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Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19
Hunt is like prime Marshawn in terms of how hard he is to tackle, with even more explosiveness and home run hitting capability. Oh, and he has Le'Veon Bell esque ball security.
The kid could be an all-timer if he catches some breaks with health.
He wears defenses down with his running style, much like people once said about Marshawn. It is clear when you look at his 4th quarter stats. He takes over the game. The LBs and safeties don't want to come up and hit him anymore.
This offense can be so damn deadly just as long as the line remains respectable and Smith plays aggressively, consistently.
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Marshawn's running style also wore him down.
At some point he may have to learn to balance ferocity with discretion. I get it - the kid's got a chip on his shoulder and right now he's running like every carry could be his last.
That's fun as hell to watch but he's not JC slipping through the line and avoiding solid contact (or even Marcus/Holmes). He's more like a shorter Eddie George going out there and bruising fools.
Eddie was washed up by 28 years old. Now that's a looooong ways away for a 22 yr old Hunt but at some point he may want to ask himself if another 200 yds/season by plowing into guys for his first 5 years is worth the 3-4 fewer effective seasons.
Honestly, it may be. Burn fast and bright is a totally acceptable career move for NFL RBs when the odds favor you being shot by 30 either way. But I sure do worry that we're looking at a guy that's going to be running on fumes by week 14.
George is the last guy I can recall running as hard as Hunt does and taking as many flush shots as Hunt takes. The guy's getting whacked out there.