Starks?

[bobblehead]

Welcome to Mike Shanahan's Denver

And John Robinsons Rams. Dickerson is my all time favorite, but I am honest about the fact that every time he missed a game, someone else got 100 yards. Hell, when Ahman was running over teams we all thought The Pooper was a Pro Bowler as well.....and Tony Fischer.

[Bretsky]

Given that conditions (wind & cold) might hurt the passing game, a running/screen game will likely be crucial. The running part falls on the OL and Starks. Yeah, the kid had a great game against the Iggles, but against the Falcons, not so much, ripping off 2.6 per carry.

Worse, of his 25 carries, nearly half were for a yard or less -- 4 for minus yardage, 4 for no gain, and 4 for only a yard. That will not move the chains.

I'm hoping he plays to prove that the Iggles game was no fluke and really punishes people. But I have to admit I'm worried. Which was the aberration, Iggles or Falcons?

I think this was to be expected; our OL is not a powerful OL.

The Eagles DL was undersized and their LB's were poor

I mentioned that GB would not be able to run on Atlanta

Starks may get a couple nice runs, but he's back there just to keep a defense off balance from playing 100% pass IMO

His average will look poor against the Bears as well; he's a decent RB and tons better then Brandon Jackson. He'll look good against a poor rush defense and bad against a stellar rush defense (we will see that Sunday)

[mraynrand]

And John Robinsons Rams. Dickerson is my all time favorite, but I am honest about the fact that every time he missed a game, someone else got 100 yards. Hell, when Ahman was running over teams we all thought The Pooper was a Pro Bowler as well.....and Tony Fischer.

You can't replace me!

[denverYooper]

Those are some bad ass rec specs.

[swede]

The first year I got involved in a fantasy football league it was with some younger guys. I had no idea how to study for a draft. This was about 1992 I think and I was pleased to see Eric Dickerson was available so I used my number one pick on him, to the younger guys' extreme amusement.

Well at least I didn't pick Eric Torkelson.

[rbaloha1]

Forget Stark's stats -- played well against the Falcons. The running lanes were stuffed. Starks found the lanes and ran hard.

The threat of Starks running the ball opens up the passing game. Agree with MM that rushing attempts are more important. IMO Starks has ugly stats again this week with winning performance.

[Fritz]

I think Starks blocked very nicely in pass protection on Saturday. I see little reason to play BJack more strictly for his blocking.

[AtlPackFan]

he had nice runs in the game..he got shut down late as one might expect. Starks makes good reads and hits holes well, but you can only do so much w/o blocking.

+1

[Freak Out]

I like having BJ in there for screens and such.....have we seen Starks on a screen play yet? Can't remember......?

[mission]

I like having BJ in there for screens and such.....have we seen Starks on a screen play yet? Can't remember......?

One that I can remember against the Bears where AR almost threw a pick.