Another RB...Darius Walker

i have heard that hillis is a 100% this makes me wonder if that is acurate? or is mcd thinking of him as strictly f.b. and like you said the rest of our guys are old or injured. i like walker but i think even with age and injury we were pretty set with what we have in stock. how about sign a bunch of d lineman. i don’t know what to think.

Josh has also said that he will use Hillis in a lot of different ways. The point in this post is sensible – you need a lot of RBs to get through training camp.

Heaven forbid it happens again, but a good competition in training camp and only keeping the best ones makes a lot of sense to me. Or, maybe he’s just goofy ;-)

just wish we knew what it was LOL

I’ve been pretty happy with the CFA moves and such since the draft — Baker, Davis, and the Pedasaeeadsesadeax guy all seem like they might stick. this move is a little odd though. is this 9 RBs now?

this is probably it for Torain, I would think. bummer, I thought he had great potential.

He ran for 264 yards in four games, at 4.6 yds/rush and 1 TD. Also 13 catches for 81 yards. No fumbles.

He’s 5’10", 206# and from Notre Dame. Ran for over 1200 yds at 5.0, with 9 TDs in his senior year, and caught 56 passes. On the face of it, sounds like he can play. Let’s give him a chance.

Especially one that can catch the ball. Does anyone know how many running backs the Patriots carried last year? That may ease some concerns.

I don’t really mind it, just more competition, but I don’t expect him to make the team.

He played for Weis at ND, so one would assume he has a passing familiarity with some of the nomenclature that McDaniels uses. However, he just finished a year playing for Houston, so he’s had a taste of life in a zone-blocking scheme. Sounds like he might be slightly ahead of the curve here…

was from Shanny and his comments (which were positive). Perhaps McD and crew have a very different take.

I’m confident they don’t have a different take on Moreno and Hillis. I also suspect they like Buckhalter, Arrington, and Jordan. Beyond that, they may conclude our current/past roster sucked. In which case, more competition=good.

We’ll have three back on the field at any time. Sure, we won’t throw much, but we’ll lead the league in rushing by a long shot!

We’ll call it the Thundercat offense. It shall be unstoppable.

Right now it’s all about upgrading, bring em in and let the strong survive!

McDaniels is going to open the season with a 9 reciever set.

It will drive cincinatti crazy trynig to cover everyone. [/sarcasm]

This is to ensure that the 5 or whatever backs we enter the season with are the best we can find. Giving a lot ofplayers the opportunity to compete won’t hurt. But the cuts will start coming sooner rather than later.

What if Buckhalter, Arrington, or Jordan get cut? Since we’ve probably all seen them play in the NFL, that would mean that we have a formidable set of RBs left on the team. How can THAT not excite you!

One or two of the higher priced free agents we brought in will now be let go….we’ll just have to wait and see which one can’t pick up the offense quick enough.

I wouldn’t look too much into this. There is no impact to the salary camp.

He is additional competition and someone to fill in for 3rd team…

He will limit unecessary reps for our star RBs and if he suprises with a great camp and makes the team, well then good for him. I’d give that a 1% change of happening.

Such is life for many players trying to make it in the NFL.

UDFA From Notre Dame; Darius was on the Texans and Rams Practice squad in 2007 & 2008 – Limited appearance as replacement for Texans injured starter Ahman Green. In Week 14(2008), Walker led the team with 16 carries for 46 yards and finishing second on the team with six receptions for 35 yards against Tampa Bay.

At Notre Dame, Walker owns the school record for most receptions in a season by a running back (56 in 2006) and most career receptions by a running back (109). He ranks fourth all-time at Notre Dame in rushing yards (3,249), third in all-time carries (693) and third in average yards per game over a career (90.3). He rushed for 100 yards in a game 15 times in his career and scored 26 touchdowns — 23 rushing and three receiving. He led the Irish in rushing in all three seasons becoming just the sixth player in school history to do so… He recorded the sixth-best single-season rushing total in Notre Dame history as a junior when he gained a career-high 1,267 yards on 255 carries (5.0-yard average), scoring seven touchdowns. He became just the fourth Notre Dame running back in school history to eclipse 1,000 rushing yards in consecutive seasons, (Info from Wikipedia).

Mcd Adds another pass catching RB to the Bronco Stable…..

when we had 12 WR on the roster to start preseason.
we then had 9 to start the season cut two for minimum cap implication and traded one for a 5th round pick
we then lost a few to injury and had to sign guys like foster