Pick 8 of 101. (8) Peyton Manning QB2. (13) Steve Smith WR3. (28) Andre Johnson WR4. (33) Thomas Jones RB5. (48) Deuce McAllister RB6. (53) Baltimore DEF 7. (68) Jerricho Cotchery WR 8. (73) L.J. Smith TE9. (88) Isaac Bruce WR 10. (93) Mike Nugent K11. (108) Kevin Jones RB 12. (113) Brandon Marshall WR 13. (128) Chad Pennington QB 14. (133) St. Louis DEF 15. (148) Chris Baker TE Bold- Starters
Weak RBs IMO. Deuce will probably have even more carries taken away this year.. Thomas Jones will be the featured back, but Leon Washington will probably take some carries away.. and then only 1 backup who has a shitty line, is coming off of a serious injury, and had his team trade for a back in the offseason.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brooksie5 @ Aug 2 2007, 12:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>and then only 1 backup who has a shitty line, is coming off of a serious injury, and had his team trade for a back in the offseason.</div>The man with a shit line also carried the ball for 689 yards while pulling in 520 out of the backfield. 11 Total TD's in 11 games played. That's pretty workable for me. The reason the Lions brought in Tatum Bell was because they didn't know if Jones was going to be ready 100% at the start of the season. Bell isn't going to be doing much of anything when Jones is in, which is hopefully week 1 because we need to win some games this year, lol.As for the weak RB's, I see where your coming from, but Deuce also had a 1,000 yard year as well did Thomas Jones. Deuce is the back in that system that takes it to the house, not Bush. Because Bush proved he can only catch out of the backfield, I see the Saints giving him less carries than he did last year and using him more as a Z-back. As you pointed out, TJ is the featured back, so I took him because all of the RB's left on the board were split carry guys. The only RB's at that point left were TJ, Maurice Drew, Brandon Jacobs, and a few others.That's just the way I see it
The Jets gave Barlow, Houston, and Blaylock 269 Carries Combined last season and none of them are going to be back with the team this year despite none of them being overly effective. I think the Jets will feed Thomas Jones all of those carries, plus add on maybe 30 or so more plays since Jones will be effective and you're looking at a Good 300 carries right there without taking away any of Washington's 150 carries.
