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Originally Posted by Roy P
A couple of years ago, I was dead set against drafting Reggie Bush to fill this role. A 1st round RB has to be able to consistently carry the ball 15 - 20 times in EVERY game. Considering that we selected Slaton in the 3rd round, he can contribute sparingly and not be considered as a bust.
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That was my point about Bush/Slaton earlier in the thread. Bush is just never going to be a workhorse and he really should be a third down/specialty back whose job is to make plays in space. The thing is, no matter how good a RB is at doing that, it really can't justify first round money - especially top of the first round money. Slaton will probably never have Bush's talent but he can give you 85% of what Bush would give you for third round money. You don't ask a runner like that to hit the pile over and over again. You ask him to catch swing passes, run draws and screens and occasionally line up in the slot and run deep patterns.
Another thing is that defenses couldn't give their full focus to Slaton at West Virginia becuase they had to worry about White. I doubt Slaton would be as successful if defenses didn't have to account for a running quarterback.