Oscar Gamble: Ish Witter is not a lead back. I think 2015 established that beyond a reasonable doubt. He was fans’ whipping boy because he struggled manufacturing positive yards behind an awful line and went down at the slightest contact.
For the past two years Witter has finished somewhat strong. During the spring, Michael Scherer said Witter was a changed man, a much harder runner. We’ll see about that.
As Bill noted during our spring previews, Witter rushed 37 times for 176 yards (4.8 per carry) in his last four games and in 2014 had 13 carries for 77 yards (a strong 5.