Who of the following should play Running Back against the Lions?

Who do you think should be playing Running this Sunday against Detroit Lions?

Interested to see what your reasons might be?

Cadet was cut. Draughn will not play any more this season, per reports. Harris has at least seen enough playing time in the past to know what to do. I would like to see Hayne activated and get some reps but he is just not good enough yet to play more than spot duty. His pass protection was not good when he was playing.

Gaskin wasn't included in the poll because he is already a starter,

We want Hayne

Originally posted by NorthBay49er:
We want Hayne

What are your reasons behind that?

No one wants Davis? He was number two before he broke his hand.

Let Hayne play

Cadet's a Saint

Originally posted by dj43:
His pass protection was not good when he was playing.

That is incorrect as was analysed by this board. He did miss one, but he is hardly alone in that regard.

As for the RB corps this week

Harris
Gaskins
Hayne

Hayne for return duties and 5 -10 carries for a proper evaluation
Gaskins for short yardage or emergency(for some reason they like him, I think he is just bad all round and the stats show this too)
Harris as the work horse - 10 to 20 carries

Simple really.

Anyone but Hayne. I don't want him on the 53, I want him to stay off contract so he can be free to leave as soon as possible in the off season. 49ers are a toxic, dysfunctional franchise.

Originally posted by theauviper:

Originally posted by dj43:
His pass protection was not good when he was playing.

That is incorrect as was analysed by this board. He did miss one, but he is hardly alone in that regard.

As for the RB corps this week

Harris
Gaskins
Hayne

Hayne for return duties and 5 -10 carries for a proper evaluation
Gaskins for short yardage or emergency(for some reason they like him, I think he is just bad all round and the stats show this too)
Harris as the work horse - 10 to 20 carries

Simple really.

Hayne - that one must have been the one I saw. I did not see the breakdown of him on the board.

Personally, I would like to see him get some play but would be surprised if he did. With all the mistakes made by others, he should have been in the mix before now.

Originally posted by dj43:
Hayne - that one must have been the one I saw. I did not see the breakdown of him on the board.

That's not to say he can't improve there, obviously he can. He made several good blocks over the 6 games and did as well as a NFL rookie could be expected too. Was not a liability that's for sure. Pretty much every big play/sack was broken down and analysed at some point here.

Don't forget, he has been practising for the last 8 weeks, we can only assume he is now better at each of the parts of the NFL, picked up some of the nuances etc

Allthough I want to see him play these next 2 weeks, its more for experience for next season. I believe next year will be his break out year

Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by theauviper:

Originally posted by dj43:
His pass protection was not good when he was playing.

That is incorrect as was analysed by this board. He did miss one, but he is hardly alone in that regard.

As for the RB corps this week

Harris
Gaskins
Hayne

Hayne for return duties and 5 -10 carries for a proper evaluation
Gaskins for short yardage or emergency(for some reason they like him, I think he is just bad all round and the stats show this too)
Harris as the work horse - 10 to 20 carries

Simple really.

Hayne - that one must have been the one I saw. I did not see the breakdown of him on the board.

Personally, I would like to see him get some play but would be surprised if he did. With all the mistakes made by others, he should have been in the mix before now.

The block some claim Hayne missed was analysed on a Hayne thread now deleted.

It showed Hayne follow his assignment but Devey did not. He moved right where he should have been covering the centre. A rusher came around Devey and the other linesmen while Hayne went left to follow his assignment. The rusher was obscured from Hayne by Devey and the other player, tightend from memory, and came around the outside of them and sacked Kaep. Hardly Hayne's fault when Devey did not do what he was meant to

Originally posted by Goatie:
The block some claim Hayne missed was analysed on a Hayne thread now deleted.

It showed Hayne follow his assignment but Devey did not. He moved right where he should have been covering the centre. A rusher came around Devey and the other linesmen while Hayne went left to follow his assignment. The rusher was obscured from Hayne by Devey and the other player, tightend from memory, and came around the outside of them and sacked Kaep. Hardly Hayne's fault when Devey did not do what he was meant to

there was one though in week 6 that hayne did mess up, but thats ok, he is a rookie after all and is hardly alone when it comes to needing to work on pass protection.

Im cheering for the Lions so don't care


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