Abdullah was a true freshman. Likely the game will slow down for him this year and he'll be more effective. He was basically operating on instinct all year. With a full year under his belt and a greater understanding of the offense, he should improve.
I'm counting on it, but I'd still rather: put the ball in Bell's/Enunwa's/Turner's/Reed's hands, and let Rex take maximum carries in the run game
rather than: Rex take targets away from those four, and Abdullah get carries in Rex's place. So much explosiveness in our receiving core right now.
don't see this as a bad thing if you line up Burkhead as a receiver...just another wrinkle to throw the defense off. but I'd say its one of those things that you have to do in a limited capacity
Yup, this guy knows what he's talking about. If you have a slow outside linebacker, the matchup is there, so take advantage of it. I don't think he needs to line up like a receiver, just get out of the backfield and go on a route. In high school they'd roll me out of the backfield in the flats over and over, specifically to draw the weakside linebacker away from the play (we had a mobile QB). After the fourth time of this, I'd turn my route into a wheel route, streaking down the sideline while the QB circled back. Poor linebacker didn't have a chance. I think this could probably work with Burkhead, and definitely work with Ameer.
