View Full Version : Maurice Jones-Drew
Adam Mac
08-26-2007, 04:17 PM
I am putting a big amount of stock into this guy this year and drafted him as one of my RBs. I'm not sure if this is smart because he's not even technically a starter. What do you think?:eek:
Walter
08-26-2007, 04:36 PM
I wouldn't draft him. Fred Taylor and Jones Drew are going to split carries 50-50.
Matt McGuire
08-26-2007, 05:17 PM
I disagree Walter. Taylor has always been an injury risk. MJD is a solid late 2nd round, early 3rd round pick.
Walter
08-26-2007, 05:48 PM
You're going to spend a 2nd- or a 3rd-round pick on a guy who needs another player to get hurt? That's a recipe for a 1-4 start.
Adam Mac
08-26-2007, 06:58 PM
Ya but who else would you take at that late spot? I'm not one for draftng a WR that high
Adam Mac
08-26-2007, 07:01 PM
You have Jones Drew #8 RB on your fantasy top players board Walter so is that a mistake or???
Walter
08-26-2007, 07:03 PM
I think he'll produce, which is why I have him so high, but there's a chance he won't, so I'd rather take a Thomas Jones or Cedric Benson, whom I know will get the carries.
He was a touchdown machine last year. Fred Taylor doesn't score touchdowns, he only had 5 last season. While Jones-Drew had 13 rushing touchdowns, and two receiving. Not to mention the 43 receptions JD had.
Walter
08-27-2007, 01:58 AM
I'd just rather have someone who's consistent with a second-round pick. MJD is a type of player who will put up monster fantasy numbers one week, and nothing the next.
schmidty
08-27-2007, 02:24 PM
He is a solid pick but i would not pic him in the 1st round, and if you do that than you are forced to take Fred Taylor and it then becomes a matchup of week to week pretty much. I do agree with walt, in respect of you cant take a running back based on if the other RB gets injured. In fact no one expected Fred Taylor to have the year that he did. Think about it!