Out of all the group think shit takes I’ve seen, I think this is up there with the worst. It illustrates what happens when people look at the appearance but not the essence, the superficial similarity over the actual qualities that separate a thing. First off, the fallacy is in the false comparison of, since they’re all RBs, they must be the same type of RB. It is the fallacy of false equivalency.
BR is an offensive weapon. Furnette and Elliot were good runners. The only comp is CMC and a bit of Barkley. Gurley had 2k seasons! The offensive capability of those backs elevated their team. The Niners almost made the SB without a QB.
Now, BR on the team gives a super weapon to Fields. No back currently on the roster creates a situation without a tell to any DC with two eyes in his fucking head. BR makes a DC consider a N defense against hi lined up in a 2TE I formation with Moore as the boundary. Yup. How crazy is that?
This is straight up, uncut chicken little shit. As far as what we saw from the OL last year, I’m not sure that shitshow was entirely on their shoulders. That Musty smell’s gone (pun intended). We really only need a RT, and I’m not sure we do. So, we may have the vaunted trenches people are clamoring for. Weapons win.
