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1 hour ago, Mr. WEO said:

How does a rookie who is not activated for games “supplant” anyone?

 

What are you not getting here?  Players are inactivated on a game-by-game basis.  If Singletary is inactive for a particular game and Shady, Gore and Yeldon are all either hurt or ineffective in that game, which is highly unlikely, then Singletary gets activated the following week(s) and likely become the featured back.  So it's just in that one game that possibly the run game is affected.

 

55 minutes ago, BeginnersMind said:

Maybe, just maybe, it’s a little early to be calling the Week One inactives. 

 

Speculation is fact.

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13 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

Players don't "develop" other players.

 

McCoy will need a police escort to increase his production at this point.  True pro like Frank Gore is gonna steal his carries.

You don't think McCoy is a true pro? He's one of the most accomplished running backs currently in the league.

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Just now, MJS said:

You don't think McCoy is a true pro? He's one of the most accomplished running backs currently in the league.

 

No, because Shady beats up women and cops.

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1 hour ago, MJS said:

You don't think McCoy is a true pro? He's one of the most accomplished running backs currently in the league.

 

Gore is a mature guy who has been around and seen it all.

 

McCoy isn't here for any other RB.

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On 5/10/2019 at 8:25 PM, Doc said:

 

Probably not.  But again, if they go into a game with Shady, Gore and Yeldon (because Singletary hasn't supplanted him) active and all are hurt and/or ineffective, you activate Singletary the following week.

 

This is what I am thinking.

 

McCoy has that bum hammy and each year he pulls it and comes up limp, the other aging vets all have a good chance of getting dinged too.

 

I think the kid will get some carries, maybe a lot if pressed into duty early and tears it up.

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, WideNine said:

This is what I am thinking.

 

McCoy has that bum hammy and each year he pulls it and comes up limp, the other aging vets all have a good chance of getting dinged too.

 

I think the kid will get some carries, maybe a lot if pressed into duty early and tears it up.

 

Yeldon isn't that old.  If he makes the team and is activated over Singletary, and Shady and Gore are injured or spent in the same game, it's unlikely he goes down as well.  But again, if that does happen, they switch gears, stop running the ball and activate Singletary the following week.

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50 minutes ago, BillyWhiteShows said:

 

Long story shot - he took a banned substance and got caught and is now making excuses

 

Come on.  be fair (to what he actually said).  He planned on retiring.  Took a banned substance to help his body heal.  Then decided to come back.  Got tested & failed.  He isnt making excuses, he owned up to what he did. 

 

You can choose not to believe him if you want, but lets at least tell his story like he told it.

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15 minutes ago, JimBob2232 said:

Come on.  be fair (to what he actually said).  He planned on retiring.  Took a banned substance to help his body heal.  Then decided to come back.  Got tested & failed.  He isnt making excuses, he owned up to what he did. 

 

You can choose not to believe him if you want, but lets at least tell his story like he told it.

 

Then he should have stayed retired.   

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Worked out all off-season on Roids and comes back and only has 4 game suspension. Worth it. Just ask fellow Patriot Julian Edelman who juiced and got in amazing shape, sat out a few games, came back and won Super Bowl MVP

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4 hours ago, JimBob2232 said:

 

Come on.  be fair (to what he actually said).  He planned on retiring.  Took a banned substance to help his body heal.  Then decided to come back.  Got tested & failed.  He isnt making excuses, he owned up to what he did. 

 

You can choose not to believe him if you want, but lets at least tell his story like he told it.

Or...the timeline is not as innocent as he claims it to be, and his retirement announcement came AFTER his badly timed test. 

 

Then, upon later learning that teams (especially New England) were interested in him despite his looming suspension, he decides to sign and then "come clean" with his story. 

 

That's just as believable, if not more so. For the record, I actually believe the player enough not to judge him either way, in this instance. Just saying. His story IS mighty believable. Except that I'm not sure 38 is a common or advisable age to begin testosterone supplementation. Meh, rich folks get access to a different world of healthcare...

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Or, he's been taking testosterone for years (allowing him to play until the age of 38) and finally got caught.  Watson seems like a good guy, but good guys can still cheat.

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