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#2 pick Foster or ? (1 Viewer)
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Khy
Footballguy
Standard scoring Martin is probably your best chance for high floor low ceiling.
McCoy is your best for a mid floor high ceiling
TRich is your best for mid floor higher ceiling
Charles is your best for mid-low floor highest ceiling
Pick your poison on the type of guy you want to draft, either way it's not Foster.
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Keith Lewis
Footballguy
Got foster at 10. Happy to take him. At 2 or later I take Charles every time.
he_hate_me_too
Footballguy
I have the #2 this year in a PPR. I love the fact that TB has a good offensive line and a run first mentality. Charles is a stud with huge upside, my biggest concern is Andy Reid's love of the pass. I hope Smith dumps down to him 6 times a game.
I was leaning on going with Martin, but I am starting to come around to Charles.
I was leaning on going with Martin, but I am starting to come around to Charles.
Dancing Bear
Footballguy
Take Foster ahead of Martin, Spiller, Charles, Richardson or McCoy!
He's the only RB to have a 100+ yards per game and 1+ TD per game in the NFL over the past 3 years. Week in, week out he'll have the opportunity to score terrific points!
His demise is simply over-reaction; he's only played 3 seasons and has at least 3 more good years in his body. Last year the O-Line was not nearly as good as the previous 2 years as they were ranked 16th by FBG with a rookie at RG and a mess at RT. This year FBG has their line ranked 2nd which should bode well for him!
He has amazing opportunity being the bell-cow on one of the best Offenses in the NFL. None of your other options can say that. Not even close.
Spiller has an awful O-line [27th] with no WR's and a rookie QB ...
Charles has a completely new everything and there is no way to tell what's going to happen with his opportunities. His O-Line is marginally better than Buffaloes at 23rd. Alex Smith sucks and Bowe can be double-covered every play leaving 9 to watch for Charles.
Richardson has the 7th ranked O-Line which is good, but can Weeden throw it and if so to who?
McCoy has the 14th ranked O-Line, but he has a flaky error-prone QB with lots of potential. For both scoring and getting hurt ... On top of the fact that McCoy missed significant time last year ...
Martin has a reasonable O-Line at 9th overall. He has two decent WR's to take pressure off and spread the field, but the Freeman is inconsistent. Martin is my second favorite after Foster because of this. However, Martin scored 32% of his yearly fantasy total in 2 games; weeks 8 & 9. Yikes!
He's the only RB to have a 100+ yards per game and 1+ TD per game in the NFL over the past 3 years. Week in, week out he'll have the opportunity to score terrific points!
His demise is simply over-reaction; he's only played 3 seasons and has at least 3 more good years in his body. Last year the O-Line was not nearly as good as the previous 2 years as they were ranked 16th by FBG with a rookie at RG and a mess at RT. This year FBG has their line ranked 2nd which should bode well for him!
He has amazing opportunity being the bell-cow on one of the best Offenses in the NFL. None of your other options can say that. Not even close.
Spiller has an awful O-line [27th] with no WR's and a rookie QB ...
Charles has a completely new everything and there is no way to tell what's going to happen with his opportunities. His O-Line is marginally better than Buffaloes at 23rd. Alex Smith sucks and Bowe can be double-covered every play leaving 9 to watch for Charles.
Richardson has the 7th ranked O-Line which is good, but can Weeden throw it and if so to who?
McCoy has the 14th ranked O-Line, but he has a flaky error-prone QB with lots of potential. For both scoring and getting hurt ... On top of the fact that McCoy missed significant time last year ...
Martin has a reasonable O-Line at 9th overall. He has two decent WR's to take pressure off and spread the field, but the Freeman is inconsistent. Martin is my second favorite after Foster because of this. However, Martin scored 32% of his yearly fantasy total in 2 games; weeks 8 & 9. Yikes!
socrates
Footballguy
It has been much debated who should be at the #2 spot, and I say, forget most of what others say and take the player you like; he won't be there in the 2nd. You could make a convincing argument for Foster, Spiller, Charles, Martin, Richardson, McCoy, Rice, Lynch or Calvin. Read and digest as much reliable information as possible, but if you have a preference for a player, follow your instincts.
Khy
Footballguy
In the end this is really what it all boils down to... most of us (not all but most) make an early judgment around June/July who we think are going to have massive breakout seasons. If no information comes to light to change that situation between then and your draft just stick with your gut and pick that guy. Even if you take him a little early. I do this every year and every year I seem to get amazing values by doing it, even by drafting guys ahead of their ADP.
If all off-season you've been dead set on Foster... then take Foster.
If you thought McCoy would flourish in the Kelly offense, then take him. No information has come to light to prove otherwise.
Do you think Charles is going to breakout with a 2500 all purpose yard season in Reid's system? Take him, short of a mild injury scare that's behind him there's no reason to change that process or estimate you had early on in the offseason.
And so on and so forth. None of the guys we're all discussing here have any "real" information to sway you away from them if they were 'your guy' from the start. The closest with information happens to be Foster. We know that he won't see his bellbow carries for the first week at least as confirmed by Kubiak. Who knows for the whole season.
