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There is more to detailing a player than 40x. Dwyer plays well when he controls his weight. He had back to back 100 yards games and then came back to earth. He's a good depth RB and the proper handcuff here. He's not a difference maker. It's not like he was place in Knile Davis situation with Jamaal Charles already there. Bell is more like Blount-2011 with better hands and a clear head. Looking at the schedules I see smooth sailing after the bye.
FFB is based on performance in the NFL, so knowing where the NFL Teams value guys is sort of important. It's not an apples to oranges. It's that we wish we were playing with those oranges rather than our apples, because their oranges are the real deal, and ours are pretend based on what the oranges do.
Forte was drafted in the 2nd round. So was he not Forte before he became Forte because he was a 2nd round pick?
You seem to be stuck on draft position.
You brought up the fact that "Draft Experts" were talking about Gio and Lacy as the top RB's in the draft. Yet those two guys were drafted by the ACTUAL draft experts remarkeably close to one another. All of them were second rounders. But we can talk about Gio and Lacy as legit NFL prospects but not Bell?
Two things. I never said that he was MJD or Rice or McCoy. MJD isn't McCoy and vice versa. I just said he was drafted with the top RB's in this class.
Obviously you only read the part you wanted to be critical about. 1200 TOTAL YARDS assuming he wins the the starters job. I expect 300 to 400 yards receiving too.
I have no problem with reading comprehension. I also said "total yards"
You realize the Steelers have a new OC. And while past performance can help predict future performance, showing offensive scheme break downs in terms of how RB's are utilized, need to be tempered somewhat. Haley as the HC in KC threw plenty to the RB. Unless you think they are bringing in a new OC to run the old OC or even the current HC's offense?
I first list every RB drafted in the 2nd round in the last ten years, but that doesn't matter. Then I list the success of Pittsburgh RBs since 2000, but that doesn't matter.
And yet you assume because the percentages are low that someone can't perform. Tom Brady has a very small chance of ever starting in the NFL. Based on your logic here, you should never touch the guy. Once he's proven, of course it's OK to draft him. As in your mention of Forte and how we shouldn't compare Bell to him because Forte is an established RB DESPITE being a 2nd round pick. The problem is, if you wait to get the guy after he has beaten the odds, then what do you have? An asset you paid way too much for.
Those past performances would actually mean something if it was the same team, or player, most of those players are gone and Bell is by far the best receiving back they have had. I don't make predictions and try to predict an injury, not to mention do you realize that Vick Ballard had 800 yards rushing last season? So like I said this is his floor assuming he wins the job.
So you first say don't compare past players/performances/etc because it's not the same situation. Then you bring up Vick Ballard who is on a completely different team/is a different player/different offense/and is a past performance. Hmmm
Also on NFL Training Camp Live, they said Dwyer is looking the best he's ever looked (20 lbs lighter), and Redman has looked good as well. This has the look of an ugly RBBC IMO.
Everyone was saying the exact same things about Dwyer last year, and during the preseason it was apparent, but we all know how Dwyer's 2012 turned out.
Agree. Still expect Dwyer doesn't make that team. He'll need to have the mother of all camps to avoid The Turk from where I'm sitting and I don't think he has it in him. He had his shot last year and shanked it.
All studs have talent.
Not at all, when taken out of context. Gio/Lacy were taken ahead of Bell in most drafts. Why would that be?
This was one area I thought he'd do well in. Big frame to take on blitzing defenders.
Unofficially, he won 5 of 11 (45%)
I read something where he split with Jarvis Jones. That had to be cool. Too bad NFL network is catching all the things I don't care about with 17 hours of coverage.
Yeah, they had those two go 4 times, they each "won" 2. That's a better showing for Bell than it is for Jones.
Not to be too picky, but taken simply as a matter of a logical statement...that's not true.
