Plan on seeing Anias run the ball out of the backfield again this year. Patrino will put all the talent he can on the field at one time. Anias is probably our best running back retiring for 2023.

BTHOB-98 said:

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Plan on seeing Anias run the ball out of the backfield again this year. Patrino will put all the talent he can on the field at one time. Anias is probably our best running back retiring for 2023.

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FTS…Feed The Studs

i am not sure if amari daniels will get th chance but that dude is a good running back. if it doesn't work out for him here he will start somewhere.

True Texan said:

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I'm thinking Ruben Owens is RB1

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Doubt it. He needs time in the weight room. Does not look physically ready.

Franklin Comes Alive! said:

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It'd be pretty awesome if 1 back didn't get 99.9% of the carries…

Some coaches try to utilize multiple skill sets in the back field…

Maybe we can try that someday

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We've done a pretty good job of that outside of last year. Look back the 3-4 years before and I'm pretty sure no no carried more than 70% of the time. Especially 2020 and 2021 with Achane and Spiller

BlackBear1 said:

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I'm not sure why that's the prevailing thought now. My biggest complaint before last year was that we wouldn't stick with the hot hand when we were splitting Spiller's and Achane's carries. We saw what happened in the LSU game when your premier back has an extra blocker and OL that is clicking. It's just a shame we wasted Achane's last season with a beat up, young line that didn't give him any room.

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He could have stayed one more year, it was his choice to leave and be selected in the 4th to 6th round of the draft

BlackBear1 said:

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I'm not sure why that's the prevailing thought now. My biggest complaint before last year was that we wouldn't stick with the hot hand when we were splitting Spiller's and Achane's carries. We saw what happened in the LSU game when your premier back has an extra blocker and OL that is clicking. It's just a shame we wasted Achane's last season with a beat up, young line that didn't give him any room.

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And this.

Those were the issues.

The OL, and the lack of overall plays. You want to get moss or Daniels more involved? Or in 2023, Rueben Owens? Have a more efficient offense(starts with the OL) that gets first downs and runs more plays. We were 118th in plays per game. How can you get your RB2 a lot of touches under those circumstances?

If your 1/2 backs were even, it would make more sense. But Achane was a much higher level back than anyone else we had. So it doesn't make sense to take his touches away and give our RB2 more, unless we ran significantly more plays overall.

Achane wanted more touches and earned them.

Need to play all 3 unless one can't pass block or learn the plays.
Keep them fresh and engaged.
Otherwise the portal will be calling.

True Texan said:

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I'm thinking Ruben Owens is RB1

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I'm thinking the more mature, experienced guys like Daniels and moss will start out as 1a and 1b, however I'm also thinking that petrino is going to use whatever backs he sees as the best matchups against the defense that week

He's going to get the ball to his playmakers; I think we're going to see much more utilization of personnel on offense: meaning more guys getting more touches based on matchups, hot hand etc..

Jimbo won't play a RB unless he trusts them to take care of the ball and picking up a blitz. Obviously, they have to prove themselves in practice. Maybe our backup RBs will get more opportunities if we can get some double-digit leads. Heck, maybe if we can get any lead in the first half, we can see a back-up. I would also like to see more creativity with a jumbo package when we only need a yard.

Franklin Comes Alive! said:

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It'd be pretty awesome if 1 back didn't get 99.9% of the carries…

Some coaches try to utilize multiple skill sets in the back field…

Maybe we can try that someday

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We couldn't do that because our RBs get a total of like 20 touches a game due to our slow pace of play.

BlackBear1 said:

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I'm not sure why that's the prevailing thought now. My biggest complaint before last year was that we wouldn't stick with the hot hand when we were splitting Spiller's and Achane's carries. We saw what happened in the LSU game when your premier back has an extra blocker and OL that is clicking. It's just a shame we wasted Achane's last season with a beat up, young line that didn't give him any room.

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Achane was making guys miss. Another RB could've easily been tackled for a short gain or no gain.

AG 73 said:

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Jimbo won't play a RB unless he trusts them to take care of the ball and picking up a blitz. Obviously, they have to prove themselves in practice. Maybe our backup RBs will get more opportunities if we can get some double-digit leads. Heck, maybe if we can get any lead in the first half, we can see a back-up. I would also like to see more creativity with a jumbo package when we only need a yard.

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I was hollering this probably from the mid-2nd quarter on against App State. When finesse isn't working against a much smaller d-line, go big and play smashmouth.

I suspect if the OK can stay healthy there are several guys who can be successful.

BlackBear1 said:

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I'm not sure why that's the prevailing thought now. My biggest complaint before last year was that we wouldn't stick with the hot hand when we were splitting Spiller's and Achane's carries. We saw what happened in the LSU game when your premier back has an extra blocker and OL that is clicking. It's just a shame we wasted Achane's last season with a beat up, young line that didn't give him any room.

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Ideally one would like to see something closer to 80/20 percent of caries going to the first and second string guys, respectively, in most games. Maybe 60/40 if you have a power/speed combo going on. This roster has a lot of very similar guys though, so if it turns out that Moss, Daniels, and Owens are basically the same player then an even split of carries keeps them all fresh, although you do have to be concerned with momentum and groove; sometimes you leave a guy in just cause he's in a rhythm.

HE WAS RUNNING HARD AND FAST THROUGH MANY HOLES

I don't see how Owens ISNT RB1 next year. Kid has way too much talent to sit the bench. I like Daniels as a change of pace back for us if we decide to use multiple RBs in our offense. I like Moss to be Owens backup. Ground and pound Smashmouth type ish.

I'd like to see us do what the Chiefs do. Use 3 RBs to drive defenses silly. Switch between RB1 and RB 2 which is Owens and Moss and then use a pass catching back that can eat up yards in space which would be Daniels in this case. The chiefs do a great job of using Edwards-Helaire and Pacheco out of the backfield while using McKinnon as the pass catching back. That would be fun to watch on Saturdays if Petrino did that.

Please livestream...

BlackBear1 said:

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I'm not sure why that's the prevailing thought now. My biggest complaint before last year was that we wouldn't stick with the hot hand when we were splitting Spiller's and Achane's carries. We saw what happened in the LSU game when your premier back has an extra blocker and OL that is clicking. It's just a shame we wasted Achane's last season with a beat up, young line that didn't give him any room.

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We should went to the extra blocker/tight ends a lot sooner. It's a shame they waited until the last game.

soleta27 said:

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Last year was unique, in that Achane was clearly someone you had to have on the field most of the time. A person that can score from anywhere on the field.
I can see us utilizing all 3 rbs evenly this year. Daniels, Moss, Owens. Sprinkle in Ainias as well and I actually don't feel uncomfortable about this position group.

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Achane was also able to cover up for a lot of our issues when it came to the OL, consistently turning chicken**** into chicken salad. Fortunately I think this year, a steadier line will allow us to rotate guys a bit more situationally.

We shouldn't lack talent at RB in 2023. Hopefully we see some rotation.

Don't sleep on Crownover.

Petrino will have the ball going everywhere.

Can Daniels take out the blitzing linebacker for that matter I doubt seeing the rb from Lagrange doingit either

what running back do we have from Lagrange?