Outstanding rookie RB without a 100 yd game(fof2004 related)

[maximus]

Just a note: (I am in my first season of my career. I started out with a fantasy draft)

Man, I am not sure what the heck I am doing wrong here. I picked this guy thinking he would set the NFL on fire but he has yet to get a 100 yard game. At the moment he has rushed for 780 yards in 12 games. His avg is 3.80 and he has 6 TDs.

I have a semi decent OL which of course may be part of the problem but still, my RB should have had a 100 yard game...at least.

What could I be doing wrong?

[Ragone]

all that talent.. and bad stats.. A younger eddie george?

[maximus]

One problem he does have is fumbles. He's had 4 fumbles and lost them all.

[Draft Dodger]

OL is the key

[Pyser]

ive had bad luck with stud RBs as well. i cant explain it. ill nab a guy rated 86/90, and he just wont produce at all.

i remember quik had this problem in one of his dynasties, and got so fed up he moved the guy to wr.

maybe its just a rb phenomenon?

[maximus]

Originally Posted by Draft Dodger

OL is the key

Yea, I agree. I have 4 games left this season. I'll focus on the O-line in the draft.

One thing that I have going for me is that I am the youngest team in the league with a 23.6 yr average. Most of my guys have high future potential but low current ratings.

[jbmagic]

you need a great Offense Line, to help your RB back out


if you have a bad offense line, it dont matter how good your RB is, just like in real life


and are you doing your own gameplan? are you picking the side to run vs your Opponent weak side and picking the side to run on the side you have the better run block on your O-line?

[maximus]

Originally Posted by jbmagic

and are you doing your own gameplan? are you picking the side to run vs your Opponent weak side and picking the side to run on the side you have the better run block on your O-line?

Not yet. I call my own plays most of the time (except on defense).

[jbmagic]

Originally Posted by maximus

Not yet. I call my own plays most of the time (except on defense).

the key is to run on the defense weak side..

scout your opponent

[maximus]

Originally Posted by jbmagic

the key is to run on the defense weak side..

scout your opponent

lol, yea I know that. Thanks.




Maybe it's just a weird league. Cincinnati is 11-1 right now.

[jbmagic]

could just be a one year slump

it happens


but seriously try to do your own gameplans for offense and defense...

its better than clicking on recommend button

[maximus]

Originally Posted by jbmagic

could just be a one year slump

it happens


but seriously try to do your own gameplans for offense and defense...

its better than clicking on recommend button

Yea, I am going to have to do something. I have some real good talent but sooner or later these guys are going to want to leave.

[yabanci]

I don't see anything unusual at all. If you're focusing on 100 yard games, the main problem is he's only averaging 17 carries per game.

[maximus]

Originally Posted by yabanci

I don't see anything unusual at all. If you're focusing on 100 yard games, the main problem is he's only averaging 17 carries per game.

I'm not sure what his CPG are but I know that he was carrying around 20-28 times per game for the first 8 games. Then in the last four games I started using another back so that I can use the clock a bit more. Even though my w/l record is bad, I am not losing my games by blow-outs. So I thought about clock management and split time with two RBs.

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by maximus

Maybe it's just a weird league. Cincinnati is 11-1 right now.

Well now that's clearly a bug. Someone should email Jim.

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by maximus

Yea, I agree. I have 4 games left this season. I'll focus on the O-line in the draft.

One thing that I have going for me is that I am the youngest team in the league with a 23.6 yr average. Most of my guys have high future potential but low current ratings.

In 5 years you wont be able to afford your team

[Vinatieri for Prez]

1)Scout your opponents weakness in the line; run mostly behind your best run blockers; and

2) I bet you the biggest reason is low COHESION. Especially, if your RB is a rookie and the OL is young. Cohesion is a huge factor in my opinion. A few more years together, and things will take off.

[Sharpieman]

Trade this loser, then go out on the free agent market and get some RB with medicore stats and a very high rating in hole recognition-its the only stat that matters for RBs.

[Darkiller]

you'll have to tell us if his stats get better in his sophomore season but talent-wise, what a pick in the mid-2nd round ! congrats.
That RB would have been a top 3 pick in any IHOF Draft...

[Cap Ologist]

He's too small. He can't handle the pounding.




Someone had to say it.

[Danny]

Originally Posted by maximus

I'm not sure what his CPG are

They are exactly what Yabanci said, around 17 a game. 780 / 3.8 / 12

[oykib]

Actually, I either have to somewhat disagree with or expand upon what someone posted above.

You can't just run to the areas at which your opponent has weak defenders. Neither can you run behind just your strongest blockers. You have to mix it up. That is both regarding which areas you run and the run/pass mix.

Sim a few games and see how your running back does. Then, check the game log to see how the computer is calling the game differently than you.

[Havok]

I'll repeat whats already been said....

O-line O-line O-line and more O-Line

I just ran a RB for a personal best of 2,200 yards and 5.44 yards a carry and he wasn't nearly the runner that your guy is. But my O-line was just brutal. All lead by a guard with 96 blocking, a center with 93 blocking and my other guard had 78 blocking. Smash-mouth all night long

[Havok]

dola!!

and my O-line's cohesion(sp?) was in the 90's. That always helps also

[maximus]

Originally Posted by Sharpieman

Trade this loser, then go out on the free agent market and get some RB with medicore stats and a very high rating in hole recognition-its the only stat that matters for RBs.

I knew that was going to be an issue. My thinking was that I would be able to pick up some young talented players via the draft and even thought I would lose some of them in a few seasons I could scout the ones I want to keep and build around them.

Darkiller you'll have to tell us if his stats get better in his sophomore season but talent-wise, what a pick in the mid-2nd round ! congrats.
That RB would have been a top 3 pick in any IHOF Draft...

I would have picked him (James Millsaps) up in the first round but I picked up a very talented QB in the that spot. I'll post his ratings screen soon.

[Ramzavail]

It might be because of the fact that he came from a super weak Staten Island college, Wagner.

[MizzouRah]

I agree in the OL theory. I just had a freshman RB run for over 1800 yards in TCY, but he had a tackle that led the league in key run blocks.


Todd

[jbmagic]

Originally Posted by Havok

I'll repeat whats already been said....

O-line O-line O-line and more O-Line

I just ran a RB for a personal best of 2,200 yards and 5.44 yards a carry and he wasn't nearly the runner that your guy is. But my O-line was just brutal. All lead by a guard with 96 blocking, a center with 93 blocking and my other guard had 78 blocking. Smash-mouth all night long

did you run mainly between left and right guard/center?

for your RT and LT , was they good at pass block or run block?

[maximus]

Originally Posted by Darkiller

you'll have to tell us if his stats get better in his sophomore season but talent-wise, what a pick in the mid-2nd round ! congrats.
That RB would have been a top 3 pick in any IHOF Draft...

Here's that QB I was talking about. You might be impressed witrh this Darkiller. This guy was my first pick in the draft.

[Pyser]

single player is so broken

[jbmagic]

nice

what the Qb current and potential rating?

[maximus]

Originally Posted by jbmagic

nice

what the Qb current and potential rating?

they are a few posts ahead of this one. We posted at the same time basically.

[jbmagic]

Originally Posted by maximus

they are a few posts ahead of this one. We posted at the same time basically.

i must be blind i see the Qb Chart above, but where it shows his overall current rating and Overal Potential rating at?

[Darkiller]

indeed, that's impresive ;-)
great combo in rounds 1 & 2 ...

[Havok]

Originally Posted by jbmagic

did you run mainly between left and right guard/center?

for your RT and LT , was they good at pass block or run block?

yean, i ran a majority of my runs down the middle, but my RB was also pretty quick to the outside (like 60's i think) and my tackles were decent run blockers (both were in the 50's i believe) so i still ran a decent amount to the outside.

It was a few seasons ago so its hard to remember exactly what everyone was. I always play FOF with a smashmouth kinda team. Mainly because i find it to easy to get a great QB and win all the time. So i limit myself to only average QB's with low contracts, then just crank up my run blocking and defense. I find it a little more challenging.

Of course i did go 15-1 in my last season and win the superbowl

[Havok]

'Dola'

gotta love the sense rush and scramble frequency on Souza, not gonna need a great pass blocking O-line to keep him safe.