Sunday, May 17, 2015

1.04 San Diego Slewage - RB Ameer Abdullah

In the real world: The Lions took one of the draft's more athletic runners in Ameer Abdullah of Nebraska. He finished first among RB's in the vertical jump, broad jump, 3-cone drill, 20-yard shuttle and 60-yard shuttle at the scouting combine. But relatively small hands (8 5/8") and 13 fumbles in four seasons (once every 35.4 touches, according to this CBSSports.com article--easily the worst among this year's RB prospects) are causes for concern. You gotta like his job situation in Detroit--de facto starter Joique Bell averaged fewer than four yards per carry the past two seasons and will be 29 in August, and Theo Riddick is more of a receiver out of the backfield than a runner.
In the TUFF world: Even after taking three running backs last year, the Slewage were still looking for consistency and reliability at that position. Their most productive RB last year was Isaiah Crowell (you may recall that last year, Todd Hansen drafted him at the top of round 2 to set a new record for "earliest drafting of an undrafted free agent"). Carlos Hyde (2014 first-rounder) isn't a slam-dunk guarantee, either--he only had 83 carries last season and there's no way of knowing how the 49ers will divvy up carries between him and free agent signing Reggie Bush.

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