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Thx.
It would make sense. Saving him for the playoffs doesn’t work if they don’t make it. Not advocating running him into the ground but increased usage seems to be on the horizon.
He’s on my roster and I disagree, based on first half vs second half of the last game, as well as the rest of their games this far. I still believe it comes down to whether or not the opposition believes they can beat them by removing Gurley. If they do, they know what to do (6-1 defense). McVay seems incapable of figuring out to counter it and seems content to roll with Goff getting it done, which has obviously been met with mixed results.
This is a good point. it does depend on the defense. I am mostly pointing out that at this point I wo7ldnt be worried about gurleys knee as I think they are prepared to run him into the ground.
Ah got it. Yeah I was never worried about the knee and was happy to draft him in the second. Clearly didn’t see this scheming thing coming.
While I absolutely hate it this posts is exactly how I feel. (Btw my hate is not for the poster in any way but purely due to frustration with Rams coaching). McVay has not been able to figure out the 6-1 and this along with the O-line hot mess are the 2 driving factors in the Rams poor season so far. I too have Gurley in my lineup and have to, but I’m not confident at all and it almost has nothing to do with Gurley himself
Yep, pretty funny he and all the other Gurley fans kept reporting me when I said he was just a guy. Might not even finish top 100 in PPR for W/R and basically ruined everyone's draft this year at his ADP.
O line fell apart and McVay can’t adjust to the 6-1 D. Entire O has fallen apart can’t just point to Gurley.
Yep, that fell apart. A lot of things did in this O this year, just like those predicting a DH breakout. Massively disappointing and I’m really trying hard not to believe McVay is the second coming of Chip Kelly. His inability to make adjustments has been extremely worrisome.
You're pulling up a post from May to brag about being right? Classy! I hope nobody ever finds my posts about David Wilson. I'll be so embarrassed (not really).
To be fair, he isnt just a guy. Hes putting up points like one but hes very talented. It's not like the rest of the offense is doing well.and hes being out played by Henderson. The entire offense is struggling
This. There isnt a single reliable fantasy commodity on this roster. Kupp is the closest, and he has been invisible since his week 8 blowup. Goff looks lost. The line is bad. And as others have pointed out, the coaching has been horrid.
If people want to claim he's the best RB in the game he should be able to overcome whatever obstacles their offense has right now. But he's not - he's just a guy dependent on a good OL and offensive system. He ran behind the best rated OL EVER last year. That's why a RB who has been cut by three different mediocre teams in the past two years also averaged almost seven ypc in his short stay there.
Oh, that's mild. There's probably 50 posts from last December where I was reported for not being in the consensus "Gurley is the greatest" crowd.
Hes the only RB in recent history to finish top 5 three years in a row... hes pretty good.
Agreed. I posted something like this a few weeks ago in a game thread. This is where he looks noticeably different this year to me. Speed, acceleration and power I can’t see any real difference, he’s always been a guy who’s running style caused him to never look fast. Pretty much the opposite of guys like Kyler Murray or Cohen. But this year there seems to be no “fight” to his game. He’s going in head first, head down and falling to the ground. It’s really strange.
Really? Not doubting you, but I would have bet the dog and the ranch that Tomlinson, Faulk, Smith, and maybe even Terrell Davis all pulled that off.Dr. Dan said:
Not to set off a hijack, but i kind of raised this point in the Christian McCaffrey thread... folks eyeing him as the obvious #1 overall pick for 2020 redrafts. This would mean that you're banking on him being the first ever RB to follow up a peak year (he is in rare air in 2019) with an even higher peak in 2020. Overwhelming odds say he'll fall about 20% short of his 2019 season.
If 2018 is his peak, he's not really that good of a RB producing two great years in a 10+ year career. OL declining, too much money invested in four players, supposedly not healthy, QB and offense are terrible and predictable now. There's not really any reason to be optimistic right now for the rest of his career.
I thought Gurley was #1 #1 #3 in ppr... had this discussion in the Henderson thread (or here). dont feel like checking back but I remember Foster being one that was 3 consecutive seasons.
Some elite RBs fall off the cliff (see Shaun Alexander)... others tail off slowly.
Depends on your scoring system. In our league (half PPR) he nosed out Barkley in 2018 and Lev Bell in 2017 for the #1 spot. 2016 he finished RB18 (just behind Bilal Powell).
Got me curious, so I had a look at our archives... this would be RBs finishing top-5 in fantasy for 3 (or more) consecutive seasons, regular seasons (excludes fantasy playoffs), half-PPR, going back to 1993, in order:
certainly goes to show that about 3 years is the sweet spot (and uncommon in general). Might be a great sell high time for CMC after this year
- quite possibly the worst season ever for that type of volume. Your "top 5 three years in a row" doesn't exist.
