Sorry, my bad...I got Gillislee and Gray's number's mixed up.... Just watched game again and Gillislee just doesn't seem to have much at all when/if he gets past the LOS... Gray seems to have that burst you want from a short yardage guy, but not so sure about him in the open...seems to only have the one speed, but if his niche is short-yardage, then he'll could fill a hole we have between Miller/Thomas...
Oh man, that guy was so underrated, he had such great balance after contact. Yes, I do. Although I think their bodies are built just a little different, they attack the hole the same way and have a very similar skillset.
I find it VERY interesting that Gillislee and Gray have 54 snaps each... while Miller has 20 and Thomas has 19. That pretty much signifies to me that it's: Miller Thomas with Gillslee and Gray battling it out for #3. I don't think we'll keep all four. The loser could be headed to the practice squad.
Sounds fair. I wouldn't want to lose any of the four at this point so the PS angle sounds good to me, if they don't carry 4. EDIT: That said, Sherm said they may go with 4.
More fuel for the fire....have at it. http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news...unning-back-jonas-gray-turning-heads-a/nZLm5/
Just because Thomas may have locked down the #2 RB job right now doesn't mean he keeps it throughout the year. Gray will probably take it away from him sometime during the season.
Right now, If I'm picking between Gray and Gillislee for #3.. I'm going with Gray for the simple fact that he's flashed more in preseason games, namely the HoF game. And he would be harder to stash on the practice squad because of that... as every GM in the league was probably watching that game live as it was the only one shown that weekend.
If we keep 8 OL and 5 WRs, we could keep all 4. Such as: QB: 3 FB/TE: 4 OL: 8 WR: 5 RB: 4 Thigpen: 1 That is still only 25, and I figure offense for 26 and defense for 24
So Sherman thinks that Thomas is close to Lamar for the starting position.. Keep em on their toes Sherm.
What I found interesting in there is that Jonas felt like he played BETTER in the Jacksonville game than he did the Dallas game. We tend to just see the rushing averages and have our thoughts colored by them, and I think in the longer term that's not a bad thing, but in the shorter term with small sample sizes it's good to be reminded that the coaches see it a lot differently. There's a possibility that Jeff Nixon graded Jonas even higher during the Jacksonville game, even excepting the touchdown runs, because he finished his runs better and read his blocks better.
