I just dont see Fannin as an every down back. He has never fully taken the TB position by horns and made it all his. Outside of Tristan Davis, he has to be one of the more frustrating players to watch for a fan, in the regard that you know he has all the tools but just never really had that 100% shot due to circumstance, injury, slippery hands, whatever. It was painful to watch Davis spend 4 years at Auburn with very little to show as compared to what he probably could have done.
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Fannin is an A-grade back in potential. Tate could take two successive loss of yards and you know he would fight his ass off and eventually deliver no matter how tough the opposing defense made it. McCalleb isn't a second option in this offense but I think there are plays better suited to his style over Mario, who is a very good receiver.
I do think Dyer will have to somewhat duplicate Ingram's freshman numbers and the kid is said to have good hands as well. I look for half of Tate's production on the ground by Fannin in addition to his receiving yards.The change of pace with McCalleb is only accentuated if Gus throws the ball to Dyer on many suspected run downs as opposed to lining up as the heir apparent and a target. I think some of that happened with Fannin early on with the old crew and had some lasting effects coupled with the shoulder injury.
Are we gonna be more entertained than last season? YES, and a mobile QB can only make this thing more lethal especially if he is making the correct reads and check downs and just isn't tucking it unnecessarily like a run first QB. Should keep the defense off the field a bit longer too.
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