picking a Denver Broncos RB?

[Internet n00b]

Fantasy Football

I'm trying to figure out who to pick, and in the league that I'm in someone already picked up Travis Henry. Denver can make any darn RB a badass, but who would you go for?

[ZYouL8R]

I'm pretty sure Selvin Young is #2 on the depth chart, but I wouldn't pick any Bronco RB besides Henry unless you're looking for a 7th RB or something.

[Hollywood]

I would avoid Denver running backs. Running back by committee is bad news for a fantasy team. Whats better, a guy who gets 25 touches, or a Denver RB who gets 10-15?

[SVTVenom]

I would avoid Denver running backs. Running back by committee is bad news for a fantasy team. Whats better, a guy who gets 25 touches, or a Denver RB who gets 10-15?

Well, at least you have some sense of reality on one topic of discussion here.

It is well known that Mike Shannahan is the devil when it comes to fantasy RB's. Selvin Young was listed as the #2 guy and he saw a whopping 2 carries. That could totally change next week.

STAY AWAY FROM DENVER RB'S!

[D]

Selvin Young won't see too many carries as Denver has stated publicly that they're not doing a RB by committee this year. If Travis Henry is already picked up (which he fucking should be), I wouldn't bother picking up Selvin Young. Mike Bell has been moved to FB, so I wouldn't expect many carries out of him either.

[D]

I would avoid Denver running backs. Running back by committee is bad news for a fantasy team. Whats better, a guy who gets 25 touches, or a Denver RB who gets 10-15?

Henry had 23 carries for 130+ (damn near 6 YPC)...I hardly call that a committee...

[SVTVenom]

Henry had 23 carries for 130+ (damn near 6 YPC)...I hardly call that a committee...

For this week. Wait until the season gets cranked up and see if that still holds true. It happens nearly every year that something happens to their RB's and people who had their original starter get fucked over.

[D]

For this week. Wait until the season gets cranked up and see if that still holds true. It happens nearly every year that something happens to their RB's and people who had their original starter get fucked over.

Really? So I guess every year Denver's new 1k yard rusher during the season got those yards because he got fucked over. I guess two years ago when Mike Anderson and Tater Bell almost both had 1k yards and last year When Tatum had 1k, they got fucked over. If you think about it, Shanahananramjamanan is smart. He gets these mediocre players, lets them run for 1k yards with Denver in "the system", then trades them away for better players that play positions they're in need of help at and farms out another RB to do the same thing the next year...except, in Henry's case, they finally have another RB that can finally be a solid #1 RB and carry the majority of the load...like Clinton Portis did before we shafted Washington with that whole deal. Denver isn't going to "fuck", as you put it, Travis Henry. I'm pretty sure they're not paying him all that money to split carries with an undrafted rookie...

I don't want to have this dance about Denver with you again. You're not going to win.

[Yellowstang]

For this week. Wait until the season gets cranked up and see if that still holds true. It happens nearly every year that something happens to their RB's and people who had their original starter get fucked over.

Only in a case of injury, otherwise he is the man this year, and for the next few years. No More RBBC for Denver.



Bill Walsh perfects the West Coast offense and suddenly every team is running a version of the West Coast offense. Pittsburgh's Dick LeBeau devises the finishing touches on a 3-4 zone blitz and several teams switch to the 3-4.

Somebody once called the NFL a copycat league, and sure enough, the NFL now is frequently referred to as a copycat league.

Broncos coach Mike Shanahan is one cat who's copied.

Two years ago, Shanahan became the first to employ a full-time two-tailback system. Mike Anderson ran inside and Tatum Bell ran outside for a combined 1,935 rushing yards.

Suddenly the next year, several teams were rotating tailbacks, including all four participants in the NFL's 2006 conference championship games - New Orleans' Deuce McAllister and Reggie Bush; Chicago's Thomas Jones and Cedric Benson; New England's Corey Dillon and Laurence Maroney; Indianapolis' Dominic Rhodes and Joseph Addai.
For 2007, Shanahan is once again moving one step away from the followers. The Bell has tolled on the Broncos' rotating tailback system. Travis Henry is the one and only.

"I think the reason why you have two backs is you don't have one great back," Shanahan said. "You can have a great back and a very good back behind him. But that doesn't happen very often."

In the Broncos' season-opening, 15-14 victory Sunday at Buffalo, Henry was, as teammate Javon Walker said, "a beast of a running back."

It wasn't just that Henry had the best combined rushing-receiving totals among NFL running backs in Week 1 with 183 yards. It was that he had more carries (13) and more receptions (two) in the second half than he did in the first (10 and one). It was that he had 110 yards in total offense in the second half compared with 73 in the first.

Henry isn't just the Broncos' first premier tailback since Clinton Portis was traded for a Champ named Bailey after the 2003 season. It's that Henry gets stronger at a time when most backs are wearing down.

"I did all right," Henry said. "It was nice winning a game like that. We still feel like we can be better. That's the good thing. We've got to convert when we're down there."

The touchdowns have yet to come, but if they do, Henry may well be viewed as the Broncos' equivalent to LaDainian Tomlinson, the NFL's most versatile back.

Here is the breakdown of the Broncos' tailback rotation circa 2007: Henry, 23 carries. Selvin Young, two carries.

There were three consecutive games in 2006, against New England, Baltimore and Oakland, when Tatum Bell had a combined 69 carries and second-string tailback Mike Bell had five.

Tatum Bell was unable to sustain the heavy workload, however. He broke down with a turf toe injury that hampered him the rest of the season. Henry's stout frame appears better equipped to consistently take on the physical punishment. He also has proof in three separate rushing seasons of better than 1,400 yards, 1,300 yards and 1,200 yards.

"One back, two backs, three backs, it doesn't matter," Shanahan said. "What matters is having a great back. If Travis gets tired, I think Selvin Young is a natural running back. He brings a lot. ... We have two other fullbacks who are good tailbacks in Mike Bell and Cecil Sapp. We like Andre Hall. We feel like our depth at tailback is as good as we've had."

"I just wanted to go in and do my thing and do whatever I can to help this team win," Henry said.

Once again, the Broncos are pretty much a one-back team. It seems plenty.

Staff writer Mike Klis can be reached at 303-954-1055 or mklis@denverpost.com.

[CJ-95GT]

Running back by committee is bad news for a fantasy team.

IMO-Marion Barber is an exception to that.

[D]

Only in a case of injury, otherwise he is the man this year, and for the next few years. No More RBBC for Denver.



I was going to post the very same article. TY.

[Yellowstang]

I was going to post the very same article. TY.


I go to Denverpost.com every day!

[D]

I go to Denverpost.com every day!

I read the DRMN also just because Dave Krieger is a friend of mine and I feel bad reading Kiszla's drunken articles and not his. :o


Check out www.broncosforums.com. It's good shite.

[Yellowstang]

I go to
http://orangemane.com

I used to deliver the RMN back in the day, that paper sucked, it was HUGE on Sundays!

[D]

I go to
http://orangemane.com

I used to deliver the RMN back in the day, that paper sucked, it was HUGE on Sundays!

I'm not too fond of the Mane or BM. www.broncosforums.com just started up about two weeks ago...about 200-300 members, already close to 10k posts. Really good site...definitely worth checking out.

[SVTVenom]

Really? So I guess every year Denver's new 1k yard rusher during the season got those yards because he got fucked over. I guess two years ago when Mike Anderson and Tater Bell almost both had 1k yards and last year When Tatum had 1k, they got fucked over. If you think about it, Shanahananramjamanan is smart. He gets these mediocre players, lets them run for 1k yards with Denver in "the system", then trades them away for better players that play positions they're in need of help at and farms out another RB to do the same thing the next year...except, in Henry's case, they finally have another RB that can finally be a solid #1 RB and carry the majority of the load...like Clinton Portis did before we shafted Washington with that whole deal. Denver isn't going to "fuck", as you put it, Travis Henry. I'm pretty sure they're not paying him all that money to split carries with an undrafted rookie...

I don't want to have this dance about Denver with you again. You're not going to win.

Two Words: Reuben Droughns.

That year was a perfect example of why to stay away from Denver RB's. There are too many other teams with less history of having to handcuff RB's because a coach has a history of using a multitude of RB's during the season.