10-10-2010, 10:38 AM
His playing time has been limited, but from the sample that I (and others) have seen, he has one deficit that puts an early lid on his playing time : he can\'t pass block (or any block) to save his life or that of the QB. Others have commented, and I agree, that RBs who can\'t pick up the blitz won\'t get much playing time under Harbaugh. Taylor has done a pretty good job in this dept.
Luckily for Wilkerson, it is a skill, not some natural gift that one either has or is SOL. He can (and must) develop it. He was the star -- in fact the entire offense-- for his HS team. His job: take the handoff or pitch and run run run. Not surprisingly he\'s probably never had to lay a block in his entire HS career. But I betcha next Spring is going to be a bit different from his Fall camp orientation practices.
Amanam has a different problem. I think the staff is squinting at him and trying to see Jaquizz Rodgers. Quizz can and does run inside. Amanam ain\'t Quizz, though. We keep running him inside and his quicks aren\'t enough to break him free most of the time. Taylor is much better in our inside running game.
Luckily for Wilkerson, it is a skill, not some natural gift that one either has or is SOL. He can (and must) develop it. He was the star -- in fact the entire offense-- for his HS team. His job: take the handoff or pitch and run run run. Not surprisingly he\'s probably never had to lay a block in his entire HS career. But I betcha next Spring is going to be a bit different from his Fall camp orientation practices.
Amanam has a different problem. I think the staff is squinting at him and trying to see Jaquizz Rodgers. Quizz can and does run inside. Amanam ain\'t Quizz, though. We keep running him inside and his quicks aren\'t enough to break him free most of the time. Taylor is much better in our inside running game.