Big Blue View mailbag: Fullback, salary cap, the return of Evan Neal
The mail’s here! Questions, answers about a variety of questions.
BLUE in Pa . asks: You might have a couple years on me but I am in the old-school camp of absolutely loving fullbacks on the roster. It’s one of those positions that a job well done means people probably don’t know your name.
That is unless you have a radical nickname like “the Hynoceros”! My question, though, is why we spent a big chunk of change on a guy that seems a lot like someone else we already have on the roster. Maybe I’m just rooting for the “little guy”, but I am a fan of Elijah Chatman.
After reading about Ricard, it seems like they are basically carbon copies of each other only for a bit of size difference. Ricard has played defensive tackle and, if I remember correctly, Chatman was used a couple times previously as a fullback. If we are giving guys like Evan Neal a second second chance, why not go with a guy that is on the roster instead of setting a market contract just to bring in the same version from the previous team?
Ed says: Blue, I appreciate the love for Chatman. These two things, though — Ricard and Chatman — are not the same. “Carbon copies”?
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