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Did Maurice Drew land in a good or bad spot? (1 Viewer)

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The Jaguars seem to have a plethora of RBs. But they did pick Drew in round 2, so they must like him. What do you think of his prospects in a dynasty league?

 
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The Jaguars seem to have a plethora of RBs. But they did pick Drew in round 2, so they must like him. What do you think of his prospects in a dynasty league?
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If Taylor gets hurt it's a FFA.
 
Good spot for him, as in he'll help the jaguars win games.

Bad spot for FF IMO.

I disagree that it's a FFA if Taylor got hurt, but Drew has a chance over Jones. More 3rd down / return specialist I think.

 
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Dynasty wise he isnt an everydown back. The dude is 5'6". G Jones would be the guy
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He's closer to 5'7" and is 205 lbs. A Joe Morris clone, so it's possible he could start. Look at Dunn, Barber, Westbrook who are starting and small. But, I agree with you that he has to prove that he's not a 3rd down back to everyone.
 
Dynasty wise he isnt an everydown back. The dude is 5'6". G Jones would be the guy
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He's closer to 5'7" and is 205 lbs. A Joe Morris clone, so it's possible he could start. Look at Dunn, Barber, Westbrook who are starting and small. But, I agree with you that he has to prove that he's not a 3rd down back to everyone.
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Barber is 4 inches taller and Dunn 3. Dunn is considered small and he is 5'9".. I like Drew he is built like a fireplug but he will be the KR and used some on long downs. IMO not much of a shot at starting. Longterm as a starter=none at all.
 
This is a good spot for him IMO. Fred Taylor is on his last legs, and it's not like Drew is surrounded by a bunch of world-beaters or anything.

I can't see him carrying 300 times a season or anything, but he could be a nice fantasy contributor as the dominant part of a RBBC (like Dunn).

 
Dynasty wise he isnt an everydown back. The dude is 5'6". G Jones would be the guy
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He's closer to 5'7" and is 205 lbs. A Joe Morris clone, so it's possible he could start. Look at Dunn, Barber, Westbrook who are starting and small. But, I agree with you that he has to prove that he's not a 3rd down back to everyone.
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Barber is 4 inches taller and Dunn 3. Dunn is considered small and he is 5'9".. I like Drew he is built like a fireplug but he will be the KR and used some on long downs. IMO not much of a shot at starting. Longterm as a starter=none at all.
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It may end up being this way, but the Jaguars obviously disagree with your assessment. As a 2nd-rounder, Drew is going to get every opportunity to see the field. You can deny that he has ability, but you can't deny that he has an opportunity.
 
Dynasty wise he isnt an everydown back. The dude is 5'6". G Jones would be the guy
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He's closer to 5'7" and is 205 lbs. A Joe Morris clone, so it's possible he could start. Look at Dunn, Barber, Westbrook who are starting and small. But, I agree with you that he has to prove that he's not a 3rd down back to everyone.
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Barber is 4 inches taller and Dunn 3. Dunn is considered small and he is 5'9".. I like Drew he is built like a fireplug but he will be the KR and used some on long downs. IMO not much of a shot at starting. Longterm as a starter=none at all.
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And Drew outweighs them both--Dunn by about 20 pounds (I think). I would rather have my RB with mass than height.I could definitely see a Jones/Drew combo if Taylor goes down. Heck, depending of Drew's hands, it wouldn't be hard to imagine a Taylor/Drew combo this season, with Jones handling goalline/short yardage.

 
You don't take a guy in the 2nd round who doesn't have the potential to start.

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They took Greg Jones in the 2nd round with the full intention of him not starting at halfback.
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Then why did they last year when they easily could have with Toefield or Pearman?
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That's not a question I can answer. I would guess that Jones is a better HB than Toefield and Pearman, which has been my feeling pretty much since GJ got to Jax. I wanted him to be the primary backup to Fred Taylor. They didn't feel the same way I did.They drafted GJ to convert him to fullback.

They've listed him as FB on the depth charts.

They've played him as a FB.

They went and got other RBs and listed them on the depth charts behind Fred Taylor at HB.

I'm not sure what else you want here. They drafted him in the 2nd round to be a FB, despite the fact that he was a pretty good feature back in college. The fact that GJ beat the other backup HBs for playing time when Fred was hurt doesn't change any of that.

 
I think the Jaguars did well to draft Drew at that point in the draft. But his future is far from certain. The team drafted Alvin Pearman last year, who is an ultra-productive receiving back, a natural 3rd down back in the NFL.

But talent finds a way onto the field and, although I haven't seen Drew many times personally, it's hard to remember hearing a bad thing about him from people who have seen him, UCLA fans or not.

 
I think the Jaguars did well to draft Drew at that point in the draft. But his future is far from certain. The team drafted Alvin Pearman last year, who is an ultra-productive receiving back, a natural 3rd down back in the NFL.

But talent finds a way onto the field and, although I haven't seen Drew many times personally, it's hard to remember hearing a bad thing about him from people who have seen him, UCLA fans or not.

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What I can't figure out is why Jacksonville would draft him? It doesn't make ANY sense if you consider that they already have Pearman. Unless they are not as sold on Pearman as we think they are.
 
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You don't take a guy in the 2nd round who doesn't have the potential to start.

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They took Greg Jones in the 2nd round with the full intention of him not starting at halfback.
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Then why did they last year when they easily could have with Toefield or Pearman?
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That's not a question I can answer. I would guess that Jones is a better HB than Toefield and Pearman, which has been my feeling pretty much since GJ got to Jax. I wanted him to be the primary backup to Fred Taylor. They didn't feel the same way I did.They drafted GJ to convert him to fullback.

They've listed him as FB on the depth charts.

They've played him as a FB.

They went and got other RBs and listed them on the depth charts behind Fred Taylor at HB.

I'm not sure what else you want here. They drafted him in the 2nd round to be a FB, despite the fact that he was a pretty good feature back in college. The fact that GJ beat the other backup HBs for playing time when Fred was hurt doesn't change any of that.

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I don't think they drafted him to convert him to FB is what I am saying. He didn't show off the running power that he showed in college so they decided to the next best thing with him. Last year he finally came around a little bit. With him being fully healthy with that knee maybe he will show the talent that we all know he has.
 
My WebpageSorry not working right. Goto NFL.com:

Durability ranks a five cannot stay in the line up long has had multible injuries. Could not put together a complete season. And I also need to mention is the he fumble alot.

http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/2006/drew_maurice

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Thanks. That's good stuff!
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Sorry, never missed a UCLA game here, and Drew rarely missed any time. He was in RBBC with Markey for a little thunder and lightening action. He once tweaked an ankle and he once bruiesed a thigh. He has never had anything close to a major injury. Dude is durable as heck. I have laughed at a dozen of NFL.com's profiles and I laugh at this one. They've been nothing but clueless and they never corrected dozens and dozens of errors. They complain about Dumervil's short arms. :lol:

Drew gets hurt. :lol:

Wrong and wrong again. Literally dozens of complete errors in those profiles.

 
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