A question of style: Evan, Roy or Tim?

[REDSKINS4ever]

Looking back on it, Helu could have rushed for over 1,000 yards had he been inserted into the lineup earlier in the season. It took Hightower to go down with a season ending injury for Helu to get a bulk load of the carries. But based on Royster's yard per carry average last season, I'd say he's the best of the three Redskin running backs.

[30gut]

Here's how I rate the backs on each skillset:
Rated on a point scale (3-1) where 3 is the highest

Helu......Hightower..........Royster
3................2....................1.......Size
3................2....................1.......Spee d
2................1....................3.......Quic kness
3................2....................1.......Toug hness
2................1....................3.......Late ral Agility
2................1....................3.......Cutb ack ability
3................3....................3........Vis ion
3................2..................1(?)......Catc hing
2................3..................1(?)......Pass Pro
3................2..................1(?)......Rout e Running
2................1....................?........Dur ability
3................2....................1.......Powe r(break tackles/run through contact)
2................1....................3.......Juke (make people miss in space)
2................3.....................1.......Lea dership/Locker room

[TexSkins]

Originally Posted by 30gut

Here's how I rate the backs on each skillset:
Rated on a point scale (3-1) where 3 is the highest

Helu......Hightower..........Royster
3................2....................1.......Size
3................2....................1.......Spee d
2................1....................3.......Quic kness
3................2....................1.......Toug hness
2................1....................3.......Late ral Agility
2................1....................3.......Cutb ack ability
3................3....................3........Vis ion
3................2..................1(?)......Catc hing
2................3..................1(?)......Pass Pro
3................2..................1(?)......Rout e Running
2................1....................?........Dur ability
3................2....................1.......Powe r(break tackles/run through contact)
2................1....................3.......Juke (make people miss in space)
2................3.....................1.......Lea dership/Locker room

I'm not sure if you mixed the names or ratings on this but some of this doesn't make sense. Size - they're all similar in height and weight. Royster is the tallest and Hightower weighs the most so Helu doesn't deserve a 3. Hightower should be more powerful than Helu.

[30gut]

Originally Posted by TexSkins

I'm not sure if you mixed the names or ratings on this but some of this doesn't make sense. Size - they're all similar in height and weight. Royster is the tallest and Hightower weighs the most so Helu doesn't deserve a 3.

The rankings are simply a categorized numerical breakdown of my opinion.
I wouldn't and don't expect universal or even small scale agreement.
I'm sure if you were to use the same format (and I would love to see it if you wanted to post it)
to rate the backs it would be different from mine.
But, that difference wouldn't compel me to state that your rankings 'don't make sense' or 'player doesn't deserve rating X' or 'player X should have ranking X'

But to answer your questions:
Sure the backs are similar in height and weight but they're not the same.
Each person, I'm sure has their own view of ideal size for a RB.
And for me its a mix of their height/weight and their actual size in pads.
Helu is an inch shorter but only 3 pounds lighter then THT imo this makes him more compact and I think its apparent in how they look in pads.

Helu is 5-11/219
Hightower is 6'/222
Royster is 6'1/213

Hightower should be more powerful than Helu

Maybe Hightower should be more powerful in your view.
But to my eye no RB on the team runs through contact better then Helu.