This is an example of why having two good backs at low cost on rookie deals (Walker 2.7MM, Charbonnet $2.1MM) is likely better than having one RB...
AND the RB was worse. No one is saying all the other things didn't matter too.
You know that this is an argument for not paying RBs, right?
Hurts: Rushing yards decrease by 43% and carries decrease by 30%. Man, that guy was a lot worse last year! What a disappointing season! Especially...
Whew! For a second there, I thought maybe a RB got worse between seasons! Glad you cleared that up for me! Because it's never, ever on the RB...
He did have 45 fewer rushing attempts (about 1/3 drop). I wonder how much of this was that they weren't in 3rd / 4th and 1 as often? The threw...
Ultimately, I think the questions here are: Do you think that Barkley's performance was disappointing this year? I'd say getting ~ 1k fewer yards...
I always like reading the offseason stuff. Most of it won't happen, but it's interesting to see what the possible moves are. And having lots of...
:lolol: I wasn't suggesting that you do that. Just that taking an average across all the UFA signings probably doesn't give a good picture of how...
I wonder if there's a way to weight this by some kind of measure of impact and contract size (e.g., EPA / $1MM or something?). If we consider...
Remember your argument is “Barkley ran for 225 last week but let’s wait until next year to worry about him”
I agree that he's overpaid. But if we don't trust Wilson (who was losing snaps to a guy who's a career backup), then we don't have a backup plan....
Because Barkley was destroying teams last year. So it seems pretty likely that teams spent more time worrying about him last season than this...
That's awesome! I wish I got to see our boys in the 70s. Must have been amazing to have lived through. I also think it would be good if the NFL...
You seemed to be arguing that part of Barkley's decline this year was because teams were focusing on him. Which suggests that part of his success...
Warren will likely be the RB1. Johnson is cheap and under contract. If Gainwell is cheap you bring him back. And probably use a 6th / 7th / UDFA...
If the new DC can figure out how to prevent basically all QBs from having their lowest snap-to-throw times of the year against us, I think Watt...
We certainly need help at WR. I'd be excited about a trade up like that I think.
I think Watt is still a good player (but has declined from his peak, which was very, very high). But I also think that we should be looking more...
They could. And I wouldn't be against it. But as you say, there are quite a few needs. If we trade, I'd personally rather do something like flip...
