Originally posted by Godsleftsock:
Originally posted by chico49erfan:
Originally posted by ads_2006:
Originally posted by chico49erfan:
on a serious note tho, you see players that are considered "game changers" ala Chris Johnson, Andre Johnson, Slaton, Desean Jackson and what do they have in common? SPEED! We lack it, we lack big play potential. Hopefully crabtree's strength and supposed "speed" can help us in this area. Let's not beat around the bush in this day and age possession receivers and bruising backs are a cushion for leads, not to come back for a win or race 90 yards like the electric players that we DONT have. think of it like this -- when's the last time a KR touched the ball and you were like HE MIGHT GO! Arnaz Battle? Delanie Walker? Nate Clements? No way. (I might catch s**t for that statement)
ps - we are slow, just check our madden ratings!! only gore is in the 90s!
DHB, McFadden, Stanford Rout, Alexander Wright, etc all have speed are they game changers?
Just cause you are a "game changer"
Maybe we should trade both our 1sts for DHB cause he could be our game changer
I agree with you that there are busts in this category, like in any phase of the NFL. However, what my point is that a lot of the highlights are of FAST players juking one defender and blazing to the endzone. When's the last time that happened? Oh ya, Morgan got caught from behind. And I think you cannot put DHB in the category he is a rookie on a terrible team. Everyone does terribly with the Raiders, look at Darren McFadden for example. Standford route. You're using a terrible team. Let's look at good teams:
Vikings -> Harvin/AP Both are electric and change the game. Example: Harvin's blazing speed got them a TD to stop our momentum completely in the game vs them. AP he's just incredible
Eagles -> Jackson had almost 1000 yards last year and many of his highlights were him running past defenders. Now they have Maclin as well, who looked good last game RUNNING PAST defenders.
I could go on but I don't want to. The point is I have NOT seen ANY of our players on offense run by anyone with pure speed, hence, we have no players with game-changing potential on offense. On defense, we look pretty good, but had trouble with speedy Roddy White. I will reserve my judgment on team speed for D until we finish playing vs. Slaton/Johnson. Either way we are slow.
If Jamarcus could get DHB the ball, who knows -- but he also has terrible hands so that doesn't help.
You forget to mention the players who are NOT burners that are game changers. How bout Fitzgerald and Boldin? Not known as burners, but would you not agree that they are game changers?
What about San Fran's own Jerry Rice?
Yea, Colston... others. I understand this but our ENTIRE team is slow. They have players that can stretch the field to be aware of also. Colston has henderson, Boldin IS pretty fast. Both Fitz and Boldin are faster than our WRs we use, IMHO. Not only that, they are way better in pure skill.
And to the other guy that said they have O-Line, yes, this is true -- but on the other hand if we had a guy that could bounce to the outside, it really would be game-changing. Teams clog the middle for our running game -- Kory Sheets (let's say he could block) would be great on screens, tosses, etc. But then again our playcalling might not allow for that...
All I'm saying is that if we had the defenses respecting us for a player that, if given a chance, could outrun their team, the teams could not as easily stack the box. A player with elite speed is beginning to be more and more of a necessity in the NFL.
