RB Elijah Mitchell Thread

Originally posted by the_dynasty:

Originally posted by Joecool:
He gets praise about how fast and explosive he is, but he doesn't appear to have breakaway speed.

He doesn't. He isn't Mostert. His main assets is hitting the hole with authority, and breaking tackles and churning tough yards. He plays more like a power back after the contact where he isn't really one. He does remind me a bit of young Gore, but Gore also had explosiveness and was even harder to bring down. Offtopic: does anyone have the gif of Holmgren getting PISSED like crazy on seattle sideline when like six of his guys couldn't bring Frankie down ?

Mitchell's speed is elite, as he reportedly clocked a 4.32 to 4.38 40-yard dash at his pro day on March 29, depending on whose stopwatch you used

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by the_dynasty:

Originally posted by Joecool:
He gets praise about how fast and explosive he is, but he doesn't appear to have breakaway speed.

He doesn't. He isn't Mostert. His main assets is hitting the hole with authority, and breaking tackles and churning tough yards. He plays more like a power back after the contact where he isn't really one. He does remind me a bit of young Gore, but Gore also had explosiveness and was even harder to bring down. Offtopic: does anyone have the gif of Holmgren getting PISSED like crazy on seattle sideline when like six of his guys couldn't bring Frankie down ?

https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/49ers/2021-nfl-draft-49ers-select-rb-elijah-mitchell-194th-pick?amp

Mitchell's speed is elite, as he reportedly clocked a 4.32 to 4.38 40-yard dash at his pro day on March 29, depending on whose stopwatch you used

Originally posted by mayo49:

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by the_dynasty:

Originally posted by Joecool:
He gets praise about how fast and explosive he is, but he doesn't appear to have breakaway speed.

He doesn't. He isn't Mostert. His main assets is hitting the hole with authority, and breaking tackles and churning tough yards. He plays more like a power back after the contact where he isn't really one. He does remind me a bit of young Gore, but Gore also had explosiveness and was even harder to bring down. Offtopic: does anyone have the gif of Holmgren getting PISSED like crazy on seattle sideline when like six of his guys couldn't bring Frankie down ?

https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/49ers/2021-nfl-draft-49ers-select-rb-elijah-mitchell-194th-pick?amp

Mitchell's speed is elite, as he reportedly clocked a 4.32 to 4.38 40-yard dash at his pro day on March 29, depending on whose stopwatch you used

I didn't know Mitchell clocked at 4.3.

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by mayo49:

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by the_dynasty:

Originally posted by Joecool:
He gets praise about how fast and explosive he is, but he doesn't appear to have breakaway speed.

He doesn't. He isn't Mostert. His main assets is hitting the hole with authority, and breaking tackles and churning tough yards. He plays more like a power back after the contact where he isn't really one. He does remind me a bit of young Gore, but Gore also had explosiveness and was even harder to bring down. Offtopic: does anyone have the gif of Holmgren getting PISSED like crazy on seattle sideline when like six of his guys couldn't bring Frankie down ?

https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/49ers/2021-nfl-draft-49ers-select-rb-elijah-mitchell-194th-pick?amp

Mitchell's speed is elite, as he reportedly clocked a 4.32 to 4.38 40-yard dash at his pro day on March 29, depending on whose stopwatch you used

I didn't know Mitchell clocked at 4.3.

Yeah that's a bit misleading, first off it's a pro-day, second in college he was 218lbs and at his pro-day he was 201lbs.

He's plenty fast and quick, I would say he's more in the 4.4s though.

People are use too seeing Mostert and his explosiveness/long speed is literally the best in the NFL at RB. Dude is on another level. Sucks he got hurt.

Originally posted by PhillyNiner:
He is plenty fast enough to get to the edge on time, which is by far the most important thing for a back in this offense.

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by PhillyNiner:
He is plenty fast enough to get to the edge on time, which is by far the most important thing for a back in this offense.

yup agreed. He's not a 4.3 guy though which is fine.

Originally posted by NYniner85:
that's pretty nuts

Elijah Mitchell continues to thrive in the face of 8+ defenders in the box. He is now second in that category behind CMC with 37.06% per @NextGenStats. Impressive when you consider his 91 RYOE this season. #49ers

— Jason Aponte (@JasonAponte2103) November 29, 2021

also our OL overall is doing work

Originally posted by Joecool:
The best thing about Mitchell is that he rarely loses yards.

Originally posted by Joecool:
The best thing about Mitchell is that he rarely loses yards.

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
Mitchell has more than enough speed and he runs hard. He also has really good vision and is able to make quick adjustments if the hole isn't there. He's a real find late in ther draft and makes up for Sermon not playing as well as expected.