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DeMarco Murray to the Titans, per Schef (1 Viewer)
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Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
What sort of fantasy impact will this have on RB DeMarco Murray?
Matt Williams thinks he will get a ton of carries.
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Matt Williamson @WilliamsonNFL Mar 8
Matt Williamson Retweeted curtis paulsen
Bad football move for #Titans, but for fantasy: He will get a ton of carries Matt Williamson added,
curtis paulsen @cjpaulsen
@WilliamsonNFL what are ur initial thoughts about Murray in Tennessee?
Matt Williams thinks he will get a ton of carries.
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Matt Williamson @WilliamsonNFL Mar 8
Matt Williamson Retweeted curtis paulsen
Bad football move for #Titans, but for fantasy: He will get a ton of carries Matt Williamson added,
curtis paulsen @cjpaulsen
@WilliamsonNFL what are ur initial thoughts about Murray in Tennessee?
cstu
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Fantastic trade by the Titans. I'd cut McCluster and save $2.65M off the cap to help pay for Murray's salary.
Warhogs
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In Murray's case he seemed to be misused and was splitting touches 3 ways. Getting out of that situation where it looks like he should get a majority of the playing time can only be a good thing. Your examples don't match well as in those cases they were the bell cow for one team going to another. Murray is going from a major time share to what looks like an opportunity to see most of the work. So your point about volume is correct.
Bigboy10182000
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It's a good deal until you see him play, look at his contract and deal with his yapping....
Insein
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He wasn't a malcotent here in Philly. He just was frustrated at the misuse and then he made a lot of business decisions during the year. He didn't really endear himself to teammates with those moves but his not a bad guy.
Bigboy10182000
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Players loved him for this one.
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Same here. I got these guys 2 years ago and was forced into an anti-handcuff last year. This has to be better for those of us who own both. After kind of a rest year, they are going to make Murray a workhorse in TEN so we may get a good year or 2 out of him then he's done.
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Sabertooth
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I disagree with this. He's most likely never seeing the volume of his last year in Dallas. However I don't really see any reason why he can't put up something close to his second to last year in Dallas. I think he's one of the best buys this offseason in dynasty. Don't forget before he and Chip went off the rails he was averaging 16.5 fantasy points in PPR. That's top 10 fantasy numbers. Even after and absolute disaster of a season, he still finished in the top 20.
This is one of the problems with PPR. If the passing volume is enough, it can prop up even the crappiest performances. Anyone who watched him knew it was a total **** show, but people like to hide behind those PPR numbers. So last year Bradford liked to check down to him a lot. So what? People buying him this year will need him to 1) be a better runner 2) get a ton of targets again 3) be playing PPR format.
As much of a mess as Philly may have seemed, the RB totals were very friendly: 411 RB carries, 15 TDs, 178 targets. By comparison, Tennessee had 320 carries, 7 TDs, and 101 targets. And they will be using the same offensive system as last year. I'm sure Murray will get a bigger piece of that smaller pie, but I wouldn't be shocked if his numbers this year look eerily similar to last year, making him pretty fairly valued where he's going now in redrafts (RB16 in PDSL1). He could easily outperform that ADP by a few spots, but he doesn't have the upside of the guys going just a few spots ahead of him.
Sabertooth
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I tend to think you are being a bit melodramatic.
Aren't the majority of leagues PPR?
Aren't the majority of leagues PPR?
And I "tend" to think you cherry picked a favorable stat created by a unique situation the player is no longer in, thus making it pointless for projecting him in 2016.
I know PPR is trendy around here, but I still think on the whole 0ppr and 0.5ppr make up the majority. I get why PPR was introduced back when there were a dozen 300 carry back and maybe a couple guys hit 100 rec, but now it is a gimmicky system that results in guys like Woodhead being RB1s. I play in a few PPR leagues every year, but they are kind of a joke to me.
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Actually looking at Murray, his catches have been pretty consistent. He had more catches in Dallas than he did last year in Philly. I think he probably catches 50 this year.
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imjackdupp
Footballguy
My post was more based on the fact that i'm not a big Murray fan and even less of a Titans fan. I can't think of a single team I'd turn off to watch a Titans game. In all seriousness Murray should be able to at least put up RB 15 numbers, It's not like he will be fighting off tons of competition. Like some of the previous posters have mentioned it is def an upgrade for those of us who own Murray and Matthews. I'm just happy I only have them in one lg and prob won't have to start either.
I'm a little surprised by the pessimism in this thread. Murray is in a far better situation than he was in Philly, and is only a year removed from being the #1 player in FF. I don't think he'll get back to those heights, but I see no reason he won't be a high-end RB2, with upside. The Titans have an ok line, better than Philly had once Peters went down, and Mariota opens things up a lot more than Bradford did. Nobody is taking touches in Tennessee, this was pretty much as good a landing spot as possible short of returning to Dallas. I feel very comfortable making Murray a top-15 RB, depending where Elliott and Henry end up, possibly even top-10
