Originally posted by PopeyeJonesing:
Originally posted by cNiner:
yes he can catch but had less catches than Carlos last year . 
That's entirely about scheme and usage, and really doesn't have anything to do with ability.
The story of Carlos Hyde last year is that he's a RB who is not very good as a receiver out of the backfield who played in an offense which throws a lot to RBs out of the backfield; he's a good inside zone and power runner who struggles with outside, who was in an offense that wanted to run outside zone but due to the limitations of Hyde and the offensive line was forced to run a lot of inside zone.
Like Juice, I think it's insane to predict that Jet will be worth the money, but re: what the 9ers want their RBs to be able to do, he's absolutely better than Hyde in every way (even though I think Hyde is maybe a more talented back).
I Love Hyde as a RB, and was perfect for Harbaugh's smash mouth offense. I think Mckinnon is going to be great in this offense. He's a perfect fit, and the draft is still coming up and we can get a short yardage back.
Hyde just didn't look comfortable in Kyle's offense, and Kyle adjusted his offense to help Hyde out. I think that's where all the behind the LOS tackles happened because we ran the inside zone and some man blocking just to help Hyde out when the line was already shifting to the outside zone. I really like McKinnon's speed. When a back like that is on your team and can break the big one at any time, the defense really can't do exotic zone blitz stuff, they have to play sound basic defense. If the defense starts cheating one way or another, or loads up on the pass to get Jimmy, that's when back like this make their mark.
