Long Ball Larry
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If there is a better thread that already exists for this, please let me know. I am trying to break down the starting RB situations on each team in order to get a good sense of the true opportunities that each guy will get and to determine the rough probability of a high amount of playing time/opportunity to achieve his ceiling.
Below I have broken them into 5 categories (ordering within categories is random), in order of their probability of impact (though the second and third categories could possibly be flipped).
The first is guys who I would say are firmly entrenched as the number 1 back and have proven results with their current team (even if only for 1 year.
The second is guys who appear to be the starter for the first team and/or with a new team.
The third is guys who are clearly starter and have been with their teams and shown results in the past, but who I have concerns about due to injury, age, or additional competition.
The fourth and fifth categories are perhaps the most important ones to watch over the next month. They are teams where there is no true starter and a lot of different guys are in the mix. I separated it out a bit in order to try to get identify the guys with the most upside, but there can be plenty of debate, I'm sure.
Let's hear your thoughts on any of the players and teams and how stable you think the different situations are.
SOLID NUMBER 1
Spiller (BUF)
Charles (KC)
Foster (HOU)
Rice (BAL)
Peterson (MIN)
McCoy (PHI)
T. Richardson (CLE)
Martin (TB)
Lynch (SEA)
Morris (WSH)
Forte (CHI)
NEW NUMBER 1
Jackson (ATL)
Wilson (NYG)
Ivory (NYJ)
Miller (MIA)
QUESTIONABLE NUMBER 1
Jones-Drew (JAX)
Murray (DAL)
McFadden (OAK)
Johnson (TEN)
Matthews (SD)
Ridley (NE)
Gore (SF)
SHRUG With a Leader
L. Bell? (PIT)
Bernard? (CIN)
Lacy? (GB)
Moreno? (DEN)
Bush? (DET)
SHRUG
Cardinals (AZ)
Saints (NO)
Rams (STL)
Panthers (CAR)
Colts (IND)
edit: formatting, oof.
Below I have broken them into 5 categories (ordering within categories is random), in order of their probability of impact (though the second and third categories could possibly be flipped).
The first is guys who I would say are firmly entrenched as the number 1 back and have proven results with their current team (even if only for 1 year.
The second is guys who appear to be the starter for the first team and/or with a new team.
The third is guys who are clearly starter and have been with their teams and shown results in the past, but who I have concerns about due to injury, age, or additional competition.
The fourth and fifth categories are perhaps the most important ones to watch over the next month. They are teams where there is no true starter and a lot of different guys are in the mix. I separated it out a bit in order to try to get identify the guys with the most upside, but there can be plenty of debate, I'm sure.
Let's hear your thoughts on any of the players and teams and how stable you think the different situations are.
SOLID NUMBER 1
Spiller (BUF)
Charles (KC)
Foster (HOU)
Rice (BAL)
Peterson (MIN)
McCoy (PHI)
T. Richardson (CLE)
Martin (TB)
Lynch (SEA)
Morris (WSH)
Forte (CHI)
NEW NUMBER 1
Jackson (ATL)
Wilson (NYG)
Ivory (NYJ)
Miller (MIA)
QUESTIONABLE NUMBER 1
Jones-Drew (JAX)
Murray (DAL)
McFadden (OAK)
Johnson (TEN)
Matthews (SD)
Ridley (NE)
Gore (SF)
SHRUG With a Leader
L. Bell? (PIT)
Bernard? (CIN)
Lacy? (GB)
Moreno? (DEN)
Bush? (DET)
SHRUG
Cardinals (AZ)
Saints (NO)
Rams (STL)
Panthers (CAR)
Colts (IND)
edit: formatting, oof.
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