I think it best that you simply shut up and remove yourself from this conversation now.
Why don't you answer my question? Would you really use BJGE in a committee with ADP? I don't care what his salary is, or if we'd ever sign him, this is a hypothetical question. If you had the best back in the NFL on your team along with BJGE, would you be giving BJGE a signifcant number of carries?
So you're saying 1,000 yards, 13 TDs, and 4.3 YPC is an unimpressive ceiling?
Considering the situation, yes. He's on a team that has the best QB in the NFL. Teams don't gameplan against our running attack. 4.3 ypc is marginal considering that fact. 13TDs is mostly driven by opportunity. Yes, part of it is that BJGE is good in short yardage, but it's mostly due to the fact that we score a ton of points and he probably got more goalline opportunities than any other back in the NFL...by a lot.
Again, as I've pointed out many times, I readily admit that BJGE is not a game-changer, he's not a burner, but he is a grinder, he's consistent, and he is a bruiser. What is wrong with that?
There's nothing wrong with it (how many times do I have to say this?). The thing is, Ridley is touted as a bruiser AND he has game changing ability, at least a bit more than BJGE. Why wouldn't you prefer the guy with BOTH skills to be getting the majority of the carries?
I wouldn't want a loudmouth $100 million dollar man here, complaining about not getting the ball more. We're fine with what we got.
You know it was a hypothetical question, right?
Caldwell was nowhere near being the 2nd top scoring WR. BJGE was the 2nd top scoring RB.
Similar in talent level. Decent stop gaps until something better comes along.
I think that it would be infinitely harder to gameplan for 3 RBs with different styles, Woodhead out of the HB shotgun, BJGE out of the traditional one back, and Ridley who is a screen threat.
Infinitely harder, really?
We'll use Ridley in pretty much the exact same way as BJGE. I don't see how they'd game plan any differently, except that they might actually have to gameplan a little bit for Ridley. I can't see anyone gameplanning for BJGE. He's the most predictable RB in the NFL. He gets the ball, runs into the hole, runs straight ahead until he hits someone then falls forward.
If you only had one main RB, Ridley, that's less game-planning.
By having 3 different RBs, you are keeping each one fresh, and extending their shelf life, and best of all, you can keep smashing the D without letting up because your RB is out of breath or hurting.
I'm not talking about giving the guy 350 carries*. Like I said earlier, I'm talking about a 60-20-20 split between Ridley-BJGE-Woody/Vereen. That's pretty much how the carries were split up last year, except BJGE was 60%, Woody was 25% and Taylor/Morris were the remaining 15%.
The game planning wouldn't be any different, except (presumably) the best runner would be getting 60%.
Of course, all of this presumes that Ridley is what he appears to be and can handle the other RB duties effectively.
*the game planning argument is pure garbage. It's much harder to game plan against one great player than three mediocre ones. If Ridley's talent proved that he could carry the rock 300+ times and be effective, we'd be stupid not hand him the ball because we're worried about the other team only having to game plan for one guy.