Worst RRBC to be in this year? (1 Viewer)

[Xenopax]

Every year the RBBC gets a little worse, making owning any RB precarious if there is anyone good enough to nip his heels on the same team. Which RRBCs do you hate the most this year?

The worst one in my mind is in New Orleans with PT/MB/RB. Who will be hurt this week? Will any of them get a TD? With such a great passing game will they even be used that much? Which one will be used the most when they do use them? Quite frankly it seems very risky to own any RB on this team giving the yo-yo scoring they've been having.

 

[Oh Yes!]

has to be OAK

 

[C-Bound]

Dallas (going forward at least).

 

[Fat Nick]

Dallas (going forward at least).

As a PT owner, I don't mind NO's RBBC because they put up so many points, there's opportunities for all of them.Oakland's RBBC stinks, but let's face it, in general, none of them are studs on that offense.Dallas has the potential to put out 1 great back, but you never know who it'll be.

 

[rjv]

Every year the RBBC gets a little worse, making owning any RB precarious if there is anyone good enough to nip his heels on the same team. Which RRBCs do you hate the most this year?The worst one in my mind is in New Orleans with PT/MB/RB. Who will be hurt this week? Will any of them get a TD? With such a great passing game will they even be used that much? Which one will be used the most when they do use them? Quite frankly it seems very risky to own any RB on this team giving the yo-yo scoring they've been having.

I'm in this situation where this week, with Rice on bye, I need to start both PT and Bell.

 

[sparkky]

dallas, giants, panthers all come to mind.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

Dallas has the potential to put out 1 great back, but you never know who it'll be.

Dallas was the first one that came to mind....but then I thought "It's probably only the worst if you don't own Choice."Apparently, he's the only guy there that isn't made entirely out of cheap porcelain teacups. If you own him, it's merely a matter of waiting for the next eventual Barber injury(which seem to happen just about every other week. It's a shame. Love the way the guy runs, but his body just can't take the punishment apparently). When Barber gets hurt, Choice winds up getting "featured." Jones isn't a legitimate threat to poach a "featured" amount of carries if Barber gets hurt, IMO, because he's proven to be about as durable as rice paper. Dynamic runner....but you can't do much running, dynamic or otherwise, from the hot tub.When all 3 are healthy, though, I agree that particular committee is a giant headache.

 

[C-Bound]

Jones isn't a legitimate threat to poach a "featured" amount of carries if Barber gets hurt, IMO, because he's proven to be about as durable as rice paper. Dynamic runner....but you can't do much running, dynamic or otherwise, from the hot tub.

This is where it gets tricky. Do the Dallas coaches (this includes Jerry) feel the same way and won't try to feature him again should Barber go down?

 

[5-ish Finkle]

Jones isn't a legitimate threat to poach a "featured" amount of carries if Barber gets hurt, IMO, because he's proven to be about as durable as rice paper. Dynamic runner....but you can't do much running, dynamic or otherwise, from the hot tub.

This is where it gets tricky. Do the Dallas coaches (this includes Jerry) feel the same way and won't try to feature him again should Barber go down?

That IS where it gets tricky, and I openly admit that it's just my opinion. I expect that their F.O.(particularly Jerry) DON'T share that opinion....and that likely would lead to Jones breaking again.Given how he's held up/not held up to this point in his career, if I were a Jones-only owner(of the three) I'd be trying to pick up Choice in a pretty hard way. He's the "handcuff" for that running game, in my mind. Jones is the complementary "homerun" threat.

 

[Zoomanji]

That Cleveland RBBC is pretty solid

 

[footballnerd]

Denver under Skeletor was always a pain. Looks like the tradition might live on.

 

[otis68]

Every year the RBBC gets a little worse, making owning any RB precarious if there is anyone good enough to nip his heels on the same team. Which RRBCs do you hate the most this year?The worst one in my mind is in New Orleans with PT/MB/RB. Who will be hurt this week? Will any of them get a TD? With such a great passing game will they even be used that much? Which one will be used the most when they do use them? Quite frankly it seems very risky to own any RB on this team giving the yo-yo scoring they've been having.

Explain to me how New Orleans RBBC has changed since the second half of last year?

 

[Cawbird]

I would have to agree with Dallas as well. It's too tough to tell what is going to happen since Barber and Jones are still a little banged up, but what happens once they are all healthy? It doesn't appear that Choice will go back to the bench, so how will all of that pan out? Maybe they go with Choice to start things off, let Felix get the big plays going, and then let Barber close things out going beyond just the 4th quarter. Barber did a ton of his damage when he was closing things out, and it seemed like he was staying healthier. Just my $.02 because I know that barber IS the starter when healthy.

Not to gett of the subject too much, but it seemes like there is starting to be more value in the RBBC teams anyway. Take a look at some of the RB's who are not part of a current RBBC:

Ryan Grant - appears to be just an average RB.

Matt Forte - too many off-season factors caused his 2009 decline and now 2 costly fumbles near the goalline last week (1 lost).

Jamal Lewis - we knew that the Browns would have problems on offense anyway.

Kevin Smith - not bad, but there are some RBBC's performing better.

Slaton - starting to pick it up a bit, but not good value for where he was drafted.

L.J. - see jamal above.

Brian Westbrook - most people were right that the changing of the guard was in the near future.

L.T. - I hate to put him on this list but the struggles continue.

Julius Jones - as a non-RBBC RB, he should have had better stats by now.

Steven Jackson - lack of TD's is hurting his value.

Clinton Portis - it doesn't appear that he will make it through the entire season.

There are of course some of the non-RBBC RB studs out there, but if you can pick the right part of the RBBC, you are doing better than those on the list above.

 

[footballnerd]

Sounds like the shark move is to go WR WR WR WR

 

[CamelGod]

New England is the first one that comes to mind for me. 5 backs that all have performed and may perform week to week... the two "lead" ones are injured. It's a situation we've avoided since Corey Dillon.

 

[hostile]

Sounds like the shark move is to go WR WR WR WR

That has been a common strategy for a few years now... There is no denying RBBCs are effective. Last year, NE's RBBC (Morris, Jordan, Faulk, Maroney) had 1988 yds and 19 TDs combined on the ground alone. Try to find that in a lone RB.I think which RBBC one targets depends on the scoring format of your league. TD heavy? Take the GL/RZ back. PPR heavy? Take the guy b/t the 20's who also has home run potential.RBBCs like NE, Dal, NYG, and Car - you know what you're getting. JStew made a great RB2/3 last year. So did Derrick Ward, but now with Bradshaw in that role, things havent changed much. Dal is the same - Barber runs like a madman, gets hurt, Jones comes in for a game or two and runs wild, gets hurt, leaving Healthy Choice (that one's for you SSOG!) as the guy who you'd probably want to own long-term. Then there's NE. They bring in an aging vet (this year it was Taylor, last year it was Jordan), aging vet gets hurt, Morris steps in until Wk6 or 7, gets hurts, leaving Maroney and BJGE, with KFaulk as a nice waiver pick up as your RB3/4 in PPR leagues. In NO we have Reggie as RB3/4 in PPR, PT as the guy b/t the 20's and Mike Bell as the RZ/GL back. Bal has settled out with a nice uptick for Rice. Since they no longer have Lo Neal, McClain has gone back to FB leaving Rice and McGahee, with McGahee falling off the map the last few weeks.In NY, T Jones is a RB2/3 with the occasional RB1 game in him, with Washington as a good PPR RB. The RBBC which has pretty much shaken out to one RB is in TEN. White has looked very underwhelming (well, the whole offense has, but this is in that context), leaving Chris Johnson as the only RB there with current value.The RBBC which is mess right now and absolute worst to own anyone out of is, imo, Oakland. What a cluster___.

 

[Aerial Assault]

For me, it's the New Orleans mess, even though the guys score points. Just a total headache. And surprisingly, there isn't an idiotic coach involved, as with many RBBCs.

 

[Day Drinker]

Every year the RBBC gets a little worse, making owning any RB precarious if there is anyone good enough to nip his heels on the same team. Which RRBCs do you hate the most this year?The worst one in my mind is in New Orleans with PT/MB/RB. Who will be hurt this week? Will any of them get a TD? With such a great passing game will they even be used that much? Which one will be used the most when they do use them? Quite frankly it seems very risky to own any RB on this team giving the yo-yo scoring they've been having.

Explain to me how New Orleans RBBC has changed since the second half of last year?

Ummmmm....Mike Bell. Throwing him into the mix as the goalline, short yardage, 10 carry agame back has pulled tremendous value from Pierre Thomas compared to last year.

 

[inca911]

Yes, we hates it precious. What has it got in its pocketses?

 

[LadyBeBop]

Sounds like the shark move is to go WR WR WR WR

I dunno about that. I'm still a RB purist, and I drafted two RBs who are not in a RBBC in the first two rounds (Peterson and Grant). My five RBs consists of:Three RBs not in a RBBC (Peterson, Grant and Benson)One RB in a RBBC who is still getting most of the touches (Brown)One RB who is not getting most of the touches (Buckhalter). And he might be gone next week since I'll have to pick up a bye week kicker.And I'm not big into drafting a stud WR or TE. Through the waiver wire, I obtained Sims-Walker, Manningham, Knox and Celek.Right now, I'm at 4-1...I'd be 5-0 except for a bonehead lineup a couple of weeks ago.

 

[otis68]

Every year the RBBC gets a little worse, making owning any RB precarious if there is anyone good enough to nip his heels on the same team. Which RRBCs do you hate the most this year?The worst one in my mind is in New Orleans with PT/MB/RB. Who will be hurt this week? Will any of them get a TD? With such a great passing game will they even be used that much? Which one will be used the most when they do use them? Quite frankly it seems very risky to own any RB on this team giving the yo-yo scoring they've been having.

Explain to me how New Orleans RBBC has changed since the second half of last year?

Ummmmm....Mike Bell. Throwing him into the mix as the goalline, short yardage, 10 carry agame back has pulled tremendous value from Pierre Thomas compared to last year.

Ummm....ever hear of Deuce McCallister? He and Mike bell had 4 short yardage TDs in weeks 11-16 last year. You know, that period when Thomas was getting 15 carries a game, average 125 yds a game and scored 9 TDs? Splitting carries three ways with Bush in the mix as well? Like I said, not so sure anything has changed. Other than the fact the saints run the ball 8 times a game more, and have won all their games so far.Enjoy.