Henry vs Fournette -- The stats don't lie

The Stats do lie.

While I love DH, let's not forget who is opening these holes. If I am drafting a running back, I would take Fournette. Henry is a great back but these numbers don't tell the whole story.

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Henry is a great back but these numbers don't tell the whole story.

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This 100%.

Both backs are great, no need to try and "win" the comparison. Tide already won the game.

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, let's not forget who is opening these holes.

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Are you kidding me? Our Oline has been shite for a great portion of this season. Henry has made many of his yards on vision and strength. Lets not act like he has been running through giant holes all season long, because he definitely has not.

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Henry is a great back but these numbers don't tell the whole story.

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Its so freaking funny to read this kind of stuff. For most of the 2015 season, the perception was the LSU's Oline was dominant, and Alabama's Oline was shitty.

Now, all of a sudden, Henry is getting his yards because of our incredible Oline, and Fournette can't get yards because of his bad Oline.

No doubt, these last two games, LSU's Oline has played tougher competition and has suffered as a result, but lets not act like our Oline is even close to a line like 2012's level.

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Some people tend to forget that Henry, like Fournette, was a 5 star, highly recruited, running back out of high school.

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Henry was a 5-Star, highly recruited athlete for sure, but alot of recruiting experts said he was too lanky to be an effective SEC RB. They were saying he would be more effective on defense as an OLB or DE.

UGA and Alabama were 2 schools that were adamant about bringing him in as a true Tailback throughout the process. I don't even think we were 100% sure on him though as we (uncharacteristically) brought in 3 other top-level tailbacks with him.

EDIT: Also add Tennessee to the list along with Alabama & UGA.

I don't think his analysis is that far off. I think Henry is easier to bring down than LF7. Their top-end speed is comparable, but I think Henry is better at waiting for blocks to develop than LF7.

That being said, some of the tackles that LF7 breaks are ones that would absolutely bring down Henry. So, it is all a matter of opinion on which back you'd rather have.

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If I am drafting a running back, I would take Fournette. Henry is a great back but these numbers don't tell the whole story.

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I can agree with this. I love Henry, but if I were drafting a back I'd definitely take LF. I really hope Henry becomes a good NFL back because that'd be great for him, but as of now I have some trouble seeing it. But for a college back? He's elite.

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The worst OL Bama has had since 2010 that's who.

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Fify. Oline that year was meh

Henry has great vision and cutting ability, it just doesn't look like it because he is a so big and tall.

eta: my pictures got deleted.

Fournette had a better game against Arkansas, and Henry had a better game against MSU. LSU still has to play two of the opponents that we have already played, and we have to play Auburn.

I like them both LF and Henry, I hope the Dallas Cowboys draft Henry, the should have grabbed Eddie Lacy.