LeGarrette Blount, RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1 Viewer)

[Tango]

I'm trying to value Blount going forward. Obviously when they're in a game like tonight's it makes for productive stat line but 4 of their next 6 games are against the Saints twice, the Packers and the Texans. When I watch Bucs games now, I seem to care as much about how their defense is playing as I do about how Blount is performing. The moment they go down two scores and I feel like I won't see Blount run over another guy for the rest of the game. He's an exhausting player to have on my team.

McGahee tore up the Packers defense, 15 carries, 103 yards, 6.9 per carry..Saint's aren't very good against the run..Tate did well against them , MJD did as well..Forte went 10-49, but also added 117 rec yards against them..

Texans aren't great against the run , either.their stats are skewed by teams they've played: Indy ( lousy offense) , Saints ( pass-first team that doesn't run the ball effectively )

D. Thomas ( Miami) tore them up in week 2, 18-107..they can be run on..

in the fantasy playoff games ( or end of fantasy season games) , they play Carolina twice ( weeks 13 and 16) Jags, Dallas..

Blount is running against 7 man fronts constantly except for the very last drive of last night. Defenses are taking away all deep balls from TB. Zero attempts of greater than 20 yards yesterday for Freeman; and he is a great deep ball thrower. Blount, Graham and Winslow (and Parker a little too) have been the beneficiaries. TB has won 3 in a row, so will defenses adjust? That's your question of whether will Blount will be good or great. But either way, it doesnt change decision making much fantasy wise. He's as solid a #2 as there is right now.

 

[FF Ninja]

It was good to see him catching passes last night. He only had one recorded, but he had two in a row in the second half that were both called back due to penalties. The first looked like a designed play for him. The second pass he may have been the 2nd read. He caught both of them cleanly with his hands. It would be really nice to see him getting 2-3 rec/gm going forward.

 

[belljr]

Is this the venting thread for waiving him early last year

 

[shnikies]

I'm trying to value Blount going forward. Obviously when they're in a game like tonight's it makes for productive stat line but 4 of their next 6 games are against the Saints twice, the Packers and the Texans. When I watch Bucs games now, I seem to care as much about how their defense is playing as I do about how Blount is performing. The moment they go down two scores and I feel like I won't see Blount run over another guy for the rest of the game. He's an exhausting player to have on my team.

McGahee tore up the Packers defense, 15 carries, 103 yards, 6.9 per carry..Saint's aren't very good against the run..Tate did well against them , MJD did as well..Forte went 10-49, but also added 117 rec yards against them..Texans aren't great against the run , either.their stats are skewed by teams they've played: Indy ( lousy offense) , Saints ( pass-first team that doesn't run the ball effectively )D. Thomas ( Miami) tore them up in week 2, 18-107..they can be run on..in the fantasy playoff games ( or end of fantasy season games) , they play Carolina twice ( weeks 13 and 16) Jags, Dallas..

My point wasn't the run defenses he's playing but the offenses his defense is playing. The Packers, Saints and Texans all have offenses that can go up two scores quickly and that doesn't bode well for Blount's playing time.