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Might be the most overrated player on the team.
Not the best RB, that's for sure. Not with Gurley back there.
Not the best WR, either. Those are mediocre numbers, fellas.
He's a middle of the road PR, too. At best.
Yet he's treated like he's the Second Coming by so many.
I think he's a fine gadget player. A Swiss Army knife that does several things well. But not any one thing at a near Pro Bowl level. Not one. I know that they've already exercised his 5th year option, but at $12 million I wonder if we're getting full value.
Not a totally wasted #8 overall, I guess. But in a do over I would certainly go in a different direction. Hardly a beast on O.
I predict that Cooper will outplay Austin in a WR capacity this year by mid season. And will largely be able to replace his "gadget-ability" as well. Reportedly, Cooper already has a better handle on the playbook and O concepts before his first CAMP than Austin did after 2 full seasons.
My candidate for Mr Overrated as runner up is GZ, btw.
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Note the downward trend since '13.
Note also the 5 of 8 between 40-49 yards last year.
A case could be made that GZ cost us 2-3 games last year. We can do better. Yet Fisher has not brought in credible competition for GZ. Is he concerned about GZ's psyche? Kinda like he apparently was with Bradford?
Just wanted to get my frustrations regarding these two overrated (IMO) players off my chest.
Lest I forget, Jeff Fisher might be at the head of the Mr Overrated class with the Rams all by himself. Lol.
... if you think TA's value is captured in his individual stats alone.
Why you would pooh-pooh his running ability is completely mystifying. Not only does he average 8.3 ypc on almost 100 carries, but a LOT of that he basically got on his own. I was astounded by how often he had to elude someone in the backfield before somehow squirming ahead for 5, 7 yds. If the best criticism you can offer of TA as a runner is that he's not as good as Gurley... sheesh.
And you completely ignore his value as a decoy, which is directly related to the respect he commands as a runner.
Punt returns. How many big returns has that guy had called back in his short career? There aren't 5 punt returners I'd pick above him. And, for what it's worth, PFF had him rated as the 3rd-best punt returner thru week 9 in the NFL last year. I couldn't find a season-ending rating. I think they're much closer to right than you are there.
He absolutely has underperformed as a WR, IMO, and NOT just because of subpar QB play. But he's become better, and give him one other receiving threat and an accurate QB and the sky's the limit. I'm glad they have him and hope they manage to keep him.
