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ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reports DeAngelo Williams (foot) is making good progress, and should be ready for Sunday's game against the Browns.
ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reports DeAngelo Williams (foot) is making good progress, and should be ready for Sunday's game against the Browns.
Good for Jeremy. Three hours after the beat writer reports DeAngelo has swelling and won't practice (NOTE: no speculation on what that means for the game in four days...because, huh, no one has any idea ATM), he scoops and scores. Williams is making progress. ORLY...in 3 hours. I hate the tools in this business who eschew accuracy for speculation just so they can sayESPN's Jeremy Fowler reports DeAngelo Williams (foot) is making good progress, and should be ready for Sunday's game against the Browns.
Jeremy spoke in Twitter today.Good for Jeremy. Three hours after the beat writer reports DeAngelo has swelling and won't practice (NOTE: no speculation on what that means for the game in four days...because, huh, no one has any idea ATM), he scoops and scores. Williams is making progress. ORLY...in 3 hours. I hate the tools in this business who eschew accuracy for speculation just so they can sayESPN's Jeremy Fowler reports DeAngelo Williams (foot) is making good progress, and should be ready for Sunday's game against the Browns.
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DeAngelo is set to march with the rest of the Civil War guys if his foot fells ok.Relax, Wednesday is Veteran's Day
It's really no different then what we are doing right now except they get paid for it.Good for Jeremy. Three hours after the beat writer reports DeAngelo has swelling and won't practice (NOTE: no speculation on what that means for the game in four days...because, huh, no one has any idea ATM), he scoops and scores. Williams is making progress. ORLY...in 3 hours. I hate the tools in this business who eschew accuracy for speculation just so they can sayESPN's Jeremy Fowler reports DeAngelo Williams (foot) is making good progress, and should be ready for Sunday's game against the Browns.
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Hoping I can grab him after this week. Williams will probably be resting every Wednesday for the rest of the year and have a P or Q tag here on out.For people with roster space, why not grab Toddman now, regardless of whether you have Williams? To me, it doesn't mayer whether Williams is progressing well this week or whether he prac rices this week.
To me, a 32 year old RB with inflammation in his foot has a high risk of not recovering fully and making the injury worse, unless Pitt is willing to rest him now and through the week 11 bye. Unless you are convinced that Toddman is a dud, he is probably as good a cheap WW add as anyone if you get him now.
Grabbed him this morning.....dropped Matt JonesFor people with roster space, why not grab Toddman now, regardless of whether you have Williams? To me, it doesn't mayer whether Williams is progressing well this week or whether he practices this week.
To me, a 32 year old RB with inflammation in his foot has a high risk of not recovering fully and making the injury worse, unless Pitt is willing to rest him now and through the week 11 bye. Unless you are convinced that Toddman is a dud, he is probably as good a cheap WW add as anyone if you get him now.
DeAngelo's reply tweet:
That's gonna be roster size dependent. If DWill plays (he practiced today), Todman has no role.Picked up James White off WW this week but wondering if I should drop for Toddman now. If DWill has a foot problem, I'm thinking his handcuff may be more valuable than White's potential to assume DLewis' role in NE.
Anyone else pouncing on Toddman in light of DWill's injury?
I picked up Todman, just in case, as my WW is picked clean.Picked up James White off WW this week but wondering if I should drop for Toddman now. If DWill has a foot problem, I'm thinking his handcuff may be more valuable than White's potential to assume DLewis' role in NE.
Anyone else pouncing on Toddman in light of DWill's injury?
"It's like being in a car wreck. Every Sunday."Going to ignore any Wednesday practice news on Williams the rest of year unless he gets visibly dinged in a game.
Right, if you own Williams and don't have Todamn, you are falling down on the job and might really pay for it.I grabbed Toddman this AM. Not so much b/c of THIS injury, but because of the possibility of another.
I think DWill will be fine...but I asked myself, who would I rather have in the if scenario: The starting RB for Pittsburgh, even if he's JAG, or somebody like...Joique Bell, Andre Ellington, or Matt Jones? The answer for me was Toddman, so I grabbed him. IF DWill stays health, none of those 3 RB's even sees the field for me. If DWill gets hurt, I'd likely start Toddman over any of the 3.
I grabbed him too, for pretty much the same reason. That being said, when Bell missed the playoff game last year, Harris & Tate sucked balls. Just b/c DWill has done well in Bell's place doesn't mean ANY RB is a plug-n-play.I grabbed Toddman this AM. Not so much b/c of THIS injury, but because of the possibility of another.
I think DWill will be fine...but I asked myself, who would I rather have in the if scenario: The starting RB for Pittsburgh, even if he's JAG, or somebody like...Joique Bell, Andre Ellington, or Matt Jones? The answer for me was Toddman, so I grabbed him. IF DWill stays health, none of those 3 RB's even sees the field for me. If DWill gets hurt, I'd likely start Toddman over any of the 3.
I agree with both of you.I grabbed him too, for pretty much the same reason. That being said, when Bell missed the playoff game last year, Harris & Tate sucked balls. Just b/c DWill has done well in Bell's place doesn't mean ANY RB is a plug-n-play.I grabbed Toddman this AM. Not so much b/c of THIS injury, but because of the possibility of another.
I think DWill will be fine...but I asked myself, who would I rather have in the if scenario: The starting RB for Pittsburgh, even if he's JAG, or somebody like...Joique Bell, Andre Ellington, or Matt Jones? The answer for me was Toddman, so I grabbed him. IF DWill stays health, none of those 3 RB's even sees the field for me. If DWill gets hurt, I'd likely start Toddman over any of the 3.
That's my take as well.feel like it will be a pretty even split between Pead and Todman if Williams was lost + maybe they would bring in another back (P Thomas or Turbin?).
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In his 3 *starts* for the Steelers, DeAngelo Williams has 75 touches In 9yrs w/Carolina, he'd never had as many touches over any 3-game span
Today as well, upgraded from Questionable to Probable.
Benched him for Travis BenjaminWho are you benching Williams for today? Or are you playing him regardless of his tough matchup?
Welcome to 5 weeks ago.So this guy seems to be RB #1 now? He is carrying my ###.
Update?Season ain't over yet. Let's see what happens next week.Not sure why but I just don't think it's going to be as plug and play as people think.
He'll follow the money if he's able to curtail this opportunity into showing the league he's an every-down back (which I think he already has).As a long time DWill supporter who always felt he was not used properly in Carolina except when he was finally given a chance to do it all himself and he shined, I have to ask a couple questions.
Is it possible on the right team that DWill could have stockpiled a potential HoF career? Look what he is doing with all that talent around him. I think if he had been given the chance to start and grab 20+ touches a week as he is both a run/pass threat. New England should have tried to grab this guy but who knew he still had any gas left in the tank, right?
I feel like every one of those seasons where he had 836, 737(injured some), 843, those 3 years he would have easily cleared 1,100-1,200 rushing. He has 7,500+ rush yds over the years, 10,000 seems like an easy hurdle if he was given more carries. 61 TDs including 8 already this year at the ripe age of 32. Seems like he could have easily passed 100 on another team.
Happy to see this late career surge. I imagine he will want to stay in Pittsburgh, surely they want him back to compliment Bell. Assuming Bell stays healthy next year we will have a pretty fresh DWill at the age of 33. He still looks good but last year he seemed slow to me.
Career 4.8 ypc on 1600 career carries is really quite good. I always felt his talent was never given a chance to really shine.As a long time DWill supporter who always felt he was not used properly in Carolina except when he was finally given a chance to do it all himself and he shined, I have to ask a couple questions.
Is it possible on the right team that DWill could have stockpiled a potential HoF career? Look what he is doing with all that talent around him. I think if he had been given the chance to start and grab 20+ touches a week as he is both a run/pass threat. New England should have tried to grab this guy but who knew he still had any gas left in the tank, right?
I feel like every one of those seasons where he had 836, 737(injured some), 843, those 3 years he would have easily cleared 1,100-1,200 rushing. He has 7,500+ rush yds over the years, 10,000 seems like an easy hurdle if he was given more carries. 61 TDs including 8 already this year at the ripe age of 32. Seems like he could have easily passed 100 on another team.
Happy to see this late career surge. I imagine he will want to stay in Pittsburgh, surely they want him back to compliment Bell. Assuming Bell stays healthy next year we will have a pretty fresh DWill at the age of 33. He still looks good but last year he seemed slow to me.
I would say both sides have to be pleased and looking forward to fulfilling this contract.signed a 2 year deal when he came to Pittsburgh