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He's so explosive -- can take a 3 yard dump off and take it to the house. I have no idea how they'll use him, but I think they should attempt to get him the ball 8-12 times a game, which would be like Bush.
Posted this in another thread this offseason:Sproles was the primary guy for two games. He averaged 103 total yards on 13.5 touches those two weeks. He put up 150 total yards in one of the two games when he was the guy.
They targeted him 57 times in the passing game last year. With Gates, Jackson, other WRs, and other RBs, I'm not sure how reasonable it is to expect the Chargers to target him more often. Sproles had 8+ touches in 8 games last year... the same number of times as Bush. Overall, he had 93 carries and 45 catches... more touches than Bush.As for whether or not he'll be in San Diego next year, I doubt it. He definitely isn't worth the franchise tag, and he wasn't worth it last year either. IIRC, from 2008 to 2009, his averages (ypc, ypr, yards per kickoff return, yards per punt return) all dropped, and he only scored 1 more TD despite getting roughly 30% more opportunities (rushing attempts, receptions, returns). In particular, he really fell off as a rusher, dropping from 5.4 ypc in 2008 to 3.7 ypc in 2009. Granted, the run blocking was lousy, but that's still quite a dropoff.Fortunately for Sproles, LT fell off a cliff at the same time and was released... needing to replace LT made it more justifiable for San Diego to tag Sproles again, to avoid having to replace the entire backfield in one year. But IMO to stick around for 2011, he'll have to take a massive pay cut unless Matthews flops or suffers a major injury.
well, I think sproles fate is 100% tied to how good Matthews is.if Matthews can be a bell cow RB and has better receiving skills than advertised, sproles will be used almost exclusively as a scat back and will be gone within a year.otherwise, we could be looking at a RBBC.
IMO these numbers don't tell the whole story. His two starts:vs. BAL: 10/26/0 rushing and 7/124/1 receiving (he caught an 81 yard TD pass)
All true, but I don't think it's fair to penalize him for scoring a long TD or gaining over 60 yards and 3 TD's on 7 touches in one game because that is part of the point. He is a playmaker, he needs more opportunities to make them than just 4-5 touches from LOS.
He's not being punished for scoring 3 TDs on 7 touches; you are being called out for cherry-picking statistics to prove your point. (What a shock, coming from HK). Obviously the stats show that Sproles should never be given more than 7 touches.
...to go along with 25 receptions for 313 yards and another 2 TD's in thoses 7 games where the Chargers went 6-1.That's an average of 71 yards/game from LOS on 13.5 touches.
Pretty doubtful.I suspect that franchising Sproles this season (as opposed to letting him walk) was a close decision, and they ended up franchising him in part because of the trade opportunities it might have presented.I doubt they'll franchise him again next season (if a new CBA even allows for a franchise tag).So he'll be on the open market and go to the highest bidder. I think that's unlikely to be the Chargers.Englishteacher said:
LOL. The truth is that the SD OL was awful at run blocking and whether it was LT falling off a cliff or not, nobody was running effectively behind the line last year. Sproles has the big play in him and I agree using him like Bush is the logical use of his talent.CalBear said:
I think that's more of a reflection of the FA Rb class this year.
