re: Oh Nick Chubb

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Gurley looks like a total beast in pads. Chubb - not so much.

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You do realize that you are comparing an 18 year old kid who had been exposed to a collegiate strength program for two months to a 20 year old who had been in the same program for over two years, correct?

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He looked short, small, and his helmet looked to be about two sizes too big. I had to tell them he was built like a tank, but they had their doubts.

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Chubb outweighed Gurley by more than 10-15lbs as a Freshman.


Both Gurley and Chubb are very physical runners but Gurley definitely has more finesse than Chubb does currently. With that being said, I expect Chubb to work to improve in this area over the next two years. I'm not saying this area is a weakness but his elusiveness is not on the same level as his tackle breaking/trucking at this point in time.

We have to remember that when Gurley arrived in Athens he only weighed about 200 and that when Chubb came in he weighed 215. I think this is important because Gurley was originally a finessee runner who learned to be more physical as his size increased.

All you need to do is to look at the differences in their high school tapes. In Gurley's tape it is mainly just him hitting the hole and getting into the open field, out running everyone, and making the defender miss. Chubb's tape is pretty much just steam rolling guys and bouncing off tacklers left and right.

Gurley

Chubb