I wouldn't call RB a dying position. My NFL team is the Rams and McVay utilizes the running back in various ways. His scheme is heavily reliant on a good run game. And with Kyren Williams (and now rookie Blake Corum), they have one of the best backfields in the league. So much of what McVay does greatly depends on having a stud running back. Think back to when Gurley was in his prime. They went to the Super Bowl.Clemson, Alabama, and LSU won their recent national championships in large part because of their hero QB/WR combinations.
This isn’t the 90s anymore, if your guy isnt good enough to be taking snaps on Sunday, you’re never gonna eclipse Pelini/Ferentz success
RB is a dying position relegated to guys who are too short/slow to play WR, and too short/stupid to play QB
r/cfb is a good aggregate for news, but anytime there is a whiff of politics it immediately become an insufferable virtue-signaling dick sizing.I f*cking love Reddit personally. Last bastion of the real internet aside from boards like this one.
Yeah. I watched the Michigan State game. Number 10 had 2 picks, 2 fumbles lost, and at least 1 pick called back.Those stats would look even worse if fumbles were included 🤮. 3 more days until a new era begins, hopefully
I wouldn't call RB a dying position. My NFL team is the Rams and McVay utilizes the running back in various ways. His scheme is heavily reliant on a good run game. And with Kyren Williams (and now rookie Blake Corum), they have one of the best backfields in the league. So much of what McVay does greatly depends on having a stud running back. Think back to when Gurley was in his prime. They went to the Super Bowl.
It also keeps the QB healthy.
If there isn't a good RB then the offense is completely one-dimensional unless you have a freak at QB, like Mahomes.
Andy Reid appreciates a good running attack. Hes got Pachecko and found a stud in Rookie Carson Steele.I wouldn't call RB a dying position. My NFL team is the Rams and McVay utilizes the running back in various ways. His scheme is heavily reliant on a good run game. And with Kyren Williams (and now rookie Blake Corum), they have one of the best backfields in the league. So much of what McVay does greatly depends on having a stud running back. Think back to when Gurley was in his prime. They went to the Super Bowl.
It also keeps the QB healthy.
If there isn't a good RB then the offense is completely one-dimensional unless you have a freak at QB, like Mahomes.
Throw the 5-Star ranking out the window already. True, he doesn't have to be the hero, but Huskers have to have 8 games of 220+ rushing yards per game.
I want the "HERO" to be a Nebraska tailback, not the QB.
Let’s look at some more cherry picked stats: Michigan’s best ranking on offense (after being #2 in not turning the ball over, great passing efficiency) was actually their pass completion percentage - #3 in the nation. They were 117th in “pass play percentage” yet were 76th in passing yards becauseeeeeee…they were 15th in yards per pass! Far more efficient than any of their running stats! Wow! Funny how when you get more yards and completions per pass than almost every other team, you actually throw less passes. Math is fun, isn’t it? Unless it destroys you.they ran the ball on 66.7% of their plays in the National Championship game
only 17 (out of 133) teams in the entire country threw the ball less than michigan did last year
Actually, NFL caliber qb's brought NDSU alot of those titles. Going from NFL qbs to average or above average qbs has brought NDSU to the point of consistently losing to SDSU, and now losing to UND and USD.Look at the teams from every level of football and track the teams that can run the ball at will, and they win many championships. It is mostly not because the quarterback throws the ball to open the running game. It is teams that run when they want and when everyone expects them to. It is the offensive line that determines the success and failure of running. What has brought NDSU 9 rings in 13 years?
The O-line this year has 4 starting Sr's and a Soph. This is the first time in years the O-line has this many Sr's starting. This is what the difference will be this year. The offensive line will determine the success of the running game, not the QB.