Stewart/Williams Tandem

I think most of us agree the pick of J. Stew was a bit of a luxury pick. No doubt it's a great tandem but I don't think we needed it that much. What are the predictions as to who gets more carries? I liked what I saw out of DW last year and I hope he doesn't just get thrown in the back and get 6 carries a game. Thoughts?

 

from everything i've seen, it looks like stewart is the "starter".

 

if thats the case everything you see in september will be a blitzer crushing jake.

 

it also gives a peak on how Fox felt about DeAngelo as a fulltime starter

 

I have a feeling we'll see a lot of deangelo unless stewart is the ultimate badass at camp.

 

Any chance Stewart ends up behind Toefield on the real season depth chart?

 

I'm thinking that having DeAngelo will definitely come in handy when it comes to getting Stewart signed. It's not going to be a Beason situation, where his agent knows that much of our team's success hinges on having him camp. Should give the team a little more flexbility in negotiations, and won't kill us if Stewart reports a little late. With his toe injury, he might not be able to do much anyway.

 

Why? Willims sucks at blitzp/u.

 

He's not great, but Stewart is worse and doesn't know the assignments yet.

 

Sorry if this has been posted. It's the bio on Stewart I pulled off of CBSsportsline. While I question it a little, it's certainly encouraging:


Compares To: LADAINIAN TOMLINSON-San Diego. … Tomlinson and Stewart share a rare blend of power and quickness running between the tackles. Stewart has not had that many opportunities as a receiver, but demonstrates good hands to get to the pass outside his frame. He did not show his outside running ability much, more due to his ankle and other injury problems, but there is no question that he can take the ball to the house when he gets past the line of scrimmage. With his special-teams skills, he will get a lot of playing time as a rookie. With Darren McFadden being the darling at this position, teams really need to examine these two before deciding who will be the first tailback taken. McFadden collides with defenders and runs too tall in his stance to avoid injuries and one look at his performance in 2007 and you will see he had fumbling issues. If Stewart's ankles check out, teams should not hesitate to select him over McFadden. Stewart is less of a risk than either of the Razorback runners and, if his legs hold up, he'll be a punisher in the Tomlinson mold. That's hard to beat.