Marshawn Lynch (1 Viewer)

[EBF]

He's a good prospect and an interesting option as a RB2 in 12-14 team leagues. People are reading too much into his lack of production in the preseason. What matters to me is that he's clearly the starter in Buffalo and that he's going to receive lots of targets and carries. Even if his YPC is low, he's probably going to have a pretty good season by virtue of workload alone. And yes, people who compare him to JJ Arrington are clueless. No Cal fan or Pac-10 homer will ever make that comparison.

I agree that he is not Arrington.I however do have to wonder where those who are saying he is "clearly" the starter are getting that data from? Has Buffalo released some information that I am not aware of talking about how he is the one and only guy to get playing time in Buffalo? I would love to see that link, cause frankly that would change my opinion.At this stage I am still assuming there will be some level of RBBC. I could be way off but just have not seen any data yet to tell me otherwise.

I think the better question is why does anyone think Anthony Thomas will significantly cut into his workload? Thomas has 470 rushing yards over the past three seasons combined. His YPC averages during that time have been 2.2, 1.7, and 3.5. He hasn't averaged over 3.5 YPC in a season since 2003. He hasn't had over 405 rushing yards in a season in five years. He's not good. He's a journeyman who has been a backup for a different team each of the past four years. Marshawn Lynch was a top 15 pick. He was more or less a consensus first round talent. He hasn't averaged under 4.0 YPC in a game in over a year. Lynch started the week 3 preseason game and got the lion's share of the work. I don't see why anyone would expect anything different during the regular season.If you ask me, this is not a RBBC.

I would rather listen to the HC who allready said it will be RBBC.Right now Lynch looks like 3rd down RB to me if he can manage that.

I don't think they used a top 15 pick on him to have him stand on the sidelines and watch Anthony "3.3 YPC" Thomas rack up the carries.This is not a RBBC. That will be obvious by season's end.

 

[Biabreakable]

He's a good prospect and an interesting option as a RB2 in 12-14 team leagues. People are reading too much into his lack of production in the preseason. What matters to me is that he's clearly the starter in Buffalo and that he's going to receive lots of targets and carries. Even if his YPC is low, he's probably going to have a pretty good season by virtue of workload alone. And yes, people who compare him to JJ Arrington are clueless. No Cal fan or Pac-10 homer will ever make that comparison.

I agree that he is not Arrington.I however do have to wonder where those who are saying he is "clearly" the starter are getting that data from? Has Buffalo released some information that I am not aware of talking about how he is the one and only guy to get playing time in Buffalo? I would love to see that link, cause frankly that would change my opinion.At this stage I am still assuming there will be some level of RBBC. I could be way off but just have not seen any data yet to tell me otherwise.

I think the better question is why does anyone think Anthony Thomas will significantly cut into his workload? Thomas has 470 rushing yards over the past three seasons combined. His YPC averages during that time have been 2.2, 1.7, and 3.5. He hasn't averaged over 3.5 YPC in a season since 2003. He hasn't had over 405 rushing yards in a season in five years. He's not good. He's a journeyman who has been a backup for a different team each of the past four years. Marshawn Lynch was a top 15 pick. He was more or less a consensus first round talent. He hasn't averaged under 4.0 YPC in a game in over a year. Lynch started the week 3 preseason game and got the lion's share of the work. I don't see why anyone would expect anything different during the regular season.If you ask me, this is not a RBBC.

I would rather listen to the HC who allready said it will be RBBC.Right now Lynch looks like 3rd down RB to me if he can manage that.

I don't think they used a top 15 pick on him to have him stand on the sidelines and watch Anthony "3.3 YPC" Thomas rack up the carries.This is not a RBBC. That will be obvious by season's end.

I am focused on the 1st 25% of the NFL games right now lot late season. Reassessment will take care of that later.GB its time to put long term thinking aside for awile and focus on what is going to happen next week.

 

[EBF]

He's a good prospect and an interesting option as a RB2 in 12-14 team leagues. People are reading too much into his lack of production in the preseason. What matters to me is that he's clearly the starter in Buffalo and that he's going to receive lots of targets and carries. Even if his YPC is low, he's probably going to have a pretty good season by virtue of workload alone. And yes, people who compare him to JJ Arrington are clueless. No Cal fan or Pac-10 homer will ever make that comparison.

I agree that he is not Arrington.I however do have to wonder where those who are saying he is "clearly" the starter are getting that data from? Has Buffalo released some information that I am not aware of talking about how he is the one and only guy to get playing time in Buffalo? I would love to see that link, cause frankly that would change my opinion.At this stage I am still assuming there will be some level of RBBC. I could be way off but just have not seen any data yet to tell me otherwise.

I think the better question is why does anyone think Anthony Thomas will significantly cut into his workload? Thomas has 470 rushing yards over the past three seasons combined. His YPC averages during that time have been 2.2, 1.7, and 3.5. He hasn't averaged over 3.5 YPC in a season since 2003. He hasn't had over 405 rushing yards in a season in five years. He's not good. He's a journeyman who has been a backup for a different team each of the past four years. Marshawn Lynch was a top 15 pick. He was more or less a consensus first round talent. He hasn't averaged under 4.0 YPC in a game in over a year. Lynch started the week 3 preseason game and got the lion's share of the work. I don't see why anyone would expect anything different during the regular season.If you ask me, this is not a RBBC.

I would rather listen to the HC who allready said it will be RBBC.Right now Lynch looks like 3rd down RB to me if he can manage that.

I don't think they used a top 15 pick on him to have him stand on the sidelines and watch Anthony "3.3 YPC" Thomas rack up the carries.This is not a RBBC. That will be obvious by season's end.

I am focused on the 1st 25% of the NFL games right now lot late season. Reassessment will take care of that later.GB its time to put long term thinking aside for awile and focus on what is going to happen next week.

Lynch started the last two preseason games and got most of the work with the first team. I see no reason to expect that to change next week.

 

[Bears_Man2]

Doubtful A-train is involved much. I've heard Faulk comparisons with Lynch. Faulk was a game changer, something I've not even seen a glimpse of yet in Lynch.