Keeper League 14

[rjs246]

You guys are all pretty bad at this. LOL at SunMo's draft. Hahaha.

[SunMo]

I'm fine with my draft.  i took high upside guys/rookies late and my starting lineup is solid.  with my keepers i didn't have any ambitions of winning this year (unless 10 things went remarkably well for me) but a few of my young guys will pop and i'll be fine

[rjs246]

Haha. That's adorable.

[SunMo]

i'm sure i'll finish ahead of you again

[rjs246]

Highly unlikely.






Toby Gerhart.

[SunMo]

value pick, bitch

4. Toby Gerhart will be a top-10 running back in all leagues.

Over the last three years, there have been 37 instances in which a running back has carried the ball at least 250 times in one season. Of those 37 instances, 27 times that back has finished among the top 12 at his position in standard leagues. In other words, if you agree that Gerhart is in line for roughly 15.6 carries per game in 2014 but don't believe he will be a RB1 for some owner in a 12-team league, recent history suggests you have about a 27 percent chance of being right. Going one step further, none of the nine instances over that same time has a back with at least 300 rushing attempts finished lower than sixth in standard scoring. There are a myriad of reasons being tossed around as to why Gerhart won't succeed in Jacksonville, including the ridiculous notion that the Jaguars' offense will stink because it has pretty much ever since Jimmy Smith and Fred Taylor moved on or retired. Gerhart served as the third-down back on a regular basis in Minnesota – bumping Peterson to the sideline – so let's dismiss the idea that he isn't adept in the passing game. Gerhart is a 230-pound bulldozer that will grind out yards after contact, has a career 4.7 YPC and broke off three runs of 26 yards or more on 36 carries last year. Is he a big-play back? No, at least not in the same way that C.J. Spiller or Chris Johnson are (or were). But the Jaguars didn't sign him to be a big-play back either. It should be fairly clear from its personnel moves over the last year or so that Jacksonville is trying to emulate Seattle (where HC Gus Bradley left to join the Jags). Part of that blueprint includes establishing a punishing ground game, which locks Gerhart into a big-time role. Perhaps Denard Robinson, Jordan Todman or even recent addition Henry Josey end up stealing some passing- down snaps as the season progresses when the Jags need a big play late, but in terms of likely workload, it is going to be difficult to find a RB2 available in the third or fourth round that rivals Gerhart's.




just wait until Devonta Freeman is starting in Atlanta

[rjs246]

I'm on the edge of my seat.

[SunMo]

is he white and slow?  yes.  but to be able to get a clear #1 rb that will get #1 rb workload at that point in the draft is good and you know it.

YOU KNOW IT

[SunMo]

champion. chip.

[rjs246]

He's farging awful and you're starting him. Fact.

[SunMo]

career YPC 4.7

if he wasn't white this wouldn't be a discussion.  REVERSE RACISM!

[rjs246]

Desperation is a stinky cologne, Sunny.

[SunMo]

btw, good job changing the draft for a guy that takes a defense in the 6th round and two kickers and all the rest rookies.  he was a valuable addition

[rjs246]

So now you're complaining that the other members of this league are awful at this league? I mean, his draft wasn't as bad as yours, but you should be happy with the ineptitude. I certainly am.

[hbionic]

btw, good job changing the draft for a guy that takes a defense in the 6th round and two kickers and all the rest rookies.  he was a valuable addition

bastich, you made me look.