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In pondering why so many white runningbacks who proved themselves to be tailbacks in college let themselves be magically transformed into human battering rams, I've come up with a few thoughts.
I believe that they realize that if they insisted on only trying for a tailback position that they would be out of the league soon after their first bad game. Consider the case of Heath Evans. He was called out of nowhere by the Pats (wasn't he working construction in Florida or something) in 2006 and was the feature back for a game or two, did very well, but then reverted to fullback once the affletes were back.
Now, if he had insisted that he was only a tailback he would be back in construction right now, instead of having signed a contract of over a million dollars with the Saints. Of course his contract should be much more as a tailback.
Same thing with Hillis. If he wasn't so flexible, he too would be long gone, thrown out with the various black nobodies who the Broncos dredged up last year. Instead he's firmly entrenched as a "fullback" which is preposterous of course, but again, at least he's on the team for the forseeable future.
In essence becoming a fullback is a form of settling for less, taking the path of least resistance. We'd love it if one white runningback would speak up about this, but even as less respected underpaid fullbacks they are still making hundreds of thousands of dollars more per year than they would as non-players. Its kind of like they've been coopted by the system, given chump change to keep quiet. But in the NFL, chump change is still a lot of money compared to life outside the league.Edited by: referendum
I believe that they realize that if they insisted on only trying for a tailback position that they would be out of the league soon after their first bad game. Consider the case of Heath Evans. He was called out of nowhere by the Pats (wasn't he working construction in Florida or something) in 2006 and was the feature back for a game or two, did very well, but then reverted to fullback once the affletes were back.
Now, if he had insisted that he was only a tailback he would be back in construction right now, instead of having signed a contract of over a million dollars with the Saints. Of course his contract should be much more as a tailback.
Same thing with Hillis. If he wasn't so flexible, he too would be long gone, thrown out with the various black nobodies who the Broncos dredged up last year. Instead he's firmly entrenched as a "fullback" which is preposterous of course, but again, at least he's on the team for the forseeable future.
In essence becoming a fullback is a form of settling for less, taking the path of least resistance. We'd love it if one white runningback would speak up about this, but even as less respected underpaid fullbacks they are still making hundreds of thousands of dollars more per year than they would as non-players. Its kind of like they've been coopted by the system, given chump change to keep quiet. But in the NFL, chump change is still a lot of money compared to life outside the league.Edited by: referendum