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That would be interesting. Davenport active, while Staley watches in sweats on the sideline. What in the hell are the Steelers going to do with Staley?
Davenport i think plays the Bettis role with short yardage and goalline carries.But if Parker were to get hurt Davenport could be gold; well until he gets hurt again.
thats funny. Im not. Davenport is no good.
should not take long for both, he and Staley, to be injured
RightAll these fat backs that cant find gigs around the league are going to have little to no impact.Duckett,Dayne,Davenport cant really play or stay heathly.
He did score 2 TDs on 3 carries inside the opponent's 5 last year and had 7 carries on 2nd/3rd/4th down with 3 or fewer to go and got 5 first downs, so in this limited role, behind a GOOD offensive line, he might be just fine and worth a pickup in TD-heavy leagues.
I finally watched the NFL Yearbook that I TiVoed for the Steelers the other night. In one of the highlights from last year, Cowher says to Parker as he is coming off the field, "Don't hyperventilate on me." Then I remembered reading something last year along the lines that Parker holds his breath as he runs the ball. If he exerts himself on a long drive, without properly breathing, he ends up being gassed. Remember last week when he took himself out of the lineup in a goaline situation (resulting in a fumble)?I think that Parker could do fine as a goaline back, heck his performance in camp in goaline situations his first year is what earned him a spot on the practice squad. But, if he is running the ball on a long drive that ends at the goaline, would you rather have a gassed Parker, or a fresh Davenport?
Exactly! Davenpoop ain't close to bein' the BUS. never. No one is.Cowher needs to lighten the load (Najeh moment) on FWP. These guys (Haynes, Staley, Davenport) are FILLER. Take a few carries here & there to keep FWP from 30+ carry games. That's all.We need Fast Willie in the Superbowl! (read the sig)
... and hide the clothes basket!yellowdog said:
He'll be given an opportunity Monday night and if he does well then he'll get more opportunities. Cowher has been reluctant to give that job to anyone thus far, he is not going to just hand it to Davenport.
I've always been a big fan of anybody who takes dumps in closets.
Oh crap!!yellowdog said:
Parker definitely took himself out of the game. Saw it me-self...
Yep. I watched it again on the NFL Network replay.
Please elaborate on what you saw. I watched the game but have not seen a replay and all I saw was he left the game.
35 carries per game would be 560 carries in a season. I doubt that any NFL back could do that.
God, cause no one's trying to sell it. It's a fact, believe it or don't.
That's fair, but I guess it depends on where you set the bar originally for FWP. If you had him in the 10-15 range, with some concerns that he may lose some goalline carries (like most people had him most preseason) I don't think he moves much from there. If the last preseason game and the Miami game had you really gulping the kool-aid that he's going to be a tier 2, 5-10 running back, then you may want to temper some of the enthusiam. I don't think that the combo of Dookie/Duce/Haynes is any more of a threat to the number or type of carries than FWP will get than the combo of Duce/Haynes/Cobb was. He was signed for Depth. He'll probably see 100-125 carries this year, none of which FWP would have seen anyway.Not sure anybody is worried about the *volume* of carries that Davenport might siphon away from FWP. It’s the possible geographic location (READ: inside the 5) of those pilfered carries that would have me concerned if I owned FWP.Finally some sanity in here.
ETA: This signing (like many others have said) speaks the loudest to me about what they think about Duce this year. He's old, injury prone, and he sucks. At least with Dookie, he's young, injury prone, and sucks. Slight improvement.
And again I ask how is this fact. Please elaborate as I've asked others to do to no avail.God, cause no one's trying to sell it. It's a fact, believe it or don't.
How does anything become a fact?Willie took himself out of the game last week. If you watched it and saw it, you to would recognize it was a fact. I mean, he did it, it's pretty simple.And again I ask how is this fact. Please elaborate as I've asked others to do to no avail.God, cause no one's trying to sell it. It's a fact, believe it or don't.
Whoa, I think you are getting way ahead of yourself here! Let's see Davenport in action before we hand him the #2 RB job.
Parker was heading for the huddle, then he turned towards the sidelines and started to wave as in to say "I'm coming out". I remember this because I was surprised that he was pulling himself out after being such a big part of bringing them down the field.
Maybe but maybe not. Maybe he raised his hand as if to say "me" when Verron came in. I'm a huge Steeler fan so I've followed this closely and not for fantasy football. I know Willie is dying to prove he can get the tough yards and has stated he thinks he is suited to be the goal line back. I find it difficult to believe he would pull himself on the one yard line in light of this. I'm not saying it's not possible but I am saying we don't know for sure.I wanted to add I was out of town at my WCOFF draft and forgot to TIVO the game. I did pose this question on the Steelerslive.com page and they honestly don't know if FWP pulled himself or got pulled but here is what the last guy wrote. These are not my words but the words of someone who just re-watched the game after I asked the question:I just watched it. After Willie Ran it down to the half yard line he got up and walked back to the huddle. On his way to the huddle someone got his attention and he looked over and then put his hand up. He had every intention of staying in the game. If he wanted out he would have put his hand up immediately and jogged to the sideline. He saw Haynes coming in and probably just put his hand up out of habit.
I would have to say in the past three years the Packers have been one of the worst judges of talent. Look at their drafts and free agent pick ups and who they've let go. I'm a Packer homer, but I've been extremely disappointed in their recent acquisitions and departures (includes gm, coaches and players). That said while he wasn't the answer in Green Bay, I think Davenport has an excellent burst of speed and can just run over people. I didn't get a chance to watch much preseason of the Pack, so I don't know how he looked, but in the past when healthy he was pretty good. I think he will be a solid addition to the Steelers, and unfortunately, probably a negative to FWP owners (myself included).
davenport is no good, What excatly has he done is his career to make you think this is possible? He can't stay heathly and got cut by perhaps the worse team in the league.
Have you taken your meds today ???? He looked to the sideline and asked for a blow, I know you badly want him to get EVERY goal line carry but you're being delusional if you think he didn't take himself out of the game. Davenport will get his shot at the sort yardage/goalline carries on Monday night, if he looks good, he'll keep them. If Dookie fumbles, gets hurt or doesn't look good, then Willie might get another crack at the goal line.
He's got a 4.9 career average, granted in limited time. However, Tony Fisher, playing a similar amount of time in similar situations, on the same team with the same surrounding players managed only a 3.7 career average. Injury prone? Up to this point in his career, sure (players can get over that) but he does not flat out suck.
