So, Make a Case for McFadden...

[cmhargrove]

OK, things change, the year progresses. However, some guys around here would have traded Champ Bailey for the right to draft McFadden this year (I actually remember that conversation from an earlier thread).

So, is anyone still hot on this guy if he is there at #12?

I watched some highlight reels, and it looked like he beat a lot of guys around the end (which I think he will have a harder time of in the NFL). I think he is speedy fast, but so was Tatum. So, if you like the kid, make your case. Who thinks McFadden would be the best thing for this team (and why)?

There was too much hype about this kid earlier to let this go...

[FantomForce]

Don't need him, end of thread

[enjolras]

I think he'll be a very good pro. He looks a LOT like Adrian Peterson really.

That said, I have a rule about drafting running backs in the first round. The guys in front of them are SOOOO much more important.

[Gcver2ver3]

We'll be fine at RB....

Don't get me wrong, McFadden is nice...but i think he's going to go high in the draft because of how Adrian Peterson has been as a rookie...

Adrian Peterson was a top prosect at RB and prolly higher touted than McFadden but even still he didn't get picked til the 7th pick...

Now all of a sudden McFadden may go #1 overall...

This is the AD effect but at the end of the day, RB isn't the primary need for us...

The current SB champs have Jacobs & Washington as their two headed monster...neither are of McFadden or Peterson's calibur...

Let's get our Lines in order...that wins championships...

[dbfan4life]

Originally Posted by gcver2ver3

We'll be fine at RB....

Don't get me wrong, McFadden is nice...but i think he's going to go high in the draft because of how Adrian Peterson has been as a rookie...

Adrian Peterson was a top prosect at RB and prolly higher touted than McFadden but even still he didn't get picked til the 7th pick...

Now all of a sudden McFadden may go #1 overall...

This is the AD effect but at the end of the day, RB isn't the primary need for us...

The current SB champs have Jacobs & Washington as their two headed monster...neither are of McFadden or Peterson's calibur...

Let's get our Lines in order...that wins championships...

Exactly!

[Arkansas Bronco]

I cant believe all the hype because that prick said he wouldnt take McFadden in the top 20 because he runs up right. Yea he does and so did Eric Dickerson who is almost the same back McFadden is, although I think McFadden is faster. He was the back that ran up the middle yea he ran outside as well but Jones couldnt run up the middle. Face it he was locked on all game long and face 9 in the box all year in the SEC with no passing game and there are questions HA! you guys who just trust drat junkies instead of seeing them play are insane.

[-Slap-]

Originally Posted by Arkansas Bronco

I cant believe all the hype because that prick said he wouldnt take McFadden in the top 20 because he runs up right. Yea he does and so did Eric Dickerson who is almost the same back McFadden is, although I think McFadden is faster. He was the back that ran up the middle yea he ran outside as well but Jones couldnt run up the middle. Face it he was locked on all game long and face 9 in the box all year in the SEC with no passing game and there are questions HA! you guys who just trust drat junkies instead of seeing them play are insane.

Can we stop comparing these greenhorns to NFL record holders in the Hall of Fame before they're played a single game?

We had some Ritalin kid slandering the great Earl Campbell at this time last year. If McFadden turns out to be half the back Eric Dickerson was, he'll make a few Pro Bowls.

[Traveler]

As much as we should focus on the trenches, if McFadden were to make it to the twelve spot, the team would have to take him. The value is too great to pass up.

[Arkansas Bronco]

Your old enough too seen both run you tell me the difference. I didnt say he was him just they run the same way so get off my back.

[Gcver2ver3]

Originally Posted by Traveler

if McFadden were to make it to the twelve spot

He won't...

[TheDave]

Originally Posted by -Slap-

Can we stop comparing these greenhorns to NFL record holders in the Hall of Fame before they're played a single game?

We had some Ritalin kid slandering the great Earl Campbell at this time last year. If McFadden turns out to be half the back Eric Dickerson was, he'll make a few Pro Bowls.

Thank you...

[TheDave]

Originally Posted by Arkansas Bronco

I cant believe all the hype because that prick said he wouldnt take McFadden in the top 20 because he runs up right. Yea he does and so did Eric Dickerson who is almost the same back McFadden is, although I think McFadden is faster. He was the back that ran up the middle yea he ran outside as well but Jones couldnt run up the middle. Face it he was locked on all game long and face 9 in the box all year in the SEC with no passing game and there are questions HA! you guys who just trust drat junkies instead of seeing them play are insane.

Actually Mayock brought up a very good point the other night concerning McFadden. Said he has gone through about 1/2 of his games so far and the exact same problem keeps arising. During his runs he says that his legs continually go dead upon contact. If he is correct about this, that would make him useless as a starting HB for games played on Sundays. A runningback unable to get tough yards and/or push the pile generally become 3rd down options... see Bush, Reggie

[alkemical]

Originally Posted by Arkansas Bronco

I cant believe all the hype because that prick said he wouldnt take McFadden in the top 20 because he runs up right. Yea he does and so did Eric Dickerson who is almost the same back McFadden is, although I think McFadden is faster. He was the back that ran up the middle yea he ran outside as well but Jones couldnt run up the middle. Face it he was locked on all game long and face 9 in the box all year in the SEC with no passing game and there are questions HA! you guys who just trust drat junkies instead of seeing them play are insane.

Shouldn't that be the other way around?

[Arkansas Bronco]

Originally Posted by claviculasolomonis

Shouldn't that be the other way around?

Hell I am no english major.

[Arkansas Bronco]

Originally Posted by TheDave

Actually Mayock brought up a very good point the other night concerning McFadden. Said he has gone through about 1/2 of his games so far and the exact same problem keeps arising. During his runs he says that his legs continually go dead upon contact. If he is correct about this, that would make him useless as a starting HB for games played on Sundays. A runningback unable to get tough yards and/or push the pile generally become 3rd down options... see Bush, Reggie

No Felix is very similar to Reggie. McFadden does have strength and break tackles. He is no M. Barber but he definatly have some power and his stiff arm is unreal. People that talk about the spit back field have to remember that usually Mcfadden was in the qb slot which took allot of heat off Jones. Also Mcfadden missed very little time for injurys which is always a plus.

[epicSocialism4tw]

Originally Posted by -Slap-

Can we stop comparing these greenhorns to NFL record holders in the Hall of Fame before they're played a single game?

We had some Ritalin kid slandering the great Earl Campbell at this time last year. If McFadden turns out to be half the back Eric Dickerson was, he'll make a few Pro Bowls.

Just because you long for your youth doesnt mean that comparisons are invalid.

Why dont you quit trying to regulate what can and cant be talked about, and join in for some actual conversation like a normal person?

I'm not sure who appointed you the anti-free speech Nazi.

[Inkana7]

Well that was a rather pointless attack for the sake of an attack. Good job, bucko.

[TheDave]

Originally Posted by Arkansas Bronco

No Felix is very similar to Reggie. McFadden does have strength and break tackles. He is no M. Barber but he definatly have some power and his stiff arm is unreal. People that talk about the spit back field have to remember that usually Mcfadden was in the qb slot which took allot of heat off Jones. Also Mcfadden missed very little time for injurys which is always a plus.

Again, i'm just going by what Mayock said... But if he does go down upon 1st contact and therefore does not offer a team much in the way of an inside runner, then there is not that much value there. As for his stiff arm, thats great when he gets to the outside, but again it is no value on inside runs.

[Arkansas Bronco]

Originally Posted by TheDave

Again, i'm just going by what Mayock said... But if he does go down upon 1st contact and therefore does not offer a team much in the way of an inside runner, then there is not that much value there. As for his stiff arm, thats great when he gets to the outside, but again it is no value on inside runs.

Well go check out someone elses word then our 2. Because I am a no name just seen him play (a hell of allot) and thinks he is going to be great.

[TheDave]

Originally Posted by angryllama

Just because you long for your youth doesnt mean that comparisons are invalid.

Why dont you quit trying to regulate what can and cant be talked about, and join in for some actual conversation like a normal person?

I'm not sure who appointed you the anti-free speech Nazi.

I get that you don't like Slap, but he is right. Making a comparison between DMAC and one of the best to ever play the game is rediculous.

[Arkansas Bronco]

Originally Posted by TheDave

I get that you don't like Slap, but he is right. Making a comparison between DMAC and one of the best to ever play the game is rediculous.

Can you people not read I said he runs like him not that he was as good as him. Damn. They both run upright, comparison is stating that it can work.

Edit: And yes I do think McFadden is faster, I think most pro's now are faster then allot of the legends.

[CBF1]

I would not be my life saying McFadden is faster than Dickerson. I only saw Dickerson get caught from behind 1 time and that was by Darrel Green....who for years was the fastest man in the NFL.

Hate to agree with Slap, but comparing a college JR to a HOF, Record holding NFL running back is quite a reach.

[TheDave]

Originally Posted by Arkansas Bronco

Can you people not read I said he runs like him not that he was as good as him. Damn. They both run upright, comparison is stating that it can work.

Edit: And yes I do think McFadden is faster, I think most pro's now are faster then allot of the legends.

Nice try...

Yea he does and so did Eric Dickerson who is almost the same back McFadden is, although I think McFadden is faster.

it was a dumb comparison...

[epicSocialism4tw]

Originally Posted by TheDave

I get that you don't like Slap, but he is right. Making a comparison between DMAC and one of the best to ever play the game is rediculous.

-Schlep- isnt doing anyone any favors. He's spewing the same emotive whining that he always does. It really doesnt matter to him to protect the image of these players...he is just fighting the tide. Younger fans are looking at the players that they will remember with the same mythic reminiscience that -Schlep- is clinging to tightly with both hands.

People like comparisons, and when you have a great college player entering the NFL I think that its perfectly reasonable to project their curve along the same lines as other great players who made the transition before them.

If -Schlep- was concerned with the timbre of conversation, he would spend all of his time here whining and trolling the boards for arguments.

The guy's a poser.

[CBF1]

""Yea he does and so did Eric Dickerson who is almost the same back McFadden is, although I think McFadden is faster""

Arkie, This is totally a comparison between the two RB's