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Ryan Torain (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Jeff Pasquino
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I think a cell phone kiosk in Denver is about to get a call from DC...possibly a little "motivation"?
benson_will_lead_the_way
Footballguy
Hahaha...good call(pun inntended).
If anyone ever wanted to get the Fantasy Geeks all "geeked out", that would be it. Joe would have to have an extra server installed just to deal with the 13 new Tatum Bell threads...
PlasmaDogPlasma
Footballguy
He did have 7 RBs (including Torian) get injured just two years ago
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Boy, do coaches have "their guys" or what?
I'm not going to laugh this one off. Shanny always saw something special in the kid.
I'm not going to laugh this one off. Shanny always saw something special in the kid.
LHUCKS
Footballguy
Big time sleeper here IMHO, would have been a first rounder without his injury history. Injuries have gotten in the way, but this kid has always had first round talent and has the makeup to succeed in a zone blocking offense.
I'm not saying draft him early, just saying keep your eye on the situation...he definitely has more upside than the other dinosaurs in camp.
I'm not saying draft him early, just saying keep your eye on the situation...he definitely has more upside than the other dinosaurs in camp.
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Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
At what institute of higher learning did the young man happen to matriculate, L?
PlasmaDogPlasma
Footballguy
There isn't a cap hit this year is there? I'll be shocked if Torian ever does anything in the NFL after the combination of injuries he had in '08.
Talent and guaranteed money. Shanahan still sees talent in Portis. So if Portis gets with the program, he can probably still be productive.Over $6M of Portis' $7M salary is guaranteed. So cutting him does not save much money.
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Chaka
Footballguy
Chaka
Footballguy
No worries. Don't get your hopes up though, that thread isn't helpful either.
Couple of interesting thoughts:
From Shanahan:
“We’ll change it up week by week,” Shanahan said. “It all depends what our game plan is. We do have a plan each week relative to how many carries we want each running back to have. … We were hoping we could keep both guys fresh and I think we did.”
This suggests Williams is not in the plans.
From Washington Post reporter:
After the game, Shanahan said the plan was for Portis to play on third downs and obvious passing downs and for Ryan Torain, who was activated from the practice squad Saturday, to often play on first and second downs. But was that the plan before Portis avoided contact on his long run?
This suggests a pretty good split for Torain, but its too early to say how much this will turn into RBBC, or whether one back will dominate carries in any given week.
From Shanahan:
“We’ll change it up week by week,” Shanahan said. “It all depends what our game plan is. We do have a plan each week relative to how many carries we want each running back to have. … We were hoping we could keep both guys fresh and I think we did.”
This suggests Williams is not in the plans.
From Washington Post reporter:
After the game, Shanahan said the plan was for Portis to play on third downs and obvious passing downs and for Ryan Torain, who was activated from the practice squad Saturday, to often play on first and second downs. But was that the plan before Portis avoided contact on his long run?
This suggests a pretty good split for Torain, but its too early to say how much this will turn into RBBC, or whether one back will dominate carries in any given week.
