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Anyone else think a lot of the "expert" rankings on Running Backs are DEAD WRONG this year?


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Hey all,

 

I am looking at the rankings and am baffled that any so-called 'expert' would rank Doug Martin and CJ Anderson ahead of players like Latavius Murray, Jeremy Langford or even Matt Forte, who are players who should be in 2nd round mock drafts as they will be receiving work-horse touches.

 

Doug Martin and CJ Anderson have had PLENTY of opportunity to show they could be forces at the workhorse RB spot, but have been completely disappointing for previous owners. I know, because I owned both of these players in the past and they aren't consistent enough to count on as even a quality #2 option, let alone be ranked ahead of potential #1 work horse RBs who have been PROVEN in recent years.

 

For instance, Lativus Murray is ranked lower than CJ Anderson. How is this even reasonable?

 

Latavius Murray's numbers last year were much better. CJ Anderson is practically a bust. What reasoning are these experts using?

 

And what about inconsistent and often injured players like Doug Martin and LeSean McCoy? Anyone playing fantasy football for the last 4 years KNOWS that these two guys cannot be seriously relied upon as quality #2 guys. In my most recent draft, I selected Langford and Forte ahead of CJ, LeSean and Dougie. I did so because I have no question about Forte's durability. I have high confidence that Langford is an explosive player and is going to have a very good opportunity to be the main man for the Bears. Sure, Langford hasn't proven his durability, but Lesean McCoy and Doug Martin have proven to not be durable players and are very inconsistent. IMO, on my draft board, I have Lativius Murray, Jonathan Stewart and Demarco Murray ahead of CJ, LeSean and Doug.

 

I think certain running backs are "fools gold" in the early rounds and the experts are underrating several great options who should be considered in earlier ADP. Each league's draft is different depending on if there is a 'run' on a position during a stretch of the draft, but I've seen too many people out there are drinking the koolaid on fools-gold RBs who should be avoided and risk taken on them only in mid rounds (4-7).

 

I'm not sure what others think. IMO, Doug Martin is debatable, as he at least played in all his games last year, but clearly wasn't as consistent as I would like. Very comparable to Latavius Murray, but IMO, after Doug Martin played with my mind a couple years in a row 2-3 years ago, I just can't put trust in him in rounds 2 or 3. IMO, I feel justified putting a very late 2nd-thru-3rd round flyer out on Matt Forte, Latavius Murray or even Jeremy Langford.

 

Perhaps others may feel those are 'reaches' but I don't and think the experts got several rankings/evals wrong this year on running backs.

 

 

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I was, for sure, waiting to see a link to your blog at the bottom of your post. Thanks for proving me wrong. So many spammers come here spewing their insight only looking for clicks. Nicely written!

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Not sure whose rankings you are looking at but they are not ours. We have Murray ahead of Anderson for one. So not sure where that is coming from. And Martin did not fail anyone last year since he was the #4 best RB in the NFL for fantasy points. He was #3 without reception points. What more can someone want?

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Not sure whose rankings you are looking at but they are not ours. We have Murray ahead of Anderson for one. So not sure where that is coming from. And Martin did not fail anyone last year since he was the #4 best RB in the NFL for fantasy points. He was #3 without reception points. What more can someone want?

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Hey all,

 

I am looking at the rankings and am baffled that any so-called 'expert' would rank Doug Martin and CJ Anderson ahead of players like Latavius Murray, Jeremy Langford or even Matt Forte, who are players who should be in 2nd round mock drafts as they will be receiving work-horse touches.

 

I didn't get past this. I don't personally like CJ but Martin did quite well for me last year. I'm happy to have him on a couple teams this year as well.

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Considering the changes we see at the end of every season from the preseason lists or from year to year and the injury history of the RB position over many years... The preseason projection is about probability/opportunity/historical info but it also comes down to a gut feeling or guess too... most people take these lists as gospel but in essence they are merely a way for you to value players on your own lists. A large number of the projected top 10's will not be actual top 10's... that is FF in a nutshell, finding the next one before others pick him.

 

Couple that with the fact that most (not all) of these guys are trying to make a living or some $$ off their lists you tend to follow the thought train (like sheep or lemmings) so as not to be labeled lost or not in touch with current thinking. I do not always agree with lists but they (reputable ones) do provide a starting point for my own evaluations.

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Not sure whose rankings you are looking at but they are not ours. We have Murray ahead of Anderson for one. So not sure where that is coming from. And Martin did not fail anyone last year since he was the #4 best RB in the NFL for fantasy points. He was #3 without reception points. What more can someone want?

 

When the person posting is making their first post I'm usually pretty certain they are not looking at the paid huddle content. As you've seen in the past most don't realize this is a forum connected with a site with paid content, maybe that should be part of the registration process for the Huddle Forums.

 

And generally no matter whose rankings you look at they all are going to miss on many players and if you have your own views there will be some you disagree with.

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Doug Martin was like the #3 back last year and his schedule is cake with the same offensive system and line. He also just got a huge new contract which means they will continue to feed him the ball. He's gonna be a monster. Forte on the other hand has a very crummy schedule and is getting old. Langford may do well but Chicago's offense isn't moving the ball too well in the preseason. Basically, I didn't agree with hardly anything you said other than CJ Anderson and not trusting him.

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Considering the changes we see at the end of every season from the preseason lists or from year to year and the injury history of the RB position over many years... The preseason projection is about probability/opportunity/historical info but it also comes down to a gut feeling or guess too... most people take these lists as gospel but in essence they are merely a way for you to value players on your own lists. A large number of the projected top 10's will not be actual top 10's... that is FF in a nutshell, finding the next one before others pick him.

 

Couple that with the fact that most (not all) of these guys are trying to make a living or some $$ off their lists you tend to follow the thought train (like sheep or lemmings) so as not to be labeled lost or not in touch with current thinking. I do not always agree with lists but they (reputable ones) do provide a starting point for my own evaluations.

 

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