There is good news and bad news for the Yellow Jacket A-backs, going into 2018. The good news is that 3 of the top 4 players from last season are returning and will play integral roles in the offense. The bad news is that A-back production was down last year as seen in Cade’s examination of multitude of reasons why A-back production fell last year in his preparing for the worst article .
But that is not what this article is about. This is the time for blind optimism about this fall. The Jackets only played four A-backs last season, a low number for the past few years.