Gore or LT? (1 Viewer)

[OnTheReg]

I've seen these guys with an ADP of late first round, although LT has also gone early and middle of the first in a few mocks I've done. Anyways, in a PPR format, who are you drafting, Frank Gore or LT?

Personally, I'm going Gore. With Jimmy Raye taking over for Martz as OC, they are going to run the ball. Alot.

 

[drew726]

Gore, the guy looks great in the preseason.

 

[Maven]

LT's rec #s haven't slipped at all even though he's been injured. He's the more consistent, safe choice in my opinion.

 

[Banger]

LT's rec #s haven't slipped at all even though he's been injured. He's the more consistent, safe choice in my opinion.

Agreed. The yardage will be similar but the difference will be the TD's...LT plays on a much, much better offense with a better line and will score more TDs. Gore has never gotten more than 8 and LT has never gotten less than 10.

 

[OnTheReg]

My draft isn't until August 30th, so I'm going to see how these two do in the preseason and base my pick off that and word coming out of training camp; should be interesting. It's definitely an interesting discussion between the two, IMO.

 

[mmarinelli23]

LT with ease. Better O-Line in front of him and he's already shown he's one of the best RBs in the league at catching the ball. He'll have a bounce back year.

 

[aburt19]

My draft isn't until August 30th, so I'm going to see how these two do in the preseason and base my pick off that and word coming out of training camp; should be interesting. It's definitely an interesting discussion between the two, IMO.

If San Diego handles Tomblinson the same in the preseason, there won't be much for you to see. He has gotten almost no action the last three years inpreseason.I'll take LT over Gore.

 

[mdog1967]

I've seen these guys with an ADP of late first round, although LT has also gone early and middle of the first in a few mocks I've done. Anyways, in a PPR format, who are you drafting, Frank Gore or LT?Personally, I'm going Gore. With Jimmy Raye taking over for Martz as OC, they are going to run the ball. Alot.

Gore

 

[sped1103]

I've seen these guys with an ADP of late first round, although LT has also gone early and middle of the first in a few mocks I've done. Anyways, in a PPR format, who are you drafting, Frank Gore or LT?Personally, I'm going Gore. With Jimmy Raye taking over for Martz as OC, they are going to run the ball. Alot.

Gore

Gore gets his FB from 2006 back (Moran Norris) and the youngsters on the line (Staley, Rachal in particular) are bigger and badder. Raye is going to run more downhill than Martz which better suits Gore. Go with Frank the Tank.

 

[Maven]

I've seen these guys with an ADP of late first round, although LT has also gone early and middle of the first in a few mocks I've done. Anyways, in a PPR format, who are you drafting, Frank Gore or LT?Personally, I'm going Gore. With Jimmy Raye taking over for Martz as OC, they are going to run the ball. Alot.

Gore

Gore gets his FB from 2006 back (Moran Norris) and the youngsters on the line (Staley, Rachal in particular) are bigger and badder. Raye is going to run more downhill than Martz which better suits Gore. Go with Frank the Tank.

Take a look at Rayes Offensive Coordinator history. He's horrible. Multiple bottom 20 ranks and more turnover than Delhomme vs the Cardinals. Roll with LT.

 

[puckalicious]

I've seen these guys with an ADP of late first round, although LT has also gone early and middle of the first in a few mocks I've done. Anyways, in a PPR format, who are you drafting, Frank Gore or LT?Personally, I'm going Gore. With Jimmy Raye taking over for Martz as OC, they are going to run the ball. Alot.

Gore

Gore gets his FB from 2006 back (Moran Norris) and the youngsters on the line (Staley, Rachal in particular) are bigger and badder. Raye is going to run more downhill than Martz which better suits Gore. Go with Frank the Tank.

Take a look at Rayes Offensive Coordinator history. He's horrible. Multiple bottom 20 ranks and more turnover than Delhomme vs the Cardinals. Roll with LT.

Ouch! That hit the spot.I think we should include Slaton/Williams/Johnson in the discussion. There is risk but big upside with all of these guys. I like LT the best but any news of him missing practice from nagging injuries will be a huge red flag. I am liking DWill if Stewart continues to struggle with injuries.

 

[sped1103]

I've seen these guys with an ADP of late first round, although LT has also gone early and middle of the first in a few mocks I've done. Anyways, in a PPR format, who are you drafting, Frank Gore or LT?Personally, I'm going Gore. With Jimmy Raye taking over for Martz as OC, they are going to run the ball. Alot.

Gore

Gore gets his FB from 2006 back (Moran Norris) and the youngsters on the line (Staley, Rachal in particular) are bigger and badder. Raye is going to run more downhill than Martz which better suits Gore. Go with Frank the Tank.

Take a look at Rayes Offensive Coordinator history. He's horrible. Multiple bottom 20 ranks and more turnover than Delhomme vs the Cardinals. Roll with LT.

You're wrong, Maven. In his last three years calling plays, Raye is 2 for 3, including the terrible 04 Raiders. Raye has never had a back like Gore and it's def going to show this year.Oak 2005: Lamont Jordan 272 att, 1025 yds 9TDs + 563 rec yds, 2TDs. 27th ranked defense.Oak 2004: journeymen at RB (Zereoue, Wheatley, Crockett and Fargas)...30th ranked defense!!! (is that his fault?)Was 2001: Stephen Davis 356 att, 1432 yds, 5TDs + 200 rec yds(editted for grammar)

 

[money.never.sleeps]

Though I like Gore there's no question in my mind that LT will be the better back this year.

 

[OnTheReg]

Though I like Gore there's no question in my mind that LT will be the better back this year.

Care to elaborate? Not disagreeing, I'm just wondering why you're so confident LT will have the better season.

 

[money.never.sleeps]

Though I like Gore there's no question in my mind that LT will be the better back this year.

Care to elaborate? Not disagreeing, I'm just wondering why you're so confident LT will have the better season.

I believe the motivation from doubters from last year is going to give him a boost. Better offense in general and more scoring opportunities along with offensive line. Teams respect Rivers much more than the 49ers QBs so not as many 8 in box defenses. I also have questioned in the past Gore's goal line ability and fact he's been known to cough it up here & there. 1 year league there's really no question in my mind who I'd take.Gore has carried the ball over 300+ times once in his career but LT regularly approaches 300 carries year in year out. (last year 292). But I guess it's all about quality touches at the same time so carries are debatable. I also am unsure if the 49ers are in a position to run the ball alot considering they're not bad but not good.. so some games may not be so kind to running esp. if they get down.

 

[Wriggers]

id go with tomlinson without hesitation. tomlinsons worst years are better than gores best years.

 

[bocksheesh]

People, stop focusing so much on the Chargers better offense from this year to last and focus instead on the Chargers defense.

One of the primary reasons LT's numbers were down last year was because the Chargers defense absolutely fell off a cliff it was so bad. That forced the Chargers into more shootouts, where they were passing like crazy from behind, and, in turn, prevented LT from getting the rock late in games to punish the tiring opposing defense and run out the clock.

If you look at the sheer number of games where LT had less than 20 carries, it's amazing. Now granted, some of that is also attributed to his injuries, specifically his nagging toe.

But losing Merriman for the year, and having Cromartie injured at CB massively altered the entire Charger team.

With both those guys back and healthy (knock wood), the offense will revert back to a more traditional run-first Norv Turner offense and LT will revert back much closer to previous seasons.

Oh, and yes, LT over Gore (and I love Gore).

 

[thehornet]

id go with tomlinson without hesitation. tomlinsons worst years are better than gores best years.

Except we havent seen LT's worst years and potentially havent seen Gore's best.

 

[Banger]

id go with tomlinson without hesitation. tomlinsons worst years are better than gores best years.

Except we havent seen LT's worst years and potentially havent seen Gore's best.

I'm not sure what that has to do with this year. LT has never finished worse than 7th in his career and Gore has finished better than 7th once (4th). I don't know that Gore will ever do better than 4th.

 

[money.never.sleeps]

People, stop focusing so much on the Chargers better offense from this year to last and focus instead on the Chargers defense.

One of the primary reasons LT's numbers were down last year was because the Chargers defense absolutely fell off a cliff it was so bad. That forced the Chargers into more shootouts, where they were passing like crazy from behind, and, in turn, prevented LT from getting the rock late in games to punish the tiring opposing defense and run out the clock.

If you look at the sheer number of games where LT had less than 20 carries, it's amazing. Now granted, some of that is also attributed to his injuries, specifically his nagging toe.

But losing Merriman for the year, and having Cromartie injured at CB massively altered the entire Charger team.

With both those guys back and healthy (knock wood), the offense will revert back to a more traditional run-first Norv Turner offense and LT will revert back much closer to previous seasons.

Oh, and yes, LT over Gore (and I love Gore).

Valid point and the fact the Chargers offensive line couldnt move anyone last year and was downright horrible at times run blocking.

 

[thehornet]

id go with tomlinson without hesitation. tomlinsons worst years are better than gores best years.

Except we havent seen LT's worst years and potentially havent seen Gore's best.

I'm not sure what that has to do with this year. LT has never finished worse than 7th in his career and Gore has finished better than 7th once (4th). I don't know that Gore will ever do better than 4th.

I'm confused - In your first sentence you tell me to concentrate on this year and then in your second sentence you list stats from last year as the crutch to your statement