I agree with you in past that RB is not the most important position, but with Davis, Jones, or Smith as our backup we are losing a lot i mean a lot of opportunities for explosive plays. I have high hopes for Armstrong, but he has a good bit to develop still. To me, although he's not super explosive, Kyren is such a natural football player I hope he builds his way up to the backup role by beating out those you mention. If davis and armstrong can get PT their first year after a position switch, a true frosh Natural RB should be able to make an impact. Kyren isn't extremely explosive, he's just so well balanced and so skilled he can do things without slowing down, it helps make up for his lack of elite speed.
I don’t think we’re losing opportunities for explosive plays, at all.
First of all, Armstrong is very explosive. He’s nearly as explosive as Dex, while also being bigger and much more versatile. And he’s just as proven coming into 2019 as Dex was coming into 2018
(More proven, when you consider he’s not suspended)
Next, Davis is plent explosive to be a very useful backup or rotational RB. He’s just as explosive and athletic as Kyren, at least. He may well be much stronger too, given it will be his 3rd year of CFB.
Finally, while neither Jones nor Smith are explosive, both showed that they can be solid P5 RBs, if used right.
Heck, Jones was on pace for 1100+ yards at 5+ YPC before Dexter’s return.
We need a lot of development at RB, but the hand-wringing there is unnecessary, imo.
We’re no worse off at RB than we were heading into 2018....which turned out quite well.
Now, it would be nice to upgrade the recruiting at RB. Hopefully we’ll see that with Taylor.