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Hey, how do you know I'm not Odell Beckham Jr.?????? Obviously we are all JAGs on this site when compared to any NFL Players. It's all relative though. There is a considerable difference in talent between Gurley and Collins though. Now, put Todd Gurley into a career in technology and he would most likely be considered JAG compared to Bill Gates. All relative.
I did laugh at your post though. No one has ever called me JAG and it doesn't feel good. I apologize Alex Collins.
Who says Allen is the short yardage back? Why cant they both get short yardage touches? They did last night and in week 1
True. Could be Abdullah 2.0 which would be terrible.
Goal-line: Makes sense to me. That must be it.
10-15 points a week is my expectation in PPR. Sometimes more, sometimes less. But he is their #1 back. It is week 2. And thus far he has delivered on limited touches due to:
Last year he averaged 4.6 yards per carry which is not low.
Go back and look at his last 10 games for YPC. His YPC was falling significantly over the course of the season in 2017
He averaged 20 touches per game the last half of last year. That’s what you’re looking for this year and 2 fluky game scripts haven’t changed that in my mind. Unless you think the Ravens are going to alternate between being up 40 points in the early third and being down 2+ scores most of the game then there’s really no reason to think Collins won’t get to the 18-20 touch range.
It did go down but they started using him in goal and short yardage situations.
How many goal line carries did Alex Collins get in 2017? Enough to drop his YPC from in the 5-6 range to in the 3.8 range? Come on... that's such a weak argument.
And he had 12 inside the 10 and 27 in the red zone. He being fed when the defense had short fields to cover and were closer to the LOS or stacking the box.
Yeah. Blue sky analysis here with all due respect. Buck was the guy when were down 10 with a bunch to go. In a run/pass game script. Collins was barely on the field in the second half.
Maybe but the first thing a player needs is opportunities and Barber looks like he will be getting opportunities. Tough to tell because of the wonky games but I am less confident about Collins getting consistent opportunities.
There is zero doubt in my mind that Harbaugh is gone with Flacco next year. The team had a pretty big overhaul in talent from last year to this year, all that's missing is overhauling the coaching approach to one that, well, works.
I don’t disagree with this. In fact, after Collins busted off that huge gainer for ~20 yards at the start of the third, I thought he pulled himself out cuz of the hit when he went OB.
Sorry I don’t have the numbers handy but they use him plenty in the RZ but it is true he splits carries at the GL. He got a GL carry last night actually just didn’t convert. Also his TD last week was from 7 or 8 yards out.
If the Ravens wanted to move the back to wr depending on what the defense show, this makes sense. Allen can play wr a little..... and rb a little.
All I saw was a RB who produces when handed the ball. Collins is doing exactly what he did last year.
He has 7 fumbles in under 300 touches. He is a two-down back between the twenties and will be pulled when they try and run out the clock.
Obviously it's way to early in the season to panic, and I definitely would tell people not to sell because his value can't get much lower at this point. However in my league he is RB31 right now, which makes him an average flex and a mid/low RB3.
I meant where they say "We gotta get him the ball!" then it happens for one game and they forget about him. Until the team realizes Flacco shouldn't be passing 40+ times a game or that Javorius Allen isn't the teams best back, the same pattern will continue. Collins will have to produce on the 11-14 carries a game he gets, and if he's lucky 2-3 receptions. Not going to talk about the goal line situation...
Certainly not starting him with confidence vs DEN, but he is my flex, with my 2 starters being DJ and Conner. Yes, it's annoying when he gets pulled for Allen, but he is still their lead back, and Dixon is out too. The first game was a blowout, so I will give him a mulligan. The second he got 12 touches for 90 yards, and we FF'ers consider that a bad game for him, right? In PPR, getting 12.5 flex pts isn't horrible, and we all know he was underutilized. Don't sell low at this point.
