gagooey36 Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Will Rudi come around or is he sputtering along with the rest of Cincy's offense? they have a tough schedule for the second half of the season. The trade deadline is approaching and just looking for some thoughts for Rudi and company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAYER Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Will Rudi come around or is he sputtering along with the rest of Cincy's offense? they have a tough schedule for the second half of the season. The trade deadline is approaching and just looking for some thoughts for Rudi and company. Hard to tell. It ain't Rudi's fault he is running good when he gets the carries. but it is hard to be a top ten Rb when you only get 14 carries a game. It depends on the OC. IMO they need to feed him the rock about 20-23 times a game to make the passing game more effective(long passes to CJ and gang) if they don't run it lets the safties hang back more. I expect them to run more but then i've been expecting that for a few games now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebdog Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 i actually just picked him up. i don't know about your pool, but in mine its hard to find guys who don't split carries and who get all the goal line carries. Rudi gets the ball. my league is TD-weighted so he's valuable as long as he sticks it in the endzone consistently. Cinci does have a tough sked, but weeks 15 and 16 are vs. Oakland and Indy. that's fantasy playoff time and he should do well there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchprime Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Good point about 15 and 16... This is a quandry I've been facing myself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msaint Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Good point about 15 and 16... This is a quandry I've been facing myself... actually, it's oak in 14, @ indy in 15, @ denver in 16, so he can at least help you get to the title game. and i think the return of henry, believe it or not, will help rudi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulOttCarruth Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 A big reason for his "tough" schedule is that he has to face the Ravens twice. But it's worth noting that Rudi has owned Baltimore lately. I think he averged 100+ yds. per game last year and scored three TDs against them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustOfBeenDrunk Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Go Rudi - i traded for him last week also ( dynasty ) had to give up Tiki and a draft pick but with Tiki retireing it was a trade a felt good about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchprime Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Great move in a dynasty league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Swerski Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 actually, it's oak in 14, @ indy in 15, @ denver in 16, so he can at least help you get to the title game. and i think the return of henry, believe it or not, will help rudi. Henry? Don't you mean Perry? At the very least, the weather is going to dictate that the Bengals use Rudi a little more from now on. In Nov and Dec, they'll play 6 of 9 games in cold-weather cities (with BAL and the dome games (NO and IND... not great defenses anyway) being the only exceptions). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msaint Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Henry? Don't you mean Perry? At the very least, the weather is going to dictate that the Bengals use Rudi a little more from now on. In Nov and Dec, they'll play 6 of 9 games in cold-weather cities (with BAL and the dome games (NO and IND... not great defenses anyway) being the only exceptions). no, i actually meant henry....the passing game clearly stalled a bit without that third WR threat, and with defenses now having to cover chad, housh AND henry, things should open up a little bit more for rudi. just my theory anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchprime Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 I hope you're right. I could use some points from Rudi this weekend.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Swerski Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 no, i actually meant henry....the passing game clearly stalled a bit without that third WR threat, and with defenses now having to cover chad, housh AND henry, things should open up a little bit more for rudi. just my theory anyway... I thought that their problems had to do with their O-line not giving Palmer enough time to make his reads. Could be a combination of both, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msaint Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 I thought that their problems had to do with their O-line not giving Palmer enough time to make his reads. Could be a combination of both, though. oh totally agree, o-line has been weak without jones, etc...but carson looked better vs. atlanta, though he got smacked around a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Rudi gets the ball. my league is TD-weighted so he's valuable as long as he sticks it in the endzone consistently. ? er what FF planet are you on...his yds, TDs, and carries have all been extremely inconsistent. The problem is I can't afford not to start him. But he's hurt me about as much as he's helped me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishFreak Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 I don't have the data to back this up but I'm pretty sure Rudi has been a strong 2nd half player the last two years. Swerski made a good point about the weather as to why this makes sense. As the weather gets colder, teams tend to run more and Rudi seems to shine as it gets colder. He's overrated in performance leagues because he's a non-factor in the passing game but I suspect he'll finish strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Swerski Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I don't have the data to back this up but I'm pretty sure Rudi has been a strong 2nd half player the last two years. I've had him in a keeper league for the past two years and that's sort of what I recall (I'm too lazy to look up the stats right now). He hasn't been off-the-hook great in the second half, but I seem to remember him crossing the stripe more often around then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 actually, it's oak in 14, @ indy in 15, @ denver in 16, so he can at least help you get to the title game. and i think the return of henry, believe it or not, will help rudi. unlike most FF owners, I like when my players get spelled..even for a whole drive... that's not considered RBBC to me....it helps keep my player fresh for the 4th quarter when the defense is tired... I even use this sort of philosophy for RB's who don't play much the 1st half of the season and then either get playing time due to injury, coming off an injury or just finally getting a shot.... they usually have fresh legs and run all over defenses....look at Foster in 2003 as an example....and there are plenty others that aren't coming to mind... I think some of the backs that can be in this category are maroney, deangelo, lendale etc... keeping my RB fresh is the most important thing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vet Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I'm going to hold onto him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraftykraft Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 i actually just picked him up. i don't know about your pool, but in mine its hard to find guys who don't split carries and who get all the goal line carries. Rudi gets the ball. my league is TD-weighted so he's valuable as long as he sticks it in the endzone consistently. Cinci does have a tough sked, but weeks 15 and 16 are vs. Oakland and Indy. that's fantasy playoff time and he should do well there. Actually, the Raiders D has been pretty decent this year, so I wouldn't necessarily expect big points against the Raiders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sox Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Rudi would have much better stats if Bratkowski didn't abandon the running game so consistently. He had 32 yards and a TD on the Bengals first drive,then they forgot about him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever in debt to mo lewis Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 i remember last year...rudi aired out a beef with bratkowski through the media...he said something to the effect of "what are they paying me all this money for"...something like that....and then the guy went on to score like 9 tds after the bye week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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