Nobody really knows what Pete is going to do but I agree Lacy gets the chance to see if he is the RB they brought in to be the early down back and salt the game away hammer.I don't trust Rawls as far as I could throw him..it's easy to get excited about Lacy's whipping of the Colts, but it was the Colts..but he's the guy with the experience,the resume, etc..Rawls is a JAG..Lacy gets his shot and performs well, nothing crazy, but perhaps 80 yards and a TD?
It definitely does feel like if any of these guys do manage to have a big week, owners should sell sell sell.I was actually a bit surprised at how well Lacy ran Sunday. I think he may have been taking advantage of a whipped defense...but he'd been perceived as a whipped RB, and perhaps the sight of seeing a 7th round rookie usurp him spurred him to reach deep.
I think this backfield will turn into more of a preservation type situation. If you see a big workload for Rawls one week, SEA may look to ease his workload the next and turn to Lacy the next to try their best to keep each guy as fresh as possible.
Disagree. IMO this will become an entertaining cage match given Carroll's Darwinian approach to coaching.I was actually a bit surprised at how well Lacy ran Sunday. I think he may have been taking advantage of a whipped defense...but he'd been perceived as a whipped RB, and perhaps the sight of seeing a 7th round rookie usurp him spurred him to reach deep.
I think this backfield will turn into more of a preservation type situation. If you see a big workload for Rawls one week, SEA may look to ease his workload the next and turn to Lacy the next to try their best to keep each guy as fresh as possible.
Yeah I think the correct play is not own any of the 4. Of these two, when healthy Rawls has been more impressive. He’s got 3 games of 160+, including a playoff game last year when he went 27-161-1 after having missed 15 weeks. Talent & productivity have never been the issue. He was a healthy scratch last week but has been drawing praise off this week’s practice.I would put 25% probability on each of lacy, Rawls, mckissic, and none of the above. It's that muddled.
Rawls was a legit rb1 when he was the bell cow in 2015, and that's why my chips are on him. But starting any of them this week would be pretty desperate imo.
Lacy was a more Legit RB1 in 2015 so your logic is flawed.davearm said:I would put 25% probability on each of lacy, Rawls, mckissic, and none of the above. It's that muddled.
Rawls was a legit rb1 when he was the bell cow in 2015, and that's why my chips are on him. But starting any of them this week would be pretty desperate imo.
Well this is plainly false.Lacy was a more Legit RB1 in 2015 so your logic is flawed.
That's funny... didn't know it was a 6 game season. What happened to the other 10?Well this is plainly false.
In 2015, Lacy was RB24 in standard leagues @ 8.3 ppg. Nowhere near rb1 production. Barely rb2 production in fact.
In the 6 games Rawls was the Seahawks primary rb that year, he averaged 18.0 ppg. Definitely rb1 production.
He wasn't the bell cow in the other 10. Lynch was. Better go back and re-read.That's funny... didn't know it was a 6 game season. What happened to the other 10?
This is a terrible argument. You're cherry picking Rawls' best games but not Lynch's. And you're only using his 2015 bell cow games but not his 2016 bell cow games? Lemme guess, without even looking - they don't support your narrative.He wasn't the bell cow in the other 10. Lynch was. Better go back and re-read.
You can't say that anyone is the guy for now until it plays out.Rawls is the guy for now. The problem is he will eventually get hurt.
Look I commented that I'm betting on Rawls because he was a clear rb1 in 2015 when he got the starting job. I didn't think there was much to argue about on that.This is a terrible argument. You're cherry picking Rawls' best games but not Lynch's. And you're only using his 2015 bell cow games but not his 2016 bell cow games? Lemme guess, without even looking - they don't support your narrative.
Except you had to cherry pick Rawls' best games to make it, which actually proves nothing.Look I commented that I'm betting on Rawls because he was a clear rb1 in 2015 when he got the starting job. I didn't think there was much to argue about on that.
He was kinda terrible in 2016. I'm aware of that too.
That other guy's comment about lacy out playing Rawls in 2015 is laughable, so I pointed that out.
LolExcept you had to cherry pick Rawls' best games to make it, which actually proves nothing.
If you're gonna cherry pick do it right - "in his best bellcow game he averaged 37.5 PPG, definitely RB1 stats". That'll shut 'em up.
I can say literally anything.You can't say that anyone is the guy for now until it plays out.
I didn't cherry pick Rawls' best games. I included all of the ones where he was the starter. There were 6 of them, and he was a monster in those 6.Except you had to cherry pick Rawls' best games to make it, which actually proves nothing.
If you're gonna cherry pick do it right - "in his best bellcow game he averaged 37.5 PPG, definitely RB1 stats". That'll shut 'em up.
Lacy played football before he got to Seattle.I can say literally anything.
Rawls has the history. Seattle drafted him, Lacey has shown nothing. Rawls is the guy until proven otherwise.
ROY and Pro Bowl. He is more accomplished than Rawls. Rawls has never shown he can do it for an entire year. I would really say what has Rawls done??And did what?
Scientist was dead wrong about Lacy to start the year... homer or not.Lots of guessing going on here.
It's this sort of comment that I don't understand. What is that opinion based upon? Best I can tell is that it is based upon four games worth of work in 2015.Fully healthy Rawls is twice the back that Chubby Lacy is. Problem is, we don' know if we'll ever see healthy Rawls again.
The flip side of this argument is Lacy hasn't done anything since then either.It's this sort of comment that I don't understand. What is that opinion based upon? Best I can tell is that it is based upon four games worth of work in 2015.
Is that fair to say when he averaged 5.1 ypc on 71 carries before getting injured in week 5 last year?The flip side of this argument is Lacy hasn't done anything since then either.
In addition, the implied argument seems to be Lacy is a hands down proven commodity over Rawls. It is fairly obvious Lacy is not the back he was when had 1.5-2 decent seasons a few years ago. At his best, he was never a world beater. The list of RBs who have had a couple good years and faded is long.
It is a fact to say that.Is that fair to say when he averaged 5.1 ypc on 71 carries before getting injured in week 5 last year?