Originally posted by tjd808185:
The other big thing is we'll have to see how he develops as a receiver because once we add Cousins I think Shanny is going to want backs like Freeman, Coleman. Shanny uses his backs extensively in the passing game and as of now Hyde hasn't shown much there. This year I think it's best to have Hyde as we transition the offense but 2-3 years from now? Even at Lamar Miller $ I'm skeptical if he's worth it but we got a year to figure that out.
True, it's not like he can't catch though....Coleman and freeman weren't big pass catching RBs in college and not until they got used in the passing game was it a known. (Go look at Freeman's receiving stats before kyle was the OC basically the same as Hyde's stats this past yr with around the same targets).
Hyde imo is a better back then Miller the only thing slowing him down is injury. If and that's a big if he can stay healthy I got no problem having him as the feature back for the next couple yrs and Williams being the COP back like freeman/Coleman.
[ Edited by NYniner85 on Jul 29, 2017 at 7:53 AM ]