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Drop some lbs. It worked for Bell. Najee is too bulky and slow and his ypc proves it. This isn't college and you aren't running behind Alabama's OL in college. He should be coming in at 225, not 240.
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Drop some lbs. It worked for Bell. Najee is too bulky and slow and his ypc proves it. This isn't college and you aren't running behind Alabama's OL in college. He should be coming in at 225, not 240. -
I'm glad to see more people weighing in on this. This is going to work its way back to Harris and maybe the voices saying drop the weight, to at least 230 will start to make some kind of impression and difference to him. I'd be a little more excited about him if he would take heed.Last edited by Steelerphile; 06-18-2023, 07:14 PM. -
I disagree NH game is power and strength. I believe it was last off-season or his rookie year. He always looks ripped and shredded. So low low body fat. Why lose muscle?
if he is slow anyway might as well bulk up more to handle the punishment he takes.
No need to change his approach physically. Now he showed second half of the season he need to just hit the hole. Like Conner. North south runner. NO DANCING. THATS NOT HIS GAME. North south runner is easier for the Oline also. Do there job and open the hole.
Bell was to heavy for his style coming in. He was a tad more shifty, better feet, possibly vision and a tad faster. So he could dance a little or wait for a hole to open. But the Oline had to work harder for his style. Can’t remember which linemen mentioned Bell made it tricky for them blocking. His patience to wait then hit the hole.
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Najee is fine just watch the run from the Cincy game last year, guy gets outside and then hurdles a defender from like 4 yards out and Flys into the endzone.Comment
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Najee isn't a speed back. Najee was at his best in the 2nd half the season running through defenders instead of attempting to juke defenders.Comment
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Najee probably thinks like most of the people here and that is why he probably won't become a highly efficient running back. Running backs have to have speed, that is part of the job requirements especially at the NFL level. There is a right balance to be sought between size, power and speed. A really good running back is able to do much more than run North south and just go through a hole three yards wide. That's why the people who say that another HOF running back wouldn't average 3.0 behind the line that Najee averaged 3.9 behind are very wrong.
The great back has the ability shift his direction and find another opening if a hole three yards wide doesn't present itself as the play was designed. The great back also has a burst to turn that into a bigger play. Najee should be seeking more than the "He's fine" with his 3.9 - 4.0 and low efficiency stats. But He probably play again around 240, since that seems to make his fans happy.Last edited by Steelerphile; 06-19-2023, 06:08 AM.Comment
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Tomlin hasn't won a playoff game in seven years and counting. The earliest will be eight years. I guess that in Art Rooney's II, opinion is worth a 3 year extension.
Our 2024 draft looks to be grade A. Our 2023 draft is an A. The roster is talented, but Mike Tomlin is still the head coach.
*** Mike Tomlin is the best coach since the AFL- NFL merger that has not won a playoff game in 8 seasons or more. It's either him or Lewis. ***Comment
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Tomlin hasn't won a playoff game in seven years and counting. The earliest will be eight years. I guess that in Art Rooney's II, opinion is worth a 3 year extension.
Our 2024 draft looks to be grade A. Our 2023 draft is an A. The roster is talented, but Mike Tomlin is still the head coach.
*** Mike Tomlin is the best coach since the AFL- NFL merger that has not won a playoff game in 8 seasons or more. It's either him or Lewis. ***Comment
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Truth be told on this, LevBell's advice on this isn't horrible. Being that he is more of a power back than a speed back, it wouldn't hurt to add .1 to that 40 time. Also a small change in running style probably is better for life after football.2013 MNF Executive Champion!Comment
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