Woah!! Can you imagine a post about not the QB or Draft??? Let’s give it a try.
Does anyone get shades of Matt Forte when they watch Roschon play. He seems to glide and change direction on a dime which is so, so impressive with his frame and power. Both him and Matt Forte had that 6+ foot tall 220+ lbs frame that is shifty as hell and elusive in the pass game. Matt was miles ahead of his time for what he offered the game. He would be on every coaches Christmas wishlist if we was playing in this modern game (call him a Kyle Shanahan wet dream).
I know RJ has a lot to prove - with such a crowded running back room. He is definitely a guy that I am most excited to see get more and more work volume…but it’s awesome to see a guy with that much power and raw athleticism in the backfield again.
Monty was awesome…but he seemed to do his damage between the tackles running north and south. That is the kind of player that you see the hits catch up to. Seems Roschon has the skill sets (if developed properly) to be a long term piece for the RB room - more importantly he has the skills to be a modern day 3 down back.
Not going to be well received by the board but I see another 4 year disposable back like Monty was and Herbert currently is. Not because he will be bad, I’m sure he’ll be plenty good, but he doesn’t look like he has elite upside and in the current NFL you can get good but not great RBs for cheap by tossing a day 3 pick at the position every 2 years or so and keep the cap spend at less than 1% of cap.