I'm not sure how you watch the game yesterday and come away with any sort of inclination that he's better than a slower, smaller AJ Dillon. He's steady, he plays hard, and he can do everything a little bit, but he's not really good in any particular way and he has a distinct lack of agility/elusiveness.
With his versatility, motor, and willingness to play special teams, he should have a place in the league for a long time, but it's not going to be as a starting RB.
New meme:
Pointing spidermans, but it's Jaquan Brisker and Kenny from South Park.
I think the recent smoke around potential diva tendencies has been the biggest contributor. People see a guy who's reportedly gearing up to big-time NFL front offices before he even sets foot in the league, and they want him to fail and be humbled. He's a very good quarterback prospect, but if the stuff we've heard is true, it'd be more fun to root against him than for him.
It's extremely difficult to blame the Front Office for not replacing their first round quarterback from Ohio St. who was going into year 3 and coming off of a promising stretch over the back half of the prior season, with another first round quarterback from Ohio St.
That's tough. He was the best player on defense tonight so you were on the right track.
I don't think we should do it, but I could probably live with it. At least you can say that the defense has been massively improved under his leadership. But I still think it's unacceptable that we came in for the first three games looking like we might make a run at worst NFL team in decades, and obviously there's a lot to be said for what pairing up a fresh offensive-minded HC with a QB at #1 could potentially do for the organization, and with the offense still sputtering, it just seems like we need to take that chance.