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He already said he owns Sankey in every league. He's a believer. Nothing wrong with that, but I'd say that's more biasing than simply being a fan of a team. I don't make the mistake of mixing being a fan of a team with FF decisions. If you saw my rosters you'd know that.
Sankey is a rookie so I expect Greene to get carries, especially early in the season. Long-term I like him over Ball.
My faith in Sankey is mostly in his receiving ability - I think that will be a big advantage for him in PPR. I don't dislike Bell but like Sankey a little better and wouldn't give up a player like Randle (who went 6.11 in my startup) for him.
Neither do I but a lot of people value him highly. You don't throw away that value because you personally don't like him.
Fair point. That's crazy but I guess people really like him. I would definitely be looking to sell on him sooner than later.
Coaches don't always show their hands...
Got it. So they're decoying everyone by playing Leon Washington in the rotation before Sankey and getting Sankey ready to start in week 1 of the regular season by letting him prepare against STers and future burger flippers.
There are plenty of coaches that will automatically default to veterans and make rookies beat them outright for the position. Most notable in this is Jeff Fisher. This isn't being sneaky or setting some sort of decoy or any other word you want to throw at it. I'm not saying this is the case since I don't follow Tennessee closely, but there is certainly precedence where this would happen while the rookie is still the better play and owns the long term value.
W-O-W.
I like Sankey, but he wasn't drafted to be Emmet Smith. I think best case comparison would be Bernard from last year, but Bernard has proven he can move the chains on the ground and in the air. I'd be surprised if Greene doesn't get a lot of work, especially.
Why would the head coach of the Rams be making the decision on who plays RB for the Titans?
I was using a reference point that people are most familiar with. I now see you're going to try to avert the point by trying to crack back with me thinking Jeff Fisher is still with the Titans. If you'd prefer to not focus on your assertion and the point I'm making that's going to be your decision. I'm simply pointing out that your viewpoint has a counterpoint. Feel free to dismiss it since I'm really not saying this for your benefit, but rather to the people who need the additional context. Otherwise, they might buy into your argument completely which would be a mistake IMO.
I think this is a very fair assessment, but a team is not going to win many games (real or fantasy) with a RB like Shonn Greene starting. I have no idea if Sankey will end up being bad, good, or great. But we all already know what Greene brings, or rather doesn't. And now he has a hyperextended knee after just a few carries in the preseason. He is slow, plodding, no vision, injury prone, and plays smaller than his size. He is cannon fodder. And cannon fodder doesn't last for very long once the war starts.
You were the one who brought up Fisher, not me. What relevance does he bring to this discussion? Buy into my argument? What have I put forth that is false or misleading? It's the pro-Sankey is a stud crowd that doesn't appear to have much support for their position - just a lot of bluster because they drafted him highly. Things may change, but they haven't yet. Sankey is running with the third team and he was the 4th RB to see the field in PS week 2. That's a long ways from being a bell cow RB.
I really like Sankey, but this fumbling is starting to remind me of Ridley, all the talent in the word but can't hold onto the ball
1) I hope Sankey is a lot better all around back and is more explosive
Gio's first preseason game - 10/28(2.8 YPC)/1 TD, 3 catches for 16 yards
I traded him away today in one of my PPR dynasty leaguescloppbeast said:
you know how I know which RBs aren't fumblers? The ones whose coaches aren't getting questions if they are fumblers.
I would actually buy now!!!Go and get him from some panicked guy like yourself - before he explodes...
If I had him anywhere, I'd be getting out now. No question. He could have a decent rookie season and be overrated next year ala Montee Ball/LeVeon Bell, but he doesn't look the part of a long term NFL starter to me. Better to sell now than to hang on while the ship sinks just because you spent X rookie pick on him and don't want to take a loss.
If Ball has a better 2014 - how will Sankey be ranked higher next year? They are both young enough.
Jets went to two AFC championship games with Shonn Greene playing a significant role. In fact his injury in the first half of the game against the Colts played a huge part in them blowing a second half lead to miss a shot at the SuperBowl.
I guess this is true, if by "significant role" you mean never getting more than 201 touches in either season, not breaking 900 YFS in either season, and never being the lead RB in a RBBC.
I think that the difference is that most people thought of Gio as a true physical talent, so his usage was less of an issue. IMO, the majority of Sankey's value right now is that he seemingly has a good chance at getting the majority of carries (certainly the best of any rookies).
Check out his playoff games. Thanks.
I did.
Maybe, tough to say. Gio's ypc weren't really that impressive last year.
