Hugh 0ne Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Starting 3 of these 4, who do I bench? Lamont Jordan at NY Jets Chris Brown vs. Houston Domanick Davis at Tennessee Julius Jones vs. Kansas City Thoughts? Comments? Opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinatown dragons Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Definitely go with Lamont Jordan and Domanick Davis......I'd keep eye on Chris Brown; read he's missed some practice. If not, he's a great start against Houston D....Of the 3, I'd leave Jones on the bench... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gdawg Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Jordan, Brown, and Davis. Keep an eye on Brown though, seems somewhat dinged up. Barring Brown, Julius. Just not too high on the Cowboy's O these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerBacker Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Definitely go with Lamont Jordan and Domanick Davis......I'd keep eye on Chris Brown; read he's missed some practice. If not, he's a great start against Houston D....Of the 3, I'd leave Jones on the bench... 1203274[/snapback] Exactly what I was thinking. KC has been very tough vs. the run this year. The Broncos are really the only team that has run the ball well on them. Eveyone else has been mediocre or worse, and that includes some decent backs like LT2, Jordan, DD, McGahee, etc. However, anytime there is an injury question swirling around Brown even before the game I get very wary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bree22 Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Lamont Jordan at NY Jets Chris Brown vs. Houston Domanick Davis at Tennessee Julius Jones vs. Kansas City - Bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Furley Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I too would bench Jones. I don't have him on any teams, but he's had to of been frustrating this year. Too late to start to rely on him IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rew70 Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Of the choices I would leave Julius on the pine. Jordan should have a good week, Davis will be fine and Brown is a great start if he's healthy. Better matchups in theother players than that of Jones. Not that he doesn't have a decent matchup as well, just the others are better, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brighton boys Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I would bench Jones. KC has been good against the run and Barber steals those goal line carries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Land Thief Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I would bench Julius as well, but keep an eye on Chris Brown, as he's missed some time. If he's questionable, I'd bench Brown and start Jones. I see Jordan & Davis as must starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I'd sit Brown myself. He's banged up and if they do get ahead (which I think they will) Henry could see more carries. Barber has seen only about 11 carries the last two games (I"m not sure of the exact numbers but his carries have been minimal). I think Jones gets a ton of carries vs the Chiefs as Dallas will run the ball a ton to keep KC's Offense off the field. He's been catching more balls out of the backfield the past two weeks as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulrebel Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Definitely go with Lamont Jordan and Domanick Davis......I'd keep eye on Chris Brown; read he's missed some practice. If not, he's a great start against Houston D....Of the 3, I'd leave Jones on the bench... 1203274[/snapback] I agree completely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonorator Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 don't like benching julius, but i'd do it here. good luck o' hugh one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrappy1 Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I'd bench Brown here HUGH. There's been conflicting reports on whether or not he practiced yesterday, but from what I understand he did NOT. Even if he goes today, he obvioulsy isn't near 100%, and consequently it looks like Travis Henry is taking touches away from him again like at the beginning of the season. Henry had 14 touches against the 49ers to Brown's 13, and Henry had 8 touches against Indy to Brown's 12. It's playoff time, and I'd minimize the risk there and avoid the situation entirely since you have such other solid options. I'd have no hesitation going with Julius Jones here along with Domanick and Jordan. He's had 25 and 32 touches the last two weeks respectively (Marion Barber only had 10 and 2 during that same stretch), and Parcells is talking about Jones stepping it up down the stretch. Here is a blurb from Rotoworld yesterday: Coach Bill Parcells said yesterday that he is expecting RB Julius Jones to step up his game down the stretch for the Cowboys. "I said, 'Sometimes you just gotta be your own blocker. And just somehow manage to rip off one of those big runs or a good run where they all see it, all your linemen see it and everybody sees it and it just gets everybody excited. That's what the good ones can do. It might take you two or three games to get that done, but that can provide an impetus to it,'" Parcells said. "And he knows what I'm talking about." Davis Jordan Jones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickvick Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I would bench Brown in this case.I think Julius will have a big game in a must win situation for both teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Definitely go with Lamont Jordan and Domanick Davis......I'd keep eye on Chris Brown; read he's missed some practice. If not, he's a great start against Houston D....Of the 3, I'd leave Jones on the bench... 1203274[/snapback] What he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoothead Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I think I have noticed a consensus. I agree. If Brown is plaing and relatively healthy, bench Julius. We all know sometimes Julius will need to be his own blocker. That sure as hell isn't his fortay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I would bench Brown in this case.I think Julius will have a big game in a must win situation for both teams. 1203722[/snapback] I agree...I would bench Brown. Nice problem to have by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrappy1 Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 (edited) We all know sometimes Julius will need to be his own blocker. That sure as hell isn't his fortay. 1203760[/snapback] It's not so much about exactly what was said to me, but the fact that Parcells is giving him motivational talk, and saying he expects him to step up. When Parcells talks like that, it's usually because he plans on leaning on a guy, and he obviously plans on giving him the carries if he expects him to step up, as is also evidenced by the amount of work Jones and Barber have received the last 2 weeks...it's been almost all Julius with Jones getting over 25 touches both weeks. Conversely, Brown is getting only about 12 carries a game the past 2 weeks, or in other words, HALF the work that Jones has been getting. And he is not healthy. Matchups aside, such disparity in carries make the decision easy to me...no way I'd risk starting Brown here, but that's just me. Edited December 9, 2005 by Skrappy1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoothead Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 It's not so much about exactly what was said to me, but the fact that Parcells is giving him motivational talk, and saying he expects him to step up. When Parcells talks like that, it's usually because he plans on leaning on a guy, and he obviously plans on giving him the carries if he expects him to step up, as is also evidenced by the amount of work Jones and Barber have received the last 2 weeks...it's been almost all Julius with Jones getting over 25 touches both weeks. Conversely, Brown is getting only about 12 carries a game the past 2 weeks, or in other words, HALF the work that Jones has been getting. And he is not healthy. Matchups aside, such disparity in carries make the decision easy to me...no way I'd risk starting Brown here, but that's just me. 1203779[/snapback] I know the Tuna is giving JJ nice motivational speeches and he gave the A-Train a nice one before showing him the door. Now I'm one of the very rare Cowboys fans who has never been sold on JJ and I'm still not, which is sort of irrelevant. The Cowboy's offensive line is horrible and Jones needs good blocking in front of him to be effective. That's why the draw is and always has been (in the NFL) his most effective play. I like yer analysis and I agree with your logic. The problem is that it is going to be hard to expect much from JJ without improved line play and that isn't going to happen. If Brown is relatively healthy I think he'll put up more ff points against the worst rush defense in the NFL as oppsed to Jones up against the 5th best rush defense. Again, everything changes if Brown is not healthy enough to be effective. Assuming he is, I'd start Brown. Another reason to go with Brown is that it is increasing looking like I'm going to be starting Henry in one league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoothead Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Another reason to go with Brown is that it is increasing looking like I'm going to be starting Henry in one league. 1203819[/snapback] That is very important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revhookem Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I'd have to sit Brown myself. I was actually toying with starting JJones ahead of LJordan in one league as my #3... but reading these replies makes me lean strongly toward LJ instead. Still, I think Jones will have a good day. Brown is just too much of a question mark right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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