Seems before the injury MM had some high praise for the kid. If healthy anyone thinks he could contribute to the running game?

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He was great during the pre-season. I'd like to see him a battle a roster spot this year, and then over-take Grant as the starter. I loved watching him play.

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I think he will be very good and hope, to see more of him this year he is the type that keeps going even, when he has players on him.

Who's spot does he take on the roster? Wynn would be the only one he could possibly overtake. However, Wynn came on in the last two games and played pretty well.

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short answer... no. as long as Jackson and Grant are healthy, they'll get all the carries. Grant will get about 70% of the snaps and 80% of the carries. Jackson will come in on third down and when Grant needs a breather. This has been McCarthy's approach and after our offensive success last year, i don't see him changing. I expect it to be even better in 2009 with Grant actually participating in the OTA's and TC. Sorry.

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DeShawn Wynn has been very impressive whenever he had the opportunity. If Lumpkin is going to make this roster, Wynn is going to have to be a non-factor.

Not to mention the fact that Thompson might draft another RB if the value is there.

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I'd like to see Lumpkin be our 3rd stringer next year. I like Wynn but I think Lumpkin is more talented, JMO and I base that opinion off of what I seen in preseason and from what very little I remember from him at Georgia. I can't comment much on him since I seen very little but he did play very well in the preseason and at Georgia. I want to see what he can bring at the next level, if possible. Hopefully they give him a shot.

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Lumpkin has a lot of talent but the guy hasn't been able to stay healthy sadly, hopefully he can catch some good breaks this coming season.

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Lumpy and Wynn haven't shown they can stay healthy. If one of them does, they may have a job here.
Both have shown flashes, and i like them both.
But if they can't stay on the field, they arn't much good to the team.

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Funny how you seem to forget about last season, and Grant had 1200 yards this year. I hate it when people think that Grant isn't starting material, when he's one of the premeir backs in this league.

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I agree to an extent and disagree, Yes I agree Grant is Definitely starting material, This coming season he is going to fully establish that as long as he stays healthy IMO. I don't think he's a premier back in this league though at least not yet, Guys like Adrian Peterson, DeAngelo Williams, Michael Turner, etc were the real Premier backs this year, Grant isn't too far off but he needs to get his YPC back up and get some of those game breaking runs going again. Hopefully this coming season the offensive line finally takes that step in the runblocking department and we see a 1600-1800 yard rushing season from our backs.

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Yes, I think a lot of the problem is our offensive line...

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Just a little side note to the guys you named and that is they are all in pretty much a 2 back system. AP has Taylor that comes in on passing downs, Turner has Norwood, and Williams has Stewart.

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Very good point hazer, I didn't think about that.

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1200 yards isn't really that great when thats pretty much all you got at RB position. That comes out to about 75 yards a game. Thats not much.

Back when it was a 14 game season, 1200 yards was more impressive.
Also you have to consider how many 'big" game changing runs he had. I can't think of one this past season. Plus a low yards per carry average.
I'm not saying he;s lousy, just that his production didn't seem very good to me at least.

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I think you misinterpreted my post there. I didn't mean Grant is not starting material, and I do think he should start next year. But in my post I meant Lumpkin would develop into a better back, because I like his running style, much more so than Grant's (not that I don't think Grant would is better or would give us a better chance to win)

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He had some "game changing" runs. Against the Vikings in Week 1, he had that 50+ yard run that got us inside the 5 yard line which set up the deciding TD. Against the Bears, he had a 35 yard run at the beginning of the game which set the tone for the rest of the game.

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Lumpkin looked great in Training camp. I went for a couple days last year and there was something about his running style that looked like he just belonged. He ran tough and kept his pad level low (just like MM likes). I had know idea who he was then but he definitely stood out the same way Jordy Nelson did.

GBs 1,2,3 will be Grant, Jackson, and Lumpkin. The only change to that would be if Ted picks somebody up and and beats him out of that #3 spot. RBs always get hurt so I could see Lumpkin showing us a thing or 2.

I could see Jackson beating out Grant for the #1 spot.

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