I hate to play the "Old fart who's seen it all" card, but I attended Emmitt's first start in the Bama game at Legion Field, way back when. After playing sparingly in the first couple of games, due to Galen's wish to bring him along slowly, ES exploded onto the scene like few ever have. To this day, I'm still a big believer in playing the special talent ASAP. Now before someone bites my face off for "comparing" Bowman to Emmitt, please recall that prior to ES going nuclear on Bear's boys, no one truly knew just how "ready" he really was. DM is highly unlikely to take the kind of leap of faith GH did with Emmitt. Of course, if Bowman sees significant time early on, I'll gladly eat my words.