- i'm going to do a really detailed dive into the RBs next month right before the draft. Archived Message
Posted by VIV
on March 5, 2025, 11:27:05, in reply to "Thoughts on Judkins?"
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I thought if he were eligible for the 2024 draft, he would have been the top RB taken. He was electric at Ole Miss. I thought he took a bit of a step back this year and not just because he had to share the backfield with (MY GUY) Treveyon Henderson. Judkins was the sledgehammer and you'd often see him just pounding into the designed gap without much thought or vision. I need to go back and watch more than just the 3 games of him that I saw to see if I'm being biased in my memory or if that was more widespread. That being said, I think he's definitely a day 2 prospect. If you could Jeanty and Omarion Hampton as the round 1 tier, Judkins has the most explosiveness of the rest of the big backs. The best size/speed/power combination of the remaining guys, which means he's got the best chance at being a true three down back. But the question then becomes- do you want a RB that could be good for 3 downs or one that could be great for 2? With Swift already on this roster, I think you're looking for that big back as a compliment- which really sucks because I think Henderson is Diet Jahmyr Gibbs. I've got him as my 3rd overall RB. So how do you maximize that power back role? I think there's a cluster of Judkins, Kaleb Johnson from Iowa, and Cam Skattebo from ASU that you really need to decide between. You can either wait and he see which one falls which, in a loaded class certainly isn't a bad option. If it were me and I wanted to target one of them, right now it's probably Skattebo for one major reason- he runs like the defenders fucked his gf. He's angry all the time. Every collision is personal. Every inch of the field he thinks is his. It's a bit of Beast Mode Marshawn Lynch in that mentality. That absolutely sucks to play against as a defender if you've got that 15-20 times per game, then have to go chase a fast guy on the outside or cover someone. It's a force multiplier for your offense. That said, it does have a downside. It can lead to injuries; it can lead to fumbles. It's a tradeoff I'm willing to make. That said, Skat isn't just a Mike Alstott (HEY DETLEF! JOLIET REPRESENT!) clone. His contact balance is elite. Like prime Nick Chubb levels of being able to absorb a hit and either shed it or fall forward. It's uncanny. He's also an excellent receiver. You don't see big backs running routes like he does- and not just flares and dumpoffs- he's running wheel routes, option routes, angles. Lastly, when I saw him throw the TD pass vs. Texas, I immediately thought "Ben Johnson would have a field day with this." And that was 3 weeks before the Bears hired Ben. |
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