No, I said nothing of the kind. My take on the RB situation has been that we had 3 excellent young RBs, and it was unfortunate that we had to lose any of them.
Your take on the TE position seems way off base. Backman clearly showed more ability and performed better than Perillo.
Your post just above the one I quoted sounded extremely paranoid. You make these weird claims that smack of some sort of insider info, then you cry "personal attack" at the mere question of whether you are some damn media member or employee of the team or what. How about some full disclosure - or else not passing off speculation as knowledge.
Originally Posted by: texaspackerbacker
In the thread: “Countdown to camp: No. 3 running back must emerge”
Tex said [2 months ago], “I don't agree with the need to have 3 RBs. It may happen if more than one of the young guys stand out, but it's not a necessity...You CAN get by with two - not that we will, but by keeping at least one, maybe two decent RBs on the practice squad, they can be activated if need be. Beyond that, as has been said, Kuhn has experience there and likely, Montgomery will get reps in practice there too, so in the unlikely event both RBs go down in the same game, they could be used along with the prospect of a one back offense or using a TE at fullback. So yes, it CAN be done.”
Ya got me a bit paranoid that my memory was goin’ bad, LOL.
It was insightful deciding that 2 RBs was possible. And if we applied it to the initial 53 it would work. Harris’ lack of ST play, points to Harris being inactive. Inactive and PS is effectively the same thing; just so long as someone doesn’t sign the PS guy to their roster. What I saw on TV was that Harris was good, but wasn’t at all special. Although special was him not fumbling with that cast when all those hungry NO 2nd and 3rd stringers fighting for a job would target that supposed weakness. Cutting White shows that Ted Thompson sees Harris as much more than the 53rd most talented guy on roster; because if he saw them equally talented he would have kept White given the WR issues.
I don’t think my TE evaluations were off at all: Backman has more upside, today Perillo is [by far] the better TE and STs player. This will become evident if a TE goes down and Perillo is active and Backman is inactive. If Q gets suspended and Backman plays ahead of Perillo,then I’d be WRONG- it’s as simple as that. It’s just my roster strategy probably would have seen Backman put on another team’s roster and TT’s strategy keeps Perillo if we need him AND Backman. And that’s why Ted Thompson and his staff run 1265 and not me.
A far as passing off speculation as insider knowledge that nonsensical notion was unequivocally destroyed by my post you decided to label as “paranoid.” If I state, “AR is starting in Chicago;” is this passing off speculation as insider info? Or is it just a statement that is so ridiculously obvious it requires no qualifier like “I believe” in front of it? But if I state, “Janis or Backman can’t run routes reliably;” perhaps you see that as me passing off speculation as inside info because you haven’t noticed how obvious it is. Think about it!
And if you saw, what many here see in Janis, Jones signing would not be so offensive. Ya gotta know this goes 100% against TT's typical behavior; obviously he sees it as a NECESSITY or he wouldn't have done it.