good post, i agree with most of what you said, especially about Saban (and same goes for all cllege coaches) not being responsible for how guys do in the NFL. Once they are out of college it is up to the player and his pro team.

However, this doesn't make much sense ;

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Plus, in the NFL, its damn near impossible to run the ball now. Defensive players are bigger, stronger, and faster now than they have ever been

last year we had a guy come 7 yards from breaking the NFL single season rushing record

The better point is it is a pass first league and RB has been devalued as a position. smart teams can find RBs in later rounds. That's what made the Ingram pick so stupid imo, the Saints had as good a record as anyone at finding RB's later (Thomas, Ivory) made no sense for them to draft Ingram in the first, let alone give up an extra pick for him.

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Posted by KG5989

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Posted on 9/26/13 at 4:49 pm to H-Town Tiger

Haha that Adrian Peterson though, hes an exception haha. As a whole, teams are running the ball less and less. Now, you have RBs that get 50+ catches in a year. That was unheard of some years ago. Warrick Dunn was really the 1st back that was an all purpose type of back. And he retired what 8 years ago or something like that? Now, if a RB gets 25 carries a game, and thats considered a LOT.

Plus, AP is 1 of the few RBs that doesnt split carries. And its AP. Hes the exception haha.

And i shouldnt of said damn near impossible to run the ball now. Should of just said its getting harder and harder to run the ball in the NFL due to the development of the passing attack and the athletes on the defensive side are getting better. I mean your getting LBs and DEs that run in the 4.4-4.5 range. Just as fast as RBs and WRs and weight in the 240s+. Youre getting DTs that are 6'3 300 and can move in the 4.7s-4.8s. Thats just scary ridiculous.

But yea I think its pointless to try and blame a collegiate coach for a player in the NFL. If anything, it shows that Saban took good RBs, and made them look great.

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