And we've officially entered the over exaggeration period of Free Agency on the message board!

What is exaggeration? I'm telling the McCourty situation, not every player is the same

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<B><FONT color=cyan>Jags this is your year</FONT></B>

"Is not yet a franchise quarterback, but has all the physical ingredients to become an outstanding NFL starter and his arrow is very clearly ascending." NFL.com scouting report on Blake Bortles.

 

Enough said. Hopefully.

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Certainly seems like a lot of smoke regarding DeMarco Murray, but no information from any big name reporters yet.

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Lol Eagles are agreeing to terms with players, which is suppose to be a no no right now

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<B><FONT color=cyan>Jags this is your year</FONT></B>

Lol Eagles are agreeing to terms with players, which is suppose to be a no no right now

 

I say the NFL should dock them just enough cap space where they can't sign McCourty.

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I don't understand how any of you guys don't want demarco murray. With how we've been struggling offensively, how don't you want to bring in the leagues leading rusher? We have plenty of cap space and any deal won't hurt us long term. If we bring in Demarco and Julius, our offense just got a lot better. Get excited, quit being so pessimistic.

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I just dont understand why do people not want a guy who lead the NFL in rushing and is 27, Frank Gore is 32 and had a solid year last year

Murray had 450 touches. That's a lot for a RB

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I don't understand how any of you guys don't want demarco murray. With how we've been struggling offensively, how don't you want to bring in the leagues leading rusher? We have plenty of cap space and any deal won't hurt us long term. If we bring in Demarco and Julius, our offense just got a lot better. Get excited, quit being so pessimistic.

Can't argue with you there. Demarco and Julius definitely help out the offense. And we can't forget that Dave wants to build through the draft which still hasnt happened yet. Patience and optimism from the fans will reveal a solid up and coming team.

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Murray had 450 touches. That's a lot for a RB

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I don't understand how any of you guys don't want demarco murray. With how we've been struggling offensively, how don't you want to bring in the leagues leading rusher? We have plenty of cap space and any deal won't hurt us long term. If we bring in Demarco and Julius, our offense just got a lot better. Get excited, quit being so pessimistic.

It not about being pessimistic its just stating your opinion. I'd be fine with him but he has missed 11 games in his first 3 years. Last year was his first full season. I'd welcome him here but to think this isn't a risky signing espcially for 8 million a year is foolish.


If we get him then I'm all for it. But I do recognize the risk.

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Murray had 450 touches. That's a lot for a RB

We can get those touches down, he's not about to fall off yet, he has always been a good player, i'll be more worried about the injury history then the touches

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<B><FONT color=cyan>Jags this is your year</FONT></B>

Who cares. What don't some of you guys get? We need more talent and have a ton of money to spend. Demarco Murray will be a great signing. These kind of signings also lead to other big time free agents coming to us in the future.

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We can get those touches down, he's not about to fall off yet, he has always been a good player, i'll be more worried about the injury history then the touches

 

<p style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0);">During the course of the regular season, Murray compiled 392 carries. If you count the postseason, well, that number balloons to 436!

<p style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0);">In football terms, that is an absolute boatload. It's more like a ship load. Or the Titanic.

<p style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0);">Unfortunately, as you will read, there's a good chance that Murray's production is going to sink just like that fateful ship. Here's a look at every single running back in the Super Bowl era who carried the football at least 390 times in a single season ... and what that running back did the following season.

<p style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0);">In most cases, it's not good.

<p style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0);"><b>Larry Johnson, Kansas City Chiefs (2006):</b> Johnson was an absolute superstar, rushing for 1,789 yards with a combined 19 touchdowns and 329.90 fantasy points. He also totaled an NFL-record 416 carries that season, which doomed him in 2007. L.J. would miss eight games due to injuries and was a massive disappointment for owners. Based on the totals he scored in his eight games, Johnson would have projected to post 193 fantasy points ... or 136.9 fewer points than he scored in 2006.

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<p style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0);"><b>Jamal Anderson, Atlanta Falcons (1998):</b> Anderson was a surprise superstar in 1998, posting 1,846 rushing yards, 16 total touchdowns and 308.5 fantasy points on 410 rushing attempts. That made him a first-round selection in most 1999 drafts. Unfortunately, he would see action in less than two games that year before a torn ACL cost him the remainder of the campaign. Anderson would never be the same runner in the stat sheets and retired after the 2001 season due to another ACL tear.

<p style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0);"><b>James Wilder, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1984):</b> Had fantasy football been popular in the 1980s, Wilder would have been a first-round choice. He recorded 404 carries, 1,544 rushing yards, 85 receptions, 685 receiving yards and a combined 13 touchdowns in 1984, totaling an impressive 300.90 fantasy points. Wilder did put up good totals the following season (1,300 rushing yards, 10 TDs), but he missed four games and finished with 76.8 fewer fantasy points compared to his solid 1984 totals.

<p style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0);"><b>Eric Dickerson, Los Angeles Rams (1986):</b> One of the most graceful and productive runners in NFL history, Dickerson carried the football 404 times, recorded 1,962 scrimmage yards and scored 11 times to finish the 1986 campaign with 268.6 fantasy points. The following season, however, Dickerson missed four games and was limited to just 939 rushing yards and five touchdowns. If you project the totals he put up in his 12 games over a full campaign, he would have ended with 242.5 points.

 
<p style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0);"><b>Eddie George, Tennessee Titans (2000):</b> George was a fantasy stud during his career in Tennessee, but his best season came in 2000 when he had career bests in both rushing yards (1,509) and touchdowns (16). The Ohio State product also produced another personal best ... 403 rushing attempts. While he would start all 16 games the following season, George failed to rush for 1,000 yards for the first time in his pro career. He also finished with 140.4 fewer fantasy points compared to 2000.

<p style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0);"><b>Gerald Riggs, Atlanta Falcons (1985):</b> Riggs was a stat-sheet monster for theFalcons in the mid-1980s, but his biggest campaign came in 1985 when he had 397 carries for 1,719 yards with 10 touchdowns and 258.6 fantasy points. The Arizona State product did have a nice 1986 campaign, but all of his numbers were down compared to the previous season. In fact, Riggs had fewer rushing yards, receptions, receiving yards, touchdowns and fantasy points (200.3) despite playing in all 16 games.

<p style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0);"><b>Terrell Davis, Denver Broncos (1998):</b> Davis was a superstar when fantasy football's popularity started to surge as he recorded 2,008 rushing yards, 23 total touchdowns and 385.5 fantasy points in 1998. A first-round lock the following year, Davis missed all but four games due to injuries and finished with 35.7 fantasy points. He would never recover from the huge workload he had from 1996-1998, as the Georgia product played in a combined 13 contests over his final two seasons in the NFL.

<p style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0);"><b>Ricky Williams, Miami Dolphins (2003):</b> Williams was one of the most productive but enigmatic running backs in the NFL during the 2000s. He had a monster campaign in 2003, posting 1,372 rushing yards on 392 carries, 351 receiving yards, 10 total touchdowns and 222.3 fantasy points. Williams would decide to retire and was out of football in 2004, so we'll never know if his huge workload decreased his totals. Based on the rest of our 390-runners, well, I think it would have been likely.

<p style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0);"><b>Eric Dickerson, Los Angeles Rams (1983):</b> The Rams weren't timid in using Dickerson as a rookie, as he saw 390 carries in the offense. He made them count too, as he totaled 1,808 rushing yards with a combined 20 touchdowns and 341.2 fantasy points. The SMU product didn't slow down in his sophomore campaign either, rushing for an NFL-record 2,105 rushing yards with 14 touchdowns and 308.4 points. So while he did see a decline compared to 1983, Dickerson was still a productive back.

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<p style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0);"><b>Barry Foster, Pittsburgh Steelers (1992):</b> Foster had a career season in the stat sheets in 1992, posting 390 carries, 2,034 scrimmage yards and 11 touchdowns for a total of 259.4 fantasy points. The Arkansas product would miss seven games the following season, however, and was never able to re-claim his status as an elite fantasy runner. Overall, Foster saw a decrease of 118.6 fantasy points in 1993. He would rush for a combined 1,562 yards during his final two seasons combined.

<p style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0);">So, what conclusions can we draw from this data?

<p style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica;color:rgb(0,0,0);">Well, Murray's chances of missing time and/or seeing his numbers decline in 2015 are high. That's because not one of our runners was better in the stat sheets the season after touting the rock 390 or more times. In fact, just one (Dickerson, 1984) was able to duplicate 90 percent of his previous season's production. Furthermore, Riggs (77 percent) and Wilder (74 percent) were the lone runners other than Dickerson to duplicate better than 70 percent of their previous season's totals.

 

 

http://www.nfl.com/fantasyfootball/story...ne-in-2015

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What is exaggeration? I'm telling the McCourty situation, not every player is the same

 

So you know him personally? He has told you that he doesnt like money? Interesting. 

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I was hoping for more of a focus on center and RT than RB. Demarco is good though no doubt. He and Julius Thomas would automatically be the best players on offense here, if not the whole team.

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<a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.nfl.com/fantasyfootball/story/0ap3000000457171/printable/is-demarco-murray-destined-for-a-decline-in-2015'>http://www.nfl.com/fantasyfootball/story/0ap3000000457171/printable/is-demarco-murray-destined-for-a-decline-in-2015</a>

Preaching to the choir good sir

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I was hoping for more of a focus on center and RT than RB. Demarco is good though no doubt. He and Julius Thomas would automatically be the best players on offense here, if not the whole team.

 

at least free agency gives us a better idea on what we will be doing in the upcoming draft. 

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Coughlin when asked if winning will be a focus: "What the hell else is there? This is nice and dandy, but winning is what all this is about."

Didn't McCourty want the franchise tag because he knew it would net him extra money?

 

On Murray, we all know his production will be nowhere near the same, but even if he just gets 1000 yards by himself, that is still almost as much as all of our running backs combined production last year.

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Certainly seems like a lot of smoke regarding DeMarco Murray, but no information from any big name reporters yet.

 

http://dal.247sports.com/Bolt/Reports-Co...s-36067835

 

I'd say there's some warmth to go with that.

 

That being said, nothing's done until it's done.

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"You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud."

Didn't McCourty want the franchise tag because he knew it would net him extra money?


On Murray, we all know his production will be nowhere near the same, but even if he just gets 1000 yards by himself, that is still almost as much as all of our running backs combined production last year.

So we are gonna overpay a guy to rush for a 1,000 yards? Sounds smart.


Split the carries with Denard and A healthy Toby and draft a work horse RB this year.

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