I think we should keep Young over Pittman. And we should draft a guy. There is no guarantee that any of these guys(save for Hillis) are all that durable. Hillis got injured on a freak play that had him getting flipped upside down and twisted…freak play.

We can probably do it on the cheap and he would be a great back up for Hillis. Or we put them both on the field at the same time.

Would anyone be in favor of picking up Justin Fargas? I don’t know if he would be available. I don’t know his contract situation. I don’t know how much he would cost. I really like him as a player. If he is available, and cheaper than (or close in price) Pittman, I say we do it.

Seems too risky to me.

but, I guess since Millen isn’t there anymore, that won’t happen and who do they have that we would want……..

I’d like to see us keep Hillis, Train, Pittman and Alridge. Selvin has proven that he can’t stay healthy enough for a full season and Hall’s fumbles in the NE game soured me of him so he can go as well.

Who knows, maybe we’ll find another diamond in the rough between Pope and Boyd?

P. Hillis, R. Torain (battle for starter though both will get touches)
M. Pittman FB/HB role similar to earlier this year
Pinnock back up FB
Draft pick, Draft pick….depending on how good they are is where they will play, probably starter competition.

Aldridge to the practice squad, everyone else is let go.

I would love to see us try to pry D. Williams away from Carolina!

Don’t for a second think about letting him go. His injury doesn’t need surgery. He’ll be back next year bigger and stronger and Shanahan now knows what he can do.
Torain, on the other hand, suffered a major injury that required surgery and most people agree that it takes two years to totally recover. Add to that the fact that he’s had almost no experience in the NFL, and I don’t see how we can count on him for much in 09. I hope I’m wrong, and I really hope we can keep him for the long run (pun intended).

Shanahan was up front about planning on Hllis in the future. He’s a piece of the puzzle that we’ve been looking for. Young – maybe, if he ever stays healthy. Torain if he gets healthy, Aldrige should be fun to watch, pittman perhaps a good power option.

But I do hope to see Boyd this year – Shanahan wanted him in the 7th round (we did even better) and his eye for RBs is legenday. Even better is the fact that he’s currently healthy

Obviously Hillis is back—but wouldn’t surprise if Shanny developed an H-Back scheme around him.

I say we keep Alridge—if for no other reason to spell Eddie returning kicks.

Pitman comes back as a full-back (Shanny loves a player with heart)—freeing up Spencer larsen for linebacker.

 If Torain can stay healthy—he’s in—in fact I think he’ll have a break-out year next year..

Selvin gets another year—but if it starts looking like this one again—will get waived.

Hall will not be back.

really, get real! You have to be able to play all year for a CHANCE at that!

One (TD) in the back field, I wish!

But that is what we need right now.

In personal opinion the only three I say we keep are from this rookie class, Hillis Alridge and Torain all are very capable backs. Our personal version of new york’s earth wind and fire I call it Flatten (Hillis) Kick (Alridge), and Trample (Torain). I do think we need to address our sports trainer. We seem to have way too many injuries this season.

What if, sitting in the 20’s of the first round, a franchise-type RB falls into our laps? It’s happened before (2004 and 2006 come to mind). Let’s just call him Knowshon Moreno (or Chris “Beanie” Wells, if he’s your cup of tea) and try it on for size. I’m on board with either an MLB or S (in that order) there, trust me, but what if we felt confident that we could find the necessary starters at those positions in the 2nd and 3rd rounds, via free agency or trade? It’s far too early to speculate on draft specifics, but I guy can dream, can’t he? Cutler, Marshall, Royal and Scheffler in the air, Moreno/Wells, Hillis and Graham powering the running game, all behind that unbelievable line; all young, all talented and in the fold for years to come…

if we draft/acquire a mlb(likely), then you can add larsen to the mix, as well. i want to see larsen blocking for hillis, with graham and mustard in a 2-te set, k-litch in motion. touchdown, broncos. power running, baby

so I’m just throwing this out:

Hillis as the bruiser and Torain as the Leon-Washington-type of game-changer!