PowerBack ~ Nicholas Chubb ~ Georgia BullDogs ~ 5106/228
I've come to believe that any HalfBack that doesn't bring a Passing Game element to the BattleField is...incomplete.
Hence, the term "FlexBack" ~ although quite cool, I believe!! ~ short-circuits the Evaluation Process.
As to how I break them down, I expect that the terms are pretty self-explanatory:
PowerBacks ~ HalfBacks who do their best Work between the Tackles..
SpeedBacks ~ HalfBacks who do their best Work outside the Tackles.
The PowerBack prototype would be about 5115/220 or so.
The SpeedBack prototype would be about 5010/200 or so.
Those are gross oversimplifications, of course, and many HalfBacks will manifest Attributes of both styles. Indeed, Power and Speed ~ better yet: Agility ~ are crucial to the Success of either kind of HalfBack. But I believe that it advances the discussion and better serves my Fellow FootBall Fanatics if I make an effort to distinguish between types.
This is how I break things down, when evaluating all HalfBacks:
Power: Above all: Core Power. Upper body Power is important, but lower body Power, from the Knees to the Ribs, is absolutely crucial. An HalfBack's Capacity to break Tackles is more about Core Power than anything else.
Agility: Launch Velocity, Fluidity, Acceleration, and Ricochet. Long Speed is all well and good, but at the end of the day, it is Gravy. What wins Championships is Moving The Chains. And Moving The Chains is accomplished far more consistently by the guys who exhibit the Agility ~ and the Focus ~ to consistently pick up 5 and sometimes 10 Yards at a time.
Processing Speed: Diagnostic Velocity. Field Vision. That ethereal Capacity to Rapidly Read & React to the Rapidly Roiling & Boiling Tactical LandScape...and to foresee and envision Lanes developing before they actually do.
Blocking: Having an HalfBack who doesn't Block effectively is like having 10 Men on the Field of Battle. Most HalfBacks just coming out'f College are mediocre Blockers, but this is a crucial Aspect of the Game that they'll need to master.
Receiving: Whether he be a PowerBack or a SpeedBack, an HalfBack that can effectively present a genuine Threat in the Passing Game dramatically increases his Team's Options on any given Play. The more dynamic the Threat, the more valuable to'is Team on the Field of Battle, whether he's just slipping out'f the BackField or splitting out Wide.
Broken down into SubCategories, it'd go something like this:
Power
* Core Power is most of it. Tyrannosaurus Rex would've made an Hell of an HalfBack.
* Torso Power doesn't hurt, though.
Agility
* Launch Velocity
* Fluidity
* Acceleration
* Ricochet
* Long Speed
Processing Speed
* That ethereal Capacity to foresee and envision Lanes developing before they actually do.
Blocking
* Power
* Agility
* Combat Skills
* Processing Speed
* Motor
Receiving
* Separation
* Catch Point Capacity
* Navigation
Power: 100. Outstanding Core Power, and that's all that matters.
Agility: 33. He's pretty damned Fast for'is Poundage, but his Acceleration, Ricochet, and Fluidity are all marginal.
Processing Speed: 75. Awfully impressive. Some misses, but generally anticipates very well, indeed.
Blocking: 60, and with excellent upside when he learns better Combat Skills.
Receiving: 25. Rarely deployed there, and definitely not a Threat, but solid Hands.
Incredibly, virtually the entire FootBall World continues to remain oblivious to what my dumb ass figured out years ago, and've been preaching about ever since: Judge a FootBall Player's Game before he's had 15-18 months to allow his body to regenerate and acclimate completely after a Big Injury, and you're judging stupidly.
2016 was a Take It Through The Gears Year for Nicholas Chubb.
2017 was what mattered, in the evaluation.
My conclusion is that, unfortunately, that injury did cost'm. A lot. They often do.
His combination of Power, Speed, and Vision are the perfect combination for generating explosive 80 Yard TouchDown runs.
But in terms of consistently Moving the Chains ~ which is what matters ~ I see'm only as competitive, his lack of Agility being compensated for by Power and Vision. My bottom line is that the Post Apocalyptic Nicholas Chubb profiles as a decent, moderately productive Runner, potentially tremendous Blocker, and borderline functionary Receiver.
Thank you so very much, Draft BreakDown, without whom my Work would be virtually impossible.
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In other words: If any of my Super Dooper Deeper Sleepers ever fail to fulfill their vast potential, I’m confident that it goes without saying that it wasn’t their fault…or mine!!...Yes, I think that I'm being funny.
In other words: Caveat Emptor, Fellow FootBall Fiends!!
Enter at your own risk!!