Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I've been beating this drumhead for about two months now. You take a RB for his first 4-5 years. Who cares if it's from age 21-25 or if it's 23-27? Especially when he hasn't been overused in college.
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I've been beating this drumhead for about two months now. You take a RB for his first 4-5 years. Who cares if it's from age 21-25 or if it's 23-27? Especially when he hasn't been overused in college.
The Captain
Footballguy
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Seriously, in TE premium Pitts and Chase were trending way up. Thought I might be choosing between Harris and Javonte.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Etienne to Jacksonville - and hearts break all over fantasyland.
This is what happens when a team thinks "what if we had an even better guy back there?"
Upside is that people will overthink things and Etienne will be available later in the 1st than he should be.
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The Frankman
Footballguy
RIP James Robinson.
Dez
Footballguy
Grigs Allmoon
Footballguy
Freaking Jacksonville
woodstock
Footballguy
Yep. I traded Robinson for this reason. I knew it. These guys are so stubborn. They want their own guys back there.
Etienne to Jacksonville - and hearts break all over fantasyland.
This is what happens when a team thinks "what if we had an even better guy back there?"
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Urban Meyer to Jon Gruden, hold my beer.
barackdhouse
Footballguy
OMG that is the dumbest pick I have seen in years. Ugh how can stupidity be that predictable. Kudos to all the folks that said Meyer is dumb enough to do it. gosh darn it.
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
Jax f’d Robinson owners right there. Great real life football pick, killer fantasy pick.
The Captain
Footballguy
jabarony
Footballguy
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
woodstock
Footballguy
Yep. Sold him. My reasoning was that Meyer's ego is so big that he's going to want his own guys and big-time college recruited guys. He doesn't think he and his friends missed on Robinson. He doesn't think Robinson is that good.
Knew it. Can't believe it. So stupid.
BoltBacker
Footballguy
That's a fair argument.
FWIW I also would rather build the OL on almost every team as well as a general rule. People talk about Brady winning the SB for TB last season but that OL was almost unrecognizably better than the year before. And KC looked completely hapless in the SB with just a few injuries.
I was just saying that to me, age is almost irrelevant for the RB position. I would be more worried if he was an "old man" dominating against lesser competition but he's pretty much playing against a lot of NFL level competition already.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
This is the Jonathan Taylor/Marlon Mack situation all over again.
Bet on the talent.
Bet on the talent.
renesauz
IBL Representative
NOT a great pick. They have a serviceable YOUNG AND CHEAP RB and the team is terrible. NO way you should spend a 1st on a RB on a team like that
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
New Coach wants speed. Thunder & lightning.
offensive weapons are a good thing.
Robinson wasn’t even supposed to start for the Jags. Didnt Ryquel Armstad beat him out in camp & COVID made him a starter?
woodstock
Footballguy
Everyone was skeptical of my return and reasoning. My reasoning was that with a new, big time coach with an ego like that, he's going to want his own guys touching the ball twenty times per game. I had no problem with selling Robinson. Now Etienne's value is a bit tanked, too. There goes that option. He's gonna free fall in rookie drafts.
woodstock
Footballguy
No. Robinson won the battle and was the reason they cut Fournette. New regime, though. New rules, new QB, new everything.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Which is worse?
Jax drafting an RB in round 1, or me throwing tater tots into the oven at 10:25 pm?
Jax drafting an RB in round 1, or me throwing tater tots into the oven at 10:25 pm?
I agree, they didn't spend a 1st to platoon Etienne with an undrafted RB by the prior regime no matter what numbers he put up last year. But kills Robinson's value, maybe he can get traded to another team.
renesauz
IBL Representative
Aren't you kind of making my point for me? RB picks in the first are a luxury needy teams can't afford
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
I don't recall for sure but I don't think that was really the case. There wasn't a lot of clarity some people jumped on Armstead early because he was a hot backup the year before and it seemed natural he would slide into the starting role (especially alongside an UDFA no one had heard of), but if I recall Robinson started gaining a lot of steam in the fantasy community even before it became known that Armstead would be unavailable.
barackdhouse
Footballguy
Robinson is the price I have to pay to the fantasy Gods for getting Fields today. Oh that pick pisses me off. It is so gosh darned dumb.
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
move
JohnnyU
Footballguy
BoltBacker
Footballguy
Their defense next season could be anywhere in between top-5 to bottom-5 based on health alone. They were closer to bottom 5 last season but if Simmons/DuPree/Farley are all healthy and playing toward the top of their potential in 2021 the Titans could be among the SB favorites by December. Those are three very talented ascending players if everything is just right.
They have taken calculated risks which is what I like to see from a "playoff team". It's tough to make that last leap from that to legit SB contender.
