01-03-2004, 04:10 PM | #1 | ||
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Is Eddie George Overrated?
Guy is guaranteed a starter every season and I don't remember the last time he has had a ypc over 4.0... he just is not that great..
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01-03-2004, 04:16 PM | #2 |
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Well ever since that toe injury he has been NO WHERE NEAR the same runner he was before.
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01-03-2004, 04:16 PM | #3 |
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This is a type of player that would never be in FOF:
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01-03-2004, 04:21 PM | #4 |
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You're right, they give him the ball too much. AIR IT OUT!
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01-03-2004, 04:25 PM | #5 | |
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is this a criticism of George, or FOF?
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01-03-2004, 04:26 PM | #6 |
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Looks like you won't have to worry about him getting many carries today.
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01-03-2004, 04:27 PM | #7 |
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I dunno, but the play by play guy just said George had been brilliant in the first half. Yet he only has 43 yards on 11 carries.
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01-03-2004, 04:28 PM | #8 | |
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While the intent was to show how bad George is compared to the other 'premiere' backs, this is a criticism of FOF. |
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01-03-2004, 04:43 PM | #9 | |
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I think the criticism can be that we have to rely to much on stats. A few years ago, Eddie George was a dominate back no matter what the stats said. To average just about 4 yards a carry with a team that everyone knew couldn't pass was amazing. You don't see that kind of stuff in any game.
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01-03-2004, 04:47 PM | #10 |
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The Afoci, get out of here with your intelligent and logical posts. You don't like logic.
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01-03-2004, 04:55 PM | #11 | |
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01-03-2004, 04:55 PM | #12 |
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Good point, Ohio State players are overrated.
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01-03-2004, 05:23 PM | #13 |
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Eddie George is the Bane Of Fantasy Footballers Everywhere..
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01-03-2004, 06:07 PM | #14 |
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He may be overrated, but I'm impressed with him playing this well with a seperated shoulder today.
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01-03-2004, 06:15 PM | #15 | |
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I know what you mean. I drafted him this year and it's a real catch-22. You have to start him every week even though he does awful because if you don't start he has a big game and everybody says "you know you have to start Eddie everyweek" |
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01-03-2004, 06:51 PM | #16 |
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No.
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01-03-2004, 06:53 PM | #17 |
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Are you drunk? NO?!?! WHAT!
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01-03-2004, 07:00 PM | #18 |
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Playing the way he did, against a better defense with a seperated shoulder. No, he's not overrated.
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01-03-2004, 07:02 PM | #19 |
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Clearly he is not the stallion he was, but in my mind he is still a top-10 complete back. He would be on my team.
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01-03-2004, 08:01 PM | #20 | |
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My fantasy strategy is get running backs, running backs, and more running backs. I haven't even sipped the Eddie George Koolaide. He has never suited up on behalf of one of my fantasy teams. |
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01-03-2004, 08:47 PM | #21 |
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You should really try the stud WR theory sometime, after that one stud runner in the 1st round that is. I love it when guys get hardons for mediocre backs in the 2nd round and a guy like Harrison or Moss slips to me.
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01-03-2004, 09:01 PM | #22 | |
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I dunno, 76 touchdowns in his rookie year? I think he may be the greatest ever on that year alone...
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01-03-2004, 09:02 PM | #23 | |
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Don't forget his 1368 yards per carry. |
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01-03-2004, 09:16 PM | #24 |
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Agreed that he's over-rated now. But all you guys who are talking about how awful he is in fantasy football obviously didn't draft him in 2000. He was a stud back then.
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01-03-2004, 09:18 PM | #25 | |
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he was also insanely consistent, a major plus in fantasy football. |
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01-03-2004, 09:22 PM | #26 | |
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Annually he is the 1st player put on my "Do not touch with a 10ft pole list". I've never owned Eddie George, never plan to. Eddie will never be the stud he was coming out of OSU again. There are easily 10-15 backs that are better for fantasy owners than George.
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01-03-2004, 10:16 PM | #27 |
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Eddie George doesn't have many season's left.
I think he has lost a step, or maybe two. |
01-03-2004, 10:27 PM | #28 | |
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Yeah, he was a great one, right up until they put him on the cover of Madden. |
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01-03-2004, 10:30 PM | #29 |
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His cap hit is something near 7M next year, so either he will have to renegotiate or else be cut. I bet he will renegotiate because he knows that there aren't too many teams that will give him a starter's role.
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01-03-2004, 10:32 PM | #30 | |
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Wasn't Vick on a cover? I can't remember what is was, but he got hurt. Any player that is put on some football cover, something always seems to happen to them. |
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01-03-2004, 10:37 PM | #31 | |
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Madden. Vick, Faulk, Culpepper, and George have been the people on the Madden cover recently. Culpepper wasn't hurt, but he damn near lost his job last season.
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01-03-2004, 10:44 PM | #32 | |
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Just like the SI jinks. If you are a star player stay away! Thanks, but no thanks. Does anybody see agents maybe putting some kind of clause in a players contract for this? |
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01-04-2004, 11:42 AM | #33 |
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As someone who owns Tomlinson and Portis in a keeper league, I'm sending letters to EA everyday suggesting that Jamal Lewis should be on the next Madden cover.
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01-04-2004, 01:15 PM | #34 | |
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