Does anyone else think this kid has a chance to become the best running back in the sec this year?
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No, I think Leonard Fournette, Nick Chubb, Sony Michael, Jalen Hurd, Jonathan Williams, and Derrick Henry are all ahead of him.
The question was best RB for this year. How can anyone be ahead of anyone before the season begins?
Good point. In fact, right now, until the season starts, Boom and myself are in a 6 billion way tie for best running back in the SEC.
Now it is down to 5,999,999,999, I just dropped out, saw some of his game film.
jalen hurd may not even get the most touches at ut. so the big question is what do we consider "best back"? obviously by your post you prefer the big bruiser. i saw a tweet that said that boom and chubb were the only 2 backs in the sec with 3 runs over 50 yards... boom did it in a 1/5 of the carries. darren sproles has done well for himself at 5'6" 190. will all those guys perfom better in the long run than sproles even though they have superior size???? only time will tell. i will agree with your first 3 though because they have size, speed, and elusiveness but i think boom is right there within an inch of that group.
shoot, barry sanders was 5'8" 200#. small guys can be pretty good.
Personally I don't want to see Boom returning kick offs or punts.
My biggest fear for Boom is another concussion.
My biggest fear for Boom is another concussion.
I agree with most on here. The o-line probably won't allow him to be "the best this yr."
And, it also depends on what you consider "the best." Fournette is a beast........in the mold of a power back. Chubb is a bit of an "all-around" back. Both are fantastic RB's.......some would prefer one, some the other.
And, it also depends on what you consider "the best." Fournette is a beast........in the mold of a power back. Chubb is a bit of an "all-around" back. Both are fantastic RB's.......some would prefer one, some the other.
Well, by giving a nod to Michael, I think you can see how people may think Boom is as good as those others. Michael was injured. Boom was not given the snaps given to Fournette, nor did he run behind LSU's line. Boom's numbers compare favorably with each, except Chubb.
No - the conference is loaded with elite running backs this year like Chubb, Hurd, & Fournette. Also UK does not have a run oriented offense like Georgia for instance and Williams is not going to be an every down back so his numbers will not be comparable to some other backs. Boom will be one of the better backs in the league IMO but I don't see him taking the #1 spot.
I had to go back and reread the question. If it is about him being the statistical best, I think there are about 4-5 that will top him, unless you consider all-purpose yards.
If it is about being the best, I think only Chubb is clearly better.
If it is about being the best, I think only Chubb is clearly better.
Agree with this. Chubb is the best in the nation in my opinion. You can argue for Henry and Fournette but I wouldn't rank the others ahead of Boom. I know they had more total yards last year than Boom but that isn't the question. Boom is clearly the most explosive of the group. If you want to make an argument for Boom it's that. He's the best in the league at taking nothing and turning it into a 50 yard run.
I actually thought our run blocking was decent last year, it was when they were in protection that the breakdowns occurred. Our back's YPC stat was pretty good around 4.X I think.
He's got skillz and speed
That creates a Sonic BOOM
SEC defenses go and prepare
To meet your doom
He wants to be like Cobb
So he wears 18
Has the talent to be the best Commonwealth has ever seen
That creates a Sonic BOOM
SEC defenses go and prepare
To meet your doom
He wants to be like Cobb
So he wears 18
Has the talent to be the best Commonwealth has ever seen
As far as RB talent goes, I think only Chubb and Fournette are more talented. Soni Michele (or however the **** it's spelled) was wildly unimpressive behind a terrific offensive line. Williams and Henry get a ton of carries behind very, very talented offensive lines. Not really blown away with their skills, although both are bulls. Jalen Hurd? Get that s*** outta here.
Michel was number 2 on our depth chart heading into the season, his ypc was better than Chubb's, he got hurt and missed 6 games during the time Gurley was suspended and Marshall also out for injury. Granted Chubb's numbers would have been down, but without the injury both would have been around 1000 yards, give our take. If Chubb had been the one injured and Chubb had remained healthy his season's numbers would have been in the ball park of Chubb's. Both are terriffic backs and I wouldn't swap either for anyone in the conference.
To say Sony was wildly unimpressive is totally inaccurate. He's an incredibly talented back. If you watch Henry it's pretty obvious he's a huge talent. I hate the Vols but to be that dismissive of Jalen Hurd is a mistake IMO. I love Boom and think he's a really good back, but I think he might look like Barry Sanders to some of our fans because we haven't had a RB close to him since Rafael Little.
If I'm a Georgia fan, with the success that you guys have had with running backs, virtually every single year, I would be comfortable if they strapped a football to Uga and let him gallop around. He'll get 1500 yards in a season.
That said, when Chubb runs, it seems very natural to him. Tremendous power, terrific athlete (not to say that Soni isn't, just not as much as Chubb), great field vision, etc.
Just seems like Soni, while very talented, is much easier to shut down than Chubb is.
Read above. I posted my thoughts regarding Soni. I expected much more for him because of how highly touted he is, but Chubb just looks like a much more natural running back. Henry is a terrific talent. There's one other guy in the league that's pretty close to his size, and is just as fast, or faster than him, and that's Fournette. That said, despite that tremendous speed and size, he very inconsistent. Either the best player on Alabama's offense, or he struggles to gain many yards at all, despite getting a lot of carries. Jalen Hurd, I mean, solid running back, nothing special though.
Make no mistake, Boom Williams is not Barry Sanders. Nobody, and I mean nobody said that. Can't dismiss the fact that he tied with Chubb for the most explosive runs (runs for 50+ yards) with 3 last season, and had a third of the carries that Chubb had. You can't dismiss his cutback ability, field vision, and speed all over the field, and you can't ignore the fact that Boom had more 100 yard games than Derrick Henry, when Henry had over twice as many carries, behind a significantly less talented offensive line.
I didn't say and never have said Boom wasn't a very good back. Without missing the six games he and Chubb would have been very close to the same amount of yardage if their carries had been the same, he is as quick as anyone I ever saw his first step out of his cuts. His shoulder blade was broken and he missed 6 games, he had 2 50+ yard runs on less than 60 carries. His apc was 7.2 compared to Chubb's 7.1, is elite catching the ball out of the backfield. I doubt either of our backs are near the top of the rushing totals at the end of the year because I think they share carries that Chubb took last year when we had no one else, and Marshall is "suppose" to be 100% again, if so he will get some of those touches too.
Oh, I know you've never been critical of Boom. That second bit was for the other UK fan. Maybe it was the injury and the lack of me seeing him play that puts me off on him a bit. The only games I watched that Georgia played in was Kentucky, South Carolina, and Louisville, and he didn't have a ground-breaking performance in any of them. Of course, it's like me to miss seeing any kind of spectacular performances.
Defense tries to slow him down, they look up, he ain't around
Divin' grabbin' at the air, sayin' "coach it ain't fair"
So fast, he got fine at he end zone line.
Missing 7 weeks because of the injury affected him, he looked good in the opener, had a big play against SC and was playing well against UT until he got hurt. If Marshall is back to where he was as a frosh, and I am skeptical of that, he will get some touches too, he's the fastest guy on the team, unless one of the frosh is faster. That's after the injury too, but couple of the frosh DB's are suppose to be burners and might be faster, but probably not.
At one point, wasn't Boom verbally committed to UGA? Furthermore, wasn't Chubb subsequently verballing to UGA the reason Boom decided to look elsewhere.
Between Chubb and Boom, I would give the slight edge to Chubb, but Boom is pretty damn good and I'm glad we have him on our roster.
I agree with jauk, Grumpy. From where I sit, you bring an outsider's perspective in a respectful manner. I appreciate your contributions to our board.
Yes Boom commited to UGA between his soph and jr years. We were planning on taking 2 backs and he jumped on the offer. UGA had been recruiting Sony for 2 years already, and Chubb had a big Jr year and jumped into the picture. UGA kept recruiting both, Chubb favoring us from the start but stay on Sony too. Then it looked like we would get both. After that, I don't know what happened behind the scenes, Boom kept saying he was committed, but wasnt' talking to the coaches. He decommitted and then a short time later committed to UK. I don't know if we pushed him away or if his dad got upset we recruited 2 other backs, his dad was a little too involved in his HS career. Whatever happened it worked out for everyone, Boom found a good home, UGA signed 2 backs and UK got a centerpiece for their RB cops.
Thx Jauk, I try to be fair, too old for this message board fighting that goes on. I have friends who are former players at some schools and our board has members who are friends from other programs, so a good bit about other team as gets posted on our board. But the reality is I don't know anything firsthand, just repeat what I read and hear.
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