Players that are MISUSED on their teams. (1 Viewer)

[Dought Man]

Everyone on the Carolina offense. Man, that is one strange playbook they run.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

I know it's piling on at this point, but... Carolina is a joke. Paying big money for a RB arguably NEVER makes sense. Paying for two you aren't using should be a firing offense.

 

[Jagov]

Willie Colon and Ryan Mundy are being mis-used on the Steelers. Both should be re-assigned as wind tunnels because they BLOW!!

 

[sdp1226]

Tebow

 

[Dought Man]

I know it's piling on at this point, but... Carolina is a joke. Paying big money for a RB arguably NEVER makes sense. Paying for two you aren't using should be a firing offense.

"If the play doesn't involve Cam running or Cam chucking the ball 50 yards off his back foot on the run...I want no part of it! Say, does anyone know if Chris Ivory is available? Could use another back for pass protection." - Ron Rivera

 

[QuizGuy66]

Sanchez, not being used correctly because he still plays for a professional NFL team.

... spit some java out on that one I like the Reece calls up in here ... if DMac goes down, Reece will be a quality flex starter for sure.

-QG

 

[QuizGuy66]

Tebow

Fixed -QG

 

[Ryan99]

I feel like LeSean McCoy should get a mention for being a top 5 RB and not getting enough touches.

As an Eagles fan who watches the games, it would appear he deserves more touches but on paper he gets tons of touches. Through week 4, he was 5th in carries in the league. He is on pace for over 300 carries and he is a relatively small back. Sure, they don't run as much to start games but he gets his touches and if you own him in fantasy, it almost works out better b/c he gets to run on tired defenses and he gets outside the tackles b/c he wouldn't be nearly as effective running the ball 30 times between the tackles. He was also 7th in receptions coming into the week. That means coming into the week, only 2 backs had more attempts/receptions in Foster/Lynch.

He is misused, but maybe not underused in the sense you mean. On Sunday against the Steelers McCoy had 20 touches to Vick's 35 pass attempts + runs, and there were only 2 other touches (FB and backup RB one carry each). A lot of carriers were atrocious stretch plays where the Eagles linemen were getting pushed into the backfield by the big, fast Pit linebackers. Despite the Steelers being very aggressive, the Eagles weren't running many misdirection runs or screens. I think it's mostly Vick; the Eagles have to keep the offense simple for him because they know he doesn't make good decisions, and he won't check out of a play that's obviously going to get blown up.

 

[Hooper31]

For those that don't know much about Reece, he was a solid WR at the Washington while in college. He's always been fast, but he bulked up quite a bit after entering the NFL.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

McFadden & Taiwan Jones

James Casey - I greatly agree with the Reece comments, but there are several fullbacks who could be used better in the NFL and in fact the entire position may be underutilized from an offensive standpoint across the league

Jordan Cameron, Browns TE

Meachem - Have to love it when team decided to put a focus on a player against his old team and he blows up and then they never go back to him again, as if his old team is the only one he could ever succeeed against.

 

[Hue G]

Shonn Greene since they let him play

 

[Quibbler]

Ray Rice and Joe Flacco. One is elite, the other isn't. The Ravens seem confused about which is which.

 

[The Flying Elvis]

Rob Gronkowski- McDaniels has done his best to destroy the Patriots high powered offense. Brilliant idea to turn the game's most unstoppable force into a blocker for the likes of Bolden. What an idiot.

Must be tough... I mean the Patriots only lead the NFL in total yards, points scored, first downs, and snaps from scrimmage. That McDaniels sure is ruining the high powered offense.The Patriots are continuing to be innovators in the NFL. Helped kick off the new spread offenses in 2007 and now are adjusting to different NFL realities. Yesterday they essentially ran a Oregon no huddle offense. There has been a bit of an adjustment period in the first few games for the Patriots but McDaniels looks to have the offense running on all cylinders. This is even without Hernandez.

 

[LawFitz]

Raiders' O - they are lost w/o Hue Jackson. In particular, DMC and DHB, and most definitely also Reece.

Vick - he's a running QB, use him that way until he breaks down. Don't turn him into a mediocre passing QB.

Cam - see Vick.

Megatron - thankfully, they've stopped with the end arounds. Need to chuck it to him more whenever less than three are covering him.

Fitzgerald - see Mega's last sentence.

 

[sporthenry]

I feel like LeSean McCoy should get a mention for being a top 5 RB and not getting enough touches.

As an Eagles fan who watches the games, it would appear he deserves more touches but on paper he gets tons of touches. Through week 4, he was 5th in carries in the league. He is on pace for over 300 carries and he is a relatively small back. Sure, they don't run as much to start games but he gets his touches and if you own him in fantasy, it almost works out better b/c he gets to run on tired defenses and he gets outside the tackles b/c he wouldn't be nearly as effective running the ball 30 times between the tackles. He was also 7th in receptions coming into the week. That means coming into the week, only 2 backs had more attempts/receptions in Foster/Lynch.

He is misused, but maybe not underused in the sense you mean. On Sunday against the Steelers McCoy had 20 touches to Vick's 35 pass attempts + runs, and there were only 2 other touches (FB and backup RB one carry each). A lot of carriers were atrocious stretch plays where the Eagles linemen were getting pushed into the backfield by the big, fast Pit linebackers. Despite the Steelers being very aggressive, the Eagles weren't running many misdirection runs or screens. I think it's mostly Vick; the Eagles have to keep the offense simple for him because they know he doesn't make good decisions, and he won't check out of a play that's obviously going to get blown up.

Well touches are a bit misleading b/c most QBs are going to lead even the best RBs don't out touch their QB. The only RB yesterday to get more touches was Charles at 30 carries. 1/5th of Vick's throws went to McCoy and 1/7th of Vicks touches were runs so those will always be a bit intertwined (although not sure Vick will continue to get carries). The screen pass has been relatively non existent this year but some of that is b/c of the offensive line. That is also why McCoy is running off tackle a lot more this year b/c Mudd's system which employes mobile linemen is using 2nd and 3rd stringers. King Dunlap can't get out on the edge for a screen or down field for McCoy. I also think a lot of yesterday without misdirections was respect for the Steelers, and McCoy only had 3.3 ypc. But McCoy was always going to miss Jason Peters the most b/c he ran best to the left side and now missing their center seems to hurt their protection schemes so not sure what else the Eagles can do.

 

[DawnBTVS]

For anybody who says Gronkowski, Brady has targeted him a fair amount but simply isn't hitting him with the same accuracy as last season so it's misleading to say he's being misused (maybe under-utilized but the Patriots aren't going to tell Tom Brady to target Gronkowski 14 times a week).

In terms of real life, ignoring fantasy football completely.

- WR Davone Bess (Miami Dolphins): This guy should be the type of inside WR who is getting 75-90 catches a season on whip routes and match-ups against LBs. Runs solid routes, catches a lot of passes, has great awareness on the field. I keep hoping that a team trades for him and utilizes him how New England utilizes Welker after trading for him.

- WR Devin Hester (Chicago Bears): Is a weapon as a return man but should be a mismatch guy all over the field ala Percy Harvin in Minnesota. Use him on screens, get him in the backfield on draws as a RB, or use him on reverses & end arounds. He won't ever be an 80 catch type WR but could be a valuable gadget weapon by the right team.

- RB Pierre Thomas (New Orleans): As others have astutely pointed out, criminally under-utilized for his skill set. A deadly weapon on screen plays (IMO one of the best RBs at the screen pass game today), tough solid inside runner willing to bowl defenders over, and is a solid pass protector.

 

[BallparkFrank]

Randall Cobb.

He's usually 4th or 5th in pass catcher targets for the Packers and he just might be the best combination of high percentage and big play that they have. If I'm the Packers, I run my offense through this guy between the 20's and then turn my attention to Jones and Nelson in the redzone and for the occasional deep ball. I would never, ever throw the ball to Finley again. With suspect OL play, this offense really needs the quick-hitting, high percentage pass plays that Cobb provides. I get that he's young and has to pay his dues, but take the training wheels off already and realize that you need to get this guy more involved in order to fix this offense.

 

[flc735]

For anybody who says Gronkowski, Brady has targeted him a fair amount but simply isn't hitting him with the same accuracy as last season so it's misleading to say he's being misused (maybe under-utilized but the Patriots aren't going to tell Tom Brady to target Gronkowski 14 times a week).In terms of real life, ignoring fantasy football completely.- WR Davone Bess (Miami Dolphins): This guy should be the type of inside WR who is getting 75-90 catches a season on whip routes and match-ups against LBs. Runs solid routes, catches a lot of passes, has great awareness on the field. I keep hoping that a team trades for him and utilizes him how New England utilizes Welker after trading for him.- WR Devin Hester (Chicago Bears): Is a weapon as a return man but should be a mismatch guy all over the field ala Percy Harvin in Minnesota. Use him on screens, get him in the backfield on draws as a RB, or use him on reverses & end arounds. He won't ever be an 80 catch type WR but could be a valuable gadget weapon by the right team.- RB Pierre Thomas (New Orleans): As others have astutely pointed out, criminally under-utilized for his skill set. A deadly weapon on screen plays (IMO one of the best RBs at the screen pass game today), tough solid inside runner willing to bowl defenders over, and is a solid pass protector.

how do you create mismatches with bess and hester? why on earth would a team use a LB to cover them? i think you are confusing these guys with tight ends. hester goes down on first contact, he is not going to do well as a part time rb. even if you do use him there, that only means less touches for bush and forte.

 

[Max Power]

Marcel Reece is the correct answer.

This guy intrigues me. I've only seen him play a few times but he's basically a FB in a TE body who can catch, correct?How do you guys think he should be used? Classic pass catching TE? More as a FB for the run game?

Reece is a rich man's Aaron Hernandez and should be used as such.

I totally agree with this. And the Cooley Reference from earlier. He is a big body that can run. Too fast for most LBs and too big for most DBs. GREAT hands. The Radiers playcalling is just bad. There is a reason they lose and its not because of talent.

 

[Eminence]

Larry Fitzgerald needs more deep bombs.

Josh Cribbs needs to take more direct snaps.