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What is the Deal w/ D FOSTER (1 Viewer)
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my man otis
Footballguy
what are you confused about?
Zaphod
Two heads are better than one
Fox has a reputation of being loyal to his veterans and nothing in the preseason, or early regular season, has given any indication that Williams will be nothing more than a backup this season, barring injury.Most of the Williams hype is pure pipe dreams, driven by rookie mania. Happens every year.
Hellfire Snail
Footballguy
I think DeShaun is the guy to start off every game. If he's going pretty good, he's the guy. If he's struggling a bit, Williams comes in for a spark. Seems to be the way of it so far.
Lauryn
Footballguy
my man otis
Footballguy
Basically.Word of a job transitioning doesn't equal it actually happening. Foster is a decent RB3 but is most likely untradable. I would say Rhodes and Dillon are similar.
Fear The Turtle
Footballguy
Why did Williams see almost no action, at least according to the stat line?
cstu
Footballguy
Foster didn't lose yardage on any carries and DeW had -4 and -3 on two of his four carries. The Panthers also took a big lead early and maybe Foster was considered the safer back (even though he did lose a fumble in the 3rd quarter).
Fear The Turtle
Footballguy
Didn't see the game yesterday. What was Foster's fumble like? Hard hit, lousy exchange, etc.
cracKer
Shawn Culcasi
Fear The Turtle
Footballguy
Foster's fumble details, por favor.
cstu
Footballguy
Don't know, just looked at the P-B-P.
there have been many on the board who emphasized fox is very loyal to vets (played davis when it was obvious to everybody that foster was better), long before last week...
Lauryn
Footballguy
that makes him good?
cracKer
Shawn Culcasi
well, I was going to say DeShaun Foster = SPEED!!that makes him good?
but that wouldn't have been very helpfull
Shrek
Having a great season
Apparently the coaches think so. That's all I care about. The better they think he is, the more carries he'll see.that makes him good?
thatguythere
Footballguy
Will he ever find the endzone?
BassNBrew
Footballguy
You just weren't listening to the right experts...primary John Fox.
SeniorVBDStudent
Footballguy
My RB Corps:Tiki Barber - no TDsWarrick Dunn - no TDsD Foster - no TDsBefore you say it:thatguythere said:
Warpig
Footballguy
My RB Corps:Tiki Barber - no TDsWarrick Dunn - no TDsD Foster - no TDsBefore you say it:thatguythere said:
Comparable to mine:Willis MCGahee - no TDsD. Foster - no TDsChester Taylor - 1 TDDeuce McAllister - 3 TDs (though he's never been in my starting lineup) 
Neither Foster nor Williams are worth using at this point.
Foster's going to be the guy all season unless:
1) He gets hurt
2) The Panthers keep losing games and Fox makes a changes to try and jump start the offense.
I don't think the Panthers will keep losing, so unless Foster get hurt, he'll probably be the guy.
The problem is that Foster's not that good and Carolina's offense in general hasn't been that good. Maybe the whole dynamic will change with Steve Smith back, but to this point, I wouldn't want to have to depend on Foster or be clinging to some hope that Williams is going to take the job.
Foster's going to be the guy all season unless:
1) He gets hurt
2) The Panthers keep losing games and Fox makes a changes to try and jump start the offense.
I don't think the Panthers will keep losing, so unless Foster get hurt, he'll probably be the guy.
The problem is that Foster's not that good and Carolina's offense in general hasn't been that good. Maybe the whole dynamic will change with Steve Smith back, but to this point, I wouldn't want to have to depend on Foster or be clinging to some hope that Williams is going to take the job.
Fear The Turtle
Footballguy
Carolina homers: Did you see Foster's fumble? Could you describe it for us? TIA
Mike Anderson
Footballguy
DoubleG
Footballguy
No. But id does make him more valuable from a FF perspective. It doesn't matter how good D. Williams is, if Fox keeps the 80%/20% split working, Williams would have to average about 12 yards a carry to be valuable. Some have said FF production = talent + opportunity. I would submit to you that if you imagine it as a math equation it is more like "FF production = talent times opportunity".Lauryn Hill said:that makes him good?
Marc Levin
Hangs out with Oscar Zeta Acosta
It doesn't matter if it is a plus or a multiplier - the problem is quantifying "talent" in the equation.Certainly, if you quantify it as YPC, a multiplier is what you want to use.
