...running back (and returner) from Purdue:
(1) Forty years ago I used to see running backs his size get drafted into the NFL-- but now? They would just be worm meat for much bigger predators;
(2) He can't move the pile and his game isn't about breaking tackles at the LOS;
(3) But there is something about this guy that wouldn't surprise me if he somehow, some way snuck onto this roster;
(4) Why? Because of two things. Whenever I saw this guy play on a bad Purdue team, he ran with tremendous athleticism and with a "F*CK-You" attitude;
(5) He goes fast, he veers fast, and he doesn't know that he's a shrimp out there. He runs with arrogance;
(6) He is also a very nice hands catcher who does not break stride when the ball comes his way;
(7) And when the ball is in his hands -- via hand-off or pass -- he is a "frictionless" runner;
(8) He may wash out early, but this guy has talent. He just doesn't have size.
He's around 10 pounds lighter than rookie Bradshaw otherwise they're similar in measurables.
At under 190 lbs would Coughlin ever use him as a pass package RB?
Bradshaw was made out of molten steel, with muscle on muscle... thick muscle.
Hunt is made out of much more delicate material.
Bradshaw is hugely thick-set.
Hunt could be found modeling Armani suits.
That said... Hunt runs with Bradshaw's arrogance. But it is arrogance wrapped in a much lighter package.
Clearly not a full time one, but someone who can get carries!
Bradshaw was made out of molten steel, with muscle on muscle... thick muscle.
Hunt is made out of much more delicate material.
Bradshaw is hugely thick-set.
Hunt could be found modeling Armani suits.
That said... Hunt runs with Bradshaw's arrogance. But it is arrogance wrapped in a much lighter package.
thanks, like I said, never seen the guy, just going by the measureables
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and like they say - nfl rbs have to pass protect, how has he fared in that regard?
...on his pass blocking.
My guess-- at 187 or something like that, and not thick-set, I could envision him rocked backwards.
But I can say this: if he got rocked back or run over, it wouldn't be for lack of effort ( or courage).
Wonder if he might be worked out as a slot receiver,
particularly if Cruz doesn't return to form quickly.
Wonder if he might be worked out as a slot receiver,
particularly if Cruz doesn't return to form quickly.