Falcons: Misc. Thoughts from Radical

[Beef]

Yeah Quizz had 950 touches and something like 6k all purpose yards in college in a pretty good conference which includes USC, Oregon, and Stanford, so it's not like he's playing against small DII sized players. He was playing against guys who made it in the NFL.

Most of his touches were between the tackles runs. And he only fumbled 1 time in his career in college. The guy was/is a 3-down back.

My only problem with Quizz is that he's about a 4.5x speed guy. He is only just slightly faster than Turner and Snelling at this point. But he's not fast enough to beat people around the edge, blow by anyone, and run away without chance of catching him. He's quite the opposite of that. His best quality is that he's shifty as hell and can make people miss in open space and he can cut on a dime to find holes and is short and hard to see behind 6'4 O-linemen. He's a great possitive yardage guy, but he's simply not a homerun threat at all.

That's another reason why I don't like him on returning kicks. He's never going to blow through kick coverage and take one to the house. He's easily caught from behind if he ever does find an open lane.

Antoine Smith, on the other hand, is 4.3x speed and one of the fastest guys in the NFL. I just don't get why that's not being utilized in anything but kick coverage. That just bothers the shit out of me.