GREAT Question! What Position Do You Pick?
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I would go for a crazy good RB at the high school level, can be very effective in chewing up clock, wearing down defenses and scoring points.
If it can’t be QB, and assuming you have at least average talent everywhere else…. I’d go RB.
All.... Yes if it was Hickey! 😁 Other than him I will stick with my stud ML to stop enough times the offense along with the rest of the D to win. Ratsy
Only if it is Jefferson from Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
I would take a running back. I remember Rockford Lutheran before James Robinson, during James Robinson, and after James Robinson. They went from being well below average, to being a state title contender, to then once again being well below average as a team. James Robinson did not play for a Power Five team, but that was a recruiting oversight. He played for Illinois State. But then he started as an undrafted rookie for the Jacksonville Jaguars and was one of the top running backs in the NFL that year. He has been slowed by injuries since then. His story demonstrates what an outstanding running back can do for a high school team.
Just to fill in some details, Rockford Lutheran was 2-7 in 2011, the year before Robinson's freshman season. In his junior and senior seasons they went 11-1 back to back. Two years later, in 2017, they were back down to 1-8.
During his senior season in 2015, Rockford Lutheran won its nine regular season games by an average of 53.5 points. No team came closer than 37 points.
During James Robinson's rookie season with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2020, he finished 5th in the NFL in rushing yards.
I think offensively, the only possible answer is RB. They can touch the hall 40 or more times a game. A dominant OT, WR, or TE is useless without other pieces around them. Obviously a RB benefits from those other pieces, but that RB can win games with just a few big plays.
There probably isn’t a defensive position that moves the needle enough to answer this question either. MLB and DT are fine answers, but an average team can still find ways to scheme around one star defender.
You have to take the RB and, assuming the team they are going to is just average, that RB should be talented enough to help out at LB, DE, or DB as well.
There probably isn’t a defensive position that moves the needle enough to answer this question either. MLB and DT are fine answers, but an average team can still find ways to scheme around one star defender.
You have to take the RB and, assuming the team they are going to is just average, that RB should be talented enough to help out at LB, DE, or DB as well.
I like your thinking Bones! If you have a dominant NT/DT he can be a game changer, especially if the team relies on the running game.
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So many ways to get an run-and-receive threat RB the ball, particularly with the possibilities of early or late motions of different paths from multiple spots in the formation. Also, the companion plays that can come off mesh fakes with a dominant RB open up the offense to the rest of the players. Throw in a "wildcat" series or two and potentially another offensive player is freed up.
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