2018 RB rookie discussion

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Re: 2018 RB rookie discussion

Postby Bot101 » Sun Feb 11, 2018 7:36 pm

What about Itto Smith? There was some buzz before senior bowl week and now not a peep.

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Re: 2018 RB rookie discussion

Postby James McGhee » Sun Feb 11, 2018 7:49 pm

Bot101 wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2018 7:36 pm What about Itto Smith? There was some buzz before senior bowl week and now not a peep.
I think he's very underrated. I like him a lot. Plays physical for a small guy, excellent balance, great hands. I'm interested in his 40 time and agility drills at the combine. I have the 1.08 in my main league and I would consider him there depending on where he lands - or trading down to take him later. He had the potential to be a PPR stud.
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Re: 2018 RB rookie discussion

Postby jaykay22 » Sun Feb 11, 2018 10:47 pm

James McGhee wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2018 7:49 pm
Bot101 wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2018 7:36 pm What about Itto Smith? There was some buzz before senior bowl week and now not a peep.
I think he's very underrated. I like him a lot. Plays physical for a small guy, excellent balance, great hands. I'm interested in his 40 time and agility drills at the combine. I have the 1.08 in my main league and I would consider him there depending on where he lands - or trading down to take him later. He had the potential to be a PPR stud.
Sadly Ito was not invited to the combine! I think it's criminal as he's had some excellent production throughout his career, but hopefully teams flock to his Pro Day.
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Re: 2018 RB rookie discussion

Postby Bot101 » Sun Feb 11, 2018 11:21 pm

Wow thats disrespectful. I also just finished watching John Kelly. That dude runs angry. He doesnt stiff arm, he punches.

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Re: 2018 RB rookie discussion

Postby Valhalla » Sun Feb 11, 2018 11:44 pm

Bot101 wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2018 11:21 pm Wow thats disrespectful. I also just finished watching John Kelly. That dude runs angry. He doesnt stiff arm, he punches.
Legarrette Blount style?

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Re: 2018 RB rookie discussion

Postby Bot101 » Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:10 am

Valhalla wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2018 11:44 pm
Bot101 wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2018 11:21 pm Wow thats disrespectful. I also just finished watching John Kelly. That dude runs angry. He doesnt stiff arm, he punches.
Legarrette Blount style?
If youre referring to Blount's sucker punch then yes. Except the defenders see the punch coming and cant/dont stop it more often than not.

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Re: 2018 RB rookie discussion

Postby clarion contrarion » Mon Feb 12, 2018 3:33 am

the OTHER michael thomas and jalen richard were neither invited to the combine as well someone at USM has no friends in high places evidently. This year smith and allen staggers were not invited - although korey robertson did get the nod.
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Re: 2018 RB rookie discussion

Postby PigeonBoys » Mon Feb 12, 2018 9:04 am

stoneghost28 wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:39 pm
nathanq42 wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2018 4:24 pm
Really nervous about the RB's after Guice and Barkley. I flat out don't know if Ronald is gonna be legit, or a poor man's reggie bush. I don't know if Michel ends up a stud or in a committee or Chubb continues to improve with more time removed from the injury, is Royce his production rather than his ehhh athleticism (Hunt is)? Is Kerryon NFL caliber? Just a lot of question marks. I'm very happy I landed the 1.01 in all my dynasty leagues (via trades and sucking properly via productive struggle in a couple), I am lucky enough to only have to worry about a couple picks outside the top 2 zone, I've got the 1.05 in two leagues, the 1.09 in another, and the 1.11 in a fourth league and I'm tempted to just deal down/out as necessary to add a '19 1st in a seemingly stacked WR class and later picks in '18.
I disagree this is a stacked WR class. I'd argue that this RB draft class is stacked in that there are 10 guys who can contribute right away in my opinion (Barkley, Guice, Michel, Jones, Chubb, Johnson, Penny, Freeman, Walton, Kelly). In fact I don't see any clear cut WR1's in this class, question marks galore. I think Sutton can be a WR1 but he's got his own questions marks. Can he create separation at the NFL level? He had trouble doing that at times playing against lower level talent at SMU. Ridley appears to be the consensus WR1 off the board but he's older (24 years old) and undersized so he's got question marks too. Those are only two guys I could see being WR1's. From what I have been seeing, experts are viewing this WR class as having a bunch of WR2's but not a whole lot of top end talent. To each their own, and landing spots will be huge, but I'm targeting RB's early and often this year.
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Re: 2018 RB rookie discussion

Postby UATahoe » Mon Feb 12, 2018 9:13 am

Believe he was pointing towards the 2019 WR class being stacked. Not this one.
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2 RB Mixon, Kamara, Melvin Gordon, Nick Chubb, Royce Freeman, Justice Hill, Boston Scott, Ito Smith
3 WR Godwin, K. Allen, A. Cooper, S. Watkins, DJ Moore, Michael Gallup, Kelvin Harmon, Martavis Bryant, Core Coleman(IR) Preston Williams(IR)
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Re: 2018 RB rookie discussion

Postby PigeonBoys » Mon Feb 12, 2018 9:25 am

UATahoe wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 9:13 am Believe he was pointing towards the 2019 WR class being stacked. Not this one.
Ahh gotcha, ol foot in mouth thing there lol. That makes more sense.

I guess my position is that the RB class does have question marks, but I view it as being pretty strong even by comparison to last year's class.
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QB: L. Jackson, D.Prescott, K. Cousins
RB: S. Barkley, A. Kamara, A. Jones, K. Miller, J. Ford, D. Singletary, J. Williams
WR: J. Jefferson, A.St. Brown, DK Metcalf, M. Brown, N. Collins, C. Kirk, J. Smith-Schuster, C. Tillman
TE: D. Waller, D. Njoku, D. Goedert

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Re: 2018 RB rookie discussion

Postby UATahoe » Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:42 am

I would agree. I like the RB class this year. Think a lot will depend on landing spot for some guys which is usually always the case but this RB class seems to be pretty deep to me.
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Re: 2018 RB rookie discussion

Postby dynastyninja » Thu Feb 15, 2018 8:41 am

I'll go ahead and admit it. After Barkley, Guice, and maybe Michel I have no idea who I have where. This year is crazy confusing and a lot will depend on landing spot for me.

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Re: 2018 RB rookie discussion

Postby jaykay22 » Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:25 am

dynastyninja wrote: Thu Feb 15, 2018 8:41 am I'll go ahead and admit it. After Barkley, Guice, and maybe Michel I have no idea who I have where. This year is crazy confusing and a lot will depend on landing spot for me.
Which is only normal, even more so when you remember what time of the process we are currently in. At this time last year 95% of people had Mike Williams as a top 4 pick. A lot is still to change.

I'm feeling pretty solid about Barkley, Guice, Jones, Michel as my top 4 RB's. They look like the 4 most talented backs, they are all expected to do well enough at the combine where no significant questions about their athletic prowess exist, and I think the chances of an outsider entering the conversation among those guys are slim, barring worst case scenario landing spots or arrests. I totally agree that when it comes to the rest, there's about 6 backs who are all very fluid in Johnson, Penny, Kelly, Walton, Freeman, Chubb, and a few of them will end up falling into the second round for sure.
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Re: 2018 RB rookie discussion

Postby Life of Pablo » Thu Feb 15, 2018 4:06 pm

I'm pretty high on Kerryon Johnson, if only for the fact I can then name my team "Kerryon My Wayward Johnson". It's all about the intangibles baby.
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Re: 2018 RB rookie discussion

Postby lukkynumber13 » Thu Feb 15, 2018 4:36 pm

Life of Pablo wrote: Thu Feb 15, 2018 4:06 pm I'm pretty high on Kerryon Johnson, if only for the fact I can then name my team "Kerryon My Wayward Johnson". It's all about the intangibles baby.
haha I love it!

I really hope he has a good career. He's a fun guy to watch - just a super solid, smart, runner.
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