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Point I'm making is Kamara rarely breaks off long runs, has not broke one off in years and only has 5 over 40 in his entire caree so this is not new because of his age. He's an awesome RB so focusing on just that aspect does not do much for me is again the point I'm making.Kamara is 29 and has never had a 1k+ rushing season in the NFL. He's an elite fantasy asset because of his receiving.Kamara is RB1 and he's not had a run over 40 yards in 4 years or so much as a run over 20 yards in 2 years.No kidding. First time owner of Bijan in any league and the fact that his longest career rush is 38 yards is surprising. 21st in scoring for RBS isnt what I was expecting when I drafted him. Things change quickly in the NFL though. Hopefully soon.We're now 269 carries into his NFL career and his longest rush is 38 yards. He has no runs over 19 yards this season.
All the same, he had a 74 yard rushing play among his 120 rookie carries.
For a guy touted to be electric, Bijan has not shown much sizzle in the NFL.
On 342 career touches, he has one play over 40 yards (a 71 yard reception last season).
He was advertised to be a special talent, but has been more of grinder so far.
I never recall Bijan being touted as electric. A special mover, incredible cuts, and all around skill set. I 100% see every single bit of that.
I'm sure Bijan will remain very relevant in FF if he gets 100 targets in multiple seasons like Kamara, CMC, Bush, and Sproles.
However, if he doesn't have elite run talent then you lose that freaky Tomlinson or Faulk type of ceiling.
This was a guy picked in the top 5 of the NFL draft who some valued as the dynasty RB1 from day one.
He was supposed to be special, but the run talent has not looked special so far.
That's an arrow down weighed against what he was advertised to become, IMO.
By this stage of their careers, Peterson, Barkley, and Tomlinson were flying. The hype had translated to exceptional FF output.
I'm looking at the names in the NFL right now at RB and I think I'd slot Bijan it at roughly RB10. He's definitely not bad, but he's also not what he was supposed to be. He was supposed to be clearly better than people like Josh Jacobs and Kenneth Walker based on draft capital. Instead you can make reasonable arguments that he's being outplayed right now by people like James Conner, Brian Robinson, and JK Dobbins.
That's all I'm really saying. He was touted to be a generational type of back when he actually just seems to be an average starter. He was advertised to become Randy Moss, but he's Keyshawn Johnson. It's not a bad thing to be. It's just not a player that elevates FF rosters in the way that we hoped.