re: Gurley or Lattimore

I'd take latti

Lattimore. From day one he has been the more physical back. Up the gut, batter defenders , and come back for more. Gurley seems to have Yeldon's style of bouncing it outside and getting into space when given the chance. Both have similar stats on paper but I think Latt made a lot of his yards by attrition against a stacked box due to no passing game. Other than 3rd and short Gurley never really faced a stacked box. Give me that physical battering ram style running back that wears down defenses.

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Latt made a lot of his yards by attrition against a stacked box due to no passing game

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Alshon Jeffrey = no passing game? He had 1,500 yards that year

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Give me that physical battering ram style running back that wears down defenses

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I'm sure you didn't watch many UGA games this year, but I know you watched the bama/uga game. You don't think Gurley is physical? All the guy does is get tough frickin yards. 3,4,5 at a time, and most of his carries are up the middle. Marshall is more likely to take a sweep to the outside and use his speed to the edge but Gurley is our straight into the line runner.

Hershel

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what in the frick does this have to do with who's the better running back as a freshman

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Team leadership, intangibles of a player. Has Gurley helped land any recruits? Who? Also, the original question wasn't about being a RB, it was about who you would rather have going into their 2nd season.

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So you picked one game to compare stat lines, why is that? You realize Gurley and Latt weren't personally running against each other right?

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Showing how they did against each other their freshman seasons. Lattimore dominated, Gurley did not. U Mad? Pick 2 and compare, I like comparing how my freshman RB did against your team, if you don't, ok.

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UT: 24 carries for 130 yards and 3 TDs
UF: 27 for 118 and 1 TD (only back to go over 100 against UF)
Bama (#1 D in the country): 23 for 122 yards and 2 touchdowns

I'd say those are pretty good yes?

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Sweet, I already pointed out earlier that Lattimore's stats were better against those three opponents his freshman year. He had more yards and/or TD's.

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He catches better than Gurley.

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Because Lattimore's God-like running abilities forced defenses to put 13 in the box.

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Only when we played Tenn. LSU and USC are going to miss Derek Dooley...but maybe not, Butch could screw that up too.

are you serious?

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Catching balls out of the backfield is a plus for an RB and really helps make him an every down back. I don't have time to explain football to you, please keep up.

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The irony is thick

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Showing how they did against each other their freshman seasons. Lattimore dominated, Gurley did not. U Mad? Pick 2 and compare, I like comparing how my freshman RB did against your team, if you don't, ok.

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It's worthwhile to consider but not a good measuring stick as it's not like they were playing against the same defense... common opponents would be the better "measuring stick" though even that fails given the time discrepancy. Your initial argument that Gurley racked up his stats in meaningless games was shown to be false... that was the intent of showing those stats, not as the yardstick to measure the backs ability.

FWIW, if I could ABSOLUTELY throw away the propensity for injury, I would lean towards Lattimore by a small margin. Part of it may be reverse bias. I watched games where Lattimore beast moded over a UGA defense and made them look soft. I've never been on the receiving end of Gurley's beast runs. The problem is that I cannot ignore injuries or at least likelihood of injury. Even without the knowledge of what has happened to Lattimore, the sheer volume of carries and their running styles would lead me to think Lattimore is an injury risk. Earlier posters have mentioned it but his frame is just not quite where you want it, especially with reducing weight to possibly spare the knees.

If I'm only looking at stats, however, I'd say that Gurley's YPC speaks for itself. On 50 fewer carries, he racked up more yards and 1 less touchdown. Lattimore's receiving yards are nice but we don't really utilize Gurley for that so it's not really a fair comparison. It has less to do with him not being able to and more to do with how we attempt to get KM involved in the offense as well. If we didn't, we'd likely be in the same position you guys have been in, with a RB who makes it about 75% of the season and flat out can't hold up... the pounding they take in the SEC makes it near impossible to run a single back anymore. Even if you can, it's not in the best interest of the runner if they would eventually like to take their talents to the NFL where they can actually get paid. IMO it's irresponsible of a program to do what USCe has done to Lattimore.

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