The death of the stud RB (1 Viewer)

[stlrams]

Just an observation and its only 2 weeks but it appears the NFL has dramatically shifted away from the ground and pound to dink and dunk offense. The vast majority of TD's scored come via the air thereby reducing the RB value. What are your thoughts??? Outside of Peterson and Lynch, all the big RB's are underperforming.

 

[Baloney Sandwich]

This is new?

 

[Nucker101]

RIP

 

[Long Ball Larry]

didn't we have this exact thread last week?

 

[stlrams]

This is new?

It much more pronounce this year then ever. Don't you agree?

 

[Funkley]

Ken Maxwell write this? If you think this is a surprise then you won't believe what happens to tight ends. They do more than block now!!!!!

 

[need2know]

Mccoy and Charles doing just fine

 

[Andy Dufresne]

All leagues should be PPR leagues and all positions but QB should be flex.

 

[Jewell]

Outside of Peterson and Lynch, all the big RB's are underperforming.

McCoy and Forte owners probably disagree.

 

[just_want_2_win]

I've read some leagues are starting to only require 1 starting RB.

Might be worth some consideration. Then again, it's only week 2. Let's see how the season shakes out and if RBs continue to disappoint and TEs and WRs continue to explode.

 

[austinball]

I dont know that i agree.

First off week Two is a bit early to declare it, but that said, while the WR have dominated my standard league scoring, of the Top 20 players, 6 are RBs, 10 WRs, and 4 TEs (TEs get 1 point for 7.5 yards).

Whats interesting to me is that:

• Of the 6 RBs, they are ALL Top 15 guys.
• For the WRs, you have 5 Top 15 guys, 3 DJackson types, and 2 nobodies.
• TE is Jimmy Graham and then three total newbies.

So loading up on RBs could still do well this year since you can produce top WR numbers with middle of the pack players, so far.

 

[SameSongNDance]

This thread should be renamed, "The death of the search function".

 

[ebsteelers]

This thread should be renamed, "The death of the search function".

the search function tends to be #### for the most part though. even when you know what your looking for

 

[hotboyz]

I agree the search function sucks ###

 

[LawFitz]

Busts come at all positions, every year, but the proclivity of RBs feels greater due to attrition and committees.

 

[Wade]

My theory is that due to the CBA rules limiting padded practices, these first few weeks actually serve as practice for the running game. I anticipate running backs will run more effectively each week. You can already see some improvement from week 1 to week 2 across the league.

 

[johnnyboy8102]

Doug Martin has been fine for me despite being weighed down by Freeman.

 

[mbrasi]

Doug Martin has been fine for me despite being weighed down by Freeman.

I would expect at least 150 a week from Martin to be a "stud" RB

 

[TyKohn]

Doug Martin has been fine for me despite being weighed down by Freeman.

I would expect at least 150 a week from Martin to be a "stud" RB

150? As in yards? Even AP last year only averaged 140 combined rushing / receiving yards per game.