does this make Mike Bell 1.03?
"whoever is in the system is gold"-ssog
Only use quotation marks when you're using a direct quote rather than paraphrasing. Kthx.If Bell was in line to be the workhorse RB this season, then I'd have no problem projecting him to 1200+ yards and 10+ TDs. That's a big "if", though, since we don't know how Henry is going to react to the injury, and we still don't know if Bell is going to beat out Sapp, and we still don't know if Bell would be the workhorse even if he did.
FYI: If its not cut and dry... dont expect Shanny to help owners out with his injury "reports".
This is the Jason Voorhees of fantasy football myths. You can hack at it with a machete, drown it, dip it in acid, send it to hell, crygenically freeze it and blast it into outer space, and it just refuses to die.Mike Shanahan is one of the more honest coaches in the league. Mike Shanahan does not play games with his injury report. Mike Shanahan is not deliberately deceptive. This is a myth. Historical data bears me out. This myth entirely stems from the 2001 season where Terrell Davis's status was uncertain from week to week because Mike Shanahan was
honestly uncertain of his status from week to week. If you don't believe me, please go back and compare Denver's injury reports to what actually happens. Mike Shanahan does not play games with his injury report. Mike Shanahan is not deliberately deceptive. This is a myth. Historical data bears me out. This myth entirely stems...
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This is not the Denver line of a few years back. Gibbs is long gone and the Broncos are drifting from his focus. I expect Denver's running game to regress back to league norms.
Denver's OL is not that good? Denver has finished 8th, 2nd, and 4th in rushing yards over the last three years (average rank: 4.7) despite lining up Tatum Bell, Mike Anderson, and Reuben Droughns as their leading back (none of whom is currently with the team or a starter). Oh yeah, they've really fallen off of a cliff from their heyday from '96 to '98, when Terrell Davis was tearing things up and their average rank was 2.3 (including a 4th place finish). In fact, fun little fact: Denver's best rushing season with Terrell Davis leading the way was 2468 yards and 26 TDs (in his 2,000 yard season). In 2005, with Mike Anderson and Tatum Bell splitting the carries, Denver rushed for 2539 yards and 25 TDs. Fun fact #2: 2539 is greater than 2468. Denver's rushing game accounted for more fantasy points in 2005 than it did in Terrell Davis's 2000 yard season (which was the best rushing year under Davis). I guess Mike Anderson and Tatum Bell are just such studs that they can outproduce Terrell Davis despite running behind a worse offensive line, right? Denver's average rushing yards from 1996 to 1998 was 2402 yards. Denver's average rushing yards from 2004 to 2006 was 2341 yards. I'm not sayin' anything, I'm just sayin'...This is the third straight season where people have been doom and gloom, saying this is not the Denver line of a few years back. The first time people said it was when Gibbs went to Atlanta- Denver finished 2nd in the league in rushing yards that season. Then last year, everyone said that it was probably just going to take a year for Gibbs' loss to be felt. Denver finished 8th in rushing yards despite losing their best and most important offensive lineman for the majority of the season. Now apparently the fact that they're two years removed from Alex Gibbs makes them at risk.
Newsflash: Alex Gibbs hasn't been the offensive line coach since 2000. Rick Dennison was. From 2000-2004, Gibbs was nothing more than an offensive consultant who worked minimal hours every week. In 2005, Gibbs left for the Falcons because he tried to come back as Denver's full-time OL coach but Denver PREFERRED RICK DENNISON. Dennison is one of the highest-paid and most-respected line coaches in the league. He carries the title "offensive coordinator" as a defensive move because Houston tried to hire him away to be THEIR OC when Kubiak went down there.
You did get one thing right, though. This isn't the Denver line of a few years back. It's actually better- the OL talent was at an all-time low during the Clinton Portis years, and has been steadily improving since then.
I havent read through all the posts, but Henry will STILL put up great numbers this year.....in case you havent noticed, this Dallas D is gonna be stout!
In addition, Dallas runs a 3-4 defense. Everybody say it with me now... Denver struggles rushing against the 3-4 defense.I remember researching just how poorly Denver did against the 3-4 defense, and the only time in Denver's history that Denver has exceeded its weekly average in carries, yard,
OR yards per carry against a 3-4 defense was in the 2 games against Oakland back when Oakland made the ill-fated switch in 2004 (and remember, Oakland was probably the worst run defense in the league that year). Even looking back to last preseason- Denver rushed for 200+ yards against the three 4-3 defenses it faced, and then failed to crack 100 yards rushing against the only 3-4 team it faced- the lowly Houston Texans.
I was just about to post something similar to this. I had a first degree sprain of my MCL earlier this summer playing softball. I could hardly put any weight on it and hobbled off the field. (I probably looked worse than Henry walking off the field because I'm a bigger #### than him) I put ice on it and within an hour or so it was easier to put weight on it. By the next day I could walk pretty much normal. I was limping a little bit but I could get around pretty much pain free. I saw the MRI images, so I know it was a real injury (I saw the edema in the ligament) It was not just me being a ####. I was back playing softball (with a knee brace) the next week and I am fat* and old. Travis Henry is in much better shape than me so he should be fine if it is indeed just a 1st degree sprain. My point is that you can't judge the severity of a sprain based on how someone walks off the field. There is just not very much (if any) difference on how somebody is going to walk whether it's a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd degree sprain or even a torn ACL for that matter. You just can't tell until the Dr. examines him and looks at the MRI.*I'm not really that fat, but it made the story better. Compared to Henry though, I am fat and old.
My question....did anyone reporter question Shanny on why Henry was STILL in the game rushing the ball late into the second quarter?? It was clear the Denver offense wasn't "clicking" so why not just get Henry out of there?
My question....did anyone reporter question Shanny on why Henry was STILL in the game rushing the ball late into the second quarter?? It was clear the Denver offense wasn't "clicking" so why not just get Henry out of there?
ETA: Yes I realize you were mocking me.
ETA: Yes I realize you were mocking me.
He wouldn't make it 3 days in the FFA, would he Christo?
