Ray_T

most plays (especially for young QB) have an outlet (or checkdown) embedded somewhere so if he gets in trouble he can dump it off and get 1-5 yards. so he should know where his checkdown is. though I think this was a designed play. I'm not gonna rave about it all day, but its still a good play.

I suspect its just a case where they are trying to create excitement and hype. the content wont come up for me so I cant see specifically what you are talking about but I'm pretty sure its just the announcers hypiing the rookies. nothing more. when people get excited or hyped up they watch more pre season games and the ratings go up. you have eyes, you know what you saw. maybe its not a bad play but I doubt its as awesome as what the announcers say. dont get me wrong, I like Caleb. hes likely gonna be a good pro for a long time but this is pre season and not a lot you see actually counts for anything until the regular season arrives.

you nailed it. 100%

you are not wrong. and those runs also became very predictable. hard to stop a RB from getting at least 3 yards on the play on first down if the play is setup right but that also hurts the metrics. if the D knows what to defend, those are hard miles. and he got 4 YPC anyway. while that isnt fantastic I'd say behind that line its pretty solid.

that would be implied yes, but really what you want is a QB who gets lots of TD. yardage is important but quite secondary compared to the TD production

it doesnt help that the team stays tight lipped about it either. if its a season ender, they will say hes week to week but then a few days later they trade for someone to take his place and then the player goes to IR. so that makes it tough on us to do our job

take the best player. thats what trades are for. someone will bite on that if hes lighting it up.

this is 100% correct. what we want to find out is whether its a grade 1, 2, or 3 that will give us a better idea of what the situation is. sometimes it takes a while for that info to become public

I'm always careful when using this as a reason. its fine to look at the metrics, but I also like to see what conditions existed that caused the metrics to be bad. sometimes you see the cause, sometimes not. in the case of Mixon, (for example) he was playing on a team with a bad O line the last couple years. then when his QB went down last year, the metrics for much of the offense was worse. teams took advantage of that bad line frequently and early down run blitz turns into a pass blitz if its not a run play and the backup QB wasnt always up to the task to make them pay for this. hes in a far better place now where the run game will be more effective. Im not predicting an explosion of fantasy performance but I think he will be at least as good and likely a bit better than last year. just food for your thoughts. you are not wrong about the metrics for the players you mentioned. but you should try to go one step further in your analysis. might lead you to some better conclusions

hes not on my DND list, but I dont have him high on my pickup list. he has to fall far enough in the draft to be worth it. and a lot of people are drafting him far earlier than he should be. so while I have him down on my list, it is unlikely that i end up with any shares of him this year

sounds like free money to me. enjoy

well thats what i am seeing in the drafts I've seen of late. some prefer Bijan, but 80% of the drafts I've seen Breece Hall goes ahead of him. I've also seen Breece go #1 in at least one draft.