Post by mpbears68 on Apr 13, 2019 15:52:22 GMT -6
davidl
1) Is just not true. Nagy has repeatedly said no rb is going to get 20-25 carries a game, that is the role people wanted/expected Howard to have, but it's not there. I doubt any get to 250 carries this year which is 15 and 1/2 a game, maybe not 200 which is 12 and 1/2, instead you'll have a lot of rb's getting 8-10 + a handful of receptions.
2) His value was to many touches(270) for to few yards(1070), not enough ypc(3.7)/ypr(7.3) and not enough td's(6) for his increased 2mil cap space. That was his value. That can be replaced more effiecntly through Davis/Patterson/Rookie + everyone else dividing up those 270 touches and getting more yards, better ypc/ypr and more TD's and more cap flexibility added in. The entirity of the NFL disagrees that he has any actual value beyond a maybe 5th next year. There was nothing irreplaceable about his performance last year, which is the only performance that matters b/c it was the only performance in this system.
RB's had 468 attempts last year, 250 from Howard, but I'm guessing they won't get much past 440, Patterson will probably have 50 rushing attempts(he had 42 last year w/NE), Davis will likely have 100(similar to Cohen), the rookie will have 90, Mitch will likely have another 60 or so, then everyone else will make up the rest, probably around 5-6 carries a game for the WR's, FB, TE, other RBs. There is your Howard replacements. But the extra value will come vai increased receptions from the RB's only 101 receptions for the RB's in 17, I'm betting it's closer to 150-180.
There is no bell cow rb anymore, to paraphrase Monty Python: E's passed on! This position is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! ... 'e's s pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! This is an EX position!
And as you said, Nagy has made it clear that no one player is going to get fed the ball 20-25 times a game on the ground in his system.