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I think most of it is just chance. Football is violent and people get hurt every game. CMC just had some bad breaks with injuries. Also touching the ball as much as he does raises the injury risk. The riskiest players are also the best for fantasy because touches=risk but also touches=points.
He ended up with an ok fantasy game but tonight was super deflating. This post above is what concerned me and in his first game with Mitchell we just saw CMC get 4 less carries and one less total touch then Mitchell. I don't see this going away so long as Mitchell is healthy, this is CMC's new reality. It's not horrible or bust level but it's a huge letdown from what he's pretty much been for fantasy, while healthy, since his rookie season.
You are playing to win this year. It won’t happen next year if Lance is starting.
I’m a big Wilson guy.
1 game?
He had a BYE last week.
Col Mustard/MoP "Are you trying to make me look stupid in front of the other guests?"
Saw it in the theater, then rented the videotape so we could see the alternate endings.
Yesterday was disappointing but we have no choice but to hold on and hope for better days. CMC is probably not going to be the entire O like he was with Carolina and it makes sense. It was tough on CMC and not a winning formula.
Definitely have to see how things shake out in the next few weeks. In his first week, CMC got 26 touches (including 8 receptions), which is what we were used to in his Carolina days. With Mitchell back yesterday, CMC's touches dropped to 18 (4 receptions). Now that Mitchell is in the fold, it's hard to say where CMC's touches will be, but I think yesterday is probably more representative. Mitchell is a very good RB and it seems like it's best for the team to use both. In the case of CMC, you just have to hope that the reduced volume is more than made up by efficiency with a stronger team. Of some concern though is that the Niners offense is not typically predicated on checking down to their RBs, which is something that made CMC so valuable in PPR even with bad Panther teams.
On Kittle, the Chargers made a very deliberate effort to take him out of the game.
I'd say a little bit. Its too many mouths to feed unless the offense scores 30+ points every week, and they are likely to conservative for that. CMC probably just had his worst game I'd expect going forward, as they rode Mitchell's hot hand. I doubt there will be any more games where Mitchell out touches CMC, but yeah, the Carolina workload likely isn't coming back, unless there is a trailing game script.
I don't know about phrasing it as making them all flex options but he absolutely hurts all of them as they do him.
I don’t know about deflating, not running him into the ground 2 weeks in a row sounds smart to me with his injury history. If this was a bad game, I’m in.
yes, one game with everyone healthy is a pretty good indicator. I get CMC had a huge week 8 game and my guess is the next time both Deebo and Mitchell are out he'll have another huge game but he's not the same for fantasy when these two are around, especially Mitchell, as his glory days from Carolina.
I want to agree but I can't. He got I believe 4 carries inside the 5 yard line. That's a lot and he's going to have a lot less in other games. Where you say, and you are not the only one saying this, he could have got 2 TD's I'll say that I was pulling hard for him Sunday night and and truly feel he just as easily could have got zero TD's and scored 6 less points. When you are in a full fledged RBBC, and he is, you can do worse then around 18'ish a game.
I don’t think the coach is spinning lies. I expect Elijah to get a fair amount of carries each week and a 50/50 split is likely some weeks. 60/40 in the favor of CMC is likely most weeks.
No.
If you watched the game(not saying you didnt), they were CMC obsessed in the first Half and it opened up a lot of easy scores to other guys on the roster.
Did you say full fledged RBBC?
elite route running, elite
He's played two games with Mitchell and both times it's been Mitchell who led in carries. End of game scripts matter as well.
They for sure matter but the context of the end of game script matters too. While the game was close it was all CMC. So it appears that if the game is a contest CMC will get the bulk of the usage and as the game outcome becomes less in doubt Mitchell will get more run. At least that is what I have seen the last couple of games while Mitchell has been active.
