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if you truly are a special player you'll make big plays even with limited opportunities.Yes, of course! The situations are totally the same, maybe even worse for Brown! If Bryce Brown was a Charger he'd have 2000 yards by now!The Eagles O-line is as bad as SD's, if not worse, and they have had a rookie in at QB (see: a worse situation than the one Mathews is in), yet Bryce Brown is able to produce for the Eagles the last two weeks.
Plus he gets to see coaches film so he can see the creases Mathews might be missing, or the blocks he should be following. Norv sucks, the Chargers franchise sucks, but now I do realize Mathews sucks too. He's been just horrible.
That is true. Where is that explosion from last year?He looked pretty good last year with 1,500 combined yds.Never said it wasn't, but Mathews hasn't given any reason he should be heavily leaned on - ever.Rushing 8 times with your RB when you have the lead is inexcusable.Sigh.Norv needs to go, but his utilization of Mathews is not a problem. I understood why fantasy owners couldn't see through the forest a few weeks ago, but not being able to see it now is inexcusable.11 rush attempts? I guess they were behind the whole game playing catch up.Fire Norv already and use Matthews the right way...
tough to explode when every time he gets the ball its a 1st and 10 run up the middle and he gets met behind the line....throw in only 8-12 carries, no short yardage, GL or 3rd down carries and there is no chance to get in a groove...Matthews issues may be 20% on him but I give 80% blame to Coaching and OL.That is true. Where is that explosion from last year?He looked pretty good last year with 1,500 combined yds.Never said it wasn't, but Mathews hasn't given any reason he should be heavily leaned on - ever.Rushing 8 times with your RB when you have the lead is inexcusable.Sigh.Norv needs to go, but his utilization of Mathews is not a problem. I understood why fantasy owners couldn't see through the forest a few weeks ago, but not being able to see it now is inexcusable.11 rush attempts? I guess they were behind the whole game playing catch up.
I never saw the difference on the field. I saw Mathews pulling himself throughout games and not finishing runs last year too. Stats only tell part of the story, his play on the field is why I wasn't completely on board coming into the season. Potential was obviously there from an expected volume + progression perspective, but it was a calculated risk. He hasn't shown he's a feature back before and this year has shown me he's not capable of it. Good committee back, but that's it.He looked pretty good last year with 1,500 combined yds.Never said it wasn't, but Mathews hasn't given any reason he should be heavily leaned on - ever.Rushing 8 times with your RB when you have the lead is inexcusable.Sigh.Norv needs to go, but his utilization of Mathews is not a problem. I understood why fantasy owners couldn't see through the forest a few weeks ago, but not being able to see it now is inexcusable.11 rush attempts? I guess they were behind the whole game playing catch up.
I think you would see those big plays if they called some plays where he is supposed to bounce the run to the outside or maybe catch a screen pass, but as someone else said, these runs up the gut just aren't working. I don't watch every game, but of the carries I do see, he is frequently hit at or behind the LOS. I've seen Bryce Brown getting to the second level untouched... and it's not because he's special.if you truly are a special player you'll make big plays even with limited opportunities.Yes, of course! The situations are totally the same, maybe even worse for Brown! If Bryce Brown was a Charger he'd have 2000 yards by now!
Sadly, some of us don't have many other decent options. :(He's gotta score a TD at some point, right???!?
Hello, my name is Wadsworth and I am beyond desperate.My formerly stacked RB stable of MJD, Forte, McGahee, Ryan Mathews, Rashad Jennings, B. Powell, Vereen, M. Reece, now looks pretty awful. If McFadden comes back I am looking at either Mathews or Powell to pair with Forte. I think I just threw up a little typing that.
its going to be between mathews and quizz for me :(
Yep :(
yessir.
Don't do it. I have Bilal Powell and I'm starting DeAngelo Williams over Bilal Powell.sitting Matthews for Bilal Powell in a playoff match this week.....seriously!
How? What were your other options?Ryan Mathews singlehandedly cost me a playoff spot.
Too much potential to bail, IMO, unless you can get someone that you are pretty high on. Most offers are pretty low ball.
Strongly disagree. AJ, Norv, and the OL are problems but Mathews is too. Good RB's produce despite their surroundings, average ones do not. There's a reason he hasn't been given an opportunity to be the bellcow and it's because of himself, if he were capable Norv (who prefers a feature back) would have let him do it.
I think this is a good assessment. I have him on three teams, one dynasty, one keeper. So I've been watching him when I can the last several years. As you say, he's more situational dependent than the great RBs but I think if he gets the workload and the OL improves he'll look pretty good. It seems silly to give up on him in dynasty now with his value so low. I'll avoid him in my redraft league next year though.'Maurile Tremblay said:
What is there to say? I was wrong. Norv's use of Mathews is inexplicable. The benching fiasco due to one fumble was absurd. I didn't foresee that.I still think the talent is there. A new coach can only be a positive. And the OL can only improve from here.Where is the "Mathews is still gonna be a top 10 fantasy RB this year" crowd? JWB has been noticeably absent in this thread.
If there's one thing Reid is known for, it's building a great o-line and properly utilizing his running back.
I am seriously considering Bilal Powell. What a freaking joke.
Nobody could blame you.In Pittsburgh, against a very good defense, on what could be a sloppy weather day.Oh, and he only got 9 carries last week. If he burns me by somehow having a miraculously good game at a time when I would have needed him the most, so be it. It'll be a poetic ending.
Powell should get 10-12 carries against the worst rush d in the league....Matthews is likely to get similar carries vs the best rush D....not much of a debate IMO - although always the possibility that Norv/Matthews gives us a big kick in the $@$% and he goes off but I doubt it.
I've been wanting to bench this bum for weeks, but haven't been able to do it due to injuries. My other choices are beyond desperate, but I'll take my chances this week. I just don't see any upside in playing him this week, so now that I have benched him, I expect him to have a good week. Poetic ending indeed.
but if Brown's hamstring is bad, wouldn't you be tempted to resurrect him? I started Owens over him today thank God.
Do you really blame him? He got ONE target despite the fact that he looked so good in space last year. I didn't watch the game (benched him) but I imagine this was yet another game in which he saw a lot of runs up the gut on 1st and 2nd down only to come out on third down. Nobody is going to be productive running those plays behind this crappy line. Can't wait to see what happens next year.I'd rather see him get 15 carries a game if some of them are tosses or other sorts of runs outside the tackles. 25 runs up the gut against PIT isn't going to get it done.
People really need to stop with this stop blaming Mathews bit. He's not in a good situation, but good RB's make it work, average ones do not.
San Diego won yesterday because the Steelers offense imploded for the first 3 quarters, not because of the offensive gameplan. The offense has steadily improved since Alexander emerged, really has had nothing to do with Mathews.
Kindly point out where I placed blame.
