Dayne can't make the squad of a quality NFL team. If he's on the team, that means we have a serious talent deficit.
And in the last 2 years that's been exactly the case. Could be the case this year yet again, who knows. There are too many unknowns right now to have any solid opinion. Of course there are going to be those that don't like Dayne at all, and that can be justified. However, as much as most people don't want to admit this, our team would be worse off the last two years without him.
Ahman Green is an unknown- heck he may be forced to retire like Domanick.
Chris Brown, while intruiging got a very small contract, so that tells me the front office isn't bettin on him being our savior.
Chris Taylor is coming off injury too and as high as kubiak is on him, there's no guarantee he's going to make the squad.
Darius Walker performed decently, but it doesn't look like he's going to be the everydown back we need.
Draft- doubtful we go RB in the 1st round with McFadden/Mendenhall most likely gone, Stewart just had surgery on his toe, we have Green who's expensive but can be cut, Brown who looks like the FA RB kubiak said he'd get...et. We are definitely going to draft a back but not on the first day if our picks stand as they are.... Kubiak doesn't like putting rookies out there to start right away at RB (so we think).
Yikes, this position doesn't look so solid now does it? I've always liked Dayne because he's a hard worker and gives us a solid effort. He's not an all-pro by any means but he's done exactly what we've needed him to do. Not be our franchise RB but come in because we're desperate and need the help. Seems to me in the past we really havn't had any better options so I don't get all the hate towards Dayne. Now we're starting to have better options like maybe Green, maybe Brown + hopefully Taylor/Walker, but those are all still unknowns and if they fail Dayne might just need to be that grinder we need at this point in their building.
Dayne will find a spot on another team and he won't be sitting there waiting for our phone call right before the first regular season game. We can count on some injuries at various positions during the offseason/training camp. we can count on at least one of our RB's getting cut.
Now this is not saying we need to sign Dayne right away or at all, or that he's the right guy for the team. It's just stating that in the past we haven't had any better options and Kubiak/Smith are trying to field the best team the can. Hopefully our outlook looks better from here on out but it's not a solid position by anymeans.
We can't name 1 running back out of 5 currently on the team that we know for sure will be on the team during the regular season.
