Davis is one of those players that I just don't like. I think his stats and numbers are much better than his actual talent.
I don;t get this - I have watched maybe 5 or 6 Texans' games the last two years and when I see DD run, I see a guy that runs through tackles, falls forward, has amazing balance, and instinctive vision - automatically hits the hole hard without thinking.Yeah, he's no Faulk or Priest in the open field - those guys are drafted first round as incredible one-of-a kind talents (Edit: i realize priest was an undrafted FA) - but Dom has what Terrel Davis and Emmitt Smith had - football talent. Which is infinitely more important than looking like Barry Sanders.
Statistically he was practically equivalent to Thomas Jones last year. The only major difference is that Dom got a lot more touches and had more TDs. I'm not comfortable with that if I'm banking on the guy to anchor my team. He's made the most of my opportunities, but he doesn't strike me as a guy who's good enough to hold down a job.That said, I recognize that he dealt with some injuries last year. It's possible that they hindered his performance, but I'm still somewhat skeptical. I view Davis as a decent player who puts up great stats due to a huge number of touches. My concern is that those touches aren't likely to last.
???? Equivelant to TJones? Not even close. Since this is a feast or famine fantasy thread, TJones averaged 12.82 standard FF points/game DD averaged 17.44 The ONLY statistical similarity between the players is that they both averaged 3.9 YPC.First, you say he is not as good talent-wise as his stats indicate, then you defend your position by comparing stats between players??? Makes no sense.
Second, huge number of touches?? You are simply wrong that he had an inordinate number of touches. He had 301 carries and 69 rec. - 370 touches. Compare to SA's 373 touches, Barber's 374, LT's 392, CuMar's 412, Edge's 385, Dillon;s 360, and Rudi Johnson's 377 and that silly argument you just made about touches could be made about any of those backs - all except Dillon touched the ball more than Davis.
Third, you should expect similar workload numbers on 2005 - not less. Davis' high number of catches should be expected to CONTINUE - not decrease - he got only only one TD off of receiving catches, and if he plays 14-16 games, he is highly likely to run the ball 275-325 times again, given Dom Capers' devotion to the running game.
Fantasy wise, Dom Davis is absolute feast due to his combined yardage numbers and the fact that he plays for a coach who will run the ball 450 times a year, and is perfectly comfortable targetting Davis out of the backfield - Davis had 87 targets - three shy of Westbrook's league leading number - and he caught 69 of them for an incredibly high 79.3% completion rate - that's LT, Westbrook, Edge, CuMar reception completion range - even typical pass catching backs like Tiki, Priest and Dunn weren't as effective catching the ball as Dom Davis.
You want to talk stats, EBF, and you will lose this one by a landslide - the only one NOT working in Davis' favor is his YPC of 3.9.
That was way more the OL's fault than Davis' - the team switched in 2004 to a new zone blocking scheme - the team rushed 480 times in 2004 with a team 3.9 YPC. Funny that DD would have the exact same average handling only 62.2% of the team's rushing carries. Watch the team's, and DD's, YPC average shoot up this year to the 4.5 range as the OL is more comfortable with the scheme and Capers has added some good pieces to the OL.
Everyone avoid DD for these silly and indefensible prejudices - please - I beg you - I could use having him fall to me in the 2nd round.