JFS171
Footballguy
Relatively new to the forum, so if this belongs elsewhere or combined with something, by all means...
For those of us in deeper leagues, dynasty leagues, etc who may not exactly trust Felix Jones, who's the best handcuff for next-in-line?
I ask for a couple reasons.
1) Jones has never carried the load... seems to always break when he does.
2) The Audible podcast had an interesting take on Murray's injury, saying it's really difficult to know with ligament sprains in the foot. We don't know what area exactly; we don't know what ligaments; we don't know exactly how sprained. I don't think the Cowboys or Murray are lying, but I'm not 100% buying that McFadden and the Raiders were purposefully lying last year either. My point is while everyone may think Murray is a 1-2 week or quicker recovery, it COULD be longer - we don't know.
3) Definitely don't know the chance of reinjuring the foot once he returns, given he's going to be tackled by very large human beings and running into pile-ups quite often.
4) What do we really know about Phillip Tanner?
5) What do we really know about Lance Dunbar?
This article here pointed to Dunbar as an interesting stash.
Dunbar's pro-day:
Height: 5'8 3/8"
Weight: 197 lbs
40 Time: 4.47
Vertical: 35"
3 Cone: 6.8
Short Shuttle: 4.07
Tanner's pro-day:
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 208
40 Time: 4.55
Vertical: 36"
3 Cone: 7.2
Short Shuttle: 4.4
Tanner is now listed at 217, which I doubt makes him any faster. His career YPC is 3.5 (a debated stat I know). HE seems more like an effort guy running, and I've seen compared to Morris (which prior to this year, in a perfect system, wouldn't have necessarily been a positive).
Dunbar's got production (more than Tanner in the same conference), has some wiggle, can catch, and is obviously shifty. At 5'8", 200lbs essentially, he's gotta be hard to get a clean hit on.
Makes for an interesting debate... who you got?
For those of us in deeper leagues, dynasty leagues, etc who may not exactly trust Felix Jones, who's the best handcuff for next-in-line?
I ask for a couple reasons.
1) Jones has never carried the load... seems to always break when he does.
2) The Audible podcast had an interesting take on Murray's injury, saying it's really difficult to know with ligament sprains in the foot. We don't know what area exactly; we don't know what ligaments; we don't know exactly how sprained. I don't think the Cowboys or Murray are lying, but I'm not 100% buying that McFadden and the Raiders were purposefully lying last year either. My point is while everyone may think Murray is a 1-2 week or quicker recovery, it COULD be longer - we don't know.
3) Definitely don't know the chance of reinjuring the foot once he returns, given he's going to be tackled by very large human beings and running into pile-ups quite often.
4) What do we really know about Phillip Tanner?
5) What do we really know about Lance Dunbar?
This article here pointed to Dunbar as an interesting stash.
Dunbar's pro-day:
Height: 5'8 3/8"
Weight: 197 lbs
40 Time: 4.47
Vertical: 35"
3 Cone: 6.8
Short Shuttle: 4.07
Tanner's pro-day:
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 208
40 Time: 4.55
Vertical: 36"
3 Cone: 7.2
Short Shuttle: 4.4
Tanner is now listed at 217, which I doubt makes him any faster. His career YPC is 3.5 (a debated stat I know). HE seems more like an effort guy running, and I've seen compared to Morris (which prior to this year, in a perfect system, wouldn't have necessarily been a positive).
Dunbar's got production (more than Tanner in the same conference), has some wiggle, can catch, and is obviously shifty. At 5'8", 200lbs essentially, he's gotta be hard to get a clean hit on.
Makes for an interesting debate... who you got?
