Which WAS RB's the better pick, Thompson or Perine? (1 Viewer)

[Stompin' Tom Connors]

Going into the season, who do you think is the better redraft season-long play behind Fat Rob, Chris Thompson or Samaje Perine? 

Thompson has a solid role as the 3rd down passing back. Gets a bump for PPR, but don't really see him with a path to more volume without injury to Kelly or Perine.

Perine has a good college pedigree and skill-set, NFL-wise and for this backfield. But he hasn't done much in preseason, and still has a learning curve for the pro game (like pass pro -- has Perine struggled in preseason in this area?).

Looking at rankings as of today, seems a consensus with the FBGs around Thompson ranking higher than Perine -- in some cases meaningfully so. That said, my gut is telling me that the only real threat to Perine moving towards a true timeshare with Kelly is Perine himself -- can he step up and perform consistently with the carries he gets early on? 

For me, in a PPR, Thompson is really appealing, but sticking with Perine for now -- I think the rook gets his sea legs early mid-season and pushes for a split timeshare. Risking a boom/bust ceiling against a solid consistent floor -- but I'm giving Perine some patience for now. (That said, hard not to look closely at guys like Smallwood and Burkhead as well.) 

What say you?

 

[Shrugs]

Even if Perine took over for Kelly, which is a big if, I don't think he would outscore Thompson in PPR.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Even if Perine took over for Kelly, which is a big if, I don't think he would outscore Thompson in PPR.

This doesn't make much sense to me. Once Kelley took over last year he outscored Thompson by more than 5 points per game in PPR. Kelley was RB15 after he took over while Thompson was RB41. 

This isn't Darren Sproles we are talking about here. Thompson is nice as a desperation flex play during bye weeks but his touches are low for a 3rd down back. There just isn't much upside there unless Washington massively alters how they run their offense. 

 

[Shrugs]

This doesn't make much sense to me. Once Kelley took over last year he outscored Thompson by more than 5 points per game in PPR. Kelley was RB15 after he took over while Thompson was RB41. 

This isn't Darren Sproles we are talking about here. Thompson is nice as a desperation flex play during bye weeks but his touches are low for a 3rd down back. There just isn't much upside there unless Washington massively alters how they run their offense. 

I expect Washington to be a passing-oriented offense with Thompson seeing an uptick in targets with Garcon gone. Perine isn't going to be the starter from W1, so at best he will be playing catch up, but there's a good chance he never will be. Thompson's role is solid, and I expect him to be the leading PPR scorer of third-down backs.

 

[FreshiZ]

Thompson has been improving every year. I think he gets an uptick in touches this year but is still a pretty marginal starter/draft pick in a 12 man redraft league. If everyone stays healthy he is the 2nd back to own in Wa but if Rob gets hurt than Perine is going to be the play unless he just can't pick up pass protection.

 

[Tool]

think it depends on your roster size, etc. if you have room for a stash grab Perine.  If need someone to play as a flex now, go with Thompson.

 

[Tanner9919]

55 pt over/under in this game. no Kelly. likely to be no J. Reed, either. ground-n-pound might be the script here.Perine is almost guaranteed around 20-25 touches..worthy of a roster spot.

 

[Gopher State]

55 pt over/under in this game. no Kelly. likely to be no J. Reed, either. ground-n-pound might be the script here.Perine is almost guaranteed around 20-25 touches..worthy of a roster spot.

I think the skins will trail big in this one, I see 50 pass attempts, but not 20 rushing attempts by wash

 

[Chaka]

55 pt over/under in this game. no Kelly. likely to be no J. Reed, either. ground-n-pound might be the script here.Perine is almost guaranteed around 20-25 touches..worthy of a roster spot.

Was Kelley ruled out?

 

[MaxThreshold]

Was Kelley ruled out?

I don't think he was officially ruled out, but numerous reports that he will not play tonight.  Of course, that doesn't help for squat now.  I'm hoping they'll make it official before noon but the Skins don't play until tonight.

 

[Tanner9919]

Kelley is out. Wash is favored by 3..I don't see how Perine doesn't get 20 carries, 80 yards, and at least 1 TD..the line is about 55pts. so theyll split 52 pts taking -3 pt spread out of it.

Vegas expects a high scoring affair and that Washington will hang with, or beat, Oakland. ..thats a HUGE game expected from Washington. I dunno, Forte looked pretty good v. Oak last week..Thompson will get his looks for sure, and an uptick in plays..but Perine got 21 carries LAST week..

 

[MaxThreshold]

Kelley is out. Wash is favored by 3..I don't see how Perine doesn't get 20 carries, 80 yards, and at least 1 TD..the line is about 55pts. so theyll split 52 pts taking -3 pt spread out of it.

Vegas expects a high scoring affair and that Washington will hang with, or beat, Oakland. ..thats a HUGE game expected from Washington. I dunno, Forte looked pretty good v. Oak last week..Thompson will get his looks for sure, and an uptick in plays..but Perine got 21 carries LAST week..

Is Kelley OFFICIALLY out?  I haven't seen anything - just reports that they expect him not to play.  Do you have a link?