Pringle is a different level of talent than Lyle IMO.
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