Wookey and I have shared a few thoughts on J.Hayne over the past few days... I'm really high on him myself, as is Wookey.
Here are a few of my thoughts I shared in the comments of another post... Re Hayne? What he does naturally in space? Can’t be taught imo… Several of his returns (especially that over-the-shoulder hands-catch vs. Dallas), quite simply stuff I’ve never seen a punt returner EVER do so easily. And the early jitters on MNF, etc? Give me a break. They don’t mean anything to me at this point. 49ers are in a quasi-rebuilding mode (or, god-forbid, maybe ‘full rebuilding’ mode) in 2015. Stick Hayne back their until he absolutely PROVES he can’t be the guy we saw in the pre-season. It’s like… Yeah, we’re going to go get this guy who’s NEVER PLAYED FOOTBALL BEFORE (IN HIS LIFE!!!) and give him a shot ‘cause he’s just freaky talented. Then when he actually PROVES TO BE FREAKY TALENTED? Yeah, we get cold feet and start freaking out when he’s not ‘perfect’ immediately. He’s not perfect, even though
WE KNEW BEFOREHAND HE HAD NEVER PLAYED FOOTBALL BEFORE…?!?! Smh… This is an alarming 49ers’ trend on and off the field. Take Harbaugh. Hire a great coach you know’s going to be a handful, maybe even a jerk. But his history suggest it’s likely he’ll win. Then when he wins and he’s a handful/jerk, LIKE YOU KNEW BEFOREHAND WAS LIKELY, you freak out and let him go before having a solid ‘Plan B’. And Tomsula may work out — I truly hope he does — but it won’t be because he was all along the ‘solid plan ’B’. And Hayne as a RB? Looked pretty darn good as both an inside and outside runner in the pre-season.
Ridiculously good when you consider…HE’SNEVER PLAYED FOOTBALL BEFORE (IN HIS LIFE!!! AUGGGHHHHH!!!). All the Joe Analyst ‘well…he’s got to learn how to run inside/get a low pad level’, blah-blah-blah, etc? Just lazy analysis that’s both tired and clicheeeeeeeeed… What Hayne needs to do? Learn how to pass protect (very difficult for RBs). Learn the playbook, as in not being in the huddle going: ‘Oy Kap? ‘Shift-to halfback twin-right open, swap 72 all-go special halfback shallow-cross wide-open…? What’s a ‘halfback’ mate?" (apologies for brutal attempt at Australian accent). Simply become comfortable enough w/the game so he can consistently get lined-up and aligned correctly based on the call, then understand how to adjust on the fly so he can execute correctly based on what happens when the ball’s snapped. Roger Craig ran high. Eric Dickerson ran high. Adrian Peterson runs high… I think we'd all agree those guys were/are ‘okay’ RBs... Running style a non-issue to me. And he’s a freaky athlete. Learning to lower his pad-level at the point of contact will also be a non-issue as Hayne develops (and his pad-level ain’t consistently 'bad' right now; that dude on the Chargers anyway, he probably thinks his pad-level's pretty good...). For a guy to have shown what he’s shown to this point and to have
NEVER PLAYED FOOTBALL BEFORE? Absurd. Like it just shouldn’t happen. I think the 49ers will be making a huge mistake if they don’t fully commit to developing this guy, especially during a season that’s not necessarily primed to be a Championship one.
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just give the guy more game time....stupid yanks!!!!!
LOL Os mate this might be written in English but im really struggling to follow a word of it, am i the only one?
Makes sense to me and is spot on with everything. Obviously learning the audible calls at the line of scrimmage is probably what's keeping Hayne out of the running back spot. That and the fact he has to learn to block. He did make a good read in week two and blocked a linebacker to open up a big gap for Carlos Hyde to run through.
Ahhhhhhhh cheers Brett
Didn't Phil set up another area on the site for all this NFL crap?
http://www.1eyedeel.com/group/all-sports