A true power back maybe?????

4(or was it 5) year 25 million contract. That is expensive for a backup complimentary RB.

Haha, I just posted about the same topic but you beat me by like 30 seconds so i deleted it. If anyone cares for my opinion here it is…

Two words, Brandon Jacobs. I can see him splitting carries with Best better than any other back on this roster. He can be our power back on short yardage situations. We wont need to put Jahvid Best in to rush on a 4th and 1 like yesterday which was completely blown up in our faces. He can be the guy that brings our offense to that level matched with any other team in this league. We obviously can’t run the ball what so ever between the tackles. He can and he can bring that final dimension. Best is great, don’t get me wrong, but he simply does not have the size or skill set to do much outside of screens and running towards the sideline. Morris, Smith, and Brown are NOT power backs. Morris is the most powerful of them all from what I’ve seen but he just does not have the play making ability that Jacobs brings. So, I think if we can swing him from New York for a reasonable draft pick or even one of our rb’s then we’d be set moving forward. Sorry I had to post it up here just like I’m sure 30 other blogs are. It had to be said. By the way, if you are confused by this, Brandon Jacobs supposedly is pretty pissed that he lost the starting job in New York. I don’t think he and Tom Coughlin see eye-to-eye so he is “expected” to ask for a trade. Hopefully he can deal with splitting carries wherever he goes because thats what the league is now-a-days. So anyways I’m just throwing it out there for everybody to debate.

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Personally, I’d give up Ksmooth and Mo Morris for Jacobs. It would take him to convince me that he’s in it to win it and not to be a whiny cry baby, though.

and I’m sitting behind the bench, I am bringing some padding with me.

Everyone knows I am pro LGB. But for some reason I am not pro Brandon Jacobs. First of all we can run between the tackles, at least 2 of Bests TD runs have been from 10 yards or less and have been runs in between the tackles.

If your talking about a power running game that is a bit different. That we do not have. I don’t know why the hell they are putting Best in to get beat up on a goal line when they can put Felton in there behind Suh. I know that many think Felton is unproven in short yardage, and truth be told he is. But its is not his fault that our line gets owned. If they could open a freaking hole it would not matter.

The issue is not the running back, it is the offensive line, and going out and getting an over priced, whiny, cry baby, back up is not going to help us in any way whatsoever. Maybe we should put SLH or KVB in there as a lead blocker and let Suh carry the ball. ;)

Besides Jacobs is injury prone [misses about four games every year] which I just see that frequency increasing as the cumulative effect of all the hits he has taken add up.

No thanks to BJ and LGB. Where are all the Felton supporters? That bandwagon emptied in a hurry.

I should be used to fickle Lions fans by now, but it is always surprising to me. Sigh.

Sometimes his “passion” or attitude can be a problem but there is NO back in the NFL with that kind of power. I say bring him in to do Feltons job a short yard powerback.

His size is impressive, and he’d definitely fit the power compliment in our running back unit, but is he too expensive? Is he too injury prone? Does he have the passion? They are all questions which have me apprehensive. We shall see if any moves are made.

it’s his attitude that I don’t like. The whole reason he’s forcing his way out of New York is because he’s pissed that he was demoted to the number two back behind Ahmad Bradshaw. Best is the clear cut no. 1 guy here in Detroit, so I don’t see his attitude improving in any way by moving here.

It’s a shame, really, because he would be the perfect compliment to Best, and the ideal goal line back. Let’s just say he wouldn’t need Suh to block for him on the one yard line.

Fantastic power back, but yah, attitude and paycheck are not likable at all.

because he is the backup in NY and not the starter,what do you think he would be here in Detroit ?

The guy is near 250 pounds and tries to make cuts like #20. There was a reason he lost his starting job this year and it’s because he runs straight up and tries to juke people instead of running over them.

The guy plays more like Darren Sproles when he should be playing like Christian Okoye. Yeah, most of you don’t know who Christian was but you all suck anyway.

just not in Detroit. The guy is 6’2 6’4 somewhere and has had injury problems. I think that Felton is the only answer we need until Smitty comes back and then let them battle it out. The call on 3rd and one and 4th and one made me sick you bring in Suh to block but you got Best at 190 as the back and it failed two times in a row. I say throw that out and never explore that again.

The reason i don’t like it is you got our two first round picks playing out of position. On short yardage the defense wants to get lower than the offense and Suh coming up the middle could catch a helmet to the knee or anything and him getting hurt playing lead blocker is a waste. I know that on any given play Suh could get hurt but his chances of getting hurt on defense are way lower than on offense way lower. Plus i think that Will Heller is more than capable of doing the job and much more better than Suh at blocking. As for Best playing the shortage back your killing me. Did anybody notice around the 3rd quarter how slow Best was getting up, that is why Felton is the fullback thats why he is on the roster. I love Best just as much as the next Lions fan but i don’t want to see him beaten and battered half way into the season.

And put a real blocker in front of him too, not a defensive player. All due respect to Suh I would rather see Jason Fox or one of our backup offensive linemen in there at fullback for Felton than Suh. There is absolutely no question in my mind that their blocking skills are superior to his and putting him in there is just a cute, gimmick IMO.

Hell put 8 linemen out there and put Grew back there at fullback, whatever the mix is I am sure there are better personnel schemes out there than Suh at full back. With all of our big receivers why are we not just lining up and throwing a quick slant like we did for the 2 point conversion for that matter? I am not just talking about Calvin either. Bryant Johnson, Tony Scheffler, and Brandon Pettigrew all are physical mismatches too. Oh and even Will Heller, I forgot him.