Who will be the RB to pickup after week one? (1 Viewer)

[flranger]

Take your f'n Hightower dribble to a PM. Jesus, your ruining a good thread.

 

[RedskinsFan]

LaRod Stephens Howling - with Taylor arriving late, LSH will hold onto third down duties and his quickness gives him some big play ability.

I came in to post this but you beat me to itVery good choiceI figure that BW's will get outplayed in that game to LSH and be the hot pickup

 

[atcdav]

Leon Washington. write it down.

The only problem with him is that I've been hearing about him breaking out for several years now, and he never really does anything FFB-wise. Another one like that is Maurice Morris.

Yeah, I know. But this time.......At the risk of reviving the THT dweeb. How about Chester Taylor(drafted in my league)

 

[CravenM]

My bet is Javon Ringer.

I don't hope for a Chris Johnson injury but I would be surprised if he doesn't get hobbled in the first few games due to lack of practice, getting hit, etc. The Titans have a decent line and an improved QB situation IMO.

Of course, the likelihood is that JR is not on the pile as most leagues probably drafted before CJ was signed and took a flier on JR (at least I did).

 

[Black]

Jaimie Harper if CJ is ramped up slowly.

Jerome Harrison, unless Keiland Williams is used actively.

 

[duaneok66]

I like Lumpkin for TB

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[Sam Quentin]

Derrick Ward

 

[Dawg Pound 69]

I like Lumpkin for TB . . .

I liked him too, but saw today that E Graham has been moved from fullback to backup tailback. So Lumpkin is 3rd string.http://aol.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2011-09-06/tampa-bay-buccaneers-team-report-earnest-graham-will-be-third-down-rbAnother source claimed Lumpkin is the backup though, so hard to tell which is true.

 

[el-gato-grande]

Maybe Chester Taylor when Wells gets hurt (again).

 

[Saint]

Bernard Scott

 

[Diamond]

Now he has to face PHI, NYG and DAL for 1/3 of the season. He's a pound the table sell.

Sorry for the tangent, but I don't think those teams will be as tough to run on as you seem to thinkHI whose LBs strike fear into nobody, especially the under-sized rookie MLB. Everybody's game plan should be to run all day vs Philly and keep Vick on the bench.NYG who have been cursed by injuries on defense already and just yesterday lost their MLB, with only a 6th round rookie backing him up, ATM.DAL may be decent on run D, although with those aging ILBs still starting, AFAIK, maybe not. Regardless, teams will be passing at will on their lousy secondary. Expect plenty of pass interference, ball at the one type scenarios here.Admittedly, these teams are all above average at DL, but none of them would scare me away from an RB like the PIT and BAL defenses of the past have. And considering how good the WAS O-line has looked, I'd gladly take THT vs them 6 times a year.</THT tangent>Jerome Harrison, or whoever is backing up Best.I really don't see how even Beanie could look bad vs the Panthers. LSH may have to wait a week.Also, Ringer is hurt, and Harper may be better.

 

[_lurker_]

Mike Goodson. Dunno if it's this week or in a few weeks, but DWill and JStew will be injured and Goodson will put up just as good of numbers as they would.

 

[vinwinephans]

I like Danny Woodhead and Bernard Scott as immediate week 1 eye-catchers as I think both could be more involved than most expect.

I like Kendall Hunter and Taiwan Jones as guys who need an injury to emerge and are behind guys who tend to get banged up.

I don't like any Indy or Tenn RB as I don't like the prospects for either team's ability to be effective running the ball.

Any week, someone who is not the named starter could emerge/reemerge in Washington.

 

[Raiderfan32904]

Taiwan Jones - if we are speculating on RB3's, he's as good as any of them.

Too much ahead of him. Sure, McFadden has a history of getting dinged, but Bush is a quality backup that will keep Jones off the field for the most part this year.

Jones and Bush have totally different skill sets. If McFadden misses time I'd expect Jones to get a significant portion of those reps. I suspect we might see Jones get a couple of reps a game even while McFadden is healthy.

And just a hunch, but from what I've been hearing, it sounds very likely that we could see both Darren McFadden and Taiwan Jones in the same backfield for a series or two. They want to utilize their tremendous speed to create mismatches. But Jones's blocking has been putrid, so no idea if they follow through with that plan, but it would be exciting to watch.

 

[smackdaddies]

Taiwan Jones - if we are speculating on RB3's, he's as good as any of them.

Too much ahead of him. Sure, McFadden has a history of getting dinged, but Bush is a quality backup that will keep Jones off the field for the most part this year.

Jones and Bush have totally different skill sets. If McFadden misses time I'd expect Jones to get a significant portion of those reps. I suspect we might see Jones get a couple of reps a game even while McFadden is healthy.

And just a hunch, but from what I've been hearing, it sounds very likely that we could see both Darren McFadden and Taiwan Jones in the same backfield for a series or two. They want to utilize their tremendous speed to create mismatches. But Jones's blocking has been putrid, so no idea if they follow through with that plan, but it would be exciting to watch.

If your really going to take a flyer, I like Taiwan Jones. Really has the moves, skills very few rb have. High Risk High Reward play right nowI also think Chester Taylor will get a lot more playing time than people think.

 

[Tackling Dummies]

If your really going to take a flyer, I like Taiwan Jones. Really has the moves, skills very few rb have. High Risk High Reward play right nowI also think Chester Taylor will get a lot more playing time than people think.

Ummm, there's no risk on a flyer. Big fan of Jones as well.

 

[greggorymac]

Derrick Ward

Foster will end up sitting this weekend and Tate will be the sexy pick going into the game. At the end of the day however, Ward will start and have the monster stat line against a horrible Manningless Colts team.

 

[atcdav]

Larry Johnson. Just resigned with Miami

 

[elbowrm]

Bernard Scott

Heard Marvin Lewis on Sirius Opening Drive this morning - direct quote "We plan on getting him involved early and often this year."

 

[qimqam]

If Hightower fumbles once then Roy Helu or Torain could take over the job

This is just not true, and yet people keep spouting it like Gospel. Shanahan stuck with Torain last year through multiple-fumble games. There's no reason why he wouldn't do the same with a more talented back when he knows going in that that's his biggest problem. You don't trade for a guy who's pretty fumble-prone, just so you can bury him on the bench when he's, you guessed it, fumble-prone. Note: He didn't have a single fumble in preseason game action.

Torain fumbled twice all year (both in one game vs Chi). He has a career rate of 1 fumble per 98 touches. He also has a career 4.5 ypc (6.9 ypr).Hightower fumbles once every 46 touches and has a career ypc of 3.9 (6.8 ypr).I don't think the evidence demonstrates that Hightower is more talented or less fumble prone than Torain.

I wouldn't be real surprised if Torain has more carries than Hightower fumbles or not.Torain knows the offense and was the starter going into this season but he got injured. Hightower looked good but ... it was preseason.

 

[eaglesfan7]

This one is tougher as most starting (and even backup) RBs are probably drafted in most leagues so barring an unforseen injury it's likely that the options will be limited.A few fringe guys that may do enough in Week 1 to be noticed:LaRod Stephens Howling - with Taylor arriving late, LSH will hold onto third down duties and his quickness gives him some big play ability.Marion Barber III - 4-5 catches and a TD or 2 may make him an attractive addBernard Scott - has big play capability and the Bengals should run a lot to protect their young QB in one of the few games they should at least stay competitive in.Johnny White - the kid is electric running the ball, but he may not get a chance behind Fred Jackson and CJ Spiller, but maybe he breaks a long one and opens some eyesJerrious Norwood - he's always good for one or two long highlight play runs before he injures himself again. In a high powered offense he may find some running room.

Didn't Johnny White get seriously injured during the preseason?

 

[kencav]

If Hightower fumbles once then Roy Helu or Torain could take over the job

This is just not true, and yet people keep spouting it like Gospel. Shanahan stuck with Torain last year through multiple-fumble games. There's no reason why he wouldn't do the same with a more talented back when he knows going in that that's his biggest problem. You don't trade for a guy who's pretty fumble-prone, just so you can bury him on the bench when he's, you guessed it, fumble-prone. Note: He didn't have a single fumble in preseason game action.

Torain fumbled twice all year (both in one game vs Chi). He has a career rate of 1 fumble per 98 touches. He also has a career 4.5 ypc (6.9 ypr).Hightower fumbles once every 46 touches and has a career ypc of 3.9 (6.8 ypr).I don't think the evidence demonstrates that Hightower is more talented or less fumble prone than Torain.

I wouldn't be real surprised if Torain has more carries than Hightower fumbles or not.Torain knows the offense and was the starter going into this season but he got injured. Hightower looked good but ... it was preseason.

Has anyone even mentioned that torain was on the cut line...had a good 4th preseason game against scrubs and evan royster was concussed...so he saved his roster spot.

 

[cubbie5150]

I don't see how anyone can endorse Chester Taylor. Dude has been terrible, averaging something like 2.8 YPC over the last 2 years. If you want a guy to fall forward & get 2 yds on every touch, then Chester is your guy.

 

[smackdaddies]

I don't see how anyone can endorse Chester Taylor. Dude has been terrible, averaging something like 2.8 YPC over the last 2 years. If you want a guy to fall forward & get 2 yds on every touch, then Chester is your guy.

He will have 40 rcpt for the Cards this year. It will be check down central till Kolb learns how to be an NFL qb. If he ever does.

 

[smackdaddies]

If your really going to take a flyer, I like Taiwan Jones. Really has the moves, skills very few rb have. High Risk High Reward play right nowI also think Chester Taylor will get a lot more playing time than people think.

Ummm, there's no risk on a flyer. Big fan of Jones as well.

depends on how many roster spots you have. If your in a thin bench league, it's a lot of risk because your leaving real starters on the waiver wire, not taking a long shot at a #3 rb from the worst team in the nfl.If your in a deep league then your right

 

[Dexter Manley]

If Hightower fumbles once then Roy Helu or Torain could take over the job

This is just not true, and yet people keep spouting it like Gospel. Shanahan stuck with Torain last year through multiple-fumble games. There's no reason why he wouldn't do the same with a more talented back when he knows going in that that's his biggest problem. You don't trade for a guy who's pretty fumble-prone, just so you can bury him on the bench when he's, you guessed it, fumble-prone. Note: He didn't have a single fumble in preseason game action.

Torain fumbled twice all year (both in one game vs Chi). He has a career rate of 1 fumble per 98 touches. He also has a career 4.5 ypc (6.9 ypr).Hightower fumbles once every 46 touches and has a career ypc of 3.9 (6.8 ypr).I don't think the evidence demonstrates that Hightower is more talented or less fumble prone than Torain.

I wouldn't be real surprised if Torain has more carries than Hightower fumbles or not.Torain knows the offense and was the starter going into this season but he got injured. Hightower looked good but ... it was preseason.

Fwiw, Torrain currently sits at 3rd on the depth chart behind Helu.

 

[atcdav]

Bernard Scott

Heard Marvin Lewis on Sirius Opening Drive this morning - direct quote "We plan on getting him involved early and often this year."

How many waiver wires is he on? I would think very few

 

[taz]

Bernard Scott

Heard Marvin Lewis on Sirius Opening Drive this morning - direct quote "We plan on getting him involved early and often this year."

How many waiver wires is he on? I would think very few

He's available in my 12-team PPR, and thinking about grabbing him. I don't know that this will be a full-blown RBBC, but interesting comments from Jay Gruden:

One criticism of the Bengals offense before Gruden arrived had been the belief that the ball was thrown in order to keep certain divas happy. While running back Cedric Benson doesn’t hide his desire to hog the ball, Gruden appreciates it but tempers it at the same time.Like on Wednesday, when Gruden said backup running back Bernard Scott is going to get his fair share of carries.“Bernard has earned the right to carry the ball, no question about it; Cedric just has to accept that,” Gruden said. “That’s a good thing, not a bad thing to have another back of Bernard’s capabilities. Ced won’t be happy about it, but that’s fine. I want all our guys to be upset they’re not getting the ball. That’s the kind of guys we want around here.“Fortunately for us, (Jermaine) Gresham wants the ball. (Jordan) Shipley wants the ball. A.J. wants the ball. I know Jerome wants the ball. There’s only one ball. We’re going to try and distribute it equally and whenever they do get their number called, it’s their job to do something with it so they get it again and again.”

 

[Hipple Long Ware & Peete]

Probably depends on injuries, but I'll go with Delone Carter.In shallow leagues, I'll add Sproles.

 

[tombonneau]

Every guy mentioned in this thread -- except Keiland Williams, Johnny White, and maybe Norwood -- is owned in most 12-team leagues (Deji Karim has been snapped up in all four of mine).A better question might be: will any 3rd-on-the-depth-chart guys make the leap early in the season (not necessarily after week 1)?

The only way there might be a must-add RB after Week 1 is if there's some sort of out-of-the-blue injury to a currently heathy, workhorse RB (like AP, Gore or Blount). Kind of like what happened last year with Ryan Grant going down after Week 1 and Brandon Jackson becoming the hot pickup.

This completely depends on league settings. Not all leagues are the same, not even all 12 man leagues are the same. Almost every guy mentioned here is available in my league. I'm a little tired of this kind of comment in so many threads, complaining that whatever the subject is doesn't apply to MY league. Quit this line of thinking, that everyone's leagues are just like yours, instead take what you can out of the thread, ignore what doesn't apply and move on. If nothing in the thread is relevant to your league, simply ignore the thread. Simple procedures.

I hear Fred Taylor's kid isn't even available in his league.

 

[Moonlight]

likely take more than 1 week but joe McKnight is worth considering. Tomlinson looks near the end of the line. Powell has been unimpressive. Greene hasn't proved anything yet.

McKnight has a bad rep for puking his guts out in training camp last year but has worked hard and learned frfom his mistake. McKnight is both elusive and explosive.

 

[ratbast]

Kuhn

 

[Reepicheep]

Kuhn

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

I must be missing the part where someone mentions Sproles tonight.

Ok, I will.

SPROLLZZ.

 

[bulger2holt]

Take your f'n Hightower dribble to a PM. Jesus, your ruining a good thread.

fyi, the word is drivel, not dribble

 

[spider321]

Take your f'n Hightower dribble to a PM. Jesus, your ruining a good thread.

fyi, the word is drivel, not dribble

...and it's "you're", not "your".

 

[bulger2holt]

Take your f'n Hightower dribble to a PM. Jesus, your ruining a good thread.

fyi, the word is drivel, not dribble

...and it's "you're", not "your".

No it's not. "Take 'you are" f'n Hightower" ? Nope, it's 'your',

 

[chook]

Take your f'n Hightower dribble to a PM. Jesus, your ruining a good thread.

fyi, the word is drivel, not dribble

...and it's "you're", not "your".

No it's not. "Take 'you are" f'n Hightower" ? Nope, it's 'your',

Err, keep reading the sentence dude.

 

[BroadwayG]

Err, keep reading the sentence dude.

I think you meant 'sentence, dude.'

 

[eaglesfan7]

Way to spam the thread. unsubscribe

 

[Joe Summer]

Take your f'n Hightower dribble to a PM. Jesus, your ruining a good thread.

fyi, the word is drivel, not dribble

drivel and dribble are synonyms.

 

[Reepicheep]

 

[Wrigley]

Take your f'n Hightower dribble to a PM. Jesus, your ruining a good thread.

fyi, the word is drivel, not dribble

drivel and dribble are synonyms.

Man, that Jordan should could drivel.

 

[Reepicheep]

Take your f'n Hightower dribble to a PM. Jesus, your ruining a good thread.

fyi, the word is drivel, not dribble

drivel and dribble are synonyms.

SORT OF. Really just in the literal sense of actual drool, though. Drivel would have been the appropriate word here. We'll call it a push.

 

[Chaka]

Way to spam the thread. unsubscribe

YOUR STILL DRIBBLING!!!

 

[mcintyre1]

Take your f'n Hightower dribble to a PM. Jesus, your ruining a good thread.

fyi, the word is drivel, not dribble

drivel and dribble are synonyms.

SORT OF. Really just in the literal sense of actual drool, though. Drivel would have been the appropriate word here. We'll call it a push.

I like this thread.

 

[johnadams]

Marcel Reece.

 

[ratbast]

Kuhn

TD heavy?

 

[Reepicheep]

Kuhn

TD heavy?

Maybe in a 16-team, TD only league, I guess . . .But seriously, Kuhn had 6 TDs, and 378 yards from scrimmage last season. When he was basically playing RB instead of FB because Grant was out. And Starks was still on the PUP. And 3 of those TDs came all in one game. Even if he somehow manages to match his TD total, guessing which games he gets the TDs is a total crapshoot, and when he doesn't score you get .5 points for his 3/5 stat line. Love him as a Packer, wouldn't touch him in fantasy.

 

[ratbast]

In any league where a TD vulture has value, Kuhn apparently could be useful.