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I think Smith has a great chance at being a weak #1 rb or a very solid #2 and here's why.
LeShoure's injury is one that players don't typically come back from, and if they do they are a shell of their former selves. Granted, we don't know what kind of a player LeShoure WAS, but I feel confident betting on him being a career backup at best.Smith's biggest value is in the passing game, so Best does present a threat. I guess we'll have to see how that plays out. But as far as I'm concerned, Best is Smith's only threat.
We obviously haven't seen Leshoure in NFL action, but Leshoure was great in the open field and catching passes in college, so I don't think it's safe to assume Kevin Smith is better in those areas.
FYP.
I would have "fixed" it better, but there is no "font=45639512378957139845713985793" command.
We don't know yet much about what Leshoure can do out of the backfield but he did have 2 catches for 39 yards in the preseason. Smith caught 3 passes for 28 yards. In college Leshoure averaged 11.9 YPC on 37 career catches and Smith averaged 8.1 YPC on 45.
That's not true.
Solid point. He stays healthy when he isn't playing football.
Maybe true ten years ago. I think technology has advanced tremendously. Case in point Demaryius Thomas.
Alright, alright. Maybe this isn't helpful. If not, then fine. But I don't think it is that big of an assumption at this point to assume Kevin Smith keeps the #1 RB job. Certainly not so big of an assumption that it isn't work considering his value if that holds true. Best may never play a down this year (he's still not cleared from a concussion from last year and has had several brutal concussions during his football career) and Leshoure is completely unproven, is coming off a terrible Achilles injury (much worse than a torn ACL), hasn't shown he can pass protect, and hasn't shown much of anything in the preseason. Everyone around here loves to anoint guys like Leshoure, David Wilson, and Hillman before they've proven anything and even if they have a solid guy in front of them. The Lions have SuperBowl aspirations and a franchise QB that has been hit/injured quite a bit in the past. It makes sense that a solid vet that can protect Stafford like Smith would keep the job if he's playing as well as he did during Week 1.
I'd say always go with the guy who you know will be the workhorse back. Hard to predict how many opportunities Bush will get at the Goal Line, and since that's basically his value then its hard to feel comfortable starting him over a guy who will get all of his team's carries. Kevin Smith may not get a lot of yards on the ground against that stingy SF run defense, but I can see him catchin 5 or 6 balls for around 40-50 yards...add that to 50 or so yards on the ground with the possibility of a TD, and that will make him a better option than Bush.
Not trying to go out on a limb, trying to have a discussion about his value if this happens. Also, I don't think the "ifs" are that improbable.
I wouldn't be so fast to assume this. I think it is more related to if it was a partial or full tear. I can't find that info on either LeShoure or Thomas.All I could find was this from another thread. No idea where this guy got his info from:
I'd sell high this week, actually - the Lions are playing at SF next week, which isn't going to help his value at all.
Good advice. Exactly what I was going to write. If you are determined to move him, do it now. As excited/pleased as I was with his performance yesterday, he is virtually unstartable this week unless you simply have NO other options for some reason. This is going to be an ugly outing against the Niners defense.My advice would be to bench him if you can for W2, pray he stays healthy, then ride him going forward.
tried to buy him in the one league I didn't own him but couldn't get it done. Hoping Smith's performance will lower the price a bit.
I was at that game and he had a couple nice plays - the 33 yard catch and set up the TD. But his ypc was bad, granted it was pre-season. Im thinking K.Smith starts and LeShoure gets worked in.
He was a major workhorse in college, and iirc, had two solid, injury-free years for some truly terrible lions teams. And yes, he had some injuries after that. But the point that he never stayed healthy is ridiculous.
he is like a rookie, but technically not a rookie. No idea on his pass-pro, but usally the lions RBs chip then go to the flat.
Snark works better when it makes sense. Nice job.
I've locked down their backfield in two leagues with K.Smith and Leshoure. It was honestly a minor investment even though it does require some extra bench space. I'm dreading the likely timeshare though.
