Postby diamonddave » Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:41 am
JFever wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:08 am
Jamal Williams ? When healthy, will be part of this rbbc. Not sure how anyone can say now that they were confident that they were drafting the future starter when they drafted Aaron Jones. Hind site is 20/20. At the time of most drafts, he was a lottery ticket and one of 3 rbs drafted by the Pack from the 2017 class. If the Packers were as confident in him becoming a starter for them, I doubt they draft a rb after him or... before him for that matter.
Odd are - He isn't the long term answer. But, like Skip mentioned, there is still value there and he is what we want to do with our late rookie draft picks. * he could be a role player for many owners as injuries and byes come into play. And... a player doesn't have to be the most talented to produce fantasy points.
The talk out of GB has been that they've not been high on J.Will after they had drafted him. He doesn't show anything special. Bummer for me because I drafted him...only to drop him for Jones early in the season.
Early on in camp and throughout preseason, the buzz was that Jones had a more likely skillset to be a workhorse, true RB1. Of course, nothing's guaranteed when you draft, so stockpiling RBs is something most teams would do if given the luxury to do so. And the reality is that things change. Jones has shown himself to be playing better than his "draft pedigree", which we all know isn't always predictive of success in the pros. Coaching, schemes, opportunities, teammates all play such a huge role in the success of a player. While the jury is still out on Jones and the sample size small, AJ was being talked up by coached and A-Rod long before his recent success. Who knows...he could be the next big thing out of Green Bay. Or he could be Samkon Gado. But I'm holding and hoping that he's the real deal.
12-team, PPR, 2QB, IDP League--Start 2QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1TE, 1 W/R/T, 2D, 1LB, 1DL, 1DB
QB: Patrick Mahomes, Kyler Murray, Bryce Young, Gardner Minshew
RB: Saquon Barkley, David Montgomery, D'Onta Foreman, AJ Dillon, Kenneth Gainwell, Jeff Wilson, Rico Dowdle, IR: JK Dobbins
WR: Ja'Marr Chase, Devonta Smith, Cooper Kupp, Diontae Johnson, Marquise Brown, Josh Palmer, Dontayvion Wicks, Tutu Atwell
TE: TJ Hockensen, Pat Freiermuth
K: Dustin Hopkins
LB: Roquan Smith, CJ Mosley, Terrel Bernard Ernest Jones, Quincy Williams
DL: Jonathan Greenard , Malcolm Koonce
DB: Jason Pinnock