I haven't read through the whole thread yet, so if others have been saying this already...I agree with them.
I think we heard a lot about what a "hammer" Mills was going to be coming out of fall camp. I heard it so often I couldn't wait to see this guy run right over people and carry 3 or 4 guys for 5 more yards nearly every carry. I think Mills heard his own press too and thought "coaches expect me to hammer out the yards and Washington and the others to run around people." That's exactly what we got the first few weeks and it wasn't very pretty and not accurate at all.
Then as attrition set it, both Mills and the coaches realized he was really our only true p5 back left in the stable. His expectations were reset and he showed what he could've showed early in the year without all the "hammer" nonsense that was being talked up.
I think we've now seen the real Mills, and now I'd like to finally hear SF call him "a weapon." No more talk about hammers.
I think we heard a lot about what a "hammer" Mills was going to be coming out of fall camp. I heard it so often I couldn't wait to see this guy run right over people and carry 3 or 4 guys for 5 more yards nearly every carry. I think Mills heard his own press too and thought "coaches expect me to hammer out the yards and Washington and the others to run around people." That's exactly what we got the first few weeks and it wasn't very pretty and not accurate at all.
Then as attrition set it, both Mills and the coaches realized he was really our only true p5 back left in the stable. His expectations were reset and he showed what he could've showed early in the year without all the "hammer" nonsense that was being talked up.
I think we've now seen the real Mills, and now I'd like to finally hear SF call him "a weapon." No more talk about hammers.
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