Recent content by ol blues

Very thoughtful post. Admittedly, I'm much lower on Fleener than most, so view my comments in that lens. To me the problem for Fleener is that Allen is such a superior blocker that in health Allen always plays the most snaps. And, simply being on the field, particularly in the Red Zone, yields...

Or Riddick. Or Bell. That's what is interesting about this backfield: all figure to be between serviceable to excellent in the receiving game.

Precisely. Gruden spent his entire first season throwing away the advantages handed to him by the existing roster. A skilled set of agile ZBS Olinemen? Swap to a power scheme. Your most skilled RB with limited passing game skills? Stress RB targets. A QB whose best play is improvisational...

In redraft Ameer appears to be close to fairly valued right now. His PPR ADP across all sites averages RB28. This does not figure to be a dynamic offense. Riddick's WR skills will yield some touches. Bell figures to get the close in work and likely gets at least the ceremonial starter's role for...

One of the interesting things about the Bengals is that Dalton is so inaccurate that there is a commonly held belief that Green is the only viable fantasy receiving option. And that view is reinforced by the limited passing offense the Bengals ran last year. When you take into account the season...

Johnson figured to run most of his routes from the slot with or without Gates. I thought this blurb was little more than another illustration of how slow a news period this is. Stevie has value at his current ADP (or lack thereof) and it gets a brief nudge up with Gates' suspension. I'm just...

This is a very tough receiving corps to handicap. In health Rudolph has signifIcant value particularly in the Red Zone. Wallace has a far more diverse skill set than he's given credit for. Johnson looked the part late last season of realizing the potential he has always shown. And, sitting on...

7th round is a beyond "late." Productive RBs are available quite deep in drafts and the bust rate for RBs outstrip the bust rate at all other positions which leads many to pursue RBs later. But at round 7 you will find few, if any, with a track history. In a PPR must start 4 receivers league I...

And it's certainly arguable that The Underwear Thief remains so. It's really difficult to see a clear starter in this group at all.

Bully! That's precisely the point!

And the non "long shot" on the 'Boys RB depth chart is?

Quality list. If I had to trim to match the thread limit of 3 I could tolerate Graham and Evans around 30 and Luck around 15 (but, no, I wouldn't draft them there).

2 elite WRs on every redraft team.

Perhaps. I think many prefer the risk of a player leading in a strong offense than the relative certainty of a player leading in a weaker offense. Ivory's upside in his offense isn't that valuable of a "ticket" to many.

Obviously it depends on who is still on the board. At 30 being gone typically your best choices for an eventual and, at least arguably, productive RB1 are Ameer Abdullah, Tre Mason, Chris Ivory, and, possibly, Rashad Jennings. The Tampa Bay and Titan backs touted elsewhere on this thread are...