Reuben Droughns (1 Viewer)

[azngangster]

Im gonna love picking this guy up in later rounds.

 

[Pack43]

What makes you think he'll be available in later rounds?

 

[H.K.]

Im gonna love picking this guy up in later rounds.

Thank you for the kiss of death.

 

[azngangster]

I didnt mean the real late rounds, I mean later than some of the other rbs ppl seem to be taking before him.

 

[joffer]

just got him at 3.11 in WCOFF satellite draft (ppr)

 

[Irish]

Harrison is looking pretty good and looks to see a lot of 3rd down plays and as a change of pace back. Droughns is a hard runner, but I see Harrison taking most of the receptions and the Browns are not gonna be an offensive juggernaut so Droughns won't be scoring a lot of tds.

 

[Jason Wood]

1) What do you define as "later rounds"?

His ADP = 30, RB16

http://subscribers.footballguys.com/players/DrouRe00-1.php

2) Presumably this post relates to his showing in tonight's preseason game? If that's the case, I hope you're also downgrading Kevin Jones, Rudi Johnson, TJ Houshmandzadeh, Larry Johnson and Antonio Gates.

 

[Ron_Mexico]

...Jerome Harrison

better

 

[wannabee]

1) What do you define as "later rounds"?

His ADP = 30, RB16

http://subscribers.footballguys.com/players/DrouRe00-1.php

2) Presumably this post relates to his showing in tonight's preseason game? If that's the case, I hope you're also downgrading Kevin Jones, Rudi Johnson, TJ Houshmandzadeh, Larry Johnson and Antonio Gates.

and taking Nall in the 1st round ...

 

[Football Jones]

Droughns has never looked better. Despite their injuries, the Brownie's OL seems to be functioning fine. It's not the regular season, of course, but if Droughns can get decent blocking, he'll make an excellent RB2.

 

[cybergourmet]

no worries about jailtime?

 

[Anonymous Internet User]

no worries about jailtime?

he plays for Cleveland, not Cincinatti

 

[Marc Levin]

Have always liked Droughns.

I would not mind having him on my team if I went RB-WR to start my draft.

 

[#@%&$!?]

Is the W.Green for Fraley rumor still alive?

 

[Fullback Fro]

just got him at 3.11 in WCOFF satellite draft (ppr)

PM me the results?

 

[aposulli]

just got him at 3.11 in WCOFF satellite draft (ppr)

PM me the results?

48th overall good? lol

 

[pecorino]

let's see, the Browns face Baltimore twice, Pittsburgh twice, have a rookie QB under a center who is third in line at that position and a rookie RB cutting into his playing time. ya, sounds like an ideal situation for droughns this year.

enjoy your "late" pickup of droughns. he might rack up some yardage, but cleveland is not going to score much this year.

 

[Jason Wood]

let's see, the Browns face Baltimore twice, Pittsburgh twice, have a rookie QB under a center who is third in line at that position and a rookie RB cutting into his playing time. ya, sounds like an ideal situation for droughns this year.

enjoy your "late" pickup of droughns. he might rack up some yardage, but cleveland is not going to score much this year.

Just to play Devil's advocate...Droughns ran behind a worse offensive line last year

He had a horrible QB situation

He played against PIT, BAL and CIN twice each

Yet, he was the 14th best fantasy back...

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/DrouRe00.htm

 

[H.K.]

let's see, the Browns face Baltimore twice, Pittsburgh twice, have a rookie QB under a center who is third in line at that position and a rookie RB cutting into his playing time. ya, sounds like an ideal situation for droughns this year.

enjoy your "late" pickup of droughns. he might rack up some yardage, but cleveland is not going to score much this year.

Just to play Devil's advocate...Droughns ran behind a worse offensive line last year

He had a horrible QB situation

He played against PIT, BAL and CIN twice each

Yet, he was the 14th best fantasy back...

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/DrouRe00.htm

No Harrison on the roster that year though. He's gonna take a ton of receptions away from Droughns, and a decent amount of carries, too.

 

[The Ref]

no worries about jailtime?

he plays for Cleveland, not Cincinatti

 

[ConstruxBoy]

1) What do you define as "later rounds"?

His ADP = 30, RB16

http://subscribers.footballguys.com/players/DrouRe00-1.php

2) Presumably this post relates to his showing in tonight's preseason game? If that's the case, I hope you're also downgrading Kevin Jones, Rudi Johnson, TJ Houshmandzadeh, Larry Johnson and Antonio Gates.

and taking Nall in the 1st round ...

 

[BAT1man]

Any lawyers out there that can predict the possible outcome of his legal issues?

I picked him up at 5.3 in a 10-teamer, after going:

1.3 Larry Johnson

2.8 Larry Fitzgerald

3.3 Reggie Bush

4.8 Donald Driver

My thinking was that I would go with Droughns early in the season until Bush can establish himself as the clear #1 for NO. If Droughns ends up missing games due to his legal issues, I may have to hope Bush lights on fire from day one.

I may want to make a waiver pick to cover should Droughns miss time.

How likely is he to miss time due to this legal case?

 

[PahtyTom]

How likely is he to miss time due to this legal case?

Not likely.

 

[u999spf]

My thinking was that I would go with Droughns early in the season until Bush can establish himself as the clear #1 for NO. If Droughns ends up missing games due to his legal issues, I may have to hope Bush lights on fire from day one.I may want to make a waiver pick to cover should Droughns miss time.

Start Bush from Week 1 anyway. He should be involved heavily from the start. Duece is still coming back from his injury and the Saints will want to show off their new poster boy to the fans and the rest of the league right out of the gate. I can see nice numbers from Bush early in the season. There may be a lull around the midway point as he hits the "rookie wall" but then he could pick it back up again near the end of the year. (Similar to how Caddy started and finished last year)

 

[Chaka]

let's see, the Browns face Baltimore twice, Pittsburgh twice, have a rookie QB under a center who is third in line at that position and a rookie RB cutting into his playing time. ya, sounds like an ideal situation for droughns this year.

enjoy your "late" pickup of droughns. he might rack up some yardage, but cleveland is not going to score much this year.

Just to play Devil's advocate...Droughns ran behind a worse offensive line last year

He had a horrible QB situation

He played against PIT, BAL and CIN twice each

Yet, he was the 14th best fantasy back...

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/DrouRe00.htm

No Harrison on the roster that year though. He's gonna take a ton of receptions away from Droughns, and a decent amount of carries, too.

I don't expect to see a rookie RB in the Cle backfield on passing downs this year, not if the Browns want to keep Charlie Frye upright all season. Droughns is a decent receiver and more importantly he can recognize and pick up blitzes far better than any rookie RB.

 

[Football Jones]

let's see, the Browns face Baltimore twice, Pittsburgh twice, have a rookie QB under a center who is third in line at that position and a rookie RB cutting into his playing time. ya, sounds like an ideal situation for droughns this year.

enjoy your "late" pickup of droughns. he might rack up some yardage, but cleveland is not going to score much this year.

Just to play Devil's advocate...Droughns ran behind a worse offensive line last year

He had a horrible QB situation

He played against PIT, BAL and CIN twice each

Yet, he was the 14th best fantasy back...

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/DrouRe00.htm

No Harrison on the roster that year though. He's gonna take a ton of receptions away from Droughns, and a decent amount of carries, too.

I don't expect to see a rookie RB in the Cle backfield on passing downs this year, not if the Browns want to keep Charlie Frye upright all season. Droughns is a decent receiver and more importantly he can recognize and pick up blitzes far better than any rookie RB.

I agree, Chaka. Harrison got lots of PT last night, but people need to remind themselves it was a preseason game. I'd bet a dollar to a donut Harrison won't average 5 touches a game. That would be 80 for the season & I don't believe he'll see near that many. As far as receptions go, Droughns will easily have more than Harrison, IMO.

 

[LHUCKS]

I'm watching the game right now. The Clevelan run blocking looks pretty good. Granted it's against Detroit, but Droughns definitely had room to run.

 

[chris1969]

Did anyone see the 3rd and short play in the Red zone where they took Droughns out and put Vickers in?

I figure I might as well pour gas on the flames.

 

[Bri]

let's see, the Browns face Baltimore twice, Pittsburgh twice, have a rookie QB under a center who is third in line at that position and a rookie RB cutting into his playing time. ya, sounds like an ideal situation for droughns this year.

enjoy your "late" pickup of droughns. he might rack up some yardage, but cleveland is not going to score much this year.

Just to play Devil's advocate...Droughns ran behind a worse offensive line last year

He had a horrible QB situation

He played against PIT, BAL and CIN twice each

Yet, he was the 14th best fantasy back...

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/DrouRe00.htm

No Harrison on the roster that year though. He's gonna take a ton of receptions away from Droughns, and a decent amount of carries, too.

I don't expect to see a rookie RB in the Cle backfield on passing downs this year, not if the Browns want to keep Charlie Frye upright all season. Droughns is a decent receiver and more importantly he can recognize and pick up blitzes far better than any rookie RB.

I agree, Chaka. Harrison got lots of PT last night, but people need to remind themselves it was a preseason game. I'd bet a dollar to a donut Harrison won't average 5 touches a game. That would be 80 for the season & I don't believe he'll see near that many. As far as receptions go, Droughns will easily have more than Harrison, IMO.

Meggett role has been discussed by Crennel so I disagree and think he'll be used on 5 3rd downs per game

 

[Keepers]

let's see, the Browns face Baltimore twice, Pittsburgh twice, have a rookie QB under a center who is third in line at that position and a rookie RB cutting into his playing time. ya, sounds like an ideal situation for droughns this year.

enjoy your "late" pickup of droughns. he might rack up some yardage, but cleveland is not going to score much this year.

Just to play Devil's advocate...Droughns ran behind a worse offensive line last year

He had a horrible QB situation

He played against PIT, BAL and CIN twice each

Yet, he was the 14th best fantasy back...

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/DrouRe00.htm

In my non ppr leagues he was 16th but that is a little misleading as 15th to 22nd where separated by less than 20 pts and he played 16 games while many of the guys behind like DD, Westbrook, Foster, Caddy, Tatum and JJ played fewer games (Ronnie Brown was also behind and split carries).I actually like Droughns for yardage as he is going to get a lot of carries and would take him over a Denver RB and Foster (maybe JJ as well) but he only had two TDs with 309 carries last year and while in a preseason game the offensive looked good, don't believe this line or the O will be much improved this year so TD production will again be limited.

 

[Frenchy Fuqua]

let's see, the Browns face Baltimore twice, Pittsburgh twice, have a rookie QB under a center who is third in line at that position and a rookie RB cutting into his playing time. ya, sounds like an ideal situation for droughns this year.

enjoy your "late" pickup of droughns. he might rack up some yardage, but cleveland is not going to score much this year.

Just to play Devil's advocate...Droughns ran behind a worse offensive line last year

He had a horrible QB situation

He played against PIT, BAL and CIN twice each

Yet, he was the 14th best fantasy back...

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/DrouRe00.htm

Love all the chest-thumping going on in this thread...like the Browns O is some juggernaut. They were last in the NFL in scoring last year and have lost their top QB, WR and top free agent acquisition. If you get excited about 60-80 total yards and a TD every 4 weeks you'll love Reuby....Woodrow you are as off here as you were with Steve Smith last year.

1) Worse offensive line last year? How do you figure? Faine was actually an NFL starter.

2) Horrible QB situation? Is Dorsey better than Dilfer?

3) PIT owned CLE last year, will again this year. BAL was without Lewis and Reed last year, they're back. Browns also face CAR, TB, ATL, DEN and SD.

 

[Chaka]

let's see, the Browns face Baltimore twice, Pittsburgh twice, have a rookie QB under a center who is third in line at that position and a rookie RB cutting into his playing time. ya, sounds like an ideal situation for droughns this year.

enjoy your "late" pickup of droughns. he might rack up some yardage, but cleveland is not going to score much this year.

Just to play Devil's advocate...Droughns ran behind a worse offensive line last year

He had a horrible QB situation

He played against PIT, BAL and CIN twice each

Yet, he was the 14th best fantasy back...

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/DrouRe00.htm

Love all the chest-thumping going on in this thread...like the Browns O is some juggernaut. They were last in the NFL in scoring last year and have lost their top QB, WR and top free agent acquisition. If you get excited about 60-80 total yards and a TD every 4 weeks you'll love Reuby....Woodrow you are as off here as you were with Steve Smith last year.

1) Worse offensive line last year? How do you figure? Faine was actually an NFL starter.

2) Horrible QB situation? Is Dorsey better than Dilfer?

3) PIT owned CLE last year, will again this year. BAL was without Lewis and Reed last year, they're back. Browns also face CAR, TB, ATL, DEN and SD.

I don't see much chest bumping going on here just discussion about a RB who could finish in the top 15 but may be undervalued in a lot of drafts. No one is suggesting he will finish top five, in fact if you have read the thread then you must realize that your reply seems to indicate that you think he is borderline undraftable and that is just ludicrous.Faine is an average NFL center at best, in fact most would consider him a bust considering his lofty draft position.

Dorsey sucks and is not better than Dilfer but neither is the starter so I am not sure what your point is.

They had the same tough schedule last season and Droughns finished #14 among RBs.

Dude is worthy of discussion.

 

[Chaka]

let's see, the Browns face Baltimore twice, Pittsburgh twice, have a rookie QB under a center who is third in line at that position and a rookie RB cutting into his playing time. ya, sounds like an ideal situation for droughns this year.

enjoy your "late" pickup of droughns. he might rack up some yardage, but cleveland is not going to score much this year.

Just to play Devil's advocate...Droughns ran behind a worse offensive line last year

He had a horrible QB situation

He played against PIT, BAL and CIN twice each

Yet, he was the 14th best fantasy back...

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/DrouRe00.htm

No Harrison on the roster that year though. He's gonna take a ton of receptions away from Droughns, and a decent amount of carries, too.

I don't expect to see a rookie RB in the Cle backfield on passing downs this year, not if the Browns want to keep Charlie Frye upright all season. Droughns is a decent receiver and more importantly he can recognize and pick up blitzes far better than any rookie RB.

I agree, Chaka. Harrison got lots of PT last night, but people need to remind themselves it was a preseason game. I'd bet a dollar to a donut Harrison won't average 5 touches a game. That would be 80 for the season & I don't believe he'll see near that many. As far as receptions go, Droughns will easily have more than Harrison, IMO.

Meggett role has been discussed by Crennel so I disagree and think he'll be used on 5 3rd downs per game

Coaches say lots of things during the preseason. Did you know that no RB had a higher percentage of his teams carries than Droughns last year?Harrison might get a shot and he might run with it but if he misses one key blitz pickup and Frye gets flattened you can guarantee his playing time will be reduced, a scenario I consider much more likely than a rookie 5th round draft pick coming in and mastering the art of blitz pickup.

There is much more to being a RB in the NFL than carrying the ball.

 

[EMoney]

I drafted him as my RB2. I like his chances to perform at a top 15 rb level.

 

[fsufan]

let's see, the Browns face Baltimore twice, Pittsburgh twice, have a rookie QB under a center who is third in line at that position and a rookie RB cutting into his playing time. ya, sounds like an ideal situation for droughns this year.

enjoy your "late" pickup of droughns. he might rack up some yardage, but cleveland is not going to score much this year.

Just to play Devil's advocate...Droughns ran behind a worse offensive line last year

He had a horrible QB situation

He played against PIT, BAL and CIN twice each

Yet, he was the 14th best fantasy back...

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/DrouRe00.htm

No Harrison on the roster that year though. He's gonna take a ton of receptions away from Droughns, and a decent amount of carries, too.

overvaluing a rookie RB after a good preseason game

 

[Irish]

let's see, the Browns face Baltimore twice, Pittsburgh twice, have a rookie QB under a center who is third in line at that position and a rookie RB cutting into his playing time. ya, sounds like an ideal situation for droughns this year.

enjoy your "late" pickup of droughns. he might rack up some yardage, but cleveland is not going to score much this year.

Just to play Devil's advocate...Droughns ran behind a worse offensive line last year

He had a horrible QB situation

He played against PIT, BAL and CIN twice each

Yet, he was the 14th best fantasy back...

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/DrouRe00.htm

No Harrison on the roster that year though. He's gonna take a ton of receptions away from Droughns, and a decent amount of carries, too.

overvaluing a rookie RB after a good preseason game

Harrison is a play maker on a team void of playmakers.

 

[Jason Wood]

let's see, the Browns face Baltimore twice, Pittsburgh twice, have a rookie QB under a center who is third in line at that position and a rookie RB cutting into his playing time. ya, sounds like an ideal situation for droughns this year.

enjoy your "late" pickup of droughns. he might rack up some yardage, but cleveland is not going to score much this year.

Just to play Devil's advocate...Droughns ran behind a worse offensive line last year

He had a horrible QB situation

He played against PIT, BAL and CIN twice each

Yet, he was the 14th best fantasy back...

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/DrouRe00.htm

Love all the chest-thumping going on in this thread...like the Browns O is some juggernaut. They were last in the NFL in scoring last year and have lost their top QB, WR and top free agent acquisition. If you get excited about 60-80 total yards and a TD every 4 weeks you'll love Reuby....Woodrow you are as off here as you were with Steve Smith last year.

1) Worse offensive line last year? How do you figure? Faine was actually an NFL starter.

2) Horrible QB situation? Is Dorsey better than Dilfer?

3) PIT owned CLE last year, will again this year. BAL was without Lewis and Reed last year, they're back. Browns also face CAR, TB, ATL, DEN and SD.

Frenchy...Reuben Droughns WAS the 14th best fantasy back last year. I think, very easily, you can make the argument his situation has improved. I don't have him finishing 14th, but the argument could be made. 1) Kevin Schaffer by himself makes the line better {but nowhere near as good as Bentley would've}

2) Charlie Frye will have another year and TC under his wing...it's without debate that he should be expected to improve, thus, their QB situation is no worse, if not better than, last season

3) He had to face those same teams last year

Not sure what your point is here...I thought it was clear from my original response that I was playing Devil's Advocate [i said so in the quote you embedded!]

 

[H.K.]

Harrison is a play maker on a team void of playmakers.

People are taking note of Maroney, they should take note of Harrison, too.If a guy can play at the NFL level, it shows. Pay attention to when the performance occurs, if guys are running with the 1's and performing, they become options to get chance to play in real games.

 

[Bristol]

My thinking was that I would go with Droughns early in the season until Bush can establish himself as the clear #1 for NO. If Droughns ends up missing games due to his legal issues, I may have to hope Bush lights on fire from day one.I may want to make a waiver pick to cover should Droughns miss time.

Start Bush from Week 1 anyway. He should be involved heavily from the start. Duece is still coming back from his injury and the Saints will want to show off their new poster boy to the fans and the rest of the league right out of the gate. I can see nice numbers from Bush early in the season. There may be a lull around the midway point as he hits the "rookie wall" but then he could pick it back up again near the end of the year. (Similar to how Caddy started and finished last year)

Caddy's lull was due to injury, not the rookie wall.

 

[Briman]

I'm in a keeper auction league. $200 cap, keep up to 2 players and salary increases by $10.

Droughns is the only player on my team from last year worth considering to keep. His salary will go up to $12. Basic scoring league with 1 pt. per reception.

I'm thinking keep him based on ranking last year and projections this year.

What do you think?

 

[H.K.]

I'm in a keeper auction league. $200 cap, keep up to 2 players and salary increases by $10.Droughns is the only player on my team from last year worth considering to keep. His salary will go up to $12. Basic scoring league with 1 pt. per reception.I'm thinking keep him based on ranking last year and projections this year.What do you think?

$12 for an RB2? yep, no-brainer.

 

[Briman]

Droughns was my most consistent RB last year. That doesn't necessarily say much for my team but I also had Mcallister and Kevin Jones.

I'm just trying to decide if Droughns will be the starter for the year. I don't hear much regarding Green.

 

[Bri]

My thinking was that I would go with Droughns early in the season until Bush can establish himself as the clear #1 for NO. If Droughns ends up missing games due to his legal issues, I may have to hope Bush lights on fire from day one.I may want to make a waiver pick to cover should Droughns miss time.

Start Bush from Week 1 anyway. He should be involved heavily from the start. Duece is still coming back from his injury and the Saints will want to show off their new poster boy to the fans and the rest of the league right out of the gate. I can see nice numbers from Bush early in the season. There may be a lull around the midway point as he hits the "rookie wall" but then he could pick it back up again near the end of the year. (Similar to how Caddy started and finished last year)

Caddy's lull was due to injury, not the rookie wall.

I'd say a combo of the two

 

[Spartans Rule]

I'm watching the game right now. The Clevelan run blocking looks pretty good. Granted it's against Detroit, but Droughns definitely had room to run.

Not only was it Detroit, but the starting DTs both sat. Shaun Rogers IS the Lions run defense.

 

[bbuster]

I picked Droughns up in a 12 team OMEGA league today at 4.6 I really should have gone WR here, but I thought he was a good value at this spot.

 

[dlptown]

He looked good last night

SSSHHHHHHHHHH........................

 

[brakeyawself]

He looked good last night SSSHHHHHHHHHH........................

Droughns looked very good. I think he was averaging like 6. 5 a carry. All though everyone for the Browns was running extra good last night. I think he's a great pick. As far as Harrison goes, I dont know...One really good preseason game. If he does it again, maybe. I do think he will take some receptions away from Droughns though, but maybe not enough to matter. Not to mention, Harrison is really small isnt he? I wonder if he's injury prone. But he does remind me of Tiki.

 

[wilked]

I picked Droughns up in a 12 team OMEGA league today at 4.6 I really should have gone WR here, but I thought he was a good value at this spot.

Ya, I got him at 5.11 in a draft last week, too much value to pass up though I really wanted to pick up a QB there

 

[amnesiac]

btw, the court scheduled his hearing to start the day after the superbowl.

(you know, just in case the Browns are playing. )

so, likely no jailtime this season.

 

[Todem]

Droughns is the guy but Harrison has looked very good against the first string and they have been raving about this kid all summer. I for one think he is without a doubt for real and will get 150 touches easy this season and if anything happens to Rebuen he will take over the feature back role. Green flat out stinks.

He presents a homerun threat that the Browns do not have. He clearly is the 3rd down back and COP RB.

I have stated it a bunch of times, I watch preseason to evalute guy's fighting for PT and rookies, not Vets who are just looking to get a few reps and get hit again in live action.

There have been a few guy's who have shown something.

Jerome Harrison

Wali Lundy

Morency

Baskett

Harrison reminds me of Tiki. Watch out for this kid and I think in Dynasty leagues he is a huge sleeper. Redrafts he is the handcuff not William "bust" Green.

Droughns is also no spring chicken and runs very hard and takes a lot of contact. Harrison can be the guy to take over a few years down the line.