Ron Dayne??

[euro-Texan]

Originally Posted by 55Olinesdad

When Chris was in Denver Dayne was a running back. I was pretty upset myself when he left. I really thought he was a bruiser back. He is a tough guy to bring down and he gives his body up for yardage when he needs to. Not always smart to do that but I really hate seeing backs get paid big money and run out of bounds. Dayne drives into people and takes them out.

I feel the same way about his time here and think he deserves a shot in camp to say the least.

[HOU-TEX]

Originally Posted by HOU-TEX

No. I don't want Dayne under any circumstance. I hate to sound like a broken record about my stance on Dayne, but he lacks vision for the cut-back, he's unable to get to the outside on wide stretch plays or pitches and he doesn't run through tackles like a 250+ lb RB should.

I've watched a few of this past season's games numerous times (lol) and there were way too many yards left on the field on his runs.

Just wanted to reiterate my thoughts on Dayne.

[Fox]

Originally Posted by euro-Texan

Really???? Even on crutches?

Granted, the only back on our roster who doesn't have some major injury history to my knowledge is Walker. Hopefully between the 4 of them we can put together a healthy season. Hell, they might be able to keep up with Dayne on crutches anyways.

[b0ng]

Originally Posted by 55Olinesdad

When Chris was in Denver Dayne was a running back. I was pretty upset myself when he left. I really thought he was a bruiser back. He is a tough guy to bring down and he gives his body up for yardage when he needs to. Not always smart to do that but I really hate seeing backs get paid big money and run out of bounds. Dayne drives into people and takes them out.

He might be tough to bring down, but he doesn't break a whole lot of tackles. He is a big guy, but once contact is initiated he's usually down right there or he might fall forward and get a yard. He won't lose you many yards, but unless the other teams defense is poor against the run, then he's not getting more than 50 - 70 yards even on 20+ carries.

I don't mind seeing him run the ball occasionally, but he's taken pretty much the full load for the second half of the last 2 seasons. That pretty much means our running game is in shambles.