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Brandon Wilds will get over 1,000 yards rushing this season
Posted on 4/15/15 at 5:58 pm
Posted on 4/15/15 at 5:58 pm
True or False?
I say true. He has averaged over 5 yards per carry over the last couple of years while backing up Mike Davis and has looked like a solid RB. It all depends on if they give Wilds 200+ carries or not.
David Williams is a good back too who could potentially steal carries away from Wilds.
I say true. He has averaged over 5 yards per carry over the last couple of years while backing up Mike Davis and has looked like a solid RB. It all depends on if they give Wilds 200+ carries or not.
David Williams is a good back too who could potentially steal carries away from Wilds.
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Posted on 4/15/15 at 6:02 pm to CrimsonFever
Make one for Arky
Posted on 4/15/15 at 6:04 pm to CrimsonFever
Brandon Wilds has the potential to do it but I'm not sure he will. Teams won't underestimate him or Pharoh this year. Personally, I think Pharoh is damn near unstoppable but I'm not as certain about Wilds. That said, he good - real good.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 6:19 pm to CrimsonFever
Im going with no. Hes decent but nothing special. They should probably rotate him more. If they feed him too much his average will go down and he will get beat up. His running style just isnt as fluid as the great backs who can take the high number of touches and either deliver the punishment or juke by it.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 6:23 pm to Prof
Underestimate them lmao who underestimated anybody? Three yrs ago lattimore got injured and wilds came in as the 5th string back and rattled off like 4 straight 100yd games one was against UT in Knoxville. Moreover it was quite clear from the prior year that cooper was a play making machine
Posted on 4/15/15 at 6:23 pm to BlackPawnMartyr
I was really impressed by his highlight video from last season. I think he will do really well if he gets 200+ touches.
Brandon Wilds 2014 highlights
Brandon Wilds 2014 highlights
Posted on 4/15/15 at 6:29 pm to CrimsonFever
I don't think he's going to break 1k. Leaning more around 800 or so
Posted on 4/15/15 at 6:42 pm to CarolinaCock
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Underestimate them lmao who underestimated anybody? Three yrs ago lattimore got injured and wilds came in as the 5th string back and rattled off like 4 straight 100yd games one was against UT in Knoxville. Moreover it was quite clear from the prior year that cooper was a play making machine
Anyone could've rushed for 100 against us 3 years ago. Defense was all time bad (both Sunseri and the 3-4 are still curse words in Knoxville). Lattimore got hurt at South Carolina so if you mean the next year they were just as bad.
That said, whether you realize it or not Wilds only started to get some recognition outside of SC media last year. Pharoh made some noise the year before but not as much as you might think. Remember, you're watching as a fan and that's cool. It's what we all do but it effects our perspectives somewhat as hard as we try.
FWIW, I think both are outstanding players and thought I made that clear in my OP but I guess not. So again: I think both are outstanding players.
This post was edited on 4/15/15 at 6:45 pm
Posted on 4/15/15 at 6:46 pm to Prof
You do realize wilds gashed you guys for 140 THIS SEASON.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 6:47 pm to Prof
But hey I hope they fly under the radar all season and continue to get underestimated as you so put it that will help our offense greatly
Posted on 4/15/15 at 6:48 pm to CarolinaCock
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You do realize wilds gashed you guys for 140 THIS SEASON.
One of those runs was a huge run when we only had 10 men on the field - believe that was Wilds too.
ETA: Just checked and that play was a 70 yard scoring run by Wilds with 5 mins to go.
This post was edited on 4/15/15 at 6:50 pm
Posted on 4/15/15 at 6:49 pm to Prof
Yep it was a huge run doesn't mean it didn't happen but your right
Posted on 4/15/15 at 6:56 pm to CarolinaCock
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Yep it was a huge run doesn't mean it didn't happen but your right
Not saying it didn't but Wilds' did have that 70 yard run when we only had 10 on the field (that's what the gif showing Jones blowing his top on the trainer was all about - that guy was in charge of letting our coaches know to sub when a player is being worked on and hasn't gone back in yet). That's part of the game and he's still a fantastic player but it's not as bad on our D as it looks stat wise. It was a good call by Spurrier to take advantage.
We both agree that Wilds and Pharoh are great so I'm not even sure what we're arguing about.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 6:57 pm to CrimsonFever
Yea thats the same video i looked at before writing my post.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 6:59 pm to CrimsonFever
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David Williams is a good back too who could potentially steal carries away from Wilds.
This would be the big reason if he doesn't. Especially if Wiliams has a break-out game early in the season.
With that said, Davis got a significant portion of the load but still had to share time with Wilds and Williams, had injuries, and finished just shy of 1,000 so it's possible.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 7:16 pm to CrimsonFever
Williams may outrush Wilds, IMO.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 7:32 pm to CrimsonFever
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True or False?
I think he has the talent to do it, but it's just about him staying healthy. I don't think he will get games with 30+ carries like Lattimore did. He and Williams will split a lot of carries and probably get 12-20 each while they're both healthy, and whoever is running better will get more carries.
Wilds has speed and power. Williams has 4.3 top end speed and even better acceleration. Wilds probably knows the playbook better and he's going to treat this season as a contract season, as he has to show out if he's going to have a shot at the Pro's.
Wilds has gotten better each of the past 3 seasons, he avg'd:
4.5 ypc in '12
5.1 ypc in '13
5.5 ypc in '14
If he can get 5.5 ypc again he he would just need about 182 carries. Like the OP said, if he gets 200+ carries, I think he's a lock to break 1000 yards. The most carries he's had in a season though is 107, and he hasn't played a complete season yet though. Hopefully he stays healthy and gets a shot at doing that.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 7:49 pm to CockInYourEar
It depends on o line play this year.
Posted on 4/15/15 at 8:18 pm to CrimsonFever
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Brandon Wilds will get over 1,000 yards rushing this season
True or False?
Wilds and Williams are both good, probably above average, backs.
Williams is an incredible talent in terms of 6'2" 220 legit world class speed at 4.3. He seems to like contact and he runs well behind his pads and his ability to move laterally is uncanny.
Wilds is just a beast who has had some injury issues. But he keeps coming-back and he always runs hard.
How they fare will depend largely upon how well our OLine functions this coming season.
Our OLine has been serviceable for most of Spurrier's tenure but we really need a dominating OLine if we really want to be good this coming year.
CrimsonFever ... thanks for making the observation and starting this thread.
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