Chief Rum
12-26-2004, 09:06 PM
This guys does just enough to keep his job. Never has a guy made riding John Elway's arm and Terrell Davis's legs last as long as this guy.
Not surprisingly, Shanahan might cost me my fantasy football championship this year, as his screwed up gameday decisions again defy any logic or consistency.
This season is the perfect example, although Shanahan has been doing this skill position lottery for years now. Remember who was supposed to start at RB this season? Quentin Griffin. Remember him? Of course, it took Shanahan all training camp and preseason to announce this, despite the fact that everything from coventional logic to past history to preseason performance and percentage of plays suggested Griffin would be the guy.
This lasted a couple weeks, until Griffin got hurt. So the Broncos turned not to high profile draft pick Tatum Bell or veteran insurance Garrison Hearst, but to the heretofore unknown (or at least unconsidered) Reuben Droughs. Who knows what would have happened if Mike Anderson didn't hurt himself in the preseason (on a pointless special teams play, BTW, that he shouldn't have even been on the field for, but Shanahan sent him out there anyway).
So Droughns does well, staving off the return of Griffin (who, I think, is now on the IR), and us fantasy football fans pick him up with more confidence (including myself).
So Droughns enters this period of games around the midpoint where the Broncos aren't using him for touchdowns (or any backs), but allowing Plummer to pass for them. It's maddening--Droughsn would carry the Broncos on his back down the field, and then Shanahan would have Plummer get the credit. As a Droughns owner, it was very frustrating.
Then in the past few weeks, Droughns doesn't do as well because defenses are focusing on him (despite his not scoring, they can see the gametape). So the wishy-washy Shanahan rather quickly phases him out, using Tatum Bell more. Note Bell isn't anymore effective, not that Shanahan would know it if it bit him on the ass.
After another supbar, scoreless day splitting carries with Bell last week, Droughns doesn't look like such a good start now, so I don't start him, going with Pittman and Portis instead. And what does ole Shanny do? Focus his entire offense around Droughns yesterday. I see 25+ FP go down the "bench drain", while Portis gets hurt in the WAS-DAL game and Pittman gets ignored in a pass-happy TB game.
Ugh. I....hate....Mike Shanahan. Please, Buffalo, win next week and ensure these guys are on the outside looking in, so Denver management will finalyl get this guy out of the coaching ranks. He has been killing ym fantasy teams for years now.
CR
Not surprisingly, Shanahan might cost me my fantasy football championship this year, as his screwed up gameday decisions again defy any logic or consistency.
This season is the perfect example, although Shanahan has been doing this skill position lottery for years now. Remember who was supposed to start at RB this season? Quentin Griffin. Remember him? Of course, it took Shanahan all training camp and preseason to announce this, despite the fact that everything from coventional logic to past history to preseason performance and percentage of plays suggested Griffin would be the guy.
This lasted a couple weeks, until Griffin got hurt. So the Broncos turned not to high profile draft pick Tatum Bell or veteran insurance Garrison Hearst, but to the heretofore unknown (or at least unconsidered) Reuben Droughs. Who knows what would have happened if Mike Anderson didn't hurt himself in the preseason (on a pointless special teams play, BTW, that he shouldn't have even been on the field for, but Shanahan sent him out there anyway).
So Droughns does well, staving off the return of Griffin (who, I think, is now on the IR), and us fantasy football fans pick him up with more confidence (including myself).
So Droughns enters this period of games around the midpoint where the Broncos aren't using him for touchdowns (or any backs), but allowing Plummer to pass for them. It's maddening--Droughsn would carry the Broncos on his back down the field, and then Shanahan would have Plummer get the credit. As a Droughns owner, it was very frustrating.
Then in the past few weeks, Droughns doesn't do as well because defenses are focusing on him (despite his not scoring, they can see the gametape). So the wishy-washy Shanahan rather quickly phases him out, using Tatum Bell more. Note Bell isn't anymore effective, not that Shanahan would know it if it bit him on the ass.
After another supbar, scoreless day splitting carries with Bell last week, Droughns doesn't look like such a good start now, so I don't start him, going with Pittman and Portis instead. And what does ole Shanny do? Focus his entire offense around Droughns yesterday. I see 25+ FP go down the "bench drain", while Portis gets hurt in the WAS-DAL game and Pittman gets ignored in a pass-happy TB game.
Ugh. I....hate....Mike Shanahan. Please, Buffalo, win next week and ensure these guys are on the outside looking in, so Denver management will finalyl get this guy out of the coaching ranks. He has been killing ym fantasy teams for years now.
CR