There is a reason he is going to get paid.

he is a top shelf back that can run, block and catch all at high NFL level.
There are good backs out there, but Forte is the cream of the crop and it’s not even close.

He should just retire. He’s practically the same age as Jones.

Him being the guy that generally has gashed us the last few years

All those 56-48 games a little too exciting. Not good for the faint of heart. Better slow it down, slop it up, Snyder style

If you have some unrelated hotties that you can get that are better looking then the twins available the same day, don’t you pick them instead.

It would be like if you told a guy that he could only sleep with 4-5 women in his lifetime, and have an array of women for him to choose from. Would he waste one of his 4-5 choices on two women that are identical? Or would he rather mix it up and have some variety (assuming equivalent quality between the twins and others).

I respect his football knowledge even if he does have his bias towards Oregon and hate of Matt Cassel before it was cool.

I’m guessing he’s back based on recent ACL trends. Has anyone seen info on how bad a tear it was?

One wouldn’t think it was an awful tear based on the way he got hurt… but that doesn’t necessarily mean it wasn’t.

It DOES seem excessive having JC, Dex, AND LMJ though. I’m sure LMJ’s a baller, but Dex just finished an 800+ yard from scrimmage year in the pro’s. Dude’s a big time contributor, and I don’t want him losing touches.

Going down in history as one of the best RBs in the Pac ever, with guys like Marcus Allen and OJ

Sproles is even shorter though, so the weight is even more compact – more like MJD (though certainly not the tree-trunk that he is).

Let me share this real quick:

Has nice quickness and straight-line speed. … Hits a second gear in the open field. … Runs tougher than expected at his size. … Not afraid of going between the tackles. … Runs with light feet. … Will spin off linemen and churn legs to get a few extra effort yards. … Good awareness on blitzes. … Really good effort on open-field blocking and pass protection. … Solid receiver who gets upfield quickly to move the chains.

Does that scouting report sound familiar? It should – it belonged to one Dantrell Savage. Dantrell had nearly identical size/weight/speed: 5’8", 182lbs, 4.50 40-time. Now I’m not saying that LMJ will end up the same as Dantrell, but the similarities are striking. LMJ has had a better college career than Savage did, but Savage had a very solid season before going pro (Oregon is also better than Ok. St. was back then)

But by picking him you’re basically writing off McCluster. Neither will be the feature back and will be used situationally – I just don’t think there’s room on the game-day roster for both. You’re either throwing away the Dex pick or wasting the LMJ pick. Not particularly a fan of either of those outcomes.

If he gets up to 190, he will go high.

FYI, LaMichael put on 10 pounds after last season and entered this season at 195. His weight isn’t updated everywhere you look for whatever reason, but it is updated on his SBNation player page, CFBStats.com page (very reliable college football stats site), and was even prematurely criticized early in the season by one of the local writers that he lost a step due to adding the weight in the offseason. As the season went on, of course, that myth was debunked but it’s become a meme on the Ducks blog AddictedToQuack.

Since he went into the season at 195, I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see him show up to the combine at 200 pounds. At that point, it’s just a matter of whether he still runs a good 40 time and performs well in the other drills.