Would you prefer Breece or Marvin Jr in dynasty?
I was actually offered MHJ and some change for Breece back in January. Passed and no regrets yet though I have lowered Breece's outlook for next year since I turned that deal down.
Honestly don’t remember watching a single Jets game last year other than the opener against SF. I know the team was a mess and hard to believe that his talent deteriorated in one season. Still only 23. Would be hoping he gets traded or plays out this season and goes to a different team next year if I made a move for him in dynasty.
This might be the window where you can get him for the cheapest you'll be able to. If the Jets send him for a third to Dallas, Denver, Pittsburgh, or any other RB-needy team, you'll have hit the jackpot. The only thing that I was concerned about last year was his inability to make people miss and going down on first contact. He had trouble with that. As for questions about his line, yes, it wasn't very good, but Breece had managed to rip off explosive run after explosive run his first two years, and everything was pretty constant in that respect. He had a down year, and I think he was hurt but played through it.
The question becomes is whether or not that injury lingered and is the sign of a back in decline. It has happened before to guys, and he did have an ACL tear his rookie year. So . . . caveat emptor. I roster him in one of my two leagues and he's my main and feature back there. So I hope it clicks back in and that he's healthy and mentally right and ready to go.
Priority to roster B Allen if you already have Hall?
Allen or Isaiah Davis. I'm not sure which one has the inside track. I think that Davis sort of overtook Allen for the second back by the end of the year. Allen had a below-average YPC of 3.6 by the end of the year, which is something to consider with Breece because Allen looked good regardless. I still insist the line wasn't good and in addition to that, Allen got goal-line carries which will reduce the YPC of anybody.
FBG rated the line at ninth overall, but 23rd in the pass game and 24th in the run game, so I'm not sure where they get the ninth overall from (it might have been 22nd and 23rd, actually—I forget the exact ranking but I'm within one on both of them). I can tell you that guys were getting hit in the backfield all the time and Allen's YPC likely suffered from that.
To make matters worse, teams were playing eight in the box because they didn't think Rodgers could beat them with his arm anymore. Rodgers was also no threat to run like other QBs, so the defensive line and linebackers could focus solely on the running backs in running situations or when plays developed that looked like a run.
But the bottom line is I don't know who to recommend. It was supposed to be that Allen was the runner and Davis the pass receiving back but Allen catches the ball very well and Davis ran it well, so that's a mystery also. I'd probably go with Allen. He's young and would seem to have the inside track, but Aaron Glenn has said that the depth chart everywhere is "in pencil" and I would expect that to hold for the RB room also.
Millennials were hard enough to understand, now we're two generations deeper, and I feel like words will go extinct in a few decades. Everything will just be little rebus puzzles made up of memes strung together.
