Willie Parker news? (1 Viewer)

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Parker seemed to go down on first contact a lot in that last preseason game. That kind of jives with his history of having good games against bad defenses and vice versa. I think teams like Baltimore are going to stifle him while he should have some success versus teams like Cleveland and Cincinatti.

I just don't see him breaking a lot of tackles. Once he's in the open though, he's quite dangerous and also seems to catch well.

He had decent games against Baltimore and Chicago last year (averaged over10 FP per game in those three games) - and had tough games against GB and NE (under 5 FP in each of those two games.Your theory did not hold true last year, and there is no reason to expect it to hold true this year.

Ok, you are correct. He didn't do much on his 5 carries against Green Bay. He averaged a whopping 3.2 ypc vs. the Bears. And 3.8 ypc against Baltimore wasn't anything to write home about, it's most certainly not "decent".You must have overlooked the 739 yards he had in 6 games against the Bengals, Texans, Titans, Browns and Lions. That's 61% of his total rushing yards in 37.5% of the games. Oh yeah and they happen to be against weak rush defenses.

I do not care if he has under 4 YPC versus tough run defenses - EVERY back should stuggle against TOUGH run defenses. Hey - how are LT's numbers against Denver? Should I avoid LT?? Or maybe I should just never draft any back in the NFC North.Parker averaged 10 FPs per game against Bal and Chi. - so YES HE HAD DECENT GAMES against those teams.

Your argument does not hold water when we are discussing FANTASY FOOTBALL!!!

Your laziness is going to make me go through the game logs huh?Well let's take a peak

Against Top 16 Rushing Defenses he averaged: 7.8 PPG

Against Bottom 16 Rushing Defenses he averaged: 14.7 PPG

And that is including the 2.3 game vs. Green Bay that you cherry picked.

NE 8 4.9

Sd 1 4.0

Jax 14 5.5

Bal 9 8.1

Bal 9 14.1

Ind 16 6.6

Chi 11 11.3

Min 19 9.7

Cle 30 19

Det 24 15.2

Ten 22 26.9

Hou 32 17.1

Cin 20 19.1

GB 23 2.3

Cin 20 8.2

 

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BTW:Carnell Williams had 700 rushing yards against the Viking, Bills, Packers, and Falcons. That's 59% of his yards in 35.7% of his games.Willis McGahee had 663 rushing yards against the Jets, Bengals, Texans, Falcons, and Saints. That's 53% of his yards in 37.5% of his games. Reuben Droughns had 633 rushing yards against the Texans, Titans, Bengals, Lions, and Dolphins. That's 51% of his yards in 37.5% of his games.It's not unusual for a player to have a majority of his yards against the worst defenses he faces.

And yet those are all lower percentages than FWP had.

 

[Lemmiwinks]

I expect Parker to improve as a runner in his second full season. He should show more consistency. He is also a home run threat so it is not surprising that he was not the most consistent back.

This is why you get him as your number 2 runner. Your #1 consistently scores you 15 PPG and Parker wins you a few on his own by scoring 20+ points some weeks and doesn't totally kill you with 7 against tougher defenses.

FWP won me a championship last year, so I am a bit biased.

 

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Parker seemed to go down on first contact a lot in that last preseason game. That kind of jives with his history of having good games against bad defenses and vice versa. I think teams like Baltimore are going to stifle him while he should have some success versus teams like Cleveland and Cincinatti.

I just don't see him breaking a lot of tackles. Once he's in the open though, he's quite dangerous and also seems to catch well.

He had decent games against Baltimore and Chicago last year (averaged over10 FP per game in those three games) - and had tough games against GB and NE (under 5 FP in each of those two games.Your theory did not hold true last year, and there is no reason to expect it to hold true this year.

Ok, you are correct. He didn't do much on his 5 carries against Green Bay. He averaged a whopping 3.2 ypc vs. the Bears. And 3.8 ypc against Baltimore wasn't anything to write home about, it's most certainly not "decent".You must have overlooked the 739 yards he had in 6 games against the Bengals, Texans, Titans, Browns and Lions. That's 61% of his total rushing yards in 37.5% of the games. Oh yeah and they happen to be against weak rush defenses.

I do not care if he has under 4 YPC versus tough run defenses - EVERY back should stuggle against TOUGH run defenses. Hey - how are LT's numbers against Denver? Should I avoid LT?? Or maybe I should just never draft any back in the NFC North.Parker averaged 10 FPs per game against Bal and Chi. - so YES HE HAD DECENT GAMES against those teams.

Your argument does not hold water when we are discussing FANTASY FOOTBALL!!!

How did Willie do against the good defense. Did I hear he had a long run of 8 yards last night. Gee, must have gone down on first contact a lot against a good defense huh? I think you must admit that my argument held some water.

 

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How did Willie do against the good defense. Did I hear he had a long run of 8 yards last night. Gee, must have gone down on first contact a lot against a good defense huh? I think you must admit that my argument held some water.

Did you bother to watch the whole game? Jax d shutdown the entire pitt offense, from passing to rushing. Jax D = very underrated

 

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How did Willie do against the good defense. Did I hear he had a long run of 8 yards last night. Gee, must have gone down on first contact a lot against a good defense huh? I think you must admit that my argument held some water.

Did you bother to watch the whole game? Jax d shutdown the entire pitt offense, from passing to rushing. Jax D = very underrated

I don't think they are underrated one bit. They are top 3 or 4 in the league easily. The point that Levin tried to one-up me on was where I said FWP goes down on first contact a lot. He said that held no water. I disagreed then and disagree now.