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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1464027, member: 289"]
ROBERT WASHINGTON  5-11 201 4.47  40 yard dash

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HUDL lists Washington at 201 but I’ve seen him listed at 215 elsewhere and he looks it in these tapes. Almost all the shots are not of touchdowns but of 10-15 yard runs where Washington ends up being gang tackles. But he does have some break-away runs, (especially early in the tape) that show he has good speed, although I doubt he’s as fast as Fredericks, Strickland, Perkins or Neal, (40 times are fish stories). I think if he had come here he would have contested the running back positon with Fredericks and they probably would have wound up alternating there. Washington’s tape contains no defensive plays or kick returns so I think running back would be his only role on the team but he could certainly have wound up being a load there.  His presence would have permitted Strickland, Perkins and Neal to be used as H-backs, receivers or defensive backs and kick-returners. Without him, one of those guys is going to have to become more of a full time running back. I’m sure we’ll find someone capable. I see o evidence in this tape that Washington is a more talented runner than the others. I think he was rated 4 stars to their three primarily because he’s bigger and stronger. If Lester wants to “run downhill”, we certainly lost a guy who can do that and wear down the defense. On the other hand if we move toward a wide-open offense that uses the pass to open up the defense and then run the ball into the gaps created, the guys we have are going to be more useful than the one we lost, because they are going to be really good in open space.
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