Sunday, May 17, 2015

1.10 Tennessee Taz Devils - RB Tevin Coleman

In the real world: The Atlanta Falcons drafted Coleman in Round 3. His 2014 stats—over 2,000 yards and 7.5 yards per carry—look impressive, until you consider that he broke tackles or made tacklers miss on just 12.2% of carries, so he doesn't have much wiggle. Rotoworld's Evan Silva said, "Running backs with Coleman's strengths and weaknesses rarely pan out as more than change-of-pace backs in the pros."
In the TUFF world: The Taz felt the need to add another running back because they don't have any (drumroll, please) top-tier workhorse backs. Their best one last year was Andre Ellington, but he wasn't much help after he got hurt (weeks 10-17: 52 carries, 101 yards, 1 TD). Jerick McKinnon's future is unclear as long as he's backing up Adrian Peterson, and Montee Ball, the Taz Devils' first-round pick in 2013, was unimpressive. So I can't really blame them for taking yet another RB.

But consider this: If their starting QB, Aaron Rodgers, went down with an injury, who would start? They had Jake Locker--dubbed by yours truly as a steal at 1.16 in 2011 based on his unusual blend of arm strength and athleticism--but he retired in March. The only reason I can think of for Lonnie Daniel passing up Jameis Winston is if he had already decided against drafting him based on off-field issues (in which case, Lonnie must have been ticked off when Baltimore took Marcus Mariota at 1.07).

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