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Hollings to Fins?

Grid said:
thats all fine and good... but doesnt change the fact that a large back would COULD force his way into the endzone and get us those short yards for a first down WOULD be more useful than another fast back. Variety never hurt nobody on a football field.
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Wells is 245 lbs and can't punch his way through a paper bag. IMO talent counts for more and if you really have to throw a big chunk of meat at the line then put Baxter in with Norris lead blocking. At this point the Texans already have three large backs with Wells, Baxter and Norris. Three large and two regular seems a lot more balanced than Four large and one regular IMO.
 
well when i said we should get a large back i meant one that is worth a damn. If one of our FBs is actually good enough to do that.. then that sounds great... but I havent seem them get the ball yet so I imagine they arent RB material.
 
they can potentially be short yardage backs, but they won't because we never use them that way.
 
The Texans usually don't run the fullback from two back sets, but I see Baxter being an effective short yardage back if he is put in there running behind Norris.
 
Baxter is not a prototypical FB. He is more of a tweener HB/FB. A Baxter and Norris backfield on 4th and 1 is a distinct possibility IMO.
 
He did pretty good for a walk-on

from his bio on this site...
COLLEGE: Lined up at tailback and fullback as a four-year starter for the Lobos, rushing for 2,090 yards on 462 carries (4.5 avg.) with 19 TDs…also caught 15 passes for 114 yards…former walk-on who eventually served as team captain two seasons…paced team with 203 carries for 907 yards (4.5 avg.) and 11 TDs as a senior, earning first-team All-Mountain West Conference honors…his TD total ranked fifth on the school’s all-time single-season list…rushed for career-high 184 yards and two scores in season opener versus UTEP…carried 138 times for 559 yards and five scores as a junior, earning honorable mention all-conference accolades…earned team MVP honors as a sophomore, rushing for 434 yards and four TDs…started 8 of 12 games as a freshman, rushing for 190 yards on 38 carries
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Have yall heard anything about this proposed trade? I got this off a rumor mill, and i dont know what to think but i doubt that the Dolphin need a RB so desperatly as to trade of of the better CBs in the league for an unproven, unhealthy, 2nd yr RB. Heard anything?
 
Beastlyman2003 said:
Have yall heard anything about this proposed trade? I got this off a rumor mill, and i dont know what to think but i doubt that the Dolphin need a RB so desperatly as to trade of of the better CBs in the league for an unproven, unhealthy, 2nd yr RB. Heard anything?
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What rumor mill other than your response to Bottle-O-Bud above?
 
I like Davis. He's the RB until he proves he can't do it. Right now, he looks like he can do it. If Hollings beats him out, that means Hollings is one heck of an awsome back because Davis is pretty dog gone good!! Don't ya think??
 
capers just did a segment on 610 and was adamant about how important having two runningbacks is. he said hollings would get a LOT of work in the preseason and i got the impression hollings would be getting 5-10 carries plus a game in the regular season. he did say hollings would be a key player this year.

10-15 minute segment and they really didnt touch on much else of note.

hollings isnt going anywhere.
 
Can't see it happening although have to admit a #1 early in 1st round looks pretty good, charley casserly would be hard pressed to say no but am sure DD and TH will be working in backfield this season and next
 
Kind of a deceptive article, because the top backs did average more than 20 times a game. Are they trying to say DD cann't do it? I still think Hollings has to show a lot more than he has, but if they think he's still a speed merchant they must know. He probably has healed fine. But he has to show he can get through the holes, and so far, he has shown much in that department. My only hope is the combination of DD and Hollings becomes the scourge of the league.
 
I guess I'm not so crazy afterall...
The Texans believe they have two good young running backs in Domanick Davis, who rushed for 1,031 yards in just 10 starts as a rookie last season, and Hollings, the player thought to be the team's running back of the future before Davis emerged.

Hollings, the NCAA's leading rusher after four games in 2002 before an ACL injury ended his season at Georgia Tech, is a backup for the purposes of depth charts. The Texans, however, consider him a playmaker.

"We'd like to run the ball 30 times a game," offensive coordinator Chris Palmer said. "We're going to have to split the load, and that's where Hollings is going to get his work. We're looking for Domanick to touch the ball 15, 18, 20 times a game, and we'd like to give Hollings 12 to 15 touches.
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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/2714260
 
Yep Vinny you and I have been saying the same things about Hollings for a while. It is one of those rare items where we agree.
 
Beastlyman2003 said:
are you joking? How are you a "MODERATOR"?
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If I'm not mistaken, you get to be a mod by being on here alot and posting alot. The concept that ppl. who post alot are godlike "experts" is frankly quite overrated. There may be many of us who choose not to spend as much time online whose knowledge of football and opinions may be just as valid or even better. At any rate, even "experts" are often wrong... like those who said the Texans were reaching when they used their 4th round pick on a guy who would never be more than a 3rd down back....
 
Stampeder said:
If I'm not mistaken, you get to be a mod by being on here alot and posting alot.
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You are mistaken. For the record, the person referenced in the comment you quoted was Fiddy and he was asked to be a moderator because he has displayed solid football knowledge.
 
Stampeder said:
If I'm not mistaken, you get to be a mod by being on here alot and posting alot. The concept that ppl. who post alot are godlike "experts" is frankly quite overrated. There may be many of us who choose not to spend as much time online whose knowledge of football and opinions may be just as valid or even better. At any rate, even "experts" are often wrong... like those who said the Texans were reaching when they used their 4th round pick on a guy who would never be more than a 3rd down back....
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Actually all the moderators all long-time posters with a good history. Some post alot and some don't post near as much as some of the regulars. Likewise, we have some mods that know football very well (like Fiddy for example) and we have some who are just great fans of the team and really don't know the game as well as others. Being an "expert" on football or age, or posting frequency has nothing to do with being a moderator.
 
infantrycak said:
You are mistaken. For the record, the person referenced in the comment you quoted was Fiddy and he was asked to be a moderator because he has displayed solid football knowledge.
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My bad... My point, though is that there are many ppl. with "solid football knowledge" who are not around message boards enough to become a moderator. You wouldn't ask someone to become a mod if he's only here once or twice a month, no matter what his level of football knowledge is. Also that many ppl with "solid football knowledge" can be wrong in judging a college player's potential. If not, we wouldn't see 1st round busts or experienced journalists predicting that Davis would never be more than a 3rd down back.
 
Sure, a moderator has to be around enough to perform a function for the MB. And clearly all the solid football knowledge in the world doesn't convey a crystal ball and let's face it trying to predict the performance of 53 moving parts, much less examine and predict the performance of hundreds of college prospects in a new environment is beyond anyone's predictive capability--knowledge and history only get you so far and then you are solidly into SWAG (Scientific Wild A(take a stab at what this one is) Guess) country.
 
Stampeder said:
My bad... My point, though is that there are many ppl. with "solid football knowledge" who are not around message boards enough to become a moderator. You wouldn't ask someone to become a mod if he's only here once or twice a month, no matter what his level of football knowledge is. Also that many ppl with "solid football knowledge" can be wrong in judging a college player's potential. If not, we wouldn't see 1st round busts or experienced journalists predicting that Davis would never be more than a 3rd down back.
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I understand your point but you are mixing in things that have nothing to do with it. We have some mods that rarely post but are here lurking on a regular basis, so post count is another issue that has zero to do with being a moderator. Also, as you have stated and as I mentioned, having a mind for breaking down football has nothing to do with moderating vulgarity and being a fan in general. We don't even track post counts here like on many boards in the member listing areas. You won't find a list of "top ten" posters or "leading posters" in our member list. We could care less about that.
 
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