Rather roll with our young guys chaney and knighton behind cam and then you have burns.
just look at the previous decade
2011
Lamar miller
Mike James
2012
mike james
Duke Johnson
Eduardo Clements?
2013
duke Johnson
Dallas crawford
Gus edwards
Eduardo Clements?
2014
Duke Johnson
Joseph yearby
Gus edwards
Trayone Gray
2015
mark walton
Joseph yearby
Gus edwards (missed the entire year from injuries)
Trayone Gray
2016
mark walton
Joseph yearby
Gus edwards (barely played)
Travis homer(got like a handful of Carries)
Gray
2017
Mark walton
Travis homer
Deejay Dallas
Trayone gray(didn’t play much)
Robert Burns (didn’t play)
2018
Travis homer
Deejay dallas
Lorenzo lingard (played a little bit until he was injured
Camron harris player sparingly until last part of the season
Robert burns
2019
deejay Dallas
Camron harris
Lingard
Robert Burns
Top 2 got majority of the snaps
2020
cam Harris
Jaylan knighton
Don Chaney
Robert Burns
we will by far have our most talented backfield we have had in a minute and we have been navigating the last decade pretty much with having just 4rbs or so every year if that so it’s really nothing new.
No offense; but how can you post the statement “we will have by far our most talented back field in a minute....?”
So we’ve seen what Chaney has done on the collegiate field? We’ve seen what Knighton has done on the collegiate field? Burns is now a beast? Cam Harris projected NFL draft pick?
Orrrrrrrrrrrr, are u making an assumption based upon some HS highlights and 247 rankings? U have to be basing it on the latter & not former b/c we have unknown commodities, and it’s premature to make such an audacious comment, Brock.
If we’re going by 247 and HS highlights, then 2018 was our most talented stable of running backs:
Travis Homer: 4 star (10 RB in the Nation)
DeeJay Dallas: 4 star (12 ATH in the Nation)
Lorenzo Lingard: 5 star (2 RB in the Nation)
Cam Harris: 4 star (7 RB in the Nation)
Robert Burns: 3 star (28 RB in the Nation)*
Burns plummeted down the rankings due to injuries, but was once considered an elite blue chip*
On paper, per 247, 2018 was a great RB stable, but that was on paper.
My point is you, along w everyone else, need to stop putting undue pressure on yourself & rookies. Let’s allow them (rookies) to show & prove their mantle before always anointing or
saying such phrases as “this is the best in a long time.” History has shown that our paper talent have not always translated to on field talent.
In the end, you may be 100% right, but for now, there’s nothing tangible in front of any of us besides some Hudl highlights and 247 rankings which, for us, have not always translated to fulfilling the hype machine.