Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
These days it's nice just to find a RB that is going to get 15+ touches a game, they're getting harder and harder to find. I thought it might be interesting to get a rundown of teams where it likely is a 2 or 3 back approach and not any one RB is likely to get 15-20 touches a game.
1. Green Bay: Since Ryan Grant checked out 2 years ago it has been a miss mash of stuff and none of it seems to stick. It could be they just haven't found the new guy but this offense does not seem to allow a RB to get any rhythm going and so I have to think the upside for the RB1 is about 10-15 carries a game tops. Maybe more in the 9-12 range with a pretty decent split going to 2 backs here. If the guys are never going to get a big workload then what is the point of having them on your roster? Or better yet just pass on them.
2. Miami: The preseason game the other night showed Daniel Thomas has a few more moves we didn't see last season. Watched him hurdle a guy on a pass out int he flat, turned it up for another 3-4 yards, that was impressive. I think Bush will be more of a receiver than a running back. I would not be surprised if Thomas ends up with the most carries now as I see the offense starting to come together. Maybe Bush will have something like 8-10 carries a game, 4-5 receptions and that will flux a lot as the Miami passing game is very stitched together right now...Thomas to me looks like 10-12 carries a game, 1-2 catches as well, Lama Miller an afterthought at this point. Thomas will get most of the goal line work. He is going so late int he drafts, like him in best ball as an RB5 that will score higher for you. But at the end of the day no matter how great he does he likely is not going to see more than about half the load tops...if Bush were to go down however I could see Thomas getting a much bigger workload.
3. Detroit: You tell me I'm wrong. Kevin Smith has gone from undrafted to 5th round now. Someone has to explain that to me because he hasn't been able to handle a full workload yet. The OL is not there yet, I see Detroit going back to airing it out as much as possible. Who is going to touch it 20 times a game here in the backfield?
4. New Orleans: So many mouths to feed and Pierre Thomas is still a factor there. Ivory might have to be cut, he would be unemployed for about 2 minutes.
What have you all got?
1. Green Bay: Since Ryan Grant checked out 2 years ago it has been a miss mash of stuff and none of it seems to stick. It could be they just haven't found the new guy but this offense does not seem to allow a RB to get any rhythm going and so I have to think the upside for the RB1 is about 10-15 carries a game tops. Maybe more in the 9-12 range with a pretty decent split going to 2 backs here. If the guys are never going to get a big workload then what is the point of having them on your roster? Or better yet just pass on them.
2. Miami: The preseason game the other night showed Daniel Thomas has a few more moves we didn't see last season. Watched him hurdle a guy on a pass out int he flat, turned it up for another 3-4 yards, that was impressive. I think Bush will be more of a receiver than a running back. I would not be surprised if Thomas ends up with the most carries now as I see the offense starting to come together. Maybe Bush will have something like 8-10 carries a game, 4-5 receptions and that will flux a lot as the Miami passing game is very stitched together right now...Thomas to me looks like 10-12 carries a game, 1-2 catches as well, Lama Miller an afterthought at this point. Thomas will get most of the goal line work. He is going so late int he drafts, like him in best ball as an RB5 that will score higher for you. But at the end of the day no matter how great he does he likely is not going to see more than about half the load tops...if Bush were to go down however I could see Thomas getting a much bigger workload.
3. Detroit: You tell me I'm wrong. Kevin Smith has gone from undrafted to 5th round now. Someone has to explain that to me because he hasn't been able to handle a full workload yet. The OL is not there yet, I see Detroit going back to airing it out as much as possible. Who is going to touch it 20 times a game here in the backfield?
4. New Orleans: So many mouths to feed and Pierre Thomas is still a factor there. Ivory might have to be cut, he would be unemployed for about 2 minutes.
What have you all got?
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