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He started week 8 and after 8 games is 101 yards short of 1000 yards. His stats projected out would be 1799 and 12 TD's. He won't be replaced and runs very well in the zone system no matter the opponent.
I've seen him projected as a top 5 player. If Favre comes back(he should) I would have him in the top 10. He runs like Dorsey Levens and fits perfectly in the system. The only way he loses the job is an injury.
Well...they had how many different backs tried it for the first 8 weeks of the season and failed?
Brandon Jackson, Vernand Morency, and Deshawn Wynn failed. Not exactly a tremendous collection of talent...
Either intentionally misleading or terrible, terrible math skills.For clarification, he has 899 yards rushing on the season. He has 872 since week 8, which is 9 games. That projects to 1550 yards rushing over 16 games. Still impressive.
Oh pardon me for being a few yards off. Intentionally misleading?
Never heard of a 250 yard error being described as just a few yards off.Oh pardon me for being a few yards off. Intentionally misleading?
Who (besides you) says he doesn't bring anything special to the table? I think he's shown good vision and tremendous burst. He's also a tough runner who can go both inside and outside.
Ryan Grant with Brandon Jackson and Deshawn Wynn as a backups is not a bad backfield. Green Bay doesnt need to be looking at RB's in the draft. This group is more than capable.
He doesn't need to be especially "special", just being a quality back is good enough. He's done everything asked of him.
I'm fairly certain LT is ahead of him now, pushed ahead during week 15. Still, considering everything, that's impressive.
PAckers gave up a draft pick for this guy. He is not going anywhere.I disagree with this. He has some great vision. He is able to find that cutback and then take it to the house!Not as productive: B. Jackson/Wynn/morency/Gado and Green last year
Is he much less talented than Rudi? Graham? White? Foster? Jordan? Norwood? T. Jones? Benson? etc. Situation and timing is a big part of the equation and he seems to have both on his side.
why leave Wynn off the list? he had a couple good games before the injury, if anyone is left off, it should be Jackson.
Exactly. I think it is hard to put trust in a runningback when they don't have the pedigree to suggest a successful pro career. One stat that is quite impressive is that he has 10 runs of 20+ yards and 2 runs of 40+ yards in 182 attempts. He's doing something right.
I selected Brandon Jackson in the first round of my dynasty league rookie draft this season, so it's a safe bet that Grant will be cemented in as the starter until he gets hurt.
Morency.... haven't seen anything from him that warrants the discussion he seems to get. I think Grant / Wynn is the backfield here. Wynn definitely showed enough to warrant being the main backup. Jackson has that "we used a high pick on him...", so he'll probably hang around another year. But I don't see where Morency fits at all.
Wynn is in a very tough position. Injuries by the other backs were the only thing keeping him from being cut initially. He was put on IR for more than his injury.LAUNCH
Clearly what the packers need is offensive line help. You put him behind a decent line and he is a top 10 RB every year.Brandon Jackson stays as back up and hopefully learns to pick up the blitz.
The few times I've seen Grant he looked great - almost stud-like - but I wouldn't be surprised if they draft another RB since it's such a deep RB draft. Brandon Jackson hasn't shown much and Wynn seems like a headcase. It's Grant's job to lose.
He had 899 yards going into the last week of the season. He got 56 or 58 more before he left the game. Just clarifying the clarification is all.
Hard to look at just the numbers and make a determination, though.Mike Bell had something like 900 yards in spot duty for the Broncos last year, but has about 20 this year.I'm just sayin'.
Agreed.
Agreed...while the glitz of the young kids and the numbers they put up in college is always tempting.This team needs other things to continue to set up for the future.CB, OT, LB They need depth at those positions to continue competing for the title.
Looked better than who? Better than Grant?Not even close.Wynn looked ok...but nothing close to how Grant has run.
