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Edge has averaged 27, 24, and 28 touches per game the past 3 seasons. Before that, he averaged 24, 29, 28, and 27 touches. That averages out to 26.5 touches over his career.While other RB may have totaled more touches through 7 seasons, Edge averaged more per game than they did. For example, he's averaged almost 3 touches a game more than Emmitt--so basically his workload has bee 10% greater than any other RB. LT is pretty close, but even he is almost a full touch behind.
There have been other times when a team acquired a new RB after ranking dead last in some key rushing categories. Look no farther back then last year with Lamont Jordan.
I couldn't agree more.
But you forgot to mention,Edge > Jordan
Lamont Jordan only had around 1000 yards rushing, so the rushing aspect was still lacking. Lamont's success was due to the receiving game. Although Edge could get 70 receptions, I think its unlikely with Boldin and Fitz.
Beat me to the
. A lot of what made Jordan a good value this year was from the passing game. I'll let someone else take the risk with Edge unless it gets to be a real value play. I know it's a new year, but I'm not sure some of you had that good a look at the Cardinals O-line play last year.
Tough schedule or not, he still barely got 1000 yards rushing.I realize that he missed the last part, so he appears worst than he would have had he played the entire season.
Am I the only one wondering why Larry Johnson isn't #1?Anyway, the addition of a great RB can do wonders for an offensive line.
No you are not.But the top 3 are so close ya really cant go wrong.
Ummm...Clinton Portis had similar numbers because his rookie year was already off the charts. It's not exactly easy to improve on 1500 & 15.
Jackson WAY too high, not in top 15, IMO..HC Linehan has only coached 1 rb to go over double digit tds, Moe Williams..and only once has a RB under Linehan gone over 1000 yards, Bennett ( but he only scored 5 rush td that year) ..yawn..expect more of the same,especially when you have a jack-of-all-trades HOF-er in the house, Faulk, who can run,catch, etc.. bullish on jackson bigtime..the loss of Hutch will hurt SA immensely, IMO..but he'll still be a top 5-10 RB.
I'm not interested in going through each individual running back to show that there is no rule that good RBs tend to or don't tend to improve significantly in their second season. Some do, and some don't. I need a good REASON why Caddy will improve, not a statistical correlation. Even you don't have anything to say about some of the names i brought up, like Faulk or SA.Btw, what I meant by Terrell Davis was that even though he had improved stats, it was a result of increased workload, since his YPC declined.
The play-by-play guy for San Diego said that before LT came to the Chargers, San Diego had one of the worst offensive lines he'd ever seen.
Edge has a legitimate shot at top3 this year. He will get plenty of carries.
MOP -I already spelled out that in his time in IND, Edge's workload has been bigger (per game) than any other RB over his 7 years in the league. In IND the last few years, Edge was not a Top 3 back.
And many on this board cited the horrible offensive line as a reason Tomlinson would struggle in San Diego.
When you say plenty of carries, do you mean 500?
Clearly, Edge in 2006 does not equal LT as second year player. But Edge is no slouch. I read a lot of talk that Edge isn't the same Edge he used to be. In his defense, Edge is still a strong runner with great hands. AZ didn't pay Edge all that money to get just 12 touches per game. I'm not saying Edge will finish #2 or even #5. However, let's not dismiss Edge's talent.
I see Edge getting somewhere between 320-345 carries for the season. I also see him getting the ball out of the backfield some. Maybe 40+ catches and that means he will touch the ball between 350-400 times. I also think he will be able to move the sticks, something the other RB there were not able to do. Longer drives=more scoring opps=less time the defense is on the field=maybe even playing with the lead...I think Edge will flourish in AZ. WHen he played on natural grass in Miami he was a beast, I'm anxious to see him back on that playing field more often.I think Edge will be one of the much better picks...he should not be there past the 1st 5 picks...if he is and its my turn to pick I would lock him up fast. He is surely going to get 1,500 yds and 10 TD...he's always good for that...he is more likely to produce 1,700-1,800 yds and 12+ TD...and he has a chance to exceed that. Look LT had amazing numbers and not that great of an OL...who has really been running in AZ...even Emmitt Smith showed that at the end of his career that you could find room to run there...he posted pretty good numbers for an old man there. 937/9 his final season...Edge can surely do better than that. Let's assume Edge only gets 3.8 a carry there. 1,200 rushing yds/320 carries. AZ RB caught over 90 balls last season. Edge can surely get 40-50 of those. At 8 yds a pice that's maybe another 350.
We're all friends here and I am not looking to preach about Edge, the Cards, or predictability of stats.If we hit the target smack dab in the middle of what your numbers are and come up with 1650 total yards and 12 TD, that equates to 237 fantasy points. Over the past 5 years, that total would have ranked 7, 8, 8, 10, and 6 (2005-->2001).
Here sayeth the voice of reason
How many other RB currently on an NFL roster have avg 1,800 yds and 11 TD for the past 3 seasons?LT, Shaun, and ...I can't think of another...I would love to hear who has actually averaged that total for each of the past 3 seasons. I admit the KC RB slot exceeds these numbers so I will give it a big pass however I am not syre Herm will keep up the pace...Vermeil was running the ship and he isn't now.
I picked Edge at 9 last year and was extremely pleased other then he cost me playoff advancement because Indy clinched so early. I think 9 is a fair place to rank him with team switch. At least you don't have to worry about him sitting your most inportant fantasy weeks playing in the dessert!
Some would say he's more valuable in FF now. 
There's no doubt that Edge IN INDIANAPOLIS is in rare company. Holmes/LJ, LT, SA, and Barber with Portis slightly behind on a ppg basis.There's not a lot of precident for a RB coming off an 1,800 yard season switching teams. That being said . . .Dickerson went from the Rams to the Colts and ranked #1 in both placesFaulk left IND for STL and his ranked inched up from 3 to 2.Walker left DAL for MIN and dropped from 3 to 11.Portis went from 4 in DEN to 11 in WAS.Watters went from 6 in SF to 5 in PHI. He also went from 9 in PHI to 9 in SEA.Another somewhat similar case was Simpson, who got hurt his last year in Buffalo and went to SF. His ranking went 3 with the Bills to 53 with the 49ers.All those other guys still did fairly well (save Simpson), but none of them had to play in Arizona. I still think playing for the Cards will cost him some in terms of opportunities and total productivity (but not as dire as some others may think).
When will you be able to except Arizona is not a weak team. When they show you in 06/07 playoffs? They have the best WR COMBO IN THE LEAGUE ,PEROID!THEY HAVE A BETTER PASSING GAME THAN THEY HAD IN INDY,PERIOD.(MANNING SMANNING) KURT WARNER IS A SUPERBOWL MVP. MANNING WILL NEVER SNIFF THE BIG GAME. BOLDIN/FITZ EITHER ONE IS BETTER THAN THE BEST INDY WR (EVEN HARRISON IS HIS PRIME) YOU ALL CAN COMPLAIN ALL YOU WANT ABOUT THE LINE BUT I AM GOING TO SAVE THIS THREAD AND BRING IT UP HALF WAY THREW NEXT SEASON WHEN EVERYONE IS PIMPING THE CARDS. AND I WILL ASK WHERE IS YOUR FORSIGHT. EVRYONE HERE IS LIKE A BUNCH OF ZOMBIES, THEY JUST GO WITH POPULAR OPINION AND WHAT THEY HERE ON ESPN.
nothing.You could have jj or shipp running behing the kc oline and be lucky to have 1000 yard back.
All the Top 3 have knocks against them.LJ - Hasn't played 16 games. Lost FB Tony Richardson (getting overlooked, but HUGE).
Good luck with that. If he was still available there, I'd check the blogger to make sure he wasn't out with an ACL.Let's keep up the Edge bashing all offseason please. I want to be able to land him at the end of the 2nd in my redrafts
I think you are both wildly missing the point. I hardly think saying that a running back who has finished as the 5th and 6th running back the past two years should be ranked ninth constitutes bashing. Edge is an extremely successful NFL running back who is moving from one of the best teams in the league to one of the worst. I see no reason why droping him a few spots in our rankings based on the fact that he is in a new situation is unreasonable. No one has said that Edge is a horrible player. Just that it is unlikely that he will match his production from last year.Let's keep up the Edge bashing all offseason please. I want to be able to land him at the end of the 2nd in my redrafts
last in the NFL, but would Arrington and Shipp do better elsewhere? Maybe that's why they signed Edge. 
