Dropping the Ball at the 1/2 Yardline

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Originally Posted by Dam8610

How I feel about Taylor is that I hope DJ Giddens earns a prominent role this year. He's competent in pass pro and a great receiver out of the backfield, so he's almost a shoo-in for the 3rd down role, but I'm hoping for more of a 60/40 split with Giddens' role growing throughout the year, and eventually Giddens replacing Taylor as RB1.

The reason is Taylor has all the talent to be better than Derrick Henry, but he hasn’t improved at pass pro and has regressed as a receiver since entering the league. That's indicative that he's not putting in the work to get better. Giddens may not be as talented as Taylor (though he has similar HWS, good vision, great open field agility, etc., he was just in a much deeper RB class than Taylor), but he shows effort in pass pro and has real talent as a receiver. I'd rather have a guy with slightly less talent who wants to put the effort into being the best, which to me is Giddens, than a guy who has the most talent but has no interest in putting the work in to become the best, which manifests itself in things like sucking at pass pro, regressing as a receiver, and fumbling the 2024 season away because he couldn't be bothered to finish the play before celebrating, which is obviously Taylor.

Running game hasn’t been the same since Doyle retired and Hines requested a trade. Getting Warren and Giddens is only gonna make JT more explosive.