The Problem With Darren Sproles
Just some words of caution to all of you out there who are salivating over the apparent death of LaDanian Tomlinson. Darren Sproles is 5'6" and 170 lbs. He is fast, got great change of direction and breakaway speed and can catch the ball like a wide receiver. But he will never, ever be a full time feature NFL RB.
His body just cannot handle a constant pounding that would be distributed with 20+ carries and several catches each and every game. It doesn't matter how tough mentally or physically he might be, it is just nature that that body type doesn't hold up under such stress. This is why you see little known college players and junior college players enter the NFL and get drafted higher than Heisman Trophy candidates. An NFL RB must have the body type to be able to handle a weekly beating and keep on ticking.
Sproles will always be the San Diego third down and chage of pace RB. No matter if LT is healthy, injured, 30 years old or retired. If LT can't go this week, you will see Michael Bennett get at least half if not more of the carries than Sproles gets. That is not to say Sproles will be worthless in fantasy if LT doesn't play. But I have spoken with and heard from many of you who believe Sproles will step in and be the next LaDanian Tomlinson and that is where I just have to cut it off.
LT is a little guy himself. But he is still 3-4 inches taller and 30 lbs heavier then Sproles and even LT's body gets beaten down after a few real good hits like he sustained Monday night. So keep your expectations in check as far as Sproles is concerned. Now would be a fantastic time to trade him in fact. There is surely somebody in your league who will buy into the hype that is this mini RB and swap you a pretty decent WR or TE for him.
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His body just cannot handle a constant pounding that would be distributed with 20+ carries and several catches each and every game. It doesn't matter how tough mentally or physically he might be, it is just nature that that body type doesn't hold up under such stress. This is why you see little known college players and junior college players enter the NFL and get drafted higher than Heisman Trophy candidates. An NFL RB must have the body type to be able to handle a weekly beating and keep on ticking.
Sproles will always be the San Diego third down and chage of pace RB. No matter if LT is healthy, injured, 30 years old or retired. If LT can't go this week, you will see Michael Bennett get at least half if not more of the carries than Sproles gets. That is not to say Sproles will be worthless in fantasy if LT doesn't play. But I have spoken with and heard from many of you who believe Sproles will step in and be the next LaDanian Tomlinson and that is where I just have to cut it off.
LT is a little guy himself. But he is still 3-4 inches taller and 30 lbs heavier then Sproles and even LT's body gets beaten down after a few real good hits like he sustained Monday night. So keep your expectations in check as far as Sproles is concerned. Now would be a fantastic time to trade him in fact. There is surely somebody in your league who will buy into the hype that is this mini RB and swap you a pretty decent WR or TE for him.
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