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Solid Orange [1384]
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Shipley has 20 carries for 50 yards this season
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Dec 12, 2024, 12:18 AM
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He really should of stayed in school
We’d of went 11-1 with ship
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Paw Master [17203]
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Re: Shipley has 20 carries for 50 yards this season
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Dec 12, 2024, 12:29 AM
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Yep! He absolutely should have stayed!
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Clemson Icon [24858]
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Re: Shipley has 20 carries for 50 yards this season
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Dec 12, 2024, 12:38 AM
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He can always join the staff. Job Man Caravan.........
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All-Pro [708]
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Re: Shipley has 20 carries for 50 yards this season
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Dec 12, 2024, 3:38 AM
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Imagine him catching passes out of the backfield this year. Would have been huge compliment to an improved offense.
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Paw Warrior [4772]
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Re: Shipley has 20 carries for 50 yards this season
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Dec 12, 2024, 5:29 AM
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He would've started and Mafah likely would've transferred tbh.
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1st Rounder [668]
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Re: Shipley has 20 carries for 50 yards this season
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Dec 12, 2024, 4:12 AM
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He's behind Barkley. How many passes caught?
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Game Changer [1607]
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Re: Shipley has 20 carries for 50 yards this season
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Dec 12, 2024, 7:03 AM
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Similar to the Ravens, their QB eats a little into the # of touches for all their RBs
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Team Captain [453]
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Re: Shipley has 20 carries for 50 yards this season
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Dec 12, 2024, 6:20 AM
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I agree he would have helped this year. I’m not sure he would have been any more prepared for the NFL with another year of college.
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Game Changer [1834]
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Dec 12, 2024, 7:02 AM
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Some of these replies feel like revisionist history. People were ecstatic that Shipley was leaving because he got tackled by the turf monster every game.
Folks were begging for mafah to start.
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National Champion [7123]
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Re: Shipley has 20 carries for 50 yards this season
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Dec 12, 2024, 7:05 AM
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This is true, unfortunately. Shipley snd Mafah complemented each other very well.
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Dynasty Maker [3329]
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Re: Shipley has 20 carries for 50 yards this season
Dec 12, 2024, 11:10 AM
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He is also a kick returner and has looked good there with at least one good return.
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Legend [6669]
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Re: Shipley has 20 carries for 50 yards this season
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Dec 12, 2024, 7:32 AM
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Mafah was and is the better running back. Mafah, healthy, is violent. If Shipley stays, Mafah would have been gone, and even with the injury, we got the better deal out of the two.
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Dec 13, 2024, 12:46 AM
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I like mafah but he’s slow.
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Rival Killer [2781]
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Re: Shipley has 20 carries for 50 yards this season
Dec 12, 2024, 10:14 AM
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Yea.. I appreciated Ship and he'll always be a Tiger, but d@mn all the fumbles.. Watching him was like watching Ray Ray field a kickoff..
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National Champion [7493]
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Re: Shipley has 20 carries for 50 yards this season
Dec 12, 2024, 8:14 AM
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Yup. NFL--not for long.
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Orange Immortal [68858]
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That says more about Saquon Barkley than it does about Shipley...
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Dec 12, 2024, 8:19 AM
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Barkley is the top rusher in the NFL and Shipley is stuck playing behind him.
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Orange Phenom [14255]
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I don't think Ship single-handedly wins us
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May 15, 2020, 4:47 PM
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the Georgia or Louisville games. SC was close enough that having a competent and healthy RB may have been the difference. It would certainly be nice to have him right now for the Texas game.
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Re: Shipley has 20 carries for 50 yards this season
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Dec 12, 2024, 8:34 AM
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NFL performance just shows he was never all that more than just a functional back.
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Game Day Hero [4567]
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Dec 12, 2024, 9:41 AM
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NFL performance just shows he was never all that more than just a functional back.
Functional? He made an Active NFL Roster!!!! He’s better than Functional!
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Orange Immortal [62976]
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A lot of Heisman winners don't make it in the NFL.
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Dec 12, 2024, 10:03 AM
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Shipley had a great 3-year career at Clemson, averaging 5.0 yds per carry, catching 85 passes, and scoring 33 TDs, with quite a few long runs. Some message board "fans" just don't like him. Last time I checked, he is still on an NFL roster, and is stuck behind one of the best RBs in the NFL. Zero shame in that.
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Re: Shipley has 20 carries for 50 yards this season
Dec 12, 2024, 9:44 AM
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Isn’t Shipley third team running back? He’s gonna have to go somewhere else to get a shot.
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All-Time Great [94524]
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I think they mainly use him as a kickoff returner. Hard to get many carries
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Dec 12, 2024, 9:44 AM
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with Saquon Barkley starting. They even have a good second string rb too.
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Paw Warrior [4752]
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Dec 12, 2024, 10:59 AM
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Agree!! Could have really used him. He got lot of crap but he was a leader we are missing. I really think he could have made a difference in our losses
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National Champion [8068]
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he signed a 4 year contract for $4.7 mil, $716K signing bonus and has taken very
Dec 12, 2024, 11:37 PM
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few hits. Explain to me why he should have stayed?
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Dynasty Maker [3382]
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Re: Shipley has 20 carries for 50 yards this season
Dec 12, 2024, 11:50 PM
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Especially being behind Barkley....
What could have been smh?
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Solid Orange [1365]
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Dec 13, 2024, 12:45 AM
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This is all delusional revisionist history. Mafah was a much better running back than Shipley, who was slower and weaker. Most of us were very frustrated that the coaches took so long to start Mafah. Shipley was a very impressive athlete, and a bigger receiving threat, but that hasn't really been the missing piece we've needed. He also was a fumble machine and was pretty bad at pass blocking.
I think Shipley was better than Haynes is, at least at this point, because he added that new wrinkle. But we were absolutely pulverized by UGA and Louisville. UGA had 2 1/2 times more yards than we did. Louisville was up 26-7 with double our yards when they put in their backups in the fourth quarter. I'm not sure Ashton Jeanty could have helped us win those games, let alone someone who'd already lost their starting position.
I do think it's entirely plausible he could have been a much bigger help against South Carolina (though he was also a potential liability). That one is arguable at least.
And another year wasn't going to help Shipley do better in the NFL. Running back isn't like some other positions where working on fundamentals can make a huge difference. He made an active roster, but no amount of preparation is going to make him an NFL star or help him surpass Saquon Barkley. That's just pure genetics.
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Associate AD [1074]
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He probably read all the comments from
Dec 13, 2024, 6:07 AM
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Clemson fans about how he sucked and Mafah needed to start.
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Asst Coach [806]
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Dec 13, 2024, 7:16 AM
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This!
A lot of people last year were clamoring for Mafah and wanted Shipley benched……
With RB unless you have that rare 1st round, all-world guy like Travis , Jeanty, or Derrick Henry you need a solid RB rotation.
It is one position where depth is super important. Mafah and Shipley certainly don’t suck, they are good running backs but they aren’t equipped to carry the load, every game for 20+ carries all season long. Wear and tear just got to Mafah and Shipley also had a history of injuries if you remember…it is sadly inevitable at that position aside from a rare few.
If anything is to blame it is the lack of load management this season…Phil, Haynes, and maybe Adams should have been sharing carries all year!
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