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It’s was a fair statement.
You asked
That's a generous statement of you. Some people here have noted it almost seems like he tackles himself.
I’ve seen both. He’s broken some tackles. He’s also ran into the backs of OL. But the worst is when he tries to improvise & bust a run outside, not trusting the block to be there. I’d read another piece that said he’d have something like 20% more production if you removed those runs, even if the replacement runs went for 0 yards (because almost every one of the improv runs lost yardage)
Yeah, the draft I took him highly in? He's not the reason I'm out of it. There are many others. I think a higher draft pick was still worth it, that he's scored a bunch of consistent points, and that he'll definitely have a role going forward. The amount Belichick is using him speaks for itself. He's averaged nineteen carries (!) a game his last five games. The only game he had under ten carries was Week Two. One might even call him a workhorse on those numbers alone.
If White is truly limited (picked up a toe injury on Friday) Sony could see a few more targets in the receiving game. That alone would be a massive boost.
I would be less surprised if he had an injury in the 2nd half
Not sure. I noticed that too. Ever since he whiffed on a pass play he’s been on the sideline.
Michel can be the perfect player to be traded for both parties involved. A fantasy team with 5 wins or less that is strong at running back should trade him this week with the bye coming up. Week 10 is 25% of the remaining regular season for teams that play a 13 week season. A fantasy owner deep at receiver can give up a tier 2 wide receiver for him regardless of their record. Michel might have question marks and a low ceiling because of his lack of receptions, but a team that only has 1 legitimate running back will covet him.
Well, Dr. Dan... I have to say I agree with this assessment... I have not been a fan of Sony but for mulitple reasons.. NEP RB Schemes change on a whim (BB design), Crowded Backfield (not enough touches), he does not get the receptions to be Top 20 in PPR leagues, and his knee issues make him too high a risk for the cost benefit. I was considering making a "low ball offer" for him... but I don't think I want to part with any assessts to get somebody unreliable.
That's one of the worst trades I have ever seen in these threads. Your rival fleeced that other team.
That’s like saying “take away his 13 receptions & Tyler Lockett was terrible yesterday!”
The problem is, he has two average games, a poor game, gets taken out of your starting lineup, ecores three touchdowns, gets back into your starting lineup, has two crappy games...That’s like saying “take away his 13 receptions & Tyler Lockett was terrible yesterday!”
Michele scored those 1 yard TDs. He wasn’t poison when you got those points from him. That actually did happen. So you can’t take them away.
and honestly, on a Pats team that we all knew headed into the season still had James White & Rex Burkhead, I’m not really sure what everyone was expecting. That he’s averaged 17.5 carries a game is more than I thought he’d get. And with OL injuries, the Pats aren’t as compete of a team as they once were regardless.
IMO his ADP reflected this. Just because he had a couple big preseason runs, people seemed to have jumped on a bandwagon that never really existed for Michele.
i bought low for a still-gimpy Hollywood Brown a couple weeks ago.
He’s likely gonna be a boom or bust RB2/Flex/BYE replacement (behind Carson & Singletary for me), with production that’s largely game-flow dependent as we saw in full force last night. I have no expectations beyond that, but this was likely his low water mark.
But he did score those TDs, and he will likely score some more TDs before the season is over.
It’s 1 bad week. Dude’s been pretty solid most of the year though. Better games ahead.
Every player goes through swings. Some more dramatic than others, as some are more game-flow dependent.
Dunno why you would do that, does your league penalize 1 yard TD's? I get 6.1 point in all of mine.
Or maybe one bad game-script coincidentally fit your narrative. Equally possible.
You keep mentioning the 17.5 carries per game, but a part of that was Burkhead's missed time.That’s like saying “take away his 13 receptions & Tyler Lockett was terrible yesterday!”
Michele scored those 1 yard TDs. He wasn’t poison when you got those points from him. That actually did happen. So you can’t take them away.
and honestly, on a Pats team that we all knew headed into the season still had James White & Rex Burkhead, I’m not really sure what everyone was expecting. That he’s averaged 17.5 carries a game is more than I thought he’d get. And with OL injuries, the Pats aren’t as compete of a team as they once were regardless.
IMO his ADP reflected this. Just because he had a couple big preseason runs, people seemed to have jumped on a bandwagon that never really existed for Michele.
i bought low for a still-gimpy Hollywood Brown a couple weeks ago.
He’s likely gonna be a boom or bust RB2/Flex/BYE replacement (behind Carson & Singletary for me), with production that’s largely game-flow dependent as we saw in full force last night. I have no expectations beyond that, but this was likely his low water mark.
But he did score those TDs, and he will likely score some more TDs before the season is over.
It’s 1 bad week. Dude’s been pretty solid most of the year though. Better games ahead.
They've played 5 games together this year.Or maybe one bad game-script coincidentally fit your narrative. Equally possible.
we’ll know more about whether this is a fluke or not after week 11.
Keep playing him if you want to hope he gets the ball for those one yarders. Last night, he wasn't even in the game when they were near the goal line.
Exactly this.
sample size isn’t exactly massive there. and. Burkhead doesn’t have a great history of staying healthy.
Michel is ranked RB18 in 0 PPR leagues and RB26 in PPR leagues. People that took him PPR leagues after having a season with only 7 receptions could not have expected the universe, no matter where they drafted him. In MFL 0 ppr leagues, Michel had an ADP of RB21. Sure, he hasn't been great and hasn't looked great, but there are other players people should be griping over besides Michel.
Not saying you’re not entitled to your opinion, but a 1-game sample size isn’t a convincing argument to me.
he’s averaged 17.5 carries a game this year. You’re basing all of this on one bad game. That’s an overreaction to a single outlier.
No, he had 5 touches last night because the Pats went no-huddle for the majority of the game & even on the long drive that ended with the Edelman fumble, they went 100% pass. Michele was on the field the entire drive, made 2 fantastic blocks & executes a perfect flea flicker. Just because it didn’t show up in the box score doesn’t mean he wasn’t used by the Pats.
Isnt this the definition of the NE backfield?
I have never figured out why people get agita over the NE backfield. It hardly ever is a mystery. One guy is an early down ball carrier. One guy is a third down COP receiver. And one guy gets a series once or twice a game. Once in a while they go pass happy and once in a while they have to go off game script. But people should already know all this.
