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Players who's lack of use is mind boggling (1 Viewer)

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ppierce

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Seems like head coaches sometimes need a kick to the fuzzy yambags as far as using certain players more. Happend to Frazier with Harvin and look at their success this year. Other coaches who need a swift kick???

Mike Tomlin with Wallace is a real head scratcher. He should be targeted on screens, slants, end arounds etc..

Whoever Saints coach is with Sproles this season. Pretty simple ######. Look at film from last year and call same plays.

Gailey with CJ Spiller. thats a no brainer but he refuses to do anything but split fjax and spiller down the middle.

any others i'm missing?

 
As a Bills fan, I like what they are doing with Jackson and Spiller. Spiller would be less effective with more usage, in my opinion and the opinion of the Bills coaching staff.

 
Chris Ivory....mostly because I would think he has some trade value.....and he may be a better back than Ingram....just needs to stay healthy

 
'two_dollars said:
I don't know, who else is on your fantasy team?
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I laughed. Also as a Jets fan i'd have to say Joe McKnight. Between running back kicks and his brief game action this guy has shown enough IMO to warrant some extra work from scrimmage. It's not like the Jets have many or even any other RBs on the team capable of making people miss in the open field and are a threat to take it to the house. Unfortunately it looks like just when they might finally have realized this he gets hurt. :wall:
 
'Crash Davis said:
Also as a Jets fan i'd have to say Joe McKnight. Between running back kicks and his brief game action this guy has shown enough IMO to warrant some extra work from scrimmage. It's not like the Jets have many or even any other RBs on the team capable of making people miss in the open field and are a threat to take it to the house. Unfortunately it looks like just when they might finally have realized this he gets hurt. :wall:
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you said it yourself, he had a 61 yard run from scrimmage this weekend and hurt his ankle on the play. I don't think he's built to be anything more than a change of pace.
 
jared cook is another one. i watched that Ten Pitt game and the announcers kept saying how Cook was running wide open all game and Hasselbeck said that Cook needs to be involved more.

 
Ray Rice. While I understand his lack of use this season is to keep him fresh, there have been too many close games that Flacco should not have been throwing as much.

 
Moreno. Has been inactive ever since his fumble in week 2. McGahee is definitely the man on first and second down, as well as short yardage situation, and I understand Denver's desire to get Hillman involved (and he has looked pretty good), but Moreno has always been a great receiver out of the backfield. I'd prefer they suit up Moreno rather than Ball and give him 5-10 touches per game--screens, flairs,, circle routes, runs to the outside. He's an atrocious up field RB, but he has soft hands and can be sneaky slippery in space.

 
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Also, Sidney Rice. Wilson should chuck it to him deep at least 2-4 times every game. That was his bread and butter during his monster year. Favre the gunslinger would just throw it up to Rice, even if he was in triple coverage, and he showed an uncanny ability to come down with the ball more often than not.

 
'thatguy said:
Also, Sidney Rice. Wilson should chuck it to him deep at least 2-4 times every game. That was his bread and butter during his monster year. Favre the gunslinger would just throw it up to Rice, even if he was in triple coverage, and he showed an uncanny ability to come down with the ball more often than not.
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I wouldn't be surprised if that starts to happen.
 
I would like to see Dion Lewis get McCoy's touches just for one game. I wonder what he could do with starter touches in that offense.

There are lots of talented players who don't get the touches they deserve, but that's usually because there are great players in front of them.

Bernard Pierce

Kendall Hunter

Jonathan Stewart

CJ Spiller

Michael Floyd

Rueben Randle

Delanie Walker

I would like to see TJ Graham some more deep looks in Buffalo. He looks like he can run by anyone, but Fitz has a pop gun arm.

 
'ConnSKINS26 said:
Hasn't Bryce Brown already taken Dion Lewis' backup job?
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Brown is usually active ahead of Lewis. I don't personally think he's the better tailback though. I think he gets the nod because he offers more of a contrast to McCoy. There is no point having both McCoy and Lewis active when they are essentially the exact same type of back. But if McCoy were to get injured, I think Lewis would be more productive with his touches than either Brown or Polk. He is a space player like McCoy and Westbrook.
 
'PrinceofDarkness said:
As a Bills fan, I like what they are doing with Jackson and Spiller. Spiller would be less effective with more usage, in my opinion and the opinion of the Bills coaching staff.
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Spiller's production in the weeks Jackson missed don't really support that argument.
 
Deangelo without a doubt. They flashed a stat during their Thurs night game that he's only the 2nd RB in nfl history with at least 1000 carries to average 5 yards per carry. The other is Jim Brown.

 
'Pipes said:
Deangelo without a doubt. They flashed a stat during their Thurs night game that he's only the 2nd RB in nfl history with at least 1000 carries to average 5 yards per carry. The other is Jim Brown.
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Wait till this guy somehow ends up on the packers or patriots
 
'unckeyherb said:
Lesean McCoy. By a lot.
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I could not agree enough. The eagles have a fragile qb with fumbling problems. Why not try to get your qb killed with qb draws from the one yard line. Oh thats right you also have a guy that scored 20 times last year. I hope the eagles miss the playoffs and draft a bust.
 
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'EBF said:
'ConnSKINS26 said:
Hasn't Bryce Brown already taken Dion Lewis' backup job?
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Brown is usually active ahead of Lewis. I don't personally think he's the better tailback though. I think he gets the nod because he offers more of a contrast to McCoy. There is no point having both McCoy and Lewis active when they are essentially the exact same type of back. But if McCoy were to get injured, I think Lewis would be more productive with his touches than either Brown or Polk. He is a space player like McCoy and Westbrook.
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I've seen most of their pre-season carries and their limited regular season action and Brown is definitely the better back in my opinion.
 
'Annyong said:
'Pipes said:
Deangelo without a doubt. They flashed a stat during their Thurs night game that he's only the 2nd RB in nfl history with at least 1000 carries to average 5 yards per carry. The other is Jim Brown.
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Wait till this guy somehow ends up on the packers or patriots
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DeAngelo wins this in a landslide. Not only is he the most misused, he's also the most overpaid given the lack of use.
 
'jbz said:
Vikings seemed to have went away from AD in the red zone yesterday for some reason.
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I don't own him or Rudolph but they sure seem to want to make Rudolph the red zone guy also add to it the carries that Harvin gets in close. It would be frustrating as an ADP owner, he gets vultured a lot.
 
'PrinceofDarkness said:
As a Bills fan, I like what they are doing with Jackson and Spiller. Spiller would be less effective with more usage, in my opinion and the opinion of the Bills coaching staff.
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Yeah, we saw this when Fred was out hurt. :rolleyes:I'm not a Bills fan but I work in Buffalo and live 45 mins away. Watched them my entire life. IMO it's a big mistake not giving Spiller the lion's share of the touches. He's a difference maker, far more explosive than Fred J.Eta and he appears to be much improved between the tackles
 
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'Ranethe said:
'PrinceofDarkness said:
As a Bills fan, I like what they are doing with Jackson and Spiller. Spiller would be less effective with more usage, in my opinion and the opinion of the Bills coaching staff.
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Yeah, we saw this when Fred was out hurt. :rolleyes:I'm not a Bills fan but I work in Buffalo and live 45 mins away. Watched them my entire life. IMO it's a big mistake not giving Spiller the lion's share of the touches. He's a difference maker, far more explosive than Fred J.Eta and he appears to be much improved between the tackles
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:goodposting:
 
'Ranethe said:
'PrinceofDarkness said:
As a Bills fan, I like what they are doing with Jackson and Spiller. Spiller would be less effective with more usage, in my opinion and the opinion of the Bills coaching staff.
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Yeah, we saw this when Fred was out hurt. :rolleyes:I'm not a Bills fan but I work in Buffalo and live 45 mins away. Watched them my entire life. IMO it's a big mistake not giving Spiller the lion's share of the touches. He's a difference maker, far more explosive than Fred J.Eta and he appears to be much improved between the tackles
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I disagree. When Fred Jackson is fully healthy, he needs to be in there a fair share.
 
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I will say Stewart Bradley. I thought Bradley was going to a star when he played in Philly but couldn't stay healthy. In Arizona, he has been relegated to playing as a backup behind Paris Lenon. Arizona should consider trading him to get a RB or an Olineman.

 
'Donnybrook said:
I will say Stewart Bradley. I thought Bradley was going to a star when he played in Philly but couldn't stay healthy. In Arizona, he has been relegated to playing as a backup behind Paris Lenon. Arizona should consider trading him to get a RB or an Olineman.
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Even when he was healthy, I wasn't overly impressed with his play.
 
DeAngelo Williams has wasted the prime of his career away being in a time share in Carolina. He's such a talented RB, it's a shame his potential NFL legacy was probably cut short by his situation.

 
'Aaron Rudnicki said:
'Ranethe said:
'PrinceofDarkness said:
As a Bills fan, I like what they are doing with Jackson and Spiller. Spiller would be less effective with more usage, in my opinion and the opinion of the Bills coaching staff.
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Yeah, we saw this when Fred was out hurt. :rolleyes:I'm not a Bills fan but I work in Buffalo and live 45 mins away. Watched them my entire life. IMO it's a big mistake not giving Spiller the lion's share of the touches. He's a difference maker, far more explosive than Fred J.Eta and he appears to be much improved between the tackles
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I disagree. When Fred Jackson is fully healthy, he needs to be in there a fair share.
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Yea don't give the guy who can score from anywhere on the field the ball :thumbup: Spiller is probably the best back in the league, he makes Fred Jackson look like he has a piano on his back. It's Jamal Charles and Thomas Jones all over again. Charles is doing pretty darn good with 30 carries these days.I'd also add Pierre Thomas and Torrey Smith. Last year it was Reggie Bush and Percy Harvin and we see what happened when they got the ball.
 
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