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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 878820"><p>There's a story line that Dillion is a Derrick Henry comparable. Both weigh in at 247 lbs. Both take on tacklers full bore when the situation demands, and knock 'em back or knock 'em down with some frequency. The kicker is that Henry was LaFleur's primary runner in Tennessee.</p><p></p><p>I recently did a comparison check on the highlight tapes. Henry is a patient runner, and one clip caught my attention in particular where he made a slashing jump cut at the line leaving the ILB grabbing at air. Looking at Dillion's highlights I don't see much patience or vision, not much resembling a jump cut or setting up blocks. He does not look very twitchy. There's at least one Dillon highlight where he just barreled ahead, didn't see the cutback lane, and ran right into the back of his blocker, the kind of thing you saw Williams do as a rookie, just get in there and push the pile. I wouldn't want to see the Dillon lowlights against Big 5 conference competiion.</p><p></p><p>Maybe the Packers fell in love with Dillon's Combine numbers. It wouldn't be the first time. Beware trying to recast a RB regardless of how athletic he might look. You can coach in some patience but vision and twitchyness can't be coached. RBs are more born than made. It took Williams the better part of two years to start showing some of the patience it took to regard him as a decent runner, a guy you don't mind putting on the field for 80 snaps if push came to shove.</p><p></p><p>Outside zone requires patience and vision, and it sure helps if you can set up the blocks. It's a RB option play. Depending on whether the defense stretches or not, which OLs get a hat on which defenders, the effective run could be anywhere from cutting back inside the OG who is on the move all the way out to the edge to turn the corner.</p><p></p><p>There are some things I do understand about the pick. When you take a RB at #62, the 6th. RB off the board, that's more like low 1st., upper 2nd. at any other position except for maybe C, OG, ILB or S while RB is typically the easiest transition from college to pros. So, when you draft this player at this spot you gotta figure he's expected play a decent amount as a rookie unless he proves clueless to start out.</p><p></p><p>It would seem to make more sense that Dillion is the Williams replacement. But when you draft a RB at that spot instead of the 4th. or 5th. round, with Jones heading into what is likely to be a relatively expensive 2021 contract, with RBs having short shelf lives and are very risky second contract signings, while there are a few other priority free agents come 2021 without a whole lot of cap available or obvious cap saving cuts, you gotta think Dillon is lined up to take Jones' spot. Even if they somehow retained Jones, a 2nd. round RB on limited snaps is a pretty expensive way to go.</p><p></p><p>As you might have guessed by now, I don't care for picking this player at this spot regardless of the blocking scheme. Of course, LaFleur may not be wed to outside zone as a staple when Jones is not back there, which goes to the earlier point about evolving past what is assumed to be some genetic predispostion handed down from the coaching tree. By this time next year outside zone may be sharply limited or a quick, twitchy RB in the Jones mold comes out of the draft to mix in those stretch runs.</p><p></p><p>We're talking here about available evidence and probabilities, as always.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 878820"] There's a story line that Dillion is a Derrick Henry comparable. Both weigh in at 247 lbs. Both take on tacklers full bore when the situation demands, and knock 'em back or knock 'em down with some frequency. The kicker is that Henry was LaFleur's primary runner in Tennessee. I recently did a comparison check on the highlight tapes. Henry is a patient runner, and one clip caught my attention in particular where he made a slashing jump cut at the line leaving the ILB grabbing at air. Looking at Dillion's highlights I don't see much patience or vision, not much resembling a jump cut or setting up blocks. He does not look very twitchy. There's at least one Dillon highlight where he just barreled ahead, didn't see the cutback lane, and ran right into the back of his blocker, the kind of thing you saw Williams do as a rookie, just get in there and push the pile. I wouldn't want to see the Dillon lowlights against Big 5 conference competiion. Maybe the Packers fell in love with Dillon's Combine numbers. It wouldn't be the first time. Beware trying to recast a RB regardless of how athletic he might look. You can coach in some patience but vision and twitchyness can't be coached. RBs are more born than made. It took Williams the better part of two years to start showing some of the patience it took to regard him as a decent runner, a guy you don't mind putting on the field for 80 snaps if push came to shove. Outside zone requires patience and vision, and it sure helps if you can set up the blocks. It's a RB option play. Depending on whether the defense stretches or not, which OLs get a hat on which defenders, the effective run could be anywhere from cutting back inside the OG who is on the move all the way out to the edge to turn the corner. There are some things I do understand about the pick. When you take a RB at #62, the 6th. RB off the board, that's more like low 1st., upper 2nd. at any other position except for maybe C, OG, ILB or S while RB is typically the easiest transition from college to pros. So, when you draft this player at this spot you gotta figure he's expected play a decent amount as a rookie unless he proves clueless to start out. It would seem to make more sense that Dillion is the Williams replacement. But when you draft a RB at that spot instead of the 4th. or 5th. round, with Jones heading into what is likely to be a relatively expensive 2021 contract, with RBs having short shelf lives and are very risky second contract signings, while there are a few other priority free agents come 2021 without a whole lot of cap available or obvious cap saving cuts, you gotta think Dillon is lined up to take Jones' spot. Even if they somehow retained Jones, a 2nd. round RB on limited snaps is a pretty expensive way to go. As you might have guessed by now, I don't care for picking this player at this spot regardless of the blocking scheme. Of course, LaFleur may not be wed to outside zone as a staple when Jones is not back there, which goes to the earlier point about evolving past what is assumed to be some genetic predispostion handed down from the coaching tree. By this time next year outside zone may be sharply limited or a quick, twitchy RB in the Jones mold comes out of the draft to mix in those stretch runs. We're talking here about available evidence and probabilities, as always. [/QUOTE]
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