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***Official*** BenJarvus Green-Ellis Bandwagon (1 Viewer)

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Choo Choo!

BenJarvus Green-Ellis gets his first start this weekend against the Rams.

13-65-1 last week in his first substantial action of his career.

If this kid gets 20 carries this weekend he will be the Ryan Grant of 2008, the kid is a beast!

 
Choo Choo!

BenJarvus Green-Ellis gets his first start this weekend against the Rams.

13-65-1 last week in his first substantial action of his career.

If this kid gets 20 carries this weekend he will be the Ryan Grant of 2008, the kid is a beast!
Sammy Morris looked like an elite running back last week too. I thought BenJarvis was pretty good at Ole Miss but I wouldn't base future results off of last week's performance.
 
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St. Louis Defense rankings:

5.0 YPC = 30th

161.5 YPG = 30th

10 TDs = 30th

RB Fantasy Points Against = 30th

All aboard the BJ train!

 
let's reign this in a little. Yes, its the Pats playing the Rams, but come on, unless you are really desperate this IS a 4th stringer we are talking about.

I do think he gets the majority of the carries, seeing as how he performed Monday night, but Faulk will get his as well.

 
This is very interesting. BJGE (I really don't know what to call him with all his names...it took me about 15 minutes to find his name on the waiver wire) looked pretty good last week. Not only did he look good but the O line looked as good as I have seen them in the run blocking department in quite sometime. Now the question is was that a product of playing a very poor D or was it a sign of things to come. Unfortunately I don't think you can answer that until you see them play the next few games as I can see either scenario playing out.

As far as this week I think the Pats will give BJGE every opportunity to be their horse while Morris (and probably Jordan) is out. They really don't have much of a choice. The Pats are a better team when Faulk is used as their change of pace/third down RB and I think they'd love to keep him in that role (although his workload probably will increase). So, with a matchip at home against the Rams and a game against the Colts next week this kid has a real chance to put up some numbers. I definetly think he's a guy to pick up and depending on your bye/injury situation maybe worth a roll of this dice this week but be prepared for anything from 100/2 to 30/0 since both he (and the Pats as a whole) are very difficult to get a handle on right now.

 
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According to NFL Network's Adam Schefter, Patriots RB Sammy Morris will miss the next 2-3 weeks with a knee injury.

RB LaMont Jordan is also very questionable with a calf injury, so it looks like RB Benjarvus Green-Ellis may get the start. RB Kevin Faulk also figures to get a good amount of snaps and could see more receptions as well. Hold onto Morris since he will only be out for the short-term. Green-Ellis and Faulk are flex-options at best.

 
Choo Choo!BenJarvus Green-Ellis gets his first start this weekend against the Rams.13-65-1 last week in his first substantial action of his career.If this kid gets 20 carries this weekend he will be the Ryan Grant of 2008, the kid is a beast!
This seems to be the trend lately. Someone starts a "All aboard" thread for any scrub in the hopes he does well. I call it the "Switz syndrome" :confused:
 
This is very interesting. BJGE (I really don't know what to call him with all his names...it took me about 15 minutes to find his name on the waiver wire) looked pretty good last week. Not only did he look good but the O line looked as good as I have seen them in the run blocking department in quite sometime. Now the question is was that a product of playing a very poor D or was it a sign of things to come. Unfortunately I don't think you can answer that until you see them play the next few games as I can see either scenario playing out.As far as this week I think the Pats will give BJGE every opportunity to be their horse while Morris (and probably Jordan) is out. They really don't have much of a choice. The Pats are a better team when Faulk is used as their change of pace/third down RB and I think they'd love to keep him in that role (although his workload probably will increase). So, with a matchip at home against the Rams and a game against the Colts next week this kid has a real chance to put up some numbers. I definetly think he's a guy to pick up and depending on your bye/injury situation maybe worth a roll of this dice this week but be prepared for anything from 100/2 to 30/0 since both he (and the Pats as a whole) are very difficult to get a handle on right now.
I don't know how many snaps he played, but they had neal back, they played over half the game in 2+ te sets, and evans got about a third of the snaps, so you can see they got away from the 3 wide stuff and focused more on a power run game.plus, denver had their lb's crowding the line, which helped them get the 6 sacks, but once you bust through that there's no second line of defense, and you saw our guys running free into the secondary, or tertiary, as the case may be.....I think people really sell the pats run game short, and I have confidence in them going fwd, but I don't know if I'd expect to see that same kind of loose on the open field running in future games.what I think will be most interesting is how they split the work when jordan and morris are both playing, a couple weeks from now.
 
This seems to be the trend lately. Someone starts a "All aboard" thread for any scrub in the hopes he does well. I call it the "Switz syndrome" :thumbup:
I'm in the vast minority but I see the Rams winning this game. I wouldn't be surprised if they blow out the Pats either. The Rams have been a COMPLETELY different team under Haslett. You can see the offense starting to gel (see all the waiver wire recommendations for Donnie Avery) and the defense has been making plays (7 sacks, 7 turnovers, 17 points and 14 allowed against the Redskins and Cowboys) under Haslett. Yes, the Cowboys lost Romo but they still had everyone else on offense. If the Rams can dominate a Cowboys team that currently has more talent on offense than the Pats, why can't they do the same against the Pats? On the Pats' side, they're down to Cassel and the 4th string practice squad RB no one had ever heard of until this week. I'd roll with the Rams D for a sneaky play and look for 3-5 sacks and a couple of turnovers this week.
 
what I think will be most interesting is how they split the work when jordan and morris are both playing, a couple weeks from now.
I know it's not the percentage opinion, but I'm a believer in Green-Ellis' talent.I think he will park them both on the bench for the remainder of the season.Obvious long shot, but on such decisions are leagues won and lost.
 
what I think will be most interesting is how they split the work when jordan and morris are both playing, a couple weeks from now.
I know it's not the percentage opinion, but I'm a believer in Green-Ellis' talent.I think he will park them both on the bench for the remainder of the season.Obvious long shot, but on such decisions are leagues won and lost.
if those guys ever get back healthy I really don't see that happening.
 
This seems to be the trend lately. Someone starts a "All aboard" thread for any scrub in the hopes he does well. I call it the "Switz syndrome" :no:
I'm in the vast minority but I see the Rams winning this game. I wouldn't be surprised if they blow out the Pats either. The Rams have been a COMPLETELY different team under Haslett. You can see the offense starting to gel (see all the waiver wire recommendations for Donnie Avery) and the defense has been making plays (7 sacks, 7 turnovers, 17 points and 14 allowed against the Redskins and Cowboys) under Haslett. Yes, the Cowboys lost Romo but they still had everyone else on offense. If the Rams can dominate a Cowboys team that currently has more talent on offense than the Pats, why can't they do the same against the Pats? On the Pats' side, they're down to Cassel and the 4th string practice squad RB no one had ever heard of until this week. I'd roll with the Rams D for a sneaky play and look for 3-5 sacks and a couple of turnovers this week.
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This seems to be the trend lately. Someone starts a "All aboard" thread for any scrub in the hopes he does well. I call it the "Switz syndrome" :lmao:
I'm in the vast minority but I see the Rams winning this game. I wouldn't be surprised if they blow out the Pats either. The Rams have been a COMPLETELY different team under Haslett. You can see the offense starting to gel (see all the waiver wire recommendations for Donnie Avery) and the defense has been making plays (7 sacks, 7 turnovers, 17 points and 14 allowed against the Redskins and Cowboys) under Haslett. Yes, the Cowboys lost Romo but they still had everyone else on offense. If the Rams can dominate a Cowboys team that currently has more talent on offense than the Pats, why can't they do the same against the Pats? On the Pats' side, they're down to Cassel and the 4th string practice squad RB no one had ever heard of until this week. I'd roll with the Rams D for a sneaky play and look for 3-5 sacks and a couple of turnovers this week.
Not much of a stretch given the Rams last 2 games, but NE will try to take away SJAX, so it will be interesting. I expect the Patriots to put up a lot of points in this game; not sure that STL can keep up...
 
If this kid gets 20 carries this weekend he will be the Ryan Grant of 2008, the kid is a beast!
Love your enthusiasm! Just grabbed him a few minutes ago when the waiver wire priority kicked in my league. Had to drop Fred Jackson but considering that hell yeah, he could be this year's Ryan Grant or Earnest Graham, I'll stash the guy on my bench.
 
BenJarvus Green-Ellis gets his first start this weekend against the Rams.
Link?
Open your eyes...
I did. I see a Kevin Faulk jersey.
Keep them open...Stop looking in the mirror all the time.

I have faith in you.
I don't really look much like Kevin Faulk. Unless of course he's a 6'4" white dude.
LOOK AT ME I'M 76 INCHES
 
For those pimping Faulk, he's had 10 carries once in the last 47 games he's played.
Not pimping him, but not understanding the assumption that he won't start/be a factor either. In the last 47 games was he ever pretty much the only option?
 
i see the RB situation in NE getting very ugly in the next few weeks. BJGE will get a chance to show what he can do against a couple of lousy defenses. Jordan will soon be back in the mix. and then soon after, Morris will be back. None of these guys are good enough to keep the others off the bench. This is about to turn into a RBBC nightmare.

 
I just spent the rest of my WW bucks ($55) on him (dynasty). Heck, it's week 8 - why not?

 
Gotta love the naive enthusiasm of fantasy addicts hoping to get the scoop on the latest stud-to-be. :goodposting:

When a fifth-string running back actually has a 'bandwagon', you know it's slim pickens.

Maroney

Jordan

Morris

Faulk

Green-Ellis-Newton-John

 
For those pimping Faulk, he's had 10 carries once in the last 47 games he's played.
Not pimping him, but not understanding the assumption that he won't start/be a factor either. In the last 47 games was he ever pretty much the only option?
Faulk is still no the only option. BJGE and Evans are in the mix. I think all three of them will get the ball some and at this point BJGE the majority of carries with Faulk all the receptions.
 
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For those pimping Faulk, he's had 10 carries once in the last 47 games he's played.
Not pimping him, but not understanding the assumption that he won't start/be a factor either. In the last 47 games was he ever pretty much the only option?
Faulk is still no thte only option. BJGE and Evans are in the mix. I think all three of them will get the ball some and at this point BJGE the majority of carries with Faulk all the receptions.
just curious as to what you foresee in the coming weeks as Morris and Jordan come back from injuries. If this truly turns into a RBBC mightmare, the best move now would be to unload Morris on some unsuspecting sucker. I'd be hard pressed to believe that Morris can return to the lineup as the legit starting RB.
 
For those pimping Faulk, he's had 10 carries once in the last 47 games he's played.
Not pimping him, but not understanding the assumption that he won't start/be a factor either. In the last 47 games was he ever pretty much the only option?
Faulk is still no thte only option. BJGE and Evans are in the mix. I think all three of them will get the ball some and at this point BJGE the majority of carries with Faulk all the receptions.
just curious as to what you foresee in the coming weeks as Morris and Jordan come back from injuries. If this truly turns into a RBBC mightmare, the best move now would be to unload Morris on some unsuspecting sucker. I'd be hard pressed to believe that Morris can return to the lineup as the legit starting RB.
The only way I see any one of the RBs becoming a true majority share holder of the workload is if one guy consistently outperforms the others by leaps and bounds and also does the other things well that the other guys do well (receiving, blocking, blitz protection, short yardage).At this point, I doubt that will happen, given that they already have some health issues and they will try to keep who they have healthy. That being said, BB seems to like Morris, so if if stays healthy and with Maroney done for the year he would be the leading candidate to get the most touches in what should still be a RBBC.Since it hasn't really happened before that a rookie could potentially do well (the only other one in memory was Maroney), it would be hard to project what role BJGE would serve if he does well and Morris and Jordan were healthy.
 
Despite the enthusiasm for Ben-Gurion, I could easily see Faulk getting a majority of the snaps since he's a proven guy and does all the little things well. It's not like it's Brady back there, so protection of Cassel will be key.

BJGE will undoubtedly be in there on obvious running plays, but I think Faulk could very easily end up with more fantasy points - particularly in PPR leagues. What's to say that Evans doesn't get the goal line looks rather than BJGE?

 
Despite the enthusiasm for Ben-Gurion, I could easily see Faulk getting a majority of the snaps since he's a proven guy and does all the little things well. It's not like it's Brady back there, so protection of Cassel will be key.BJGE will undoubtedly be in there on obvious running plays, but I think Faulk could very easily end up with more fantasy points - particularly in PPR leagues. What's to say that Evans doesn't get the goal line looks rather than BJGE?
Faulk plays on passing downs as it is . . . but doesn't get the ball much in the times he's in. That's why I don't see his role expanding all that much. Maybe a few more carries but not a ton more.As for BJGE not playing in the CFL, neither would Cassel. But yet here we are.
 
Despite the enthusiasm for Ben-Gurion, I could easily see Faulk getting a majority of the snaps since he's a proven guy and does all the little things well. It's not like it's Brady back there, so protection of Cassel will be key.BJGE will undoubtedly be in there on obvious running plays, but I think Faulk could very easily end up with more fantasy points - particularly in PPR leagues. What's to say that Evans doesn't get the goal line looks rather than BJGE?
Faulk plays on passing downs as it is . . . but doesn't get the ball much in the times he's in. That's why I don't see his role expanding all that much. Maybe a few more carries but not a ton more.As for BJGE not playing in the CFL, neither would Cassel. But yet here we are.
What i mean is please this is a ridiculous bandwagon post , theres a limit to who you can put on a bandwagon and Jarvis-Green dosent deserve a bandwagonl.
 

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