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Message: [QUOTE="Palatine, post: 4384752, member: 974"] Trust your eyes. The kid has very good vision (IMHO, the single most important characteristic of a good running back). Vince Lombardi always said that RBs need to "run to daylight." Well you have to see the daylight before you can run to it. The kid cuts on a dime. He can get where he needs to be. He can also make a move and be past a defender. Nate breaks tackles. And when he doesn't break a tackle, he finishes the run. He almost always falls forward for an additional yard or two. In that particular aspect, it reminds me of when I lived in Chicago and watched Walter Payton. Sweetness almost always fell forward and when you are getting tackled 20 times a game, that is a significant amount of yardage. The numbers are important. But they FOLLOW talent. Open your eyes. Trust your eyes. See the game. Players are not great because they have great numbers. They have great numbers because they are great players. [/QUOTE]