Jahmyr Gibbs

This is awesome, don't give a shit about anybody in the past, this is NOW.

Congrats Jahmyr if you read this. Come in and do what you are supposed to do workwise and you are going to have the time of your life!

great school, great city, working on the great team
 
JJacket said:
Gibbs and Dwyer have the best film I have seen for a RB coming to GT.
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Marcus Marshall's film was pretty insane too. I remember what seemed like an endless number of 50+ yard TDs. Speaking of MM, I just googled him and it looks like he made the Chiefs roster this year and I guess he gets a superbowl ring out of it?
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/marcus-marshall-30082/

Edit: Oops, MM is on a reserve, futures contract, not an active roster contract.
 
Does anybody remember what Robert Lavette was rated? I was at GT when he played and remember he was highly rated but don't know if there is even a basis for comparison except maybe if he was in the elite 11 that the AJC used to publish.
 
We had an... interesting character... who has a screenname that ties to the concept of the rushing game downplay the importance of signing a running back. That took me a moment to absorb.

Let me talk about the importance of top rushers in our new offense and the role I expect Gibbs to play in both the short and the long term. And by the way I think the Dalvin Cook comparison is not bad, but I think Gibbs is faster. (Note: Gibbs is hard to scout. When all a runner does is score touchdowns you do not see much of anything but a few key skills. Sure, he has great balance, speed, toughness, vision, and cutting ability, but what about the other stuff?)

We are operating a running offense. Truth. When Coach gets his personnel numbers where he wants to, you will see prolly 55 to 60% running. Having a strong running game makes or breaks his offense. What has changed is that the skill sets he needs to complete his running back puzzle is more complex than the last offense we ran. Without comment, I am saying that an a-back needed certain skills and a b-back needed certain skills and that was the whole toolbox. With our current offense, you need a variety. Oversimplified, you need a power guy and a speed guy and a receiving guy and a dual-role guy, etc. So Mason and Howard have one niche. Griffin has another. Gibbs will occupy another. If you do not have all these niches competently filled, there's sub-optimum performance. Plus blocking.

Now it also depends on your wr and te skill sets. For '21 we have some quick slot guys at wr, and they will clear space nicely for a receiver coming out of the backfield. How you have your te skills depend on how important blocking by your rb's is. And so on. And so on. It all fits together, and the 6 skill guys on the field at any time need to mesh and their common skills create opportunities.

Gibbs, and I am getting this out of the way, is not an ideal fit in the double slot option we are used to. Him getting carries a half dozen times a game at a-back would be a waste and he is not physically constructed as an ideal b-back but I am sure he could do it 15-20 rushes a game from that position. Not 25-30, but a rotational number.

If you look at our recruiting, 1 rb a year like this year is on the slender side as we adjust our roster numbers. So getting a rb was huge and getting a top rb was huge in another way. In 3 years we will need Gibbs to eat carries as we do not have many rb signees from this and last recruiting classes. Or the one before, really.

Now a top rb is also a diff maker, in addition to eating carries. In addition to consistent good plays I expect him to deliver lightning bolts 2 or 3 times a game. A good number of these lightning bolts will either get us back in the game or break the will of our opponent. This is why a great rb is so important while a good running back is just nice. As fans, be excited. Be very excited.

In our current offense, once the offensive line has found the mean (both statistically and emotionally), a young Gibbs will get mebbe 10-12 touches a game, and we will have to see his hands before we know how many will be on passes. We lose Mason/Howard down the line to graduation/attrition and it will be Gibbs eating carries with Griffin and whoever comes next. If he is tough enough he will get over 20 touches a game, but hopefully not more than that. It would also not surprise me if he returns kicks early in his career and we'll play it by ear after that. I don't see a redshirt.
 
Techbert said:
We had an... interesting character... who has a screenname that ties to the concept of the rushing game downplay the importance of signing a running back. That took me a moment to absorb.

Let me talk about the importance of top rushers in our new offense and the role I expect Gibbs to play in both the short and the long term. And by the way I think the Dalvin Cook comparison is not bad, but I think Gibbs is faster. (Note: Gibbs is hard to scout. When all a runner does is score touchdowns you do not see much of anything but a few key skills. Sure, he has great balance, speed, toughness, vision, and cutting ability, but what about the other stuff?)

We are operating a running offense. Truth. When Coach gets his personnel numbers where he wants to, you will see prolly 55 to 60% running. Having a strong running game makes or breaks his offense. What has changed is that the skill sets he needs to complete his running back puzzle is more complex than the last offense we ran. Without comment, I am saying that an a-back needed certain skills and a b-back needed certain skills and that was the whole toolbox. With our current offense, you need a variety. Oversimplified, you need a power guy and a speed guy and a receiving guy and a dual-role guy, etc. So Mason and Howard have one niche. Griffin has another. Gibbs will occupy another. If you do not have all these niches competently filled, there's sub-optimum performance. Plus blocking.

Now it also depends on your wr and te skill sets. For '21 we have some quick slot guys at wr, and they will clear space nicely for a receiver coming out of the backfield. How you have your te skills depend on how important blocking by your rb's is. And so on. And so on. It all fits together, and the 6 skill guys on the field at any time need to mesh and their common skills create opportunities.

Gibbs, and I am getting this out of the way, is not an ideal fit in the double slot option we are used to. Him getting carries a half dozen times a game at a-back would be a waste and he is not physically constructed as an ideal b-back but I am sure he could do it 15-20 rushes a game from that position. Not 25-30, but a rotational number.

If you look at our recruiting, 1 rb a year like this year is on the slender side as we adjust our roster numbers. So getting a rb was huge and getting a top rb was huge in another way. In 3 years we will need Gibbs to eat carries as we do not have many rb signees from this and last recruiting classes. Or the one before, really.

Now a top rb is also a diff maker, in addition to eating carries. In addition to consistent good plays I expect him to deliver lightning bolts 2 or 3 times a game. A good number of these lightning bolts will either get us back in the game or break the will of our opponent. This is why a great rb is so important while a good running back is just nice. As fans, be excited. Be very excited.

In our current offense, once the offensive line has found the mean (both statistically and emotionally), a young Gibbs will get mebbe 10-12 touches a game, and we will have to see his hands before we know how many will be on passes. We lose Mason/Howard down the line to graduation/attrition and it will be Gibbs eating carries with Griffin and whoever comes next. If he is tough enough he will get over 20 touches a game, but hopefully not more than that. It would also not surprise me if he returns kicks early in his career and we'll play it by ear after that. I don't see a redshirt.
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Excellent analysis. Thank you!
 
Maybe it's the speed hitting the holes or something else, but Gibbs reminds me of Etienne in some ways.
 
00Burdell said:
Does anybody remember what Robert Lavette was rated? I was at GT when he played and remember he was highly rated but don't know if there is even a basis for comparison except maybe if he was in the elite 11 that the AJC used to publish.
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There were no rating services as we know them back then.
 
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