Heard the same thing about Hightowers low ypc. Torain had 3 carries (2 of which were goaline), Jury is still out, Court is in session...Choo Choooooooooo
Help me out here. Which two were goalline carries?1-5-MIA 5 (4:38) 42-R.Torain up the middle to MIA 2 for 3 yards
1-10-DEN 20 (2:17) 42-R.Torain right end to DEN 18 for -2 yards
2-21-DEN 36 (6:20) 42-R.Torain up the middle to DEN 36 for no gain
Clearly the jury is still out on Torain. Even if none of the carries had been goalline carries, we're talking about only THREE carries, and they're the first three carries this ROOKIE RB has had, after a grand total of TWO FULL WEEKS OF PRACTICE.
I realize that some people want to induct him into the HOF already, which is obviously utterly ridiculous, but it seems like some folks on the other extreme already want to write him off as a worthless RB who should never have even been drafted, which is ridiculous as well.
We'll hopefully have some more evidence to judge Torain after Week 10 (although with Shanahan, you never know for sure). I had room and picked him up -- not because I'm at all convinced he's the next Terrell Davis, but because with Hall & Pittman out, he looks like a decent lottery ticket, especially in a larger league where starting RBs of any value are hard to come by. And while I'm not crazy enough to think I know with any certainty what Torain will do in Week 10, I AM reasonably certain that it will be way too late to try and get him AFTER Week 10 in most large leagues if it turns out that he DOES have value going forward.