So glad that we again passed on Peterson

T-RO said:

Let's revisit again in four-six weeks.

I'm willing to bet this sudden-Peterson enthusiasm--from one single game--will utterly vanish as completely as Keyser Soze at the end of The Usual Suspects.

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T-RO said:

Let's revisit again in four-six weeks.

I'm willing to bet this sudden-Peterson enthusiasm--from one single game--will utterly vanish as completely as Keyser Soze at the end of The Usual Suspects.

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Galian Beast said:

This team is unbelievable.

You're about the lose your best player, and Peterson is out there available for a conditional 6th...

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Verdict said:

They also took on his contract which wasn't a bargain.

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T-RO said:

Let's revisit again in four-six weeks.

I'm willing to bet this sudden-Peterson enthusiasm--from one single game--will utterly vanish as completely as Keyser Soze at the end of The Usual Suspects.

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65fastback2plus2 said:

So 134 and 2TD was an accident. Got it.

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Verdict said:

They also took on his contract which wasn't a bargain.

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Jake said:

He averaged over 5.0 ypc in that game. He hasn't done that since 2012. He played in 20 of a possible 48 games in 2014-16. He's 32 years old.

Yeah, it probably was an accident. Let's see how long can keep this up.

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Hoofbite said:

When did 5.0 YPC over the course of a season become the standard by which RBs are judged?

Emmitt did that for 1 season in his entire career.

Since 1980 only 5 players (minimum of 15 carries/game) have done it for more than 1 season and only 2 players have more than 2 such seasons. Barry Sanders has the most at 5 seasons.

5.0 YPC is ridiculous. If that's the standard for a RB that can be had for a 6th round pick, who in the hell is worth it? Nobody.

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Nova said:

I think your qualifier of 15 carries/game is the issue more so than the average. Not sure how you're setting that parameter.

For instance, in 10 seasons Jamaal Charles has only averaged less than 5.0 YPC once. Granted, some truncated injury years attributed to that, but your 15 carries qualifier negates his 2010 season in which he averaged 6.4YPC on about 14.75 carries/gm.

Off the top of my head LeSean McCoy is another guy that has more than two seasons over 5.0. Tomlinson is probably another guy. Hell I think DeMarco's done it twice.

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Hoofbite said:

15 carries per game is arbitrary, but what number of carries should a starting RB have? Make it 200 carries in a season (122 less than what Zeke had last year) and there still are not many guys who have done it in the past 37 years.

Cordarelle Patterson has averaged over 6.0 YPC for his entire career. Over 11.0 in 3 seasons. He only has like 8 carries per season, should we include him? The line has to be drawn somewhere. If we are talking about a player who will fill in for a 20 carry/game RB, why would anyone look at guys who have never carried the ball even 10 times per game?

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Nova said:

I mean, yeah I get that. You have to start somewhere.

You can't have a guy busy a few long ones on his only carries and count that as an average-- that's how you get a Troy Hanbrick situation.

Nothing wrong with using parameters. I was just pointing out 15 totes a game rules out some great seasons from obvious lead backs.

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