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[RomeyRome]

Bulger is going to be murder behind that OL.

Pace is holding out...again.
Turley has a back injury.

Lights out.

We'll see.

[mussa]

Bulger is going to be murder behind that OL.

Pace is holding out...again.
Turley has a back injury.

Lights out.

HAHA!

[troyhstewart]

There shouldn't be any bad rosters on paper with only a 10 team league. Some have better depth than others though.

[troyhstewart]

Bulger disabled by week 3

[RomeyRome]

Just wait and see, besides I got Garthia at the end of the draft and he is a capable backup if Bulger goes down.

Mussa, I wouldn't laugh with that stable of third rate fantasy RBs.

[MURP]

EG, Dunn, etc. are all just for depth, while your RBs are HUGE question marks from almost every angle.

yeah im taking a bit of a gamble with my RB's, but it is a calculated gamble.

Barlow averaged 5.1 yards a carry last year.  For guys with over 200 carries he ranked 5th in the NFL in that catagory... the guys in front of him?  Holmes, Tomlinson, Ahman Green and Portis.     He will get well over 300 carries this year.  He is a bruiser back who will get almost all of their goaline carries.  I see 1300+ yards and 12+ TD's for Barlow.

Kevin Jones can be a 3 down back in Detroit.  They improved their line in the offseason.  Defenses will also not be able to stack the line with Charles Rogers and Roy Williams out at WR.   Jones will have every chance to be a stud RB in Detroit.  He is a risk, but I think a relatively safe risk. IMO.


Chris Brown is a sleeper RB who will get the majority of the carries in Tenn.  He could be a bigtime player or a bust.  Either way, he is worth the risk where I drafted him.

Deshaun Foster and Musa Smith are purely injury picks based on running teams.  If Jamal Lewis goes to jail or gets injured, or if Stephen Davis gets injured, they immediately become a huge part of the offense.  Moreso than on a team that has a more balanced run/pass attack.


There are so many RBBC this year that its almost impossible to have 3 RB's who will get a majority of the carries.  Im putting my risk in offenses that will utilize the RB as their main offensive weapon.

[RomeyRome]

Barlow is running behind a somewhat revamped Oline, not to mention that there is a good chance that Ken Dorsey will be QBing for atleast part of the season, and when he isn't it will be Tim Rattay with a changed Oline and a bunch of kids at WR, no TE.  Yeah he had some nice stats down the stretch last season, but just remember, revamped Oline, inexperienced QB, inexperience WRs, defenses will focus on running game, will lose a lot of games on a bad team, playing from behind so not as much running, etc.

Still with the WRs you have, I would say these are afterall some reasonable risks to take.  If you didn't have both of those WRs then those RBs would be the death of you, but with those WRs you should be ok.   If you hit gold with those RBs and they do have good seasons, then yeah you could ride them to the top.  If they struggle due to being on bad teams, and being surrounded by SO much inexperience (not to mention their own inexperience) then you could suffer pretty badly.

[PhillyGirl]

Since you're both going to get your asses kicked by me....starting week one with MURP...none of this all matters.  

[RomeyRome]

The lucky lady speaketh.

[PhillyGirl]

The lucky lady speaketh.

No luck needed this year.

[RomeyRome]

The lucky lady speaketh.

No luck needed this year.

I don't know, past McNabb and Deuce, you don't really have much at all.

[PhillyGirl]

hahaha

[RomeyRome]

Jaguars | Taylor Could Miss Preseason - from www.KFFL.com
Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:01:36 -0700

ESPNews reports Jacksonville Jaguars RB Fred Taylor (foot) has a sprained foot and will likely miss the rest of the 2004 preseason


Uh oh Phreak, could Taylor be going back to his old ways?  Good thing you have depth.

[RomeyRome]

Ouch MURP, your RB situation takes another hit.   Although Barlow is healthy, Ken Dorsey just went down, as well as the backup center.  You say "BFD?!"   But there starting center is already out, so they are going to their 3rd center, along with the rest of the revamped Oline, along with Rattay trying to get back from having his groin muscle completely seperated from the bone, not having been most of the offseason, and having little experience.


Ouch ouch, not to mention Kevin Jones has been out most of TC battling injuries.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Taylor didn't get the nickname "Fragile Fred" for nothin'

That slacker better pick it up.