If you are on this board long enough you will find that any thread, reverts back to Tomlin sucks, Najee Sucks(3.9) ETC. you could start a thread about the 1974 Draft class, and I would bet by post 6 someone mentions how Tomlin would ruin those Hall of Famers.
I'm not insulted in the least bit referring to me as Coach. Anyway, since you seem like you want to ignore the NGS data, I posted it below for you. Huge difference in performance between Harris' first two seasons and this past year.
Sure...4 more carries one more yard , splitting hairs. Warren benefits from down and distance when he is given the ball a lot of the times. Not saying he is bad...just saying.
Yeah the offense line got better in 2023. still sucked, but better.
Let me try one more time to explain this one more time, the expected rushing yards stat takes into account both the offensive line (or any other blockers) and the location of the defense as well as their speed. If the OL isn't expected to create room, the expected rushing yards is low. Harris was performing below what statistically was expected and he was among the lowest using this metric compared to his peers. The OL performance didn't matter in the context of this stat. Obviously this year he was significantly better and that isn't surprising given he ranked 4th in carries of 20+ yards.
I think he was a good player his 1st two years a well. I think he was significantly better this year which coincides with having a better line. you do not need stats/metrics/physics to prove this. just watch the games.
I saw him from the opposite viewpoint, not bad, just not living up to his draft status. I thought his first couple of years he left a lot of yards on the table and there were articles and videos questioning his vision. I basically expected more from a first-round back. Sort of like with Pickett, when you draft a player high, you expect them to create on their own a little bit more and not need the perfect surroundings to succeed. If that's the case, get someone later and build the rest of the talent up.
We are not that far off in what we think. I just think his rookie year, they had the worst offense line I have seen in my life. Green at center? Moore at left tackle as a rookie? Najee could have been a combo of Bettis and sanders and it would not have mattered
Just curious, who or what is determining what is "expected" from the blockers or the opposing defense? Wouldn't that be subjective?
Najee had 2 of his best games of his career this season, Some of the best runs he's ever put on tape. He improved his efficiency by the exact same amount warren improved vs last year. He also didn't show up 50% of the time, and when he did it was against some very bad defenses. He is the Jekyll and Hyde RB, capable but only every once in a while. Overall very inconsistent and frustrating. Any RB in the league with 250+ carries is gonna luck into a few 100 yard games a season? He averages 2 a season for his career and would not have broken the 1000 yd mark had it not been for a 17 game season
a 2 headed RB approach do not equate to very many 100 yard games. It is not a coincidence. that he got better the year the offensive line got better. His 1st 2 years, he was getting hit in the backfield, before he could make a move at an alarming rate.
He had 16 less carries than Mcaffrey. Like I said 250+ carries any RB in the league is getting 2 100 yd games. Warren did with 100 less carries
Draft Amarius Mims
Boy are you right about that. I just want to know who was responsible for thinking that OL was decent enough to put on the field? Like who in the organization thought that Green @C and Moore @LT was a wise way to go? In the real world, you can't just "bluff" your way into making things they way you would LIKE them to be. But somehow, between GM Colbert and HC Shades, they thought they would just throw those two horrid players in the starting lineup and somehow tings would be OK. What a catastrophic mess that was, and yet, that was their plan. What a slap in the face to the rest of the team that was. What a disrespectful joke that was to the legit players trying to win games that was. Any members of the team who were responsible for those two players starting should be so embarrassed to show their faces in public that they should hide in shame. What arrogance and stupidity.
agreed.
Mcaffrey also had Trent Williams pro bowl LT, a competent center and OC. Harris has proven extremely durable, very very seldom fumbles. He has proven he can take over games even with a ****** line and ****** game plan
OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF SEASONNNNNNNNNN topics suck. Barry Sanders today. or game day Walter A?
Imagine Warrens stats if he was a 49er
Answer is definitely yes and has been that way for a long timeCan someone be racist against their own heritage?
Then again it is 2024!
He also benefits from better field vision, better fit for blocking scheme, better burst and better utilization of his strengths
The only thing here I would kind of disagree with you on is that when there isn't much there Najee can get 4 or 5 where Warren is going down, most times quick.
Yeah, sometimes Naj will give ya that when he comes in with that chip on his shoulder, doesn’t always seem to have that edge tho
Agreed! That's his M.O.
