Fournette or OJ Howard?

[AceBoogie]

27 minutes ago, 15 said:

you're basically drafting a back up that will be groomed into a full time starter within a few years.

gotta go with Fournette strictly based off of Stewart's injury history and Shula's inability to utilize TE2 correctly. 

Assuming both Stewart and Olsen stay healthy for the entirety of the season, Howard would have the greatest opportunity to make an impact from day 1.

[Cyberjag]

Fournette in the first, and either Njoku in the second or Butt in the third.

Howard is good, but no one is going to game-plan around him.  Fournette will demand attention on every play, regardless of where he lines up.

[h0llywood]

The DNA of the franchise is built on the run game.  

[Daddy_Uncle]

Howard. Fournette is POTENTIALLY the greatest RB since AP. There are too many questions with him in my opinion. He took a ton of wear and tear at LSU. 

On the other hand, Alabama limited Howard too much so he has taken on far less wear and tear. He has proved to be a great blocker, has great size, hands and amazing break away speed for a TE. Cam having Howard, Olsen, KB, and maybe Funchess would be great. 

We can get a very good RB in the second or trade back to the first for one. Imagine getting both Howard and McCaffery

For the record Howard, and Fournette are my two favorite players and I hope we get one of them at 8. I also believe that Gettlemen will take a DE either way

 

[punkpanther]

Fournette just screams bust to me. think Trent Richardson or Eddie Lacy..big power backs out of the SEC that played behind elite offensive lines...

[tiger7_88]

Howard.

I can't see Shula totally re-vamping the run game for Fournette (I could see him utterly failing if he tried).  And without totally re-vamping the run game that we have been using with Cam behind center for 6 years, Fournette just doesn't fit IMO (as good as he is).

[GoobyPls]

Fournette easily 

 

Howard won't really see a lot of meaningful snaps until Olsen is done. Fournette would take Stewart jobs, that's if we don't cut him first.

[tiger7_88]

32 minutes ago, pantherj said:

Fournette is the more rare prospect

And in a follow-up to my previous post, I will respond to this by saying I don't think Fournette is "rare" at all.

And, in support of my position, I will propose to ANYONE that watched any LSU games last year that Fournette wasn't even the best running back on his own team in 2016 (during the games that Fournette wasn't injured)... Derrius Guice was.

[Jeremy Igo]

19 minutes ago, AceBoogie said:

Assuming both Stewart and Olsen stay healthy for the entirety of the season, Howard would have the greatest opportunity to make an impact from day 1.

Yeap

[OldNorthPowell]

Either one I am cool with

[LordOfDaWingz]

Fournette 1st and Njoku in the 2nd. You cannot pass up on a game changing back like Fournette. Cam needs help carrying the load. 

 

Also, can you imagine how tired defenses would be after taking a pounding from 2, 6'2+ 240-pound guys?

[Mojo]

About a month ago it was Fournette, but now I'm more for Howard personally.

[pantherj]

11 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

And in a follow-up to my previous post, I will respond to this by saying I don't think Fournette is "rare" at all.

And, in support of my position, I will propose to ANYONE that watched any LSU games last year that Fournette wasn't even the best running back on his own team in 2016 (during the games that Fournette wasn't injured)... Derrius Guice was.

Are you going to start a thread on why Fournette is not a rare talent? If you've got some information you want to get out there I think everyone would like to see it.

[LinvilleGorge]

21 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

And in a follow-up to my previous post, I will respond to this by saying I don't think Fournette is "rare" at all.

And, in support of my position, I will propose to ANYONE that watched any LSU games last year that Fournette wasn't even the best running back on his own team in 2016 (during the games that Fournette wasn't injured)... Derrius Guice was.

Even the people advocating for Fournette will admit that he was hampered most of 2016 by that ankle. It's the type of injury that doesn't truly get better until the offseason. 

Hell, I though the same with Gurley and Chubb at UGA and then Gurley goes for 1100 yards in 13 games as a rookie.