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SBXVII · 04-29-2009, 09:40 AM

Having not read the other threads my feeling is expendable only to the point that he is similar to Portis but Portis does it better. If anyone was expendable to me to get rid of or let go it would be Rock. He's third on the depth chart and honestly only does one job. He's a KR. He does not even do PR. They only used him as a RB when Portis went down and that was sparingly to the effect they brought in Alexander. You have 3 RB's in case one goes down and they still brought someone in off the street and used him instead of Rock.

I think the position coach was saying prior to draft that he would like a small faster RB like a scat back, one that could take it to the edge. Portis , Betts, nor Rock have the speed to do that. Originally Portis did but he was asked to put on weight during Gibbs tenure and he slowed down some. Portis is more of the straight ahead runner now. Ram it through the line. However I would still be looking for a solid heavier goal line RB/FB to punch the ball over the line for the 1-4 yrd gain. Heavy duty package.

I would probubly get rid of Rock and allow one of our other KR's to step up and fill both KR and PR and leave ARE to WR only. That person might be one of the smaller faster RB's we picked up prior to the draft, the one from Canada or the one from the Bronco's who are more of the scat back types.

I would obviously keep Mason cause he is the second coming and would be nice to develope for t he future to replace Betts and Portis.

04-29-2009, 09:40 AM	#42
SBXVII Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 7,766	Re: Do You think Betts is Expendable? Having not read the other threads my feeling is expendable only to the point that he is similar to Portis but Portis does it better. If anyone was expendable to me to get rid of or let go it would be Rock. He's third on the depth chart and honestly only does one job. He's a KR. He does not even do PR. They only used him as a RB when Portis went down and that was sparingly to the effect they brought in Alexander. You have 3 RB's in case one goes down and they still brought someone in off the street and used him instead of Rock. I think the position coach was saying prior to draft that he would like a small faster RB like a scat back, one that could take it to the edge. Portis , Betts, nor Rock have the speed to do that. Originally Portis did but he was asked to put on weight during Gibbs tenure and he slowed down some. Portis is more of the straight ahead runner now. Ram it through the line. However I would still be looking for a solid heavier goal line RB/FB to punch the ball over the line for the 1-4 yrd gain. Heavy duty package. I would probubly get rid of Rock and allow one of our other KR's to step up and fill both KR and PR and leave ARE to WR only. That person might be one of the smaller faster RB's we picked up prior to the draft, the one from Canada or the one from the Bronco's who are more of the scat back types. I would obviously keep Mason cause he is the second coming and would be nice to develope for t he future to replace Betts and Portis.