Week 8 Random NFL Musings, and why NFL RB's are all the same

[theMINI]

AAAAHHHH! They play on the same team!!! The situation is the same! :guns:

No, I don't mean situation like that. I mean the situation they are put in. For example: 4th and 1 is the situation and Bell is in... or its the end of the game (thats the situation) and Thomas is in... Each RB has had different opportunities and were put in different situations according to their strengths and weaknesses.

All I'm saying is that you can easily replace Thomas or Bell with any other decent RB. Don't you agree that most of the league is filled with decent RBs and that a decent RB can put up similar numbers?

[Senser81]

Besides, Thomas can easily be replaced by Bush and Bell can easily be replaced by another RB. None of them are elite. You can plug and play another RB and the production might slightly decrease but will put up similar numbers given the opportunity and situation.

Those RBs are completely different!! You couldn't choose a more disparate collection of RBs. Bell gives you nothing in the passing game. Decent runner. Thomas is the best combo of runner/receiver and gives you yards inbetween the tackles. Bush is more explosive but isn't the heavy-duty runner.

OK...the Saints want a player from your team, and in return they say you can choose 1 RB from Bush, Thomas, Bell. Do you honestly think a GM would say "Give me whomever, they are all the same?" or, even worse, they would say "Give me Tatum, I mean Mike, Bell".

[theMINI]

It's like you said earlier:

Kind of a roundabout way of looking at things...yes, elite RBs are elite and non-elite RBs are not elite. If all the RBs were elite, then they cease to be elite, no?

Elite RBs are elite and will put up elite numbers.

Decent RBs are decent and will put up decent numbers.

Pierre Thomas and Mike Bell are decent RBs.

Therefore

Any other decent RB will put up similar decent numbers.

The league is filled with decent RBs.

/end fucking thread

[Senser81]

I posted the numbers from 2009 (Bell's only substantial body of work as a Saint, and the only relevent information to the debate, because we are talking about guys stepping in in place of the starter), and you completely ignored them.

LOL at substantial body of work. Two games? Remember when Pierre Thomas became the only RB in NFL history to have 100 yards rushing and 100 yards receiving in the same game?

[theMINI]

LOL at substantial body of work. Two games? Remember when Pierre Thomas became the only RB in NFL history to have 100 yards rushing and 100 yards receiving in the same game?

^^^

[Warner2BruceTD]

OK...the Saints want a player from your team, and in return they say you can choose 1 RB from Bush, Thomas, Bell. Do you honestly think a GM would say "Give me whomever, they are all the same?" or, even worse, they would say "Give me Tatum, I mean Mike, Bell".

Of course you wouldnt take Bell.

The debate was never "who's the better RB, Thomas or Bell?"

The point, is what do the Saints lose with Bell instead of Thomas?

Based on Bell's starts this year, not a whole lot in terms of production. Sutuationally? Of course, but that was never my point, and I explained that several times already.

[Senser81]

It's like you said earlier:



Elite RBs are elite and will put up elite numbers.

Decent RBs are decent and will put up decent numbers.

Pierre Thomas and Mike Bell are decent RBs.

Therefore

Any other decent RB will put up similar decent numbers.

The league is filled with decent RBs.

/end fucking thread

So, we only have two types of RBs...elite and non-elite. All non-elite RBs are the same. Thats why W2B can say Matt Forte is the same as Darren McFadden, and no one calls him on it. Thats why you can say Bell and Thomas are interchangeable even though Thomas is statistically superior in all areas (average, yards, TDs, receptions, etc.).

Is this the new "Retard's View of the NFL"? Were you the guy who put "impact players" into the NCAA games?

[Warner2BruceTD]

LOL at substantial body of work. Two games? Remember when Pierre Thomas became the only RB in NFL history to have 100 yards rushing and 100 yards receiving in the same game?

Two starts out of 6, 4 for Thomas.

They have a similar amount of carrries, and Thomas has actually started more games, yet Bell's numbers are comparable.

Well, Thomas does have a whopping 6 receptions compared to Bell's 1. Sorry.

[Senser81]

^^^

I don't understand what your arrows mean. So you remember Thomas' game? Since you and W2B are judging players on only 1 or 2 games, and ignoring everything else, would you say Pierre Thomas is the best RB in history?

[Senser81]

Two starts out of 6, 4 for Thomas.

They have a similar amount of carrries, and Thomas has actually started more games, yet Bell's numbers are comparable.

Well, Thomas does have a whopping 6 receptions compared to Bell's 1. Sorry.

I forgot that the NFL began playing in 2009. You and Mini must be members of ESPN's research team.

[Warner2BruceTD]

So, we only have two types of RBs...elite and non-elite. All non-elite RBs are the same. Thats why W2B can say Matt Forte is the same as Darren McFadden, and no one calls him on it. Thats why you can say Bell and Thomas are interchangeable even though Thomas is statistically superior in all areas (average, yards, TDs, receptions, etc.).

Is this the new "Retard's View of the NFL"? Were you the guy who put "impact players" into the NCAA games?

Nobody called me on it, because that's not what I was doing. I was just throwing random starters out there in that particular post, to show that I was talking about guys other that your Peterson's of the world.

...and for the record, I thought you were trying to say McFadden was better than Forte, which is why I accused you of burying Forte twice in the same thread.

Lots of misunderstandings here, but its clouding the topic. Time to move on.

[Warner2BruceTD]

I forgot that the NFL began playing in 2009. You and Mini must be members of ESPN's research team.

You know better than that. Stop.

You cant use Bell's garbage time stats from 2008 in this. Bell stepping in for Thomas in 2009 is all that matters in this debate, because that's what we are talking about--guys stepping in for starters with little drop off.

[theMINI]

Wow senser.....

wow.

[Bear Pand]

During the Titans game as Chris Johnson was breaking away for a TD Gus Johnson yells:

He's got getting away from the cops speed !!

lol wow

[Warner2BruceTD]

During the Titans game as Chris Johnson was breaking away for a TD Gus Johnson yells:

He's got getting away from the cops speed !!

lol wow

Holy shit, I gotta see a clip of that. I watched that game this morning, I missed it.

If Gus was white, he's be fired for sure.