Welcome to the Commanders Jacory Croskey-Merritt, RB Arizona

[skinsinparadise]

[The Consiglieri81]

You can pile me into the Croskey-Merritt car. I had never heard of him until this past weekend, but I really like him as a value on late day 3. No idea if he hits, as I mentioned before, I was deeply excited for Bryce Love and Keith Marshall and neither did anything last decade, but in terms of dart throw value, he strikes me as well worth the toss. Could be a legit answer. We'll see. His season in '23 looked quite interesting.

[SkinsGuy]

You can coach up pass protection/blitz pick ups so I wouldn't worry too much about that.

But right now there are 5 RBs on our roster. Someone half decent is gonna be cut. Maybe we shop B Rob around to some team that has RB injuries in camp.

Nah.

They won't trade Robinson or even release him in favor of a late 7th round pick that may or may not work out.

Robinson and Eckler will be Washington's primary backs when the season starts.

Whether any of the other RBs step forward in that time, we will have to wait and see.

[The Consiglieri81]

Kinda with you, kinda not. I think Brian stays in house, I can't remember Ekeler's contract status, that will determine where he ends up, k, checked, his dead cap hit is virtually zero, so Ekeler could stick or be an easy cut. I don't think they're turning over the backfield to Jacory, but I've also watched the Niners plenty, being from the bay, and 3+ hours away at the furthest during my life, so, to me, knowing Peters comes from there, knowing that draft capital dictated nothing ever w/their RB's, and he saw how it just fine that was for Shanny Jr (not to mention his dad), if Jacory kills it in camp, it wouldn't shock me at all if he walked into the starting lineup. That being said, Robinson isn't trash, he's just limited. He had an outlier season that was largely unrepeatable in terms of efficiency, and he fell back to earth, no longer top 10-20 in a bunch of metrics, he was mostly 25th-50th, which is what he is, a guy who sits somewhere between about 20th-40th of all the backs getting starts or spot starts, which is why he needs to be replaced, but he's not horrible, he's just adequate until you find something legit good. The '26 draft is not good, supposedly '27 isn't supposed to be that great either, but it being two years away, hopefully that's wrong, hopefully Jacory is legit, but history says he's got a 8.5-9.5 out of 10 chance of being totally irrelevant. Otoh, he will get opportunity here that he wouldn't get in most backfields he might have been drafted into, so if he is any good, we'll know in '25 barring injury.

[Warhead36]

You can coach up pass protection/blitz pick ups so I wouldn't worry too much about that.

But right now there are 5 RBs on our roster. Someone half decent is gonna be cut. Maybe we shop B Rob around to some team that has RB injuries in camp.

Nah.

They won't trade Robinson or even release him in favor of a late 7th round pick that may or may not work out.

Robinson and Eckler will be Washington's primary backs when the season starts.

Whether any of the other RBs step forward in that time, we will have to wait and see.

We'll see. I kinda feel like the staff might be souring on B Rob and they really like McNichol and Rodriguez. Ekeler is a beast but maybe has ~10 touches a game at best in him now. If some team offers a decent backup Edge type for Robinson because they have injuries at RB I bet Peters takes it.

[The Consiglieri81]

You can coach up pass protection/blitz pick ups so I wouldn't worry too much about that.

But right now there are 5 RBs on our roster. Someone half decent is gonna be cut. Maybe we shop B Rob around to some team that has RB injuries in camp.

Nah.

They won't trade Robinson or even release him in favor of a late 7th round pick that may or may not work out.

Robinson and Eckler will be Washington's primary backs when the season starts.

Whether any of the other RBs step forward in that time, we will have to wait and see.

We'll see. I kinda feel like the staff might be souring on B Rob and they really like McNichol and Rodriguez. Ekeler is a beast but maybe has ~10 touches a game at best in him now. If some team offers a decent backup Edge type for Robinson because they have injuries at RB I bet Peters takes it.

Rodriguez is a definitive jag, I have no idea why they'd care one way or the other with him. McNichols was one of those guys like Mack and Aaron Jones from the loaded '17 class that looked like he might be a HUGE value and potential starter. In the end, only Aaron Jones managed to lock in between the 3 of them, McNichols bounced around as a Sat back who could never quite grab a gig, Mack got some run before fading out after the Colts stole Taylor in '20(a guy with one of the best profiles since AP should never have lasted into mid-ish round 2, but Taylor did).

BRob is gonna be limited, but we know he can do the gig, can play in every role in the offense, and he's got one year left on his deal so he carries next to zero trade value. I just think they're gonna come into camp assuming Robinson is the lead back, but letting them all work for the gig. Most likely scenario is our real starter will come from the '26 class, but I like that Jacorey's profile reads more like a 3rd rounder, than a 7th, and that we got him in round 7 largely because of the eligibility issue. We'll see. Math says probably a 80-90% chance the starting RB of '27 and/or '28 is not currently on the roster, but I'm hoping Jacorey surprises.

[The Consiglieri81]

You can coach up pass protection/blitz pick ups so I wouldn't worry too much about that.

But right now there are 5 RBs on our roster. Someone half decent is gonna be cut. Maybe we shop B Rob around to some team that has RB injuries in camp.

Nah.

They won't trade Robinson or even release him in favor of a late 7th round pick that may or may not work out.

Robinson and Eckler will be Washington's primary backs when the season starts.

Whether any of the other RBs step forward in that time, we will have to wait and see.

We'll see. I kinda feel like the staff might be souring on B Rob and they really like McNichol and Rodriguez. Ekeler is a beast but maybe has ~10 touches a game at best in him now. If some team offers a decent backup Edge type for Robinson because they have injuries at RB I bet Peters takes it.

Rodriguez is a definitive jag, I have no idea why they'd care one way or the other with him. McNichols was one of those guys like Mack and Aaron Jones from the loaded '17 class that looked like he might be a HUGE value and potential starter. In the end, only Aaron Jones managed to lock in between the 3 of them, McNichols bounced around as a Sat back who could never quite grab a gig, Mack got some run before fading out after the Colts stole Taylor in '20(a guy with one of the best profiles since AP should never have lasted into mid-ish round 2, but Taylor did).

BRob is gonna be limited, but we know he can do the gig, can play in every role in the offense, and he's got one year left on his deal so he carries next to zero trade value. I just think they're gonna come into camp assuming Robinson is the lead back, but letting them all work for the gig. Most likely scenario is our real starter will come from the '26 class, but I like that Jacorey's profile reads more like a 3rd rounder, than a 7th, and that we got him in round 7 largely because of the eligibility issue. We'll see. Math says probably a 80-90% chance the starting RB of '27 and/or '28 is not currently on the roster, but I'm hoping Jacorey surprises.

[skinsinparadise]

[skinsinparadise]

You can coach up pass protection/blitz pick ups so I wouldn't worry too much about that.

But right now there are 5 RBs on our roster. Someone half decent is gonna be cut. Maybe we shop B Rob around to some team that has RB injuries in camp.

Nah.

They won't trade Robinson or even release him in favor of a late 7th round pick that may or may not work out.

Robinson and Eckler will be Washington's primary backs when the season starts.

Whether any of the other RBs step forward in that time, we will have to wait and see.

We'll see. I kinda feel like the staff might be souring on B Rob and they really like McNichol and Rodriguez. Ekeler is a beast but maybe has ~10 touches a game at best in him now. If some team offers a decent backup Edge type for Robinson because they have injuries at RB I bet Peters takes it.

It's sort of an odd ride with Rodriguez. Smallish sample. 7th rated RB in the league by PFF metrics last year. Averaged almost 5 YPC, which is good. We saw the Tennessee game, where he was on fire and that seemed to inspire Brian Robinson to play more physical in that game, according to a report.

Yet, the coaches don't play him much. So I'd gather they are just not into him. Yet they bring him back as a restricted agent. Lol, they don't love him clearly but they don't discard him either so you got me.

Robinson to me is a JAG. And I liked him before that draft so it pains me to say it. Rodriguez? You got me. But am more intrigued by him than Robinson. Ekeler I think is decent but you got to limit his snaps.

Sounds crazy to tout a 7th rounder (but I know am not alone on this, was listening to Fowler who used to work for the team talk about it, a former Football Outsiders guy, PFF guys, etc) as likely the dude to overtake Robinson for the top spot, but I'll put money on it. He's a dude I watched and liked before the draft and am jazzed he's here.

[Warhead36]

Robinson is strange. Early on he looked real good. Way more elusive and explosiveness than previous years. He gets hurt mid season and our entire offense's production fell off. And when he returns, he doesn't look the same. Starts looking like B Rob of the previous two years, running into the backs of OL etc. Ekeler and McNichol both provided way more juice (Ekeler still has it from a talent standpoint, he just can't last long at his age).