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Ryan Mathews Expectations for Week 3 (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Stompin' Tom Connors
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Insoxicated
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
Say you had to bet $500.00 of your own money on one of only two options. 1. Matthews stays healthy and uninjured the rest of the season. 2. Matthews gets injured again before the season is over. Just 14 games left. What one would you choose?
Say you had to bet $500 of your own money on which one of these guys scores more points on the 16 game season: Mathews, C.Johnson, or DMC? Which would you choose. I'll take Mathews for 12 games over either of those two guys, especially since DMC is more fragile than Mathews.
Stompin' Tom Connors
Footballguy
The breaks were a full year apart, so hard to say that the first break bore on the second -- I am not sure if it was even the same collarbone (you have two).Regardless, when you break a bone, the bone knits together at the site and can actually be stronger than the original. I broke my clavicle in college, and after the healing period it was 100% ready to go -- no loss of mobility or strength, and it wasn't as if I was handling it any gingerly that first week out of a sling. Then again, I was drunk most of the time.Anyway, I think the caution with Mathews is more valid if you are worried about rust, not bone.
If by "get injured" you mean "miss a game due to injury," that's a really close call.Slightly more than half of all starting RBs who play in 16 games in Year N miss at least one game due to injury the following year. If there were 16 games left in the season, I'd bet on option #2 ("gets injured") for any starting RB.
But there are only 14 games left now, and it's easier to go 14 games without missing one than it is to go 16 games. The average healthy running back is probably about even money to go 14 games without missing time due to injury.
I don't believe that Ryan Mathews is more injury-prone than average based on his physical build or running style. He may be less likely than average to play through certain injuries, but I think he's matured in that respect. So my opinion is that Mathews is no more likely than average to miss time, which means he's probably about even money to make it through the next 14 games without missing a game due to injury. Flip a coin.
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aesclepius
Footballguy
I'm not wanting to see his c*ck.Can you lay your whole rooster out on the table for us to inspect?
Cenobite
Footballguy
2. But I would make that bet with most RBs. In the first 2 weeks, 3 starting RBs are out. Forte, Bradshaw, and F. Jackson. More RBs will get injured and miss a game. R. Bush was an injury risk and last year it worked out fine. I would have made that bet regarding R. Bush last year and I would have lost (although he did miss week 17). RM is no more an injury risk than R.Bush or DMac. as well as some other RBs. I hope he's good to go and remains that way but, no, I wouldn't be surprised if he got hurt again.
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
MT..I had Matthews the last two years and watched almost every game he has played in. Somes guys for whatever reason seem to hardly ever get dinged. IMO Matthews is not one of those guys. Almost every game I have watched and even the games he completes it always seems he is getting dinged in one way or another. Plus Matthews takes himself out of the game more than any RB I have seen in some time. Last year Tolbert got many of his carries after Matthews took himself out after getting tackled hard. I am sure Matthews is as tough as any RB..but for some reason he just seems to get nicked easier.
Sabertooth
Footballguy
O.e thing about the I jury is that it was into his legs.
Sounds about right. If the google is working for me the chargers have had the 2nd most redzone opportunities in the NFL this year. Mathews is going to help open up the passing game and allow them to do more on the ground, so even against a tough ATL D I think we'll have to expect what Denver did and I think Mathews upside is more along the lines of 25/200/3.
Shutout
Footballguy
Yeah, just mentioned it but don't really think it makes a hill of beans difference in this case. I think it WAS the same bone though because I think I remember them saying they put a plate over it after the second break.
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Insoxicated
...and then there's that.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Disastrous day for the entire San Diego team, but Mathews looked decent and he came out of the game healthy.
Baby steps.
Baby steps.
