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I own both and was gonna start both but changed my mind and am gonna start Mike James over Fred.
He is definitely not a blocking liability on passing downs, but Fred Jackson is very, very good at picking up blitzes. Spiller is fine at it; Fred excels at it, IMO.
Same. Sure, he played well against the Chiefs, but I still saw things that concern me, namely Spiller hobbling to the sideline far too often for my taste. Playing Terrance Williams in my flex this week over Spiller.
So you are sitting a top 10 RB for Spiller? You asked the question, then accuse the responses of fishing.
I agree that he isn't a stud, but it is hard to bench top talent against a weak defense when they are healthy.
Not even close to comparable IMO. Trent hasn't been hurt like Spiller has, and Spiller has at least shown the ability to have higher than 3.0YPC this year. Spiler has had bright spots this season--Trent has not. Although I agree that he either is hard to trust in general.
This. It's a fantasy lineup. Doesn't matter what his "talent" is, his situation sucks for every reason danielmclark pointed out.
How would you like to be the guy that drafted Richardson then Spiller in round two? Thought I committed a robbery when I walked out of that draft LOL!
He's 100% right. If you're calling Marrone a moron, you'd better back it up. www.twitter.com/JoeBuscaglia has an excellent breakdown of Spiller's early carries all showing HUGE holes the O-line opened up in the middle and every single time Spiller tried to take it outside instead and got tackled for losses or no gains. That's totally unacceptable and absolute grounds for benching.
I don't think that absolves Marrone of responsibility. The job of a coach is to determine what his players excel at, and putting them in the best position to succeed. If he knows spiller has a tendency to bounce runs outside all the time, then why repeatedly slam him into the middle of the line? Why wasn't he aware of this in training camp and why haven't necessary adjustments been made? Would I be a moron if I insisted on throwing fades to Welker in the end zone or deep bombs to Boldin asking that he outrun the defense?
Spiller isn't good at running between the tackles. He's good in space. How many screen passes have they thrown him this year? I'm not an NFL coach but I stayed at a Holiday Inn and I knew that.
I looked at Buscaglia's screen shots and while I see the holes that Spiller didn't take, you also have to realize that these are stills are Spiller is already moving in another direction when those other holes are opening. And based on those stills, it does look like there is potential for plays on the outside... the same types of plays that we've seen him make for huge gains the last couple years. The bottom line is that the coaching staff needs to be patient with a homerun back like Spiller.
Neither, too ambiguous to trust anything that comes out of that head coaches mouth. I wouldn't start Jackson or Spiller this game unless I really had no other options.
