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October 20, 2014

Bryce Brown

Injuries elevate former Eagle into larger role

I’m excited about Bryce Brown. I’ll be bidding on him as a free agent in every league I’m in. He’s a talented running, and he’s been effective. When LeSean McCoy got hurt a couple of years ago, they plugged him in and he ran for 169-plus yards in each of his first two games.

But Brown has had problems with fumbles (4 that year, in just 115 attempts), and he’s also had problems with decision making.

More so than other backs, Brown tends to start freelancing, trying to bounce plays outside. When it works, he looks great. But when he takes a 4-yard loss instead of a 1-2 yard gain, his coach’s blood starts boiling.

Over the last two years, Brown has LOST YARDS on almost one out of every 5 carries. That’s worst among the 74 running backs with at least 100 attempts.

That’s why (I think) Chip Kelly traded him away, and that’s why he’s been buried down at 4th string by the Bills, behind not only Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller (who are both now hurt) but also behind Anthony Dixon.

Brown has nice potential. By all means, grab him with a waiver claim and see if he develops. (That’s what I hope to do). But he’s not a guy to pick up with the idea that he’s simply going to step in and start putting up huge numbers. Definitely a lesser option this week against a good Jets defensive front.

RUNNING BACKS LOSING YARDS
RkPlayerAttNegPct
1.Danny Woodhead18252.7%
2.Mike Tolbert15563.9%
3.Marcel Reece10554.8%
4.Shonn Greene353195.4%
5.Ray Rice471296.2%
6.LeGarrette Blount194126.2%
7.Felix Jones159106.3%
8.Bilal Powell286186.3%
9.BenJarvus Green-Ellis498326.4%
10.Ahmad Bradshaw262176.5%
11.Shane Vereen10676.6%
12.Ryan Mathews469316.6%
13.Rashad Jennings264186.8%
14.Rashard Mendenhall268207.5%
15.Daniel Thomas200157.5%
16.James Starks160127.5%
17.Fred Jackson321268.1%
18.Mark Ingram234198.1%
19.Ben Tate246208.1%
20.Montee Ball120108.3%
21.Knowshon Moreno379328.4%
22.Joique Bell248218.5%
23.Michael Bush177158.5%
24.LeVeon Bell244218.6%
25.Eddie Lacy284258.8%
26.Jamaal Charles544488.8%
27.Alex Green146138.9%
28.Willis McGahee305289.2%
29.Zac Stacy250239.2%
30.Jonathan Dwyer205199.3%
31.Stevan Ridley468449.4%
32.Alfred Morris611599.7%
33.Marshawn Lynch616609.7%
34.Steven Jackson414419.9%
35.Jackie Battle131139.9%
36.Giovani Bernard1701710.0%
37.Kendall Hunter1501510.0%
38.DeMarco Murray3783810.1%
39.Trent Richardson4554610.1%
40.Peyton Hillis1581610.1%
41.Mikel Leshoure2172210.1%
42.Daryl Richardson1671710.2%
43.Robert Turbin1571610.2%
44.Matt Forte5375510.2%
45.Maurice Jones-Drew3203310.3%
46.Arian Foster4725110.8%
47.Isaac Redman1201310.8%
48.Donald Brown2102311.0%
49.C.J. Spiller4094611.2%
50.Chris Ivory2222511.3%
51.Reggie Bush4505111.3%
52.Lamar Miller2282611.4%
53.Frank Gore5346211.6%
54.Doug Martin4465211.7%
55.LeSean McCoy5146011.7%
56.Andre Brown2122511.8%
57.Pierre Thomas2523212.7%
58.Andre Ellington1181512.7%
59.Adrian Peterson6278012.8%
60.DeAngelo Williams3744812.8%
61.Darren Sproles1011312.9%
62.Chris Johnson5557213.0%
63.Darren McFadden3304313.0%
64.Jacquizz Rodgers1902513.2%
65.Bernard Pierce2603513.5%
66.Brandon Bolden1111513.5%
67.David Wilson1151613.9%
68.Michael Turner2223114.0%
69.Bobby Rainey1502114.0%
70.Jonathan Stewart1412014.2%
71.Ronnie Hillman1402014.3%
72.Vick Ballard2243515.6%
73.LaRod Stephens-Howling1162118.1%
74.Bryce Brown1903518.4%

—Ian Allan

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