Is Kerryon the RB Detroit tries to franchise or do they move on from this mess?
Gotta assume KJ won’t be healthy for a full year in any given year. Need to draft a starting RB (or sign one if there’s a good fit in free agency). Lions can’t afford another half season from KJ.
But I’m not giving up on Kerryon. I hope this is the last serious injury he has for long time. Dalvin Cook has also struggled with injury early in his career. I’m hoping for a bounce-back season from KJ. And add a guy who can be a real starter if he’s hurt. I like what they have in McKissic and Ty Johnson, they’ve sort of got the bottom end of the depth chart manned up. But they need to add a stud RB this offseason.
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Good RB that can’t be counted on be cause of brittleness. Not his fault…damn
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Are we moving on from Hand too?
There is a great pun here somewhere.
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Hand will always be there for you…
Who knows. It seems like the Lions have a new batch of Ziggy’s to think about.
I was really excited about Kerryon last year and then this year, even when he was healthy, he was just a below average RB in every category.
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It doesn’t really make sense to build around any RB these days. The O core should really be QB-LT-#1WR-TE
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This. Running back by committee w a stud leading the way. KJ is a stud but isn’t an every down stud…but damn he would be dangerous if he can be healthy and plying robin to a 250 touch type of heavy hitter.
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yeah but we have seen what great RB’s CAN do for their team, so to ignore the position totally doesn’t help.
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I think they used him too much. He just ain’t the bell-cow RB, you gotta go with RBBC and limit his snaps. Maybe he woulda got hurt anyway, but less action means lower risk.
I might catch hell for this, but if I’m the Lions I go shopping for an FA RB, a bruiser. And draft one too, but not until day 3. That’s cuz they’ve got other needs that IMHO are more urgent.
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I don’t care if they draft a RB with pick #2 , but the 1st pick better be a go66amned 6ood pass rusher ! the defense better be MUCH improved heading out of the offseason !
Besides the Kerryon issue, it’s just astonishing that the Lions haven’t found a consistently notable back, since Barry left.
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I fully agree with your stance on not building around a RB. If you suddenly find yourself with Adrian Peterson, Zeke Elliott or Saquan Barkley…you have some thinking to do. But for everyone else, it makes no sense. You draft a guy, then you draft another guy to rotate with him and then another guy to back those guys up as well as rotate with them. Its not hard. Don’t complicate things.
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He’s a solid backup playing on his rookie contract.
My guess is he will be with the team until game six next season when he will be traded for a 5-7 round pick…
And the following week our starter will go down with an injury leaving us with a 1.8 ypc run game.
Just a guess.
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Draft a RB high (never 1st rd) Each year until we hit. We need a freaking running game to win.
Can’t count on him. Gotta get a RB in a deep class. Laugh all u want, but Bellamy from WMU could be that guy if u don’t want to spend Rd 1 or 2 on it.
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Draft a rb high next year and make kj #2. Less load, less injuries.
I’d be open to a rb in the 1st round.
Imagine having Zeke or cook or mccafrey. It can be worth it for the right guy.