Tatum Bell is not an everydown back.
Not when Shanny is needlessly pulling you out of games to show how smart he is in "discovering" the next great RB on the second day of the draft.
Needless, Schmeedless. Pick up some first downs first, Tatum, and then whine about how unfair it was when your sorry butt got yanked.I've harped on success rate before, but let's take a look-see at last year's numbers, shall we? Tatum Bell- 40% Success Rate, 44th in the NFL. Mike Bell- 51% success rate, 11th in the NFL. Outperform that second-day RB that Shanahan "discovered", and maybe he'll stop benching you.
Chaser1439 said:
I have heard reports that KJ is going to be out for the first half of the season. Tatum will have a strong first half of the season. KJ was putting up pretty good numbers in point per reception leagues until he went down with an injury. Tatum will shine and you could snag him in the 4th/5th round. Your thoughts!
If Tatum Bell couldn't shine in Denver, what exactly makes anyone think he will in Detroit?
Actually, it says right here that this Denver fan thinks exactly that.I've made several posts in the past saying that I think Tatum Bell could easily be more productive in another scheme than in Denver, simply because Mike Shanahan is
the most intolerant coach in the NFL towards inconsistant backs. A coach who has a history of rolling with inconsistant backs (such as Jamal Lewis, Deuce McAllister, Ricky Williams, etc) would be much more likely to feed Tatum carries. Even if Tatum's ypc drops from 5+ to 4.6 or so, if he gets 100 extra carries it won't make a bit of difference.
The big thing I would worry about if I were targeting TB for next season is the catches. We all know that Mike Martz loooooooooves throwing his RB the ball, but what we might not all know is that Tatum Bell is perhaps the worst receiving RB in the entire NFL. According to
Football Outsiders, last year TB was the WORST PASSCATCHING RB IN THE ENTIRE NFL on a per-target basis (RB includes all FBs, as well), not even averaging 4 yards per target, and it wasn't even a 1-year fluke. The year before, he was the second-worst receiving RB in the entire NFL, ahead only of Rudi Johnson.
Those who are expecting Tatum Bell to make noise in PPR leagues like Kevin Jones did might be in for a pretty severe disappointment. Those who are looking to grab him late in yardage heavy leagues might be in for a very nice surprise.