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I have only seen a couple of his carries this year, so I really don't know what to make of him as far as being done or not. But as a general rule of thumb, I wouldn't ever feel comfortable counting AP out. Plus, Frank Gore is still chugging along...
He might be done, but this logic isn't very convincing. First, you're saying 2016 and 2017 combined like we're looking at a lot of games, but he only played 3 games last year. More importantly, though, YPC is a fickle stat that really needs context. And when you take context into account for AP the YPC argument loses a lot of its weight. In the 3 games he played last year I'm guessing he faced stacked boxes without any OL help (their OL ranked poorly and nobody feared that passing attack). This year the Saints are pretty much broadcasting to the defense that it'll be a run play for the few snaps he plays per game. Maybe it'll be the same way in Arizona, but if he's on the field for 1st and 2nd down for just about every series, I think he's at least got a chance, whereas he hasn't really had a chance in MIN or NO in those 7 games he's played in the past 2 years. So I'm not saying he's still got it or he's lost it. To me, he's got an "incomplete" grade.
An over-the-hill has-been on a team with a horrible O-line. Yeah, the type you wait for all season.
The Cardinals will cut Chris Johnson.
2.39 YPC on a good offense with Brees preventing stacked boxes. 95th out of 96 qualifiers.
Peterson is the type of back who runs for 2ypc 8 times and then rips off a 60 yarder so that makes sense. He was a horrible fit for Saints.
This may have a positive effect on Ellington. A mind bottling 75% of his utilization has come in the form of targets, he's essentially a slot receiver. AP is even less adept at pass catching than CJ. If it's PPR, at the worst I think this has no effect on Ellington.
Not sure ADP has the wheels or the moves to rip off a 60 yarder. Just for ha-ha's, I looked at his game logs. He's had 4 runs of 60 yards or more in his last 40 games played (regular season and playoffs) spanning 736 carries. Assuming he is still capable of producing at the same rate, that's 1 run 60 yard run every 10 games and 184 carries.
Not sure ADP has the wheels or the moves to rip off a 60 yarder. Just for ha-ha's, I looked at his game logs. He's had 4 runs of 60 yards or more in his last 40 games played (regular season and playoffs) spanning 736 carries. Assuming he is still capable of producing at the same rate, that's 1 run 60 yard run every 10 games and 184 carries.
I threw out an arbitrary number. Can you check some other intervals please sir? Maybe 20+
I'm a Bucs' fan.They have him listed as the starter.
I'm in a start 3 RB league..might start him.
If he DOES show he's still got it-let's say, for discussion, he comes out and he starts putting up 3.8-4.5ypc and cranks out a couple of wins, controls some clock for his team and the Cards win or stay competitive, does that sway Saints fans thinking or opinions about how the Saints are doing business on offense (especially considering some ball/clock control could help that defense out a lot, similar to how the Cowboys did a few years ago)?
I think the idea was look at what Hightower, Robinson & Ivory had done in the past. Yeah when they established the run game, it freed up Brees and helped the defense. They have done it before. - But there's something weird about the Saints' run blocking scheme, which is zone based, it's not that easy to get. Supposedly AP had run in a similar scheme in MIN, but he seemed to miss the gaps when he got his chances for the Saints. Brees is a crutch, it's an ace in the hole. If the run game doesn't work and the defense is a sieve and the team is suddenly down 2 scores, hell yeah turn to Brees. Fans just wonder why they can't ever figure this out, year after year.
This the the article he's talking about: http://subscribers.footballguys.com/apps/article.php?article=thegutcheck424kyoun1e said:
I missed on the rest of the waiver darlings but landed AP. Don’t have much hope, but at this point in the season a warm body getting carries holds value.kyoun1e said:
Pretty easy start for me over L Murray, Jamal Charles, and D Henery.
no ####. saints do saints stuff. which is usually wrong. like try to out play call and think everybody but still lose the game.
Well played.
