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dynasty, I took him 1.06 but that was back in May. Depending on your format, he's a top 4 pick (ahead of White) IMO if you can start 3 RBs.
My big money local league is definitely more of a ESPN/Yahoo mindset than anything else.
Good posting. I had been happy just sitting at 1.6, thinking getting Abdullah was a sure thing. Now I am thinking I might have to try to move up if I want to draft him.FUBAR said:
Yeah, I mean he was going anywhere from 1.5 - 1.10 early on in dynasty draft season. Was snatching him up everywhere back then. I always had him as my 2nd RB after Gurley but was psyched he could be had in the middle of the round. After all the hype now looks like you would need a top 4 pick to grab him. The 1.4 is probably the safest cause I still don't see people taking him over Gurley, Cooper or White/Gordon, but I could definitely see him going 3 now after all the news
Let's say we're looking at the next 3 year window, how are we ranking the three rookie RB's for ppr?
Ouch! Good call. I wasn't aware of his fumbling issue.
Annoying situation. I'm in the enviable position of being a Lions fan in Scotland, and he is not on the radar of anyone in my league. Should be free to scoop him up around rounds 6-8, and will make a point of doing so.Ilov80s said:
So in that garbled mess you originally posted LOL, that seems to post correctly when it is quoted, you can see that he has improved every year and Year 1 skews everything
Yeah ... looked great when I put it in there but when I clicked post it turned into alphabet soup. I've tidied it all up now.
that's about what I'd expect to be the highest he'd go. I can't put him above Crowell/Ellington/Randle, in the same tier as Yeldon. around #24 unless Bell were out long.
Sounds like he winds up ranked around RB16-20 and goes in the 4th when the standard PPR Labor Day redrafts come around. Higher even?
Could you give me some insight on why you feel so confident he is going to look so good in preseason? I like him as well and have him on a few of my teams and like his upside but you are speaking so confidently about how you feel about him I just want to know what you know or why you feel this why?TripItUp said:
I think Abdullah is more likely than most to flash a some sick moves and break off some stunning highlight type plays against the future UPS drivers and sky caps that he will likely be facing in the preseason. Fantasy players will start salivating over his potential and start reaching for him earlier and earlier...etc.
It is just shtick he started earlier in the thread. Whether he believes it or not, he has to follow through with the shtick at this point.Context: I'm an Abdullah owner and hope he is right
That sounds promising!
I'm feeling the same way. I got him at 1.09 in one league, and 1.03 in a devy league.
Can you say more about your concerns regarding his receiving skills?
I read the concerns from Football Jones and was left thinking we saw different players in college last season. I think Abdullah is big for his height, a good receiver and quick with good vision. And he is in a great offense where it's even being reported that he is blocking well. I mean I think the guy can just flat out play football. Just my opinion.
I think the X factor to the answer will largely be based on how Bell looks once he returns from his surgeries. He wasn't the quickest before these injuries and an achilles injury is no joke. I think at the draft and much of the off season you would have to think that Bell would dominate the carries but the more time goes by and Bell is nowhere to be found I think you need to continue to slowly ratchet up the carries for Ameer a bit.
This ...
Yeah, the tight hips thing just made no sense to me. Even his detractors acknowledge that he's electric in his change of direction ability and in open space. I can't help but believe that he saw a couple minutes of highlights, looked up his stats and cemented his opinion on him or something. His receiving stats aren't elite coming out of college, but he pretty much never dropped a pass in college, showed excellent ability to adjust to under and overthrown balls, and to make something with it after catching it.Papa John said:
This is my main concern in redraft. Maybe it was just the personnel but Lombardi obviously always split the carries up a lot. Not sure how it'll shake out but I worry Joique gets most of the goal line work and a decent chunk of carries (assuming he's healthy) and Riddick gets some 3rd down work basically just because that's what he does.bicycle_seat_sniffer said:
LOL. I don't formulate my opinion on a couple of YouTube videos. Also, per my above post, I never said Abdullah was a poor receiver, only that he's not a special receiver which would be a big bonus at his size. He's shown to be more than adequate as a pass-catcher.
At this point you REALLY need to explain what you mean by "loose hips" because I feel like I'm not alone in having no clue at all what you're trying to imply beyond change of direction.
You think Abdullah is a special receiver? Really? It's much more than just having decent hands.
I would think 2 series is the MAX you will see him in there. They will have 5 active rbs dressed tonight. I would think 1 or 2 series from him and Reddick and the other 3 guys are playing for 1 or 2 spots on the roster.
It's a common scouting term. Watch Charles & McCoy run. Forte has loose hips. Specifically, the looser the hips, the less upright they can be while making sudden, unexpected cuts. It's one thing to juke a guy with time to set him up, it's another to do it in a split second.
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