PHXR8R wrote:Barkley is an interesting prospect. He is a physical freak, and he knows the game. My only question about him is can he maintain his health. He is a physical runner and he is ripped. He kills it in the gym. Those guys can get hurt often just from their work outs.
Gurley's the same way in terms of conditioning. But Gurley is just a bigger, stronger, more powerful guy. Ezekiel Elliott is a closer comparison to Gurley.
NFL.com compares Barkley to Barry Sanders. What a fuckin joke, man. First of all, Sanders was 20 lbs lighter and 3" shorter, and 2nd of all, NOBODY I've ever seen was as elusive as Barry. Nobody. I've seen Barkley play several times and it never once occurred to me to compare him to Barry fucking Sanders, of all people.
One of my issues with Barkley is that he was rode hard and put up wet at Penn St. The dude hasn't missed a game since 2015. He's been out there bashing heads against some of the best.
Gurley had a couple bad injuries at GA where he missed a lot of games, and he also had very solid teammates who could run the ball like pros as well, so he never had to play like Barkley has, until he got to the Rams. He hadn't taken nearly the punishment Barkley has. A lot of people will point to that as toughness, but what I see is a guy with a ton of tape out there, who stays in games when maybe he shouldn't. I think the team who drafts him will have some surprises to deal with in terms of nagging things they'll have to address.
What we need to do is this: We let Barkley go in the first, even if he's there for us (which he won't be), and we pick Tremaine Edmunds *(dude's a monster, a true MLB just like we need). Then in the 2nd round we do whatever we need to get Sony Michel.
I know UGA players, and Michel is a better comparison to a slightly bigger Barry Sanders than Barkley ever was. The guy racked up 1200+ rushing yards last year, even with Nick Chubb being healthy the entire season. How did he do it while sharing the load? By running for 7.9 ypc against SEC defenses, That's fucking how.
BETTER be a playoff win in 2022.