Good news for Ajayi owners!

[saw061600]

Where every Ajayi Dynasty League Discussion Post seems to end.

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[darewood11]

Where every Ajayi Dynasty League Discussion Post seems to end.
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Outside of pass catching I think ajayi is head and shoulders ahead of the other backs in philly and I think eventually as he is a free agent at seasons end they will start to use him more and more heavily. I dknt think hes a terrible pass catcher but obvisouly not a star. I dont think sproles will stay healthy all season either and especially won't keep up the touch pace he seen last night. I like ajayi to be high end rb2 with weekly rb1 upside.

[Vcize]

Where every Ajayi Dynasty League Discussion Post seems to end.
full tin foil.jpg

Outside of pass catching I think ajayi is head and shoulders ahead of the other backs in philly and I think eventually as he is a free agent at seasons end they will start to use him more and more heavily. I dknt think hes a terrible pass catcher but obvisouly not a star. I dont think sproles will stay healthy all season either and especially won't keep up the touch pace he seen last night. I like ajayi to be high end rb2 with weekly rb1 upside.

The weird thing about him never being used as a receiver is that he was a very accomplished receiver in college. Saquon Barkley is the only RB in the entire NFL that had a season with more catches than Ajayi had in a single season in college. Ajayi's career best was better than McCaffrey, Kamara, Bell, Gurley, etc.

[AussieMate]

I expect them to continue to use him sparingly due to health reasons.
He will be reliant on TDs and inevitably frustrate his fantasy owners.

I agree, he might just be the winner of week 1 break out to flop ha. I think he'll be similar to Jeremy Hill from 2016, average outside of a boat load of TDs

[darewood11]

Where every Ajayi Dynasty League Discussion Post seems to end.
full tin foil.jpg

Outside of pass catching I think ajayi is head and shoulders ahead of the other backs in philly and I think eventually as he is a free agent at seasons end they will start to use him more and more heavily. I dknt think hes a terrible pass catcher but obvisouly not a star. I dont think sproles will stay healthy all season either and especially won't keep up the touch pace he seen last night. I like ajayi to be high end rb2 with weekly rb1 upside.

The weird thing about him never being used as a receiver is that he was a very accomplished receiver in college. Saquon Barkley is the only RB in the entire NFL that had a season with more catches than Ajayi had in a single season in college. Ajayi's career best was better than McCaffrey, Kamara, Bell, Gurley, etc.

That's very interesting I did not know that. Good info

[Metriculous]

Summary:

"What do we do with Ajayi?"

"I own him and he is awesome and super valuable despite obvious health and workload concerns"

"Well I don't own him and you should sell, sell, sell because I don't own him and therefore he is bad because of health and workload concerns"

"Me now say crazy bleep $hit. Beep beep. Boop boop"

[mlynarcm]

So Ajayi didn't receive a single catch last night, but he was in on a lot of passing downs and did great job from from what I saw picking up the pass rush. I even saw one play action route where after taking a rush he looked back at foles, spotted a blitz, turned back around and picked up the blitz saving Foles' bleep. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel that most people that don't get used in the passing is because they have problems picking up the pass rush. That doesn't seem to be a problem, it just seems like they're trying to do right by Sproles.

[lukkynumber13]

Summary:

"What do we do with Ajayi?"

"I own him and he is awesome and super valuable despite obvious health and workload concerns"

"Well I don't own him and you should sell, sell, sell because I don't own him and therefore he is bad because of health and workload concerns"

"Me now say crazy bleep $hit. Beep beep. Boop boop"

Pretty much

[CharlieKelly]

Summary:

"What do we do with Ajayi?"

"I own him and he is awesome and super valuable despite obvious health and workload concerns"

"Well I don't own him and you should sell, sell, sell because I don't own him and therefore he is bad because of health and workload concerns"

"Me now say crazy bleep $hit. Beep beep. Boop boop"

lmao substitute Ajayi with literally any other player and you've got ever player post here ever created

[Rosenbluu]

What an interesting forum this has become.

As for Ajayi I never liked him at Miami as a player (Dolphins fan unfortunately) and that hasn’t changed one bit but he does hold value in Philly. It really depends if you believe his history of injuries or if you’re willing to accept them.

For me, I don’t like the player nor do I think he will be anything more than a decent flex play all year (when he is on the field)

[OhCruelestRanter]

I thought he was a buy this offseason; he's probably a hold if you're a contender and a sell if you're rebuilding.

[hockeyBjj]

I literally asked about his performance (eye test, beyond the numbers and stat line) last night as I got bored and wasn't paying much attention 2nd half when he finally got used. Did he get a few lucky breaks for the yards? Take what was given and look good? Miss holes? Boom/bust runs?

And it turned into this. Wow

[lukkynumber13]

He looked fantastic to the eye test.

#HatersGonnaHate

[Blueboy]

I literally asked about his performance (eye test, beyond the numbers and stat line) last night as I got bored and wasn't paying much attention 2nd half when he finally got used. Did he get a few lucky breaks for the yards? Take what was given and look good? Miss holes? Boom/bust runs?

And it turned into this. Wow

He looked fantastic by the eye test -- better than his unsustainable-looking numbers would indicate. Happy to own him in one league where I'm contending. Ajayi was compared to Jeremy Hill earlier in this thread, but I can't see that at all. He played very well (except for one awful bit of pass protection) and gained more yards than given on just about every play. Looks to be the clear favorite for TDs until Wentz/Alshon return and the passing game can take off.

[ArrylT]

He looked fantastic by the eye test -- better than his unsustainable-looking numbers would indicate. Happy to own him in one league where I'm contending. Ajayi was compared to Jeremy Hill earlier in this thread, but I can't see that at all. He played very well (except for one awful bit of pass protection) and gained more yards than given on just about every play. Looks to be the clear favorite for TDs until Wentz/Alshon return and the passing game can take off.

I am sure most people think comparing Ajayi to Hill means that Ajayi sucks because Hill sucks. I however have personally revised my opinion on Hill these past few years, and when a guy like Belichick takes an interest in a guy, and he sticks, that means something (as we've seen with D. Lewis, R. Burkhead, L. Blount and so forth), so to me comparing Ajayi to Hill isnt a negative (or vice versa).

I think my biggest concerns with Ajayi has always been his role. Last year for whatever reason, he seemed to have that Ryan Mathews between the 20s role, but loses out on goal line and receptions, but was being priced by a lot of owners as if he was guaranteed to be Todd Gurley (IE Id get offfers of give WR & 1st and get Ajayi). Basically it seemed like he was being given a specific type of role by the teams he was on, but every Ajayi fan felt he was a bell-cow (even when he wasnt).

Now based on Week I that may be changing. Maybe he's finally shown the Philly coaches that he can be what he wants to be (and what fantasy owners want), rather than just want they needed from him. I still dont think he's going to reach upper RB1 echelons but maybe perhaps he has a shot at Jordan Howard / Leonard Fournette level production rather than CJ Anderson / Latavius Murray production*. I am still sceptical but less so today than last week.

* - Yes I know Ajayi fans believe Ajayi is better than those 2 - but does it really matter if their production is identical?