sleeper43 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 I am speechless.... The truth no one really thinks about just slapped you in the face, wake up football fans, Tatum Bell should be starting. If Shanignad keeps holding the grudge or whatever it is against Tatum, he will be a FA eventually and someone will give him some major coin and give him his shot soon enough... thats why he is on 2 of my dynasty league teams, and I would love to have him on the other 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 The truth no one really thinks about just slapped you in the face, wake up football fans, Tatum Bell should be starting. If Shanignad keeps holding the grudge or whatever it is against Tatum, he will be a FA eventually and someone will give him some major coin and give him his shot soon enough... thats why he is on 2 of my dynasty league teams, and I would love to have him on the other 2. You're comparing TBell to BSanders and you want me to wake up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackass Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 The truth no one really thinks about just slapped you in the face, wake up football fans, Tatum Bell should be starting. I'm pretty sure most people have considered that possibilty, but the rest of us have come to grips with reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Neutron Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 The truth no one really thinks about just slapped you in the face, wake up football fans, Tatum Bell should be starting. Wow. I thought sleeper43 Today, 10:13 PM Post #27 Rookie was just your Huddle status. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted August 23, 2006 Author Share Posted August 23, 2006 The truth no one really thinks about just slapped you in the face, wake up football fans, Tatum Bell should be starting. If Shanignad keeps holding the grudge or whatever it is against Tatum, he will be a FA eventually and someone will give him some major coin and give him his shot soon enough... thats why he is on 2 of my dynasty league teams, and I would love to have him on the other 2. if he can't cut it in Denver...he won't cut it anywhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleeper43 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Just a rookie to the Huddle, I hang my hat at another fantasy football message board and have my thousands of posts over there. Been in the game for many years. I just found the huddle a few weeks ago while looking for boards to recruit owners for my new dynasty league, I like the board, seems like a good online community, so I read up occasionally, and when I see something that catchs my eye, I post it. This caught my eye. That is exactly what Barry Sanders brought to the table. He would run for -2, 3, 1, -1, then break off a 95 yarder. At the end of the day, his stat line was usually pretty awesome. Give Tatum the rock full time and see what he does. He will get his share of the low ball numbers, but he will get his share of game breakers too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted August 23, 2006 Author Share Posted August 23, 2006 Just a rookie to the Huddle, I hang my hat at another fantasy football message board and have my thousands of posts over there. Been in the game for many years. I just found the huddle a few weeks ago while looking for boards to recruit owners for my new dynasty league, I like the board, seems like a good online community, so I read up occasionally, and when I see something that catchs my eye, I post it. This caught my eye. That is exactly what Barry Sanders brought to the table. He would run for -2, 3, 1, -1, then break off a 95 yarder. At the end of the day, his stat line was usually pretty awesome. Give Tatum the rock full time and see what he does. He will get his share of the low ball numbers, but he will get his share of game breakers too. when his carries reach double digits...he wears down significantly....Barry can break a long one on his 1st or 20th carry... you can't even begin to compare the 2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleeper43 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 when his carries reach double digits...he wears down significantly....Barry can break a long one on his 1st or 20th carry... you can't even begin to compare the 2... This is speculation, never been proven, never really been tested. He barely gets double digit carries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Just a rookie to the Huddle, I hang my hat at another fantasy football message board and have my thousands of posts over there. Been in the game for many years. I just found the huddle a few weeks ago while looking for boards to recruit owners for my new dynasty league, I like the board, seems like a good online community, so I read up occasionally, and when I see something that catchs my eye, I post it. This caught my eye. That is exactly what Barry Sanders brought to the table. He would run for -2, 3, 1, -1, then break off a 95 yarder. At the end of the day, his stat line was usually pretty awesome. Give Tatum the rock full time and see what he does. He will get his share of the low ball numbers, but he will get his share of game breakers too. I don't think anyone disagrees that T. Bell has home run ability, but this comparison to one of the greatest running backs of all time is straight out of left field. Let's work on him being the next Chris Perry, then the next Willie Parker....after he shows he isn't as fragile as a glass vase we can worry about him becoming the next Barry Sanders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted August 23, 2006 Author Share Posted August 23, 2006 This is speculation, never been proven, never really been tested. He barely gets double digit carries. I think you're a huddle alias trying to make a funny.... if you are... ..then you definately me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted August 23, 2006 Author Share Posted August 23, 2006 I don't think anyone disagrees that T. Bell has home run ability, but this comparison to one of the greatest running backs of all time is straight out of left field. Let's work on him being the next Chris Perry, then the next Willie Parker....after he shows he isn't as fragile as a glass vase we can worry about him becoming the next Barry Sanders yeah I don't recall Barry being told to put on some weight .... this coming from a coach who had Quentin Griffin as his back 2 years ago...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackass Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 This is speculation, never been proven, never really been tested. He barely gets double digit carries. not sure if you're being serious as these stats have been posted over here at the huddle quite a bit. i will give you that the sample from his first 10 carries is much greater than that of his next ten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 (edited) This is speculation, never been proven, never really been tested. He barely gets double digit carries. Don't ever let the facts get in the way of your point of contention. You'll score huge points here flying by the seat of your pants & making reckless assertions. Tatum Bell: Career: Carries 1-10 188 carries for 1088 yds 5.79 ypc Carries 11-20 60 carries for 229 yds 3.82 ypc 2005: Carries 1-10 128 carries for 789 yds 6.16 ypc Carries 11-20 45 carries for 132 yds 2.93 ypc 2004 splits 2005 splits 50% of his career carries are for 2 yds or less. Now, being a FF "eckspurt" with thousands of posts on a FF message board, what is your opinion of a RB in Shanahan's DEN offense that produces the kind of output at RB that T Bell does, much less having issues with dirtying his hands doing demeaning things like blocking blitzing LBs? Maybe once you answer this, then we can do some sophomore level discussion and talk about T Bell's injury history so far in his career. Waiting with breathless anticipation for your insight. Edited August 23, 2006 by Bronco Billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolf Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 (edited) Just a rookie to the Huddle, I hang my hat at another fantasy football message board and have my thousands of posts over there. Been in the game for many years. I just found the huddle a few weeks ago Just found the Huddle after many years in the game? OK then...welcome aboard. We've had the Bell v. Bell discussion here many times over. I was on your side of the fence for a while, perhaps blinded by my loyalty to this guy and wanting him to be the man. But the bottom line is that he is not and he will not be. The Huddlers in here know their stuff, especially the homers like BB. I've learned that the hard way. Do yourself a favor and take their word as gospel; then use it to your advantage. Let some other clown ring the wrong Bell...while you laugh all the way to the bank with Mike. Edited August 23, 2006 by The Wolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 The Huddlers in here know their stuff, especially the homers like BB. I've learned that the hard way. Do yourself a favor and take their word as gospel with a huge grain of salt and realize that they can be as big or bigger idiots than the rest of us here. Fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 That is exactly what Barry Sanders brought to the table. He would run for -2, 3, 1, -1, then break off a 95 yarder. At the end of the day, his stat line was usually pretty awesome. Give Tatum the rock full time and see what he does. He will get his share of the low ball numbers, but he will get his share of game breakers too. Not to pile on here... but from a fanasy perspective, that's awesome... but how many Superbowls did Barry Sanders win for his team? 4 punts and a TD isn't nearly as cool as the guy who can constantly give his team 2nd and manageable. It allows the offense to try some different stuff and keep the defense on their toes. For Denver's success, I'd rather have boring Bettis than occasionally electrifying Sanders. I loved watching Barry Sanders run... I'd tune in to Detroit games to watch his action... but they lost a lot of games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted August 23, 2006 Author Share Posted August 23, 2006 Not to pile on here... but from a fanasy perspective, that's awesome... but how many Superbowls did Barry Sanders win for his team? 4 punts and a TD isn't nearly as cool as the guy who can constantly give his team 2nd and manageable. It allows the offense to try some different stuff and keep the defense on their toes. For Denver's success, I'd rather have boring Bettis than occasionally electrifying Sanders. I loved watching Barry Sanders run... I'd tune in to Detroit games to watch his action... but they lost a lot of games. also...how many fantasy championships has Barry won for anyone?...he wasn't exactly a TD machine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Weasel Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Stop the madness! Do you realize we are comparing Tatum Bell to Barry Sanders here? Similar running styles, yes, but that's like comparing TJ Duckett to Earl Campbell. Tatum himself would laugh at mention of he and Barry in the same breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 (edited) LOL @ the dog-pile on Barry. The guy put up some marvelous highlight reel runs, but I absolutely hate RBs who so willingly give up yardage in an effort to gain yardage. Major pet peeve. Same for kick returners. For every highlight reel run, there's 3 runs that no one sees where they take a 5 yd loss instead of lowering their shoulders & turning nothing into 2-3 yds, and by taking the loss they put the offense into a really vulnerable situation. Edited August 23, 2006 by Bronco Billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunysteelfly76 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 also...how many fantasy championships has Barry won for anyone?...he wasn't exactly a TD machine... I would think that fantasy teams did very well with Sanders. He only had three seasons where he didn't have double digit TD's. He was almost always among the league leaders in TD's: Rushing TDs: 1989-2t, 1990-3, 1991-1, 1992-5t, 1994-8t, 1995-4t, 1996-6t, 1997-3t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flemingd Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 QUOTE "tatum Bell is notorious for his large gains and then doing nothing after that....he's pretty inconsistent..." Funny, the double standard we have and how shallow we are, this is exactly how Barry Sanders was and you dog him the first time and everyone thinks you are a chump Using Tatum Bell and Barry Sanders in the same sentance is a captial offense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donutrun Jellies Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 That is exactly what Barry Sanders brought to the table. He would run for -2, 3, 1, -1, then break off a 95 yarder. At the end of the day, his stat line was usually pretty awesome. Give Tatum the rock full time and see what he does. He will get his share of the low ball numbers, but he will get his share of game breakers too. And it is also why the Lions lost so many painful defeats in his era. Yep Barry would get his 95 yard TD and be great, but they'd be punting the rest of the game because of his -2, 3, 1, -1 carries ... 110 yards and a TD is not so special in a 39-7 loss where you couldn't get first downs. A less spectacular back, with a higher median carry (not average carry) might well have meant far more first downs, far fewer punts, and far more scoring opportunities, but fewer moments on the highlight reel in defeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 Tatum, a chronic fumbler rarely changes his spots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turf Smurf Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 The truth no one really thinks about just slapped you in the face, wake up football fans, Tatum Bell should be starting. If Shanignad keeps holding the grudge or whatever it is against Tatum, he will be a FA eventually and someone will give him some major coin and give him his shot soon enough... thats why he is on 2 of my dynasty league teams, and I would love to have him on the other 2. I really do want to read this, but I keep falling off my chair... Help! I've fallen and I can't reach my mouse!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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