I would rather take Portis, then grab, say, Brandon Jacobs, instead of Duckett, because then I could have potentially two stud RB, instead of only a possible guarentee of one.
The reason is often the system. Look at the Chiefs' Oline in the past. They paved the way for Priest and LJ, and both have been studs. Maurice Morris has been pretty good (not great, like SA, but servicable) in the past in SEA's system. Sproles and Turner have also been good in the SD system. Saunders being in WAS brings his offensive system to the team, which helped turn LJ & Priest into absolute studs. I don't agree with it in every case, but those are a few that I do. Hope it helps.
RJ24VC15 wrote:By taking the backup? If your stud gets hurt you should have better options than a backup RB, right?
You should have better options but it doesn't always work out that way. It's a matter of preference. Some people like to handcuff their RB so that if he gets hurt they still have that teams starting RB. Some people prefer to get backup RB's from other teams or backup RB's that they think have more potential to see playing time. The people that like to handcuff like the security of knowing that if their RB gets hurt they already have their backup as insurance. Neither way is right or wrong. It's just a matter of preference and a matter of who the handcuff will be.
Yeah hand-cuffing should be limited. For instance, if you grab LT, I still wouldn't ordinarily handcuff w/ Turner b/c I could probably find a better runner to fill in the time (I mean, in a lot of leagues I'm picking up Kevin Jones or Chester Taylor as RB3/4, so that's good depth).
But if people are snapping up RBs early, then I see taking Turner over a guy like Fred Taylor or Deshaun Foster...b/c you're always starting LT in that spot while he's healthy, and if he goes down then his backup could still get you 75 yards and a TD.
xted30 wrote:The reason is often the system. Look at the Chiefs' Oline in the past. They paved the way for Priest and LJ, and both have been studs. Maurice Morris has been pretty good (not great, like SA, but servicable) in the past in SEA's system. Sproles and Turner have also been good in the SD system. Saunders being in WAS brings his offensive system to the team, which helped turn LJ & Priest into absolute studs. I don't agree with it in every case, but those are a few that I do. Hope it helps.
I'm not sure I agree necessarily with the implication that the system is what made Priest and LJ into the studs they are. Yes, the system and the O-line definitely helped - but the KC backs between Holmes and Marcus Allen weren't exactly studly, and they had the same system and the same Oline to work with didn't they? Priest and LJ both play significant part in their own studliness IMO and it's unfair to imply that it's simply "the system".
It totally depends on who your stud is, and who his backup is. TOTALLY dependent on the team and the player, and of course, the league you're in. If your draft is competitive, and you don't get 2 monster RBs, then it becomes all that much more important.
In general I don't like to do it. People can point to Larry Johnson, but Priest was a question mark going into last season with a hip injury. That situation warranted a handcuff to LJ.
For a healthy RB, I do not like to handcuff until other solid RB options are exhausted. Portis might be a candidate to handcuff, but is anyone really convinced Duckett will get a large majority of carries if Portis goes down, or will it be RBBC ?
I would also take Jacobs over Duckett if I were a Portis owner, since If Tiki goes down I'm pretty confident it is the Brandon Jacobs show, and he has looked good in the preseason. I can't say the same about Duckett.
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by RJ24VC15 » Thu Sep 07, 2006 7:11 pm 
