Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
Originally posted by GNielsen:
It's simple. They were planning on grooming Gray to be the new H-back Walker-style player, but he was picked up. Harper is almost identical to Walker in body size, speed, background and strength. So, as far as I'm concerned, they got a better potential replacement for Walker because Harper has Walker's speed but Gray didn't.
This. Harper is a better fit when it comes to replacing Delanie's role than Gray was. Gray has promise and a lot of potential but Harper is far more polished.
Eh, I liked what I saw from Gray in college and he moved fluidly for such a tall and long target. Harper is much faster than Gray and his feet are as well so I hope we get the better athlete of the 2 in this deal. Measurables are one thing but the eye test is another. I hope that we all see at some point in the future good things from Harper. I thought Gray had a real shot at the 53