Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
CEH IS good in space against defenders.
He just lacks the burst that makes a RB great. He has no more burst than Darrel Williams.
He should be a third-down back.
Your favorite RB McCluster was about the same level as CEH in space right now.
Remember when he got the ball on the left side with nobody near him? The safety came directly to him and stoned him. 3.2 didn’t even make a move, he just accepted it.
At least McCluster would have made a spin move into the tackle. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Flying High D:
On the bright side, if CEH ever went to kick someone, that person would be six blocks away by the time CEH got there.
Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15:
I'm not sure who's usage (or lack of) confuses me more - Thornhill or CEH.
Most of us were salivating at the thought of this kid being the centerpiece of Andy's famous screen game, taking on the Westbrook role.
Last night - zero targets, zero receptions.
There are games where Andy just forgets to run the ball - and there are games where he completely forgets to utilize the screen game/CEH in space.
It's maddening.
There's gotta be a reason for it.
The thing that had most people excited for CEH wasn't his rushing ability - it was his ability to operate at a high level in the passing game.
And not only do we not utilize him in the pattern like we thought we might (a poor mans Leveon Bell), we don't even use him in the screen game. We just don't use him in the passing game.
Part of that may just be that typically a play that goes to the HB in space is designed with him in mind and when you have Hill and Kelce, why bother? But if you're not gonna use your 1st round picks biggest strength, why'd you draft him to begin with?
But really, it's all mitigation at this point. He's a bad pick. If we are able to use him in the passing game to make him a less bad pick, great. But he's just not a dynamic enough runner to have been a 1st rounder. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
There's gotta be a reason for it.
The thing that had most people excited for CEH wasn't his rushing ability - it was his ability to operate at a high level in the passing game.
And not only do we not utilize him in the pattern like we thought we might (a poor mans Leveon Bell), we don't even use him in the screen game. We just don't use him in the passing game.
Part of that may just be that typically a play that goes to the HB in space is designed with him in mind and when you have Hill and Kelce, why bother? But if you're not gonna use your 1st round picks biggest strength, why'd you draft him to begin with?
But really, it's all mitigation at this point. He's a bad pick. If we are able to use him in the passing game to make him a less bad pick, great. But he's just not a dynamic enough runner to have been a 1st rounder.
