Sounds like a great guy but

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I watched Chase Reynolds at Washinton Stadium in Missoula. He was a thumper of a running back who hit holes hard and stepped out of tackles, gaining ground on second and third effort.

Kid who played on an 8-man team in a rural league and makes it big as a collegian running back? That's something I can admire, somebody I can respect and root for.

He started his RB career as a Ram in a room headed by Steven Jackson, and ended it behind Todd Gurley and Malcom Brown. Not much chance there to get on the field - except on special teams. As a special teamer he worked hard and as he did in college, gave it 110% on every play.

Legend? You're quite right - not hardly, as Rams running backs and pro football in general are concerned. Legends are the stuff of public achievement and optics.

Teammate, hard worker, one who embodies the personal ethics and determination to succeed, and can uplift and inspire others in an NFL lockerroom or in his community after football? That stuff may not be as visible, but is more important than legends.

Sounds like a great guy but I am not sure I can say being a "hard worker and great guy" is "MORE important than legends" and I mean no disrespect to Chase. But...I'll take a "legend" over a "hard worker" every time.

Sometimes you just need to have "both" qualities ala Ike Bruce. Great guy AND a legend.

Merlin Olsen. Great guy and legend.

Jack "Mr. Ram" Youngblood. Great guy and legend.

Of course there are legends who weren't great people too. Faulk had his non football issues but still was a legend.

I do agree you NEED as many guys that are like Chase was too. We not me. Hard workers, etc but I still would take a legend who had some issues over a great guy that just wasn't good enough but worked hard and did things the right way. JMO

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“Well, the color is good, I like the metallic blue,” Youngblood recently said while laughing, via NFL Journal. “The horn is terrible. It looks like a ‘C.’ When I first saw it on the logo I honestly thought it was a Charger logo.

“Now when I see it on the helmet, it just isn’t a ram horn. There is no distinct curl like a mature ram horn. I don’t know how the Rams could get that wrong. That is your symbol and it has been for what? Seventy years or more? Longer than I have been alive? It’s just not us, it’s not the Rams.”---Mr. Ram Jack Youngblood