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Chargers now list Jackie Battle as RB starter (1 Viewer)
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brewer
Footballguy
Normally, I could care less about the nonsense spouted back and forth in these threads, but this one bothered me a little bit. As someone who has less and less time to browse websites these days, I find it quite helpful to see a thread started when something significant(or something perceived as such) happens.Busy <> lazy.
shadyridr
Footballguy
Whats the point of depth charts if youre gonna track who started the PREVIOUS game?
Shutout
Footballguy
Probably because there is no "run" in that DMC...
Raiderfan32904
Footballguy
Why the outcry about multiple threads? This smells of agenda. Of wanting your particular thread with many comments bumped to the top regardless of if the discussion is on point or has been watered down to veiled WDIS posts.
This thread brings some real news that will probably hit the FBG's daily mail blotter tommorow, so it's worthy in and of itself. Some of us could give a damn about those in the Jackie Battle and Ryan Mathews fanclub or any of its bickering or lingering discussion. Some of us just want the USA Today version.
This thread brings some real news that will probably hit the FBG's daily mail blotter tommorow, so it's worthy in and of itself. Some of us could give a damn about those in the Jackie Battle and Ryan Mathews fanclub or any of its bickering or lingering discussion. Some of us just want the USA Today version.
Shutout
Footballguy
What you call lazy, others might call efficiency. not everyone wants to read 100 posts about Jackie Battle and his efforts last season, just to find a nugget buried in all that.So we need three threads on the 1st page basically saying the same thing so lazy people can get their info.Cool.I don't have Battle or Matthews rostered. I know that Battle has been getting a little playing time, but not really enough to make me wade into a thread about him unless I'm dying for RB help (which I'm not). However, if Battle is now starting above Matthews, that all of a sudden makes Battle interesting, and is news that I otherwise would have missed.
and so goes the 1,000,000th + thread to descend into an argument of what should or should not be posted and/or where is the correct location for a post. I don't know what the correct resolution is and I'm not really taking sides here. Just expressing frustration at how many threads are 10% fantasy football and 90% other nonsense.
and yes, I do understand that I just made this one 1 post worse.
and yes, I do understand that I just made this one 1 post worse.
So you were wrong!!! Apologize and get your ### out of this thread and go read the others!!!This is major news and it deserves it's own thread!
coachbobbyfinstock
Footballguy
Try not to let it get you down big guy!
SameSongNDance
Footballguy
Lol..what?
You win, we are all just really lazy and not nearly as good at internet as you.
Wadsworth
Footballguy
Why is it major news? Battle started Sunday and anyone playing even casual attention should have known that by now.
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cstu
Footballguy
And while fantasy owners are crying bloody murder the Chargers are 3-1 and 2-0 in the division.
Not Sleeping
Footballguy
What amuses me is how the rest of the internet has forum police that gripe about people posting new comments on threads that were opened a year ago (even though those are the threads you inevitably land on from a Google search, so they are still relevant regardless of when they were opened). This is the only forum where everyone wants one thread to live for 2 years and 80 pages.
Jackie O
Buffaloes
Footballguy
not a dudebut all of a sudden I wanna wear a pair of dark sunglasses
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Not Sleeping
Footballguy
Uh...absolutely. I have a hard enough time keeping up with the Greg Zuerlein thread. I don't follow pages of info on Ryan Williams, who I have no investment in. And yes, I am interested to hear that Powell may be making a move on him, and I would appreciate seeing that as a new topic on the front page.Ah, I get it. So today when I realized W.Powell saw more field time than R.Williams last week, instead of posting it the William Powell thread I should have instead created a new topic. Thanks for the heads up.I don't have Battle or Matthews rostered. I know that Battle has been getting a little playing time, but not really enough to make me wade into a thread about him unless I'm dying for RB help (which I'm not). However, if Battle is now starting above Matthews, that all of a sudden makes Battle interesting, and is news that I otherwise would have missed.
VaTerp
Footballguy
You don't have to read 1,000 posts. You go to the last page of a thread and the most recent info will be there.I assume we are, for the most part, all adults here who lead busy lives with careers, family, school, etc. But if you have enough time to be on this site in the first place, let alone posting in threads, then it doesnt take much to open a thread that might be of interest to you and take a quick look at the last page. The busy excuse is just that, an excuse.What you call lazy, others might call efficiency. not everyone wants to read 100 posts about Jackie Battle and his efforts last season, just to find a nugget buried in all that.So we need three threads on the 1st page basically saying the same thing so lazy people can get their info.Cool.I don't have Battle or Matthews rostered. I know that Battle has been getting a little playing time, but not really enough to make me wade into a thread about him unless I'm dying for RB help (which I'm not). However, if Battle is now starting above Matthews, that all of a sudden makes Battle interesting, and is news that I otherwise would have missed.
Like I said before, I don't try to play moderator on here but I am going to express my opinion that it's pointless to have three threads on the same damn thing on the top half of the 1st page. If people would do more posting of pertinent info and less posting of BS and taking things personally then we could ALL enjoy a higher level of efficiency and quality of threads.
Dueces.
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Not Sleeping
Footballguy
Sorry to keep harping on this, but I'm really surprised to see that so many people think it's a good thing to bury new information on the 21st page of an existing thread.
I just looked at the front page, and I see "Russell Wilson Bandwagon" going strong at 21 pages and over 1000 replies. If Matt Flynn were to start taking the first-team reps in practice, are you really saying it makes more sense to post that information on page 22 of that thread, rather than starting a new thread with a relevant subject line that everyone will see on the front page?
I just looked at the front page, and I see "Russell Wilson Bandwagon" going strong at 21 pages and over 1000 replies. If Matt Flynn were to start taking the first-team reps in practice, are you really saying it makes more sense to post that information on page 22 of that thread, rather than starting a new thread with a relevant subject line that everyone will see on the front page?
For the record.. I DO NOT have jackie battle or ryan mathews. This is worthy news!!!
Why would I open the ***OFFICIAL JACKIE BATTLE THREAD*** if I don't own him? I wouldn't have known he was named the "starter" because I had no reason to get into the Jackie Battle thread to read it. And I don't have time to go through every single thread in here.... especially for players I don't own!
So thanks OP!!
I will go pick up Battle now... thanks to THIS thread!
Why would I open the ***OFFICIAL JACKIE BATTLE THREAD*** if I don't own him? I wouldn't have known he was named the "starter" because I had no reason to get into the Jackie Battle thread to read it. And I don't have time to go through every single thread in here.... especially for players I don't own!
So thanks OP!!
I will go pick up Battle now... thanks to THIS thread!
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We should probably just go to 32 threads, one for each team. The board is so cluttered.
Gopher State
Footballguy
Time to yell out the BATTLE cry, run Jackie run
Sam Quentin
Footballguy
not a retroactive moveBattle is the starter, Mathews is the closer
Bronx Bomber
Footballguy
Hope this doesn't sound like a thread police post. I'm actually glad I saw this thread but just an FYI for people not wanting to wade through pages of posts to see the latest on player news here a quick way to see the latest info. Everyone should have some type of news wire site they go to for quick hit info. then come here for analysis :
http://www.rotoworld.com/playernews/nfl/football
http://www.kffl.com/hotw/nfl
:http://www.rotoworld.com/playernews/nfl/football
http://www.kffl.com/hotw/nfl
For the short-term -- and that could mean one week depending on Sunday's results...
Fireballer
Footballguy
Battle will tear it up against the Saints and Smith and Turner will look like geniuses.........for a week.
phrozen
Footballguy
Jackie Chiles
moleculo
Footballguy
Jackie "the Joke Man" Martling
Sam Quentin
Footballguy
Jackie O
BoltBacker
Footballguy
What are their winning percentages?
TwinTurbo
Footballguy
I think it's funny that in this day and age, old timers like AJ Smith and/or Norv Turner think that motivational tactics like this actually work at the professional level. Young guys laugh at this ####. Unless the player's contract is heavy on performance incentives, there is really no personal impact to benching a guy short term or taking away playing time. It only hurts the rest of the team, if the other guy taking his spot is not as good. It is a very flawed approach that only works at the amateur level.
Sam Quentin
Footballguy
Mathews will get his carries, but Battle is going to be trotted out for the first few series to pound at the defense.This may work
DoubleG
Footballguy
FYP.
Tau837
Footballguy
I very strongly doubt this. That would be a great way to blow a few possessions. It worked last week because the Chiefs imploded, but you can't count on teams to do that.
Not sure if this has been posted yet, but:
Michael Gehlken @UTgehlken
Team spokesman on why Battle listed No. 1 RB ahead of Mathews on online depth chart: "He just started last week, so that's why he's there."
ETA: Okay, it has been. Never mind.
Michael Gehlken @UTgehlken
Team spokesman on why Battle listed No. 1 RB ahead of Mathews on online depth chart: "He just started last week, so that's why he's there."
ETA: Okay, it has been. Never mind.
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DoubleG
Footballguy
The Saints say
Wadsworth
Footballguy
It's not clear that AJ Smith or Norv Turner have anything to do with what gets posted at Chargers.com.Edit: If you're talking about the actual playing rotation rather than the posted depth chart, then never mind. A good coach will know how this stuff affects a player psychologically, but that may not be Norv Turner's strength, and it's almost certainly not AJ Smith's strength.
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Judging from Norv's and the players' comments after the KC game, I'm thinking it's less about motivation and more about protecting Mathews. Yes, the GM went on a crazy rant in a newspaper article, but otherwise everyone else has had Mathews' back and saying he wasn't the only one at fault for how his first game and the big fumble went down...Hopefully Mathews breaks out Sunday and normalcy returns to the SD backfield...It's not clear that AJ Smith or Norv Turner have anything to do with what gets posted at Chargers.com.Edit: If you're talking about the actual playing rotation rather than the posted depth chart, then never mind. A good coach will know how this stuff affects a player psychologically, but that may not be Norv Turner's strength, and it's almost certainly not AJ Smith's strength.
TwinTurbo
Footballguy
Yes I am talking about actual playing rotation. It just seems extremely foolish and ineffective to limit a highly paid, talented resource as part of some psychological ploy if that's what's actually occurring here. Is standing in the corner really going to make Matthews less likely to fumble? A slightly less ineffective ploy would be to punish the RB coach or the HC.It's not clear that AJ Smith or Norv Turner have anything to do with what gets posted at Chargers.com.Edit: If you're talking about the actual playing rotation rather than the posted depth chart, then never mind. A good coach will know how this stuff affects a player psychologically, but that may not be Norv Turner's strength, and it's almost certainly not AJ Smith's strength.
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Hipple Long Ware & Peete
Footballguy
Very interesting that they doing Jackie battle the game ball last week.
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