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donald brown splits w/ joseph addai? (1 Viewer)
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whodeywhodey
Footballguy
70/30
dcgangstas
Footballguy
Yep, that's what I'd expect. 70/30 Addai-to-Brown. Addai's looked really good in the pre-season, and the Colts spending a first rounder on Brown should light a fire on his butt. I have really felt that Addai's highly undervalued this season, having gotten him in the 5th round in a 12-team league. I"m expecting 1200 total yards and 11 TDs from him this year. That's 2nd round production.
whodeywhodey
Footballguy
Bring The Stink
Footballguy
Might want to change the the subject or add a question mark.
Gopher State
Footballguy
50/50 to start. Brown to take over by week 5
whodeywhodey
Footballguy
Catbird
Footballguy
I am not close to the IND situation, but 70-75/25-30 sounds about right for today. For the year, though, I think Brown looks like the more talented back and (if he can handle the blocking responsibilities) talent wins out. With Addai's injury history included, I would bet Brown gets more of the work from Week 3 or 4 on, increasing as the year runs.
Touchdown Syndrome
Footballguy
haha, I sure hope so!Snagged DBrown a round before the Addai owner would've in my keeper league.
packersfan
Footballguy
In the last nine meaningful games of 2008 (including the playoff game), Addai and Rhodes combined for 195 rushing attempts. Of those 195, Addai received 108 or 55%. If one presumes Brown is better than Rhodes (and certainly his draft position certainly indicates a strong belief in him by the Colts), it's not a reach to presume Brown will have a larger role than Rhodes did in the second half of last season.
So a 50-50 split as the season goes on is not out of the question. For today, I would expect something more along the lines of 70/30 or 60/40 Addai.
So a 50-50 split as the season goes on is not out of the question. For today, I would expect something more along the lines of 70/30 or 60/40 Addai.
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whodeywhodey
Footballguy
Didn't Addai play hurt last year?
whitem0nkey
Footballguy
another vote on changing the title. by just browsing the sark pool and reading this one can get the impression that they are splinting it 50/50 today.
packersfan
Footballguy
He seems to be hurt or play hurt a lot. But he did receive 15 carries or more in five of those final nine games so despite the fact he may not have been 100 percent he still received a heavy workload. Despite that, the Colts still utilized Rhodes heavily as well. Given how Brown is (in my opinion) more talented than Rhodes and was a first-round pick, I don't think it's out of the question to believe his role will be - at worst - the same as Rhodes and quite possibly greater than Rhodes had in the second half of last season.
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PlasmaDogPlasma
Footballguy
Not even close. Addai is tearing it up.
How about next week?
dcgangstas
Footballguy
Looks like Addai's gonna produce even better than I expected. Wasn't buying the Donald Brown hype.
