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Top Ten RBs for next year....

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Do I think Pittman is good? Yes
Do I think he is top 2 in the country? Right now no.
Could he ge in the discussion? Top 5 yeah, but not top 2.

You have to remember Irons was running against a good defense just about every week, in a heavy defensive conference last year.

Michael Bush is a stud, and I think the number 2 back would be between those two.

Lynch is also a stud.

Anyways it is basically splitting hairs on who would fit into whose system and so forth. I will gladly take Pittman and go to battle with him, but there are a couple guys I think I might take over him.
 
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I agree that Booker is too high on the list, and that Pittman definitely deserves to be on there somewhere.

Why does the guy include Jonathan Stewart, who according to my research had only 53 carries for 188 yards (3.5 ypc) and 6 TD's last year?

I think the guy remembered Booker and Stewart from their recruiting publicity, and that's why those two got more ink than their performances so far have merited.
 
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Pittman is a very solid back who puts up great numbers without being "flashy." His signature runs to this point would be the 60-yarder against Minny, the power run against Michigan, and the game-sealer against ND. He's not a weekly highlight reel for the media, he's just solid. I'm not going to argue where he ranks in the nation, I just know that he does a helluva job for the Bucks.
 
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BB73 said:
I agree that Booker is too high on the list, and that Pittman definitely deserves to be on there somewhere.

Why does the guy include Jonathan Stewart, who according to my research had only 53 carries for 188 yards (3.5 ypc) and 6 TD's last year?

I think the guy remembered Booker and Stewart from their recruiting publicity, and that's why those two got more ink than their performances so far have merited.
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Jonathon Stewart is a Chris Wells type. I think he'll be 2nd team all Pac-10 behind Lynch this year.
 
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BuckeyeKid789 said:
Don't get me wrong, it's an extremely important part of being a runningback but it's not everything. Look at what I wrote, I said it's not all his fault because he didn't get the ball much near the goaline. We also turned the ball over inside the 10 yard line quite a few times.
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In case you didn't know, teams don't get points for having a runningback that averages 6 yards-per-carry.

People that make lists like these don't take into account rather it was "his fault" that he didn't score alot or not, neither will the NFL GMs and head coaches on Draft Day 07 or 08. A runningback that's 11th in the nation in rushing yards and 76th in the nation in rushing TDs obviously has a very big flaw, and should not by means be considered to be the 2nd best runningback in the country.
 
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Buckeye513 said:
In case you didn't know, teams don't get points for having a runningback that averages 6 yards-per-carry.

People that make lists like these don't take into account rather it was "his fault" that he didn't score alot or not, neither will the NFL GMs and head coaches on Draft Day 07 or 08. A runningback that's 11th in the nation in rushing yards and 76th in the nation in rushing TDs obviously has a very big flaw, and should not by means be considered to be the 2nd best runningback in the country.
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Look at Jerome Bettis these past couple years. He got the ball near the goaline so he got the touchdowns while Parker did all the dirty work. Does that make him a better back?
 
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BuckeyeKid789 said:
Look at Jerome Bettis these past couple years. He got the ball near the goaline so he got the touchdowns while Parker did all the dirty work. Does that make him a better back?
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that means nothing unless you are applying that comparison to someone. Michael Bush is nothing like Jerome in terms of his role, and he's the only one that I could imagine being compared to Bettis (in terms of short yardage power).

If parker was the only feature RB, and couldn't get into the endzone for a long time, that would hurt his status as a RB.
 
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that means nothing unless you are applying that comparison to someone. Michael Bush is nothing like Jerome in terms of his role, and he's the only one that I could imagine being compared to Bettis (in terms of short yardage power).

If parker was the only feature RB, and couldn't get into the endzone for a long time, that would hurt his status as a RB.
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I kind of was. Schnittker and Smith got most of the touchdowns inside of the 10. I wasn't comparing Bush to Jerome.
 
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