Not your Fantasy Season but a Fantasy Plug in? (1 Viewer)

[az_prof]

We all know the problems with Oakland's offense, but this team did rush well at times last year and who can forget Bush's big game 17? Bush has rushed pretty well this year when given a chance. With McFadden out for a while will Oakland feature Bush or will the touch distribution that made both Bush and McFAdden worthless continue with Bush and Fargas? Is anyone else thinking about starting one of these guys and what is your thinking?

 

[mystykoekaki]

that pass game sucks

 

[THE UNDERCOVER BROTHA]

Ok we know they suck but im giving some thought on M.Bush in a non ppr.

dont know for sure but its something to think on

 

[Resident A]

Oakland's Passing offense was 31st in 2007 & 32nd in 2008, yet they were 6th & 13th in Rushing offense those years. This year's horrendous pass attack is nothing new, and they can run despite it. There is value in the Raiders run game, as long as it isn't a 3-way split. The schedule gets a little easier after the brutal 3-game stretch they're about to start, so I wouldn't count on much until then.

I really think Bush could be a viable RB2 with 70% of the touches, and he's shown he deserves a shot. Fargas is an OK player, but should only get the scraps if Oakland has a clue. How will it go down? Who knows...

I have Bush as my RB6 in both of my leagues & was honestly about to drop him this week until DMC went down. I'm gonna hold & see if he provides anything I can use.

 

[Black]

Oakland's Passing offense was 31st in 2007 & 32nd in 2008, yet they were 6th & 13th in Rushing offense those years. This year's horrendous pass attack is nothing new, and they can run despite it. There is value in the Raiders run game, as long as it isn't a 3-way split. The schedule gets a little easier after the brutal 3-game stretch they're about to start, so I wouldn't count on much until then.I really think Bush could be a viable RB2 with 70% of the touches, and he's shown he deserves a shot. Fargas is an OK player, but should only get the scraps if Oakland has a clue. How will it go down? Who knows...I have Bush as my RB6 in both of my leagues & was honestly about to drop him this week until DMC went down. I'm gonna hold & see if he provides anything I can use.

I watched the week 17 game and have watched ever since Mi Bush got back from his broken leg.But have you guys been watching the games this year? Fargas got the carries and Mi Bush fumbled in Week 4. Jamarcus just rifles the ball no matter how close the receiver is, so teams are not going to worry much about the passing game.I own Mi Bush, but until team learns how to run plays and feature him (both), I won't be starting him.

 

[JamesTheScot]

Oakland's Passing offense was 31st in 2007 & 32nd in 2008, yet they were 6th & 13th in Rushing offense those years. This year's horrendous pass attack is nothing new, and they can run despite it. There is value in the Raiders run game, as long as it isn't a 3-way split. The schedule gets a little easier after the brutal 3-game stretch they're about to start, so I wouldn't count on much until then.I really think Bush could be a viable RB2 with 70% of the touches, and he's shown he deserves a shot. Fargas is an OK player, but should only get the scraps if Oakland has a clue. How will it go down? Who knows...I have Bush as my RB6 in both of my leagues & was honestly about to drop him this week until DMC went down. I'm gonna hold & see if he provides anything I can use.

I watched the week 17 game and have watched ever since Mi Bush got back from his broken leg.But have you guys been watching the games this year? Fargas got the carries and Mi Bush fumbled in Week 4. Jamarcus just rifles the ball no matter how close the receiver is, so teams are not going to worry much about the passing game.I own Mi Bush, but until team learns how to run plays and feature him (both), I won't be starting him.

Exactly. It's just ugly.Fargas was inactive the first two games and DMC still got less than 60% of the RB touches through those two games. Not sure why anyone is thinking that with DMC out that Bush will get 70% of the RB touches...since Fargas got more touches than both DMC and Bush (not combined) last week.Bush had a decent week 1 considering he had 13 touches for 59 yards and a TD but since then he hasn't done anything either. His touches, yards and ypc have gotten worse as the season had progressed. We call that a trend where I come from...and a troubling one considering that in weeks 2 and 4 he faced KC and Houston.I like Bush fine as a player, but Fargas got those touches last week for some reason and Bush hasn't done anything special in the last three games. That offense is worse than it was last year for some reason.Maybe the homers can point to something going on with the o-line, but the only thing I can point to is that they have 2 rookie WR's starting this season and Russell is having trouble connecting. It may be that Schilens and veteran WR's do a better job of sitting down in the seams and giving Russell a more stationary target with a bigger window which compensates for his accuracy issues...but that's 100% speculation on my part. Anyone have the comparables for # of offensive plays, 3rd down conversions, etc. for this year compared to last?

 

[Raiderfan32904]

We all know the problems with Oakland's offense, but this team did rush well at times last year and who can forget Bush's big game 17? Bush has rushed pretty well this year when given a chance. With McFadden out for a while will Oakland feature Bush or will the touch distribution that made both Bush and McFAdden worthless continue with Bush and Fargas? Is anyone else thinking about starting one of these guys and what is your thinking?

Q1: Week 17 Bush vs Tampa Bay 177 yards, 2 TDs, yes I rememberQ2: Bush will split carries with Fargas till management changes, remember that if/when Cable is suspended for the Hansen incident, Al Davis will be forced to turnover coaches. From this change, I expect Bush to be the lead bellcow back later in the season. Fargas is getting old, can't catch worth a damn, and his only real reason to take playing time is his ability to pass protect. Bush is a very adequate receiver.Q3: I am thinking what you are thinking as well. Bush is a high upside player to own now, if you can stomach waiting about 6 weeks for a return on investment.