Love or Price?

[BGI User 1596]

Do you trust the new WR room to win those battles?

No

 

[bizzybecknd]

14 for 70 was what he actually was

Yea do the math

 

[bizzybecknd]

Only fair to remove the shortest if you’re going to remove the longest

Either way, was averaging less YPC than Love and Price.. and stats are just a data point, it was clear he wasn’t our best option that night.

 

[Golson5]

Yea do the math

5 ypc against one of the best defenses in cfb. Really good production

 

[NDOnTheRoad]

With Audric opting out of the bowl game, looks like Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price will both get good workouts in the Sun Bowl. Gi'Bran Payne will get some carries, too, but IMO he doesn't have the upside of the other two. Payne is a nifty runner, though. None of them has Audric's overall talent, but I think we have some real depth at the RB position.

I know lots of guys here like Love and the home run threat he brings to the backfield, but Jadarian Price seems the more rounded back to me, with a better inside game. Hope all three of them shine.

Any predictions?

Love is a more talented RB than Estime. He is further along right now than Estime was at the end of his freshman season. They are completely different RBs, but Love is the kind of talent that could be a game wrecker for a defense. Estime gets you solid production, but he doesn't do anything that scares teams.

Love has break away speed and a shiftiness that makes him a greater threat to score from anywhere on the field than Estime.

 

[NDOnTheRoad]

I think it's the opposite. I bet they stack and make him show he can beat them with his arm.

Check the games of teams doing that against Duke. There's your answer.

 

[IrishMike409]

Check the games of teams doing that against Duke. There's your answer.

Elaborate on that comment.

 

[TPirish]

Love is a future All-American.

 

[sjb75]

5 ypc against one of the best defenses in cfb. Really good production

Agree.

 

[sjb75]

Love is a future All-American.

Well, the OL is probably the biggest concern on this team going into 2024.

 

[TPirish]

Well, the OL is probably the biggest concern on this team going into 2024.

I didn't say he'd be an All-American in 2024.

 

[NDOnTheRoad]

Well, the OL is probably the biggest concern on this team going into 2024.

Biggest unknown because of a lack of experience, but I disagree that it's a concern because of the elite talent that's available. Splitting hairs, I know.

 

[NDOnTheRoad]

Elaborate on that comment.

He gets the ball out relatively well, so trying to crowd the box or hitting him with heavy blitzing won't be effective like it was with say Drew Pyne.

 

[NCDomer1]

Pro scouts were hanging out at ND asking about a running back, but it was not Audric it was Love