Ballard out for the season... Hello Bradshaw!

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[wilwhite]

Yeah, except Bradshaw is held together with rivets and duct tape.

 

[SFNL]

I'll take it. Needed a #2 RB to emerge.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Does this news do anything to Bradshaw's value?? wasnt he already top of the the depth chart??

 

[SFNL]

Does this news do anything to Bradshaw's value?? wasnt he already top of the the depth chart??

I would think so. They split carries in week 1... Donald Brown is the only other RB on their roster right now.

 

[TREFF]

Does this news do anything to Bradshaw's value?? wasnt he already top of the the depth chart??

Technically yes, in reality no not really. Fue to his late siging and missed OTA's and camp, along with a minor injury. . Bradshaw was the guy everyone knew was the #1, but until he got more time with the #1's in practice, Ballard was the "starter"..He out touched Bradshaw 14-8 in week one, but according to "the plan" it was supposed to be an even spilt wk2 given the full practice week for Bradshaw. Now there will be no full split, Bradshaw will be the guy out touching Brown 2:1- assuming, like Will mentioned, Bradshaw's duct tape holds out

 

[SmokingMonkey]

Also, dont forget about the O-line in Indy, they arent exactly a top notch unit, so Bradshaw won't be running wild, imo.

He didnt look all that great last week, not sure what any extra carries will bring. MIAs DEF is good, so I dont expect anything more than RB3 stats out of Bradshaw this week.

 

[tlance]

Also, dont forget about the O-line in Indy, they arent exactly a top notch unit, so Bradshaw won't be running wild, imo.

He didnt look all that great last week, not sure what any extra carries will bring. MIAs DEF is good, so I dont expect anything more than RB3 stats out of Bradshaw this week.

This week is a good time to leave him on the bench if you have other quality alternatives, but only because of the match-up.

Pep Hamilton dialed up run plays 55% of the time during Andrew Luck's last season at Stanford. That is crazy considering Luck was the best player in NCAA football at the time. The Colts are going to run the football a ton and they have a pretty efficient passing offense.

Bradshaw is now a top 20 RB option (maybe top 15) when healthy because of his potential workload in a good offense, with an OC who likes to run it.

 

[averagejoe]

Rotoworld is reporting that the Colts want to evenly split carries between Bradshaw and Brown.

Does this news do anything to Bradshaw's value?? wasnt he already top of the the depth chart??

I don't feel that it does. You already know what you have in Bradshaw. It's a shame that SNFL needs an RB2 to step up, and that that RB2 is Bradshaw.

There have been plenty of RB that have been given a legitimate shot at being the lead RB for a team. Many have failed miserably and have bounced around the league. And this list keeps growing.

I'd be more inclined to have HOPE in a seldom-used RB buried on a team's depth chart.

 

[wilwhite]

Joe's being consistent, since he doesn't have Bradshaw in his top 36. I'd put him around a low-20s ranking now, which means he's a poor RB2 but not a disastrous one.