Ronnie Brown Compared to Mcgahee Last Year (1 Viewer)

[moleculo]

if Mike Mularkey is calling plays in Miami, I'd downgrade Ronnie Brown.look for plenty of QB bootlegs and play action passes to the fullback from the 1-yard line.

when I went to Dolphin camp last week, I saw them working on these very things. Both Culpepper and Harrington got reps rolling out, and I saw the FB getting some work catching the ball. I remember thinking that I haven't EVER seen a dolphin QB running - at least on purpose anyways.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

if Mike Mularkey is calling plays in Miami, I'd downgrade Ronnie Brown.look for plenty of QB bootlegs and play action passes to the fullback from the 1-yard line.

when I went to Dolphin camp last week, I saw them working on these very things. Both Culpepper and Harrington got reps rolling out, and I saw the FB getting some work catching the ball. I remember thinking that I haven't EVER seen a dolphin QB running - at least on purpose anyways.

Mularkey's MOfor a guy who came up coaching with the Steelers under Cowher, he sure has a strange idea of "smash mouth football"Steelers fans warned us it would happen, but I hoped that maybe he had learned his lesson. It looked that way for most of 2004, but the Bills were playing a cake schedule. Last year, against decent teams, Mularkey decided to try and trick everybody instead of just running McGahee into the ground like he should have. He wound up pissing off everybody and costing Tom Donahoe his job.Would be nice if he sabotaged the Bills main rival too, but Nick Saban seems too smart to let that happen.

 

[el-gato-grande]

FYI, I'm picking 4th in both of my long time annual redrafts, and I'm STRONGLY considering Brown after the Portis injury.

Here Here Tommy. Everybody needs to take a deep breath on Brown. Just like LJ last year....lots of people grasping for reasons why the kid will fail rather the accepting the obvious signs that he is poised for a breakout season. In the immortal words of Ebby Calvin Laloosh, "A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while." Don't over think this meat.

 

[Chaka]

I think the comparison is without validity. McGahee suffered from poor QB play and 8 men in the box. Brown will have a viable (potentially a star this season) QB and good receivers. He will not be running against 8 man fronts. Brown is in a great position to excel.

The problem with that is, McGahee was suffering the same problem in 2004 with bledsoe at the helm, and finished the season as the #9 ranked fantasy back. The key with McGahee is having a strong defense that puts him on a short field. This increases his chances of scoring, which is really where his value lies.

RBs from losing teams are bad fantasy propositions.You have been warned.

Please see...Domanick Davis

Lamont Jordan

Steven Jackson

Willis McGahee

Reuben Droughns

Brian Westbrook

Warrick Dunn

Chris Brown

Out of the top 24 RBs from the past year, 8 of them did not play for winning teams.

No chiot Sherlock, that is true every year. There are only 32 teams in the league, 16 will generally have good records, 16 won't. I'd venture to say 8 of the top 24 will normally not play for winning teams.

Whats your point? My point was that Top RBs can in fact come from losing teams. This was in response to the comment that RBs from bad teams are bad news.

And they are Frenzy (though I caveated it after your post). In case you did not read my response to your list you can see it below. I think it is very reasonable to expect that you will not find a top 10 back on a losing team. Your list of top 24 RBs is populated by the guys in the bottom echelon of those 24 (SJax and Lamont being the exceptions. And as chedha pointed out 8 of the top 24 RBs almost have to be from teams that are .500 or worse, so I really don't see a contradiction with my statement.Let me say it another way: In the first round it is a bad idea to draft a RB from team that you think is likely to finish with a losing record. As we are talking about using a first round pick on Ronnie Brown I think this is non-inflammatory enough of a statement.

My response to your previous post Frenzy, care to respond?

So 2/3 of the top running backs came from winning teams? Sounds like we are in agreement. Also in this scoring system (standard FBGI assume) how many of these guys were top 10? I see two (SJax and Lamont) so 80% of the top 10 came from winning teams. And how many were top 5? None that I see, so 100% of the top 5 came from winning teams.

I didn't say that there are no good RBs on losing teams just that they are not good propositions fantasy wise, I will add to that and say "when compared to RBs from winning teams."

 

[sjdogs]

I am also considering Brown at the 4 spot but I lean to Jackson who is more proven.

Aaron Rudnicki down ?

What does this mean i nreference to my comments on the Bills?

thanks

 

[nygiants56]

Also, how much of Ronnie Brown's stock relies on how well CPep is able to come back from his injury?

or god forbid, Joey Harrington.. I have Brown and I'm thinking of trading him..I can get Steve Smith for him straight up..gotta go for it..CPepp, you'll remember, looked lousy BEFORE the injury last year..Miami snuck up on people last year, I don't that happens again in '06.

 

[TheLaw]

FYI, I'm picking 4th in both of my long time annual redrafts, and I'm STRONGLY considering Brown after the Portis injury.

### ####it Tommy, now I have to change my rankings.

solid. drop Stephen Jackson a couple notches also - he's the pick if it's not Brown.

Jesus Christ, just stop Tommy before I am picking freaking Michael Bennett in the 1st.