Danario Alexander was held catch-less in the Chargers' Week 15 loss to the Panthers.
He was targeted three times. Philip Rivers had no time to throw against a swarming Carolina defense, and was inaccurate on the rare occasions he did. It's hindsight analysis at this point, but San Diego's offensive dysfunction was bound to catch up to Alexander in the box score. It did -- with a thud -- in fantasy semifinals week. Facing Antonio Cromartie's Jets in Week 16, Alexander will be a riskier roll of the dice in title games.
Jeez, I wonder if Norv's comment this week about how defenses had not yet adjusted to account for DA had any effect. Norv must have naked pictures of somebody on his phone. How else can you explain that guy still having a job.
As convenient a coincidence that is, I think this is just Carolina getting their crap together like they have been in previous weeks. Besides, he's (the very inconsistent to begin with) Rivers best reciever, this was bound to happen anyway, like Fitz getting triple covered against NE.
At least Kolb can/could get it to him, Rivers is nowhere near his peak anymore. Honestly, I was surprised to see him getting throws to DX as much as he was, besides, if you can't run, you can't pass either and the Chargers have Glass Matthews.
and MORON Norv, having 35 yr old Ronnie Brown in on 3rd downs and Battle in on short yardage and goal line! Plus, Cowboys passed all season long without being able to run, when Murray wasn't in
I'd take Brown or Battle over Matthews, he was abismal during the season anyway. And the Cowboys are a bad example, Romo's been struggling all season, Murry comes back and he has a nearly perfect game. Obviously being able to run helped.
"Romo's been struggling all season"???? 4200 yards passing, 66.7 completion % and only 3 games all season where he threw for more than 1 INT. All that without Dez playing like Dez the first half the season, Witten with his spleen the first few games and no run game to speak of at all for 6 weeks(7-12).
Also, Palmer-Ryan-Brees and Stafford, all threw for a ton of yards without much of a running game, as they're all in the bottom 10 in rush ypg
Not talking about the stats here, nor am I saying Romo is bad, I've held to the belief he is even when others have said otherwise, but the Cowboys have struggled all year offensively and having a running game helps a lot. And yes Romo was struggling, those stats include comebacks (which he is very good at) and while the compleation % is impressive, the Cowboys went whole games without running the ball, that yaedage is not that impressive considering he was spending whole games just throwing the ball and using only having one INT a game as a good sign in a league where top QBs go for games without throwing any truly shows he's been having a rough time of it.
Also, two of the other QBs you mentioned are not great either, Palmer is on the Raiders, a team that gets garbage-time scores and yardage regularly, Palmer is not a great Quarterback and Stafford can go from being Peyton Manning or Drew Brees one game to being Kerry Collins the next, very inconsistent to say the least.
He also has 8 games where he threw at least one INT, it's only been the last month or so that he's gotten that under control. Again, not saying he's bad, I actually think he's quite good, but you can't deny that not being able to run makes passing infinitely harder. If passing were so easy every team would just have extra blockers instead of Half- and Full backs, RB would be more of a novelty position that only a few utilize.
Whaaat? The run game has made a comeback this year, even New England was running the football this year and Green Bay is putting the emphasis on running next year.
No, but you can plan as McCarthy has stated he will. And New England is not just killing the clock, they were/are legitimately running the ball to run the ball. What about the Texans, Panthers or 49ers? Buccaneers? The Seahawks are centered around the run.
just a comment about using the running game.tom brady never had a run game until this year....and he won 3 superbowls.there are only a handful of teams with true #1 rb's and those teams emphasis the run to open the passing game ( sf,chi,hou,min and even up to this year....baltimore was doing it too ).the current state of the NFL is now a passing league.the running game is moving back into the picture but will never fully come back because too many teams rely on RBBC
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PenskeDaveSun 12/16/12 8:28 PM
Jeez, I wonder if Norv's comment this week about how defenses had not yet adjusted to account for DA had any effect. Norv must have naked pictures of somebody on his phone. How else can you explain that guy still having a job.
Scott007Sun 12/16/12 10:07 PM
and not to mention who would name there kid Norv anyway...
Riggs44RSun 12/16/12 10:32 PM
EXACTLY! Way to jinx the guy, Norv!!!
Vicktorious93Mon 12/17/12 1:08 AM
As convenient a coincidence that is, I think this is just Carolina getting their crap together like they have been in previous weeks. Besides, he's (the very inconsistent to begin with) Rivers best reciever, this was bound to happen anyway, like Fitz getting triple covered against NE.
Riggs44RMon 12/17/12 11:01 PM
Fitz has 3 crappy QB's throwing to him at any given time, Rivers' hitch throw is supposed to be ok
Vicktorious93Mon 12/17/12 11:14 PM
At least Kolb can/could get it to him, Rivers is nowhere near his peak anymore. Honestly, I was surprised to see him getting throws to DX as much as he was, besides, if you can't run, you can't pass either and the Chargers have Glass Matthews.
Riggs44RMon 12/17/12 11:16 PM
and MORON Norv, having 35 yr old Ronnie Brown in on 3rd downs and Battle in on short yardage and goal line! Plus, Cowboys passed all season long without being able to run, when Murray wasn't in
Vicktorious93Mon 12/17/12 11:24 PM
I'd take Brown or Battle over Matthews, he was abismal during the season anyway. And the Cowboys are a bad example, Romo's been struggling all season, Murry comes back and he has a nearly perfect game. Obviously being able to run helped.
Riggs44RTue 12/18/12 12:08 AM
"Romo's been struggling all season"???? 4200 yards passing, 66.7 completion % and only 3 games all season where he threw for more than 1 INT. All that without Dez playing like Dez the first half the season, Witten with his spleen the first few games and no run game to speak of at all for 6 weeks(7-12).
Also, Palmer-Ryan-Brees and Stafford, all threw for a ton of yards without much of a running game, as they're all in the bottom 10 in rush ypg
Vicktorious93Tue 12/18/12 12:58 AM
Not talking about the stats here, nor am I saying Romo is bad, I've held to the belief he is even when others have said otherwise, but the Cowboys have struggled all year offensively and having a running game helps a lot. And yes Romo was struggling, those stats include comebacks (which he is very good at) and while the compleation % is impressive, the Cowboys went whole games without running the ball, that yaedage is not that impressive considering he was spending whole games just throwing the ball and using only having one INT a game as a good sign in a league where top QBs go for games without throwing any truly shows he's been having a rough time of it.
Also, two of the other QBs you mentioned are not great either, Palmer is on the Raiders, a team that gets garbage-time scores and yardage regularly, Palmer is not a great Quarterback and Stafford can go from being Peyton Manning or Drew Brees one game to being Kerry Collins the next, very inconsistent to say the least.
Vicktorious93Tue 12/18/12 12:59 AM
*he is GOOD
Riggs44RTue 12/18/12 1:03 AM
He had 2 bad games, 5 int's in one and 4 int's in the other, he went many games without any
Vicktorious93Tue 12/18/12 1:29 AM
He also has 8 games where he threw at least one INT, it's only been the last month or so that he's gotten that under control. Again, not saying he's bad, I actually think he's quite good, but you can't deny that not being able to run makes passing infinitely harder. If passing were so easy every team would just have extra blockers instead of Half- and Full backs, RB would be more of a novelty position that only a few utilize.
Riggs44RTue 12/18/12 11:26 AM
It is indeed becoming more and more like that
Vicktorious93Tue 12/18/12 12:50 PM
Whaaat? The run game has made a comeback this year, even New England was running the football this year and Green Bay is putting the emphasis on running next year.
Riggs44RTue 12/18/12 12:52 PM
New England ran to kill the clock and next year schmext year. You can't forecast 10 months from now with any accuracy at all
Vicktorious93Tue 12/18/12 1:03 PM
No, but you can plan as McCarthy has stated he will. And New England is not just killing the clock, they were/are legitimately running the ball to run the ball. What about the Texans, Panthers or 49ers? Buccaneers? The Seahawks are centered around the run.
TKliberTue 12/18/12 11:18 PM
just a comment about using the running game.tom brady never had a run game until this year....and he won 3 superbowls.there are only a handful of teams with true #1 rb's and those teams emphasis the run to open the passing game ( sf,chi,hou,min and even up to this year....baltimore was doing it too ).the current state of the NFL is now a passing league.the running game is moving back into the picture but will never fully come back because too many teams rely on RBBC
Riggs44RWed 12/19/12 12:15 AM
Yeah, see, Victor
Vicktorious93Thu 12/20/12 2:37 AM
Never said it wasn't a passing league, in fact I was saying more teams are using the run in order to open up passing.
Riggs44RThu 12/20/12 10:34 PM
thats it! pass to set up the run
BadNoozTue 12/18/12 11:29 PM
Not to mention Adrian Peterson of the Vikes possibly going for most rushing yards in a season after coming back from serious injury.
Vicktorious93Thu 12/20/12 2:35 AM
See Ron (didn't know we were on a first name basis), seriously though, we can go back and forth on this forever, how about we just call it even.