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Wait...in a dynasty rookie draft you considered Hunt at 1.01 and he was actually drafted at 1.02? I like Hunt fine, but after months of talent evaluation (which includes actual NFL draft position) a player sees such a huge bump because a marginal talent in front of him gets injured?
I hear you! Ultimately for me, sanity won out and I picked the more naturally gifted Rb in CMC. But the guy behind me with the 2nd pick went for the back that will help him more in 2017 and probably sacrificed the upside he can get with cook mixon or fournette. Then again, who the hell knows...Antonio brown was a 6th rd pick. Arian foster was an UFA if I recall. Trent Richardson. Nuff said lol
Yes and Stewart.
Newton has NEVER been good at throwing to his RB's..I think CM is being over valued just a little. People always love to reach for the new toy coming into the league with all the hype. I drafted Bush his rookie year,and reached a little that year.I expected a little better #'s that year,and passed on some RB's that would have been much better picks..As long as Stewart and Cam healthy snatching up gl carries,I don't see CM value at where he is being drafted. I do think CM is better than Bush.It drove me nuts when Bush tried to take too many balls to the outside looking for a big play. The NFL is a much faster game than college and have seen too many RB's flop(I DON'T think CM will flop) when they think they can do what they did in college at the NFL level.DocHolliday said:
They've lined him up wide and in the slot though.
Reggie Bush had 565 rushing yards with 6 TDs and 88 receptions for 742 yards and 2 TDs as a rookie - I'd be happy with that form McCaffrey if I drafted him.
9 carries, 4 receptions a game (5-6 TDs) and close to low-end RB1 production in full-point PPR and doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
Panthers homers should really chime in, but I thought the plan was to get Newton to utilize some more short passes this year and have him run a bit less to reduce the amount of hits he takes.
The Panthers have never had a guy or an offense where Cam simply dumps the ball off. Since drafting Cmac (and Samuels) thats all they have talked about in regards to cam. Give him more weapons where he can do quick short passes and really open up the offense. They displayed a bit of this in the preseason but we really saw it on Cams only drive last game. I think Cmac could easily and I mean easily crack the top 12 RB.
5th is good value, but lead back? Is this PPR? Would not want a rookie as my lead back, even if it was Fournette or Cook who will get more down hill runs, I believe.
I would like to see where stats for that are, did you get that from a link? Would love to see who throws to RBs most and least.
That is the plan, but those who've watched a lot of Cam can tell you that he has struggled with touch passes / placing a lower velocity floater between layers of a defense. I also have the perception that the Panthers have not really relied on the screen game since back in the days of Steve Smith so I'm not sure how well their linemen can move out and block in space. The bigger concern I have with CMC is that the Panthers have a plethora of viable end zone options (Cam, Stewart, Olsen, KB) which will tend to cap CMC's TD production...but he's such a good player that I think investing in him is a solid option in pretty much all formats, possibly excluding standard scoring redraft.
Why is he a health concern? He had 700 some touches at Stanford and missed one career game.
PPR. Would have went in another direction otherwise. In non-PPR you could make a case that CMC isn't draftable
Not draftable seems crazy. I think this time next season McCaffrey will be a top tier RB1 by the way
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It's the same reasons you wouldn't draft Sproles outside of PPR. There just isn't enough "oomph" in his game for me to draft him in non-PPR. In a basic TD league the guy isn't even the 4th best option on his team to cross the goal line. There's way too much risk that this guy ends up rushing for 600 yards and 4 TDs. A dude rushing for 50 or so yards a game averaging a TD a month would make him unrosterable IMO.
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Sproles has been a top-30 RB in non-PPR for 4 out of the last 6 years. That makes him draftable in most leagues.
Yup. And even if Stewart stays healthy all year this year. This backfield is mccaffery's in 2018.
Understand your point, but I think that's misrepresenting what "so many people" are saying....which I would re-state as although CMC has the potential to take a share of Stewart's early down and short yardage work away, Stewart is NOT a JAG who will quietly fade away. I see posts about Stewart having lost the burst he used to have. Apparently I've been watching a different pre-season. If you are the Panther's coaching staff you use BOTH talented players as tools....and it is this point that people are making when they are tempering expectations about CMC.
Depends on the league, depends on the scoring format.
Not trolling, just a difference of opinion. It's like saying Blount isn't draftable in PPR, I can argue that case just as well.
Are there any leagues that don't count receiving yards for a RB? That would seem strange.
That's why I felt a clarification was needed. I've played in all kinds of leagues with all kinds of rules.
Yes in the 1 in a thousand leagues that don't count receiving yards for RBs he is undraftable. I hope the one person who plays in that league sees your post.
