Late round (Pick 45 in a rookie only, non-idp league) flyer rb for me came down to a choice between
- Salvon Ahmed
- Malcolm Perry
- Jonathan Ward
Also still on the board: Raymond Calais, Michael Warren, Jason Huntley, JJ Taylor, Javon Leake, Scottie Phillips. So I believe it is fair to say that this is *late round*.
I am about as far as anyone can be from being an expert analyst of film, but nonetheless this is based upon me looking at a few highlight clips. So my take might be way off base or completely irrelevant - no dispute from me. That said, my take is:
None of the three have break away speed. I was hoping that one would show that. I didn't see it - neither impressive burst nor long speed.
Salvon Ahmed: Was probably the least impressive to my eyes. I did not see the speed that I had heard mentioned. And he seemed to go down easier than the other two. He was an easy eliminate for me except... that he is in that danged Shanahan offense. If he ever gets significant playing time, he will probably put up some stats. But I'm guessing it is system stats more than anything.
Malcolm Perry: Small. And without break away speed. He was run down from behind several times in the clips I saw. But... small and caught from behind and yet seemingly hard to bring down. I think he showed surprising core strength for his size. He also is the most elusive of the three. I also like his military upbringing and drive. He was hard to pass on but I think he has a harder time arriving at FF significance in Miami than Jonathon Ward. Miami, I believe, is adding legitimate depth assets to their backfield and I am not sure that even if Breida goes down, as he regularly does, that Perry will get significant enough long-term play to be an every week starter.
Jonathan Ward: He seemed to break a fair number of tackles. He CATCHES the ball! I believe he has the easiest path to fantasy relevance (although the Shanahan offense is hard to pass on) should there be an injury to rb1 or rb2 - even with Eno Benjamin sitting on the sidelines next to him.
I really wanted to go with Malcolm Perry. I wanted a piece of the Shanahan backfield. I chose Jonathan Ward