Dwyer is our best back....

[Captain Lemming]

Did anyone ever think or predict what Barry Foster would end up doing? No. I hope Dwyer does a super job... just like I hope Redmond, Rainey and Batch do when they are called upon...

I called it. Well kind of.
Dude had a high YPC (over 5 yards) his first two years
Year three he gets the starting job.

That was my first time fantasy football. No PCs, back then.
Based on the above knowledge of his YPA, the fact that he would start, but more than anything pure unadulterated Steeler homerism, he was my top back on my team.

I won the league. I continue to rock a Foster jersey to this day. Only jerseys (2 of them) I have.

[Oviedo]

Sounds alot like FRANCO
Oooh how we forget how the "great ones" really played

I said the same thing last week. Franco was constantly ripped for avoiding unnecessary contact. That said, Dwyer has a long ways to go before he can be mentioned in the same sentence as Franco...which I just did anyway

[feltdizz]

Sounds alot like FRANCO
Oooh how we forget how the "great ones" really played

My mom always hated Franco because he ran out of bounds... I doubt anyone would rip Dwyer if he consistently gets nice gains then heads out of bounds to avoid contact.

[phillyesq]

I said the same thing last week. Franco was constantly ripped for avoiding unnecessary contact. That said, Dwyer has a long ways to go before he can be mentioned in the same sentence as Franco...which I just did anyway

There are plenty of ways that they can be mentioned in the same sentence. For example, John Dwyer is no Franco Harris. Or, in his wildest dreams, one day John Dwyer will amount to a pimple on Franco's *ss.

[aggiebones]

Franco did that later in his career, not before it started. And obviously Dwyer is not Franco. Franco today is still better at whatever age he is.

[Shoe]

I called it. Well kind of.
Dude had a high YPC (over 5 yards) his first two years
Year three he gets the starting job.

That was my first time fantasy football. No PCs, back then.
Based on the above knowledge of his YPA, the fact that he would start, but more than anything pure unadulterated Steeler homerism, he was my top back on my team.

I won the league. I continue to rock a Foster jersey to this day. Only jerseys (2 of them) I have.

So do you see the same thing with Redman?

[lloydroid]

This may not be the case any longer... only time will tell... Based on watching Dwyer's limited collective body of work, I'm quite convinced that he could be the next Barry Foster... that is who I see when he runs. He may not be the fastest, (was Jerome or Barry?) but he just has a knack for gaining yards and big runs... Dwyer has the vision and skills to be a top 10 back. He knows where he needs to run and he commits... No dance no spinderella... just production... and he'd have a lot of production if he stays motivated, healthy and is give the chance. I would love to see what he can do on a consistent basis...

Right on. Bingo

[hawaiiansteel]

My mom always hated Franco because he ran out of bounds...

your Mom sounds really cool...

[feltdizz]

your Mom sounds really cool...

She was real cool... she was always on the sideline screaming for me to kill someone at football games.

She also used to watch Mike Ditka play football in high school when she was a kid. She said he was the dirtiest player she ever saw. Used to kick players after he tackled them.

Where she is from, Aliquippa,PA... the women know just as much about football as the men.

[fezziwig]

My friend was big in high school and everyone went for his knees. He said he understands Francos way of doing things. My buddy just had two knee replacements.
BTW Hawaiian, I checked out that other Steeler Forum and your right.....it's nothing but a ghost town. That's what happens when you have a guy with scrambled egg brains running the place with a bunch of bootlickers following him.