Originally posted by NickSh49:
Kind of agree with this, but again, you can't force people to trade with you. And how many picks can Baalke burn on RB's anyway?
But they wanted ODB. No one would trade with him. Giants took him at #12.
But we're emerging this weekend with Ward & Stevie as new starters on this team, so that's pretty solid.
I wouldn't really call Ward and Stevie starters when they both will probably only play 60% of snaps max if even, and that's assuming Roman actually makes changes to the offense and goes away from 2TE (and he should, cuz Vance as a 2nd TE sucks compared to Stevie as a 3rd WR)
I think Borland is the most likely to be a full-time starter this year. Wilhoite is a nice story and a tryhard type of player, but you can't teach the instincts that come with being a natural ILB and being able to diagnose and attack downhill rather than relying on sheer athleticism to make plays.
Martin should be a full-time starter as well. If he can't beat out Kilgore, then we've got some real issues.
And I hate to admit this as the biggest Gore homer out there, but I think Hyde could end up getting the most carries out of our 3 lead backs, he just looks that good as a runner. Historically since Roman has been OC we've had around 25 carries split up between our backs, and if you assume at least a few of those carries continue to go to Hunter as a change of pace, that only leaves around 20 carries for 3 lead backs.
[ Edited by znk916 on May 10, 2014 at 2:46 PM ]