Week 5 musings...

[revo]

He only played 10 games last year during what was arguably Rivers best season of his career. And they were cycling through wide receivers like crazy last year, too. I think it's just a slow start. Sproles couldn't have meant THAT much to Rivers, could he? (says the guy who traded for Rivers two weeks ago, lol)

Honestly, I think Rivers is a huge buy low. But I have no idea what's wrong with him, so I want to find out before I make any moves!

[griswold]

What's up with Rivers? 6 TDs and 7 INTs? Does Gates mean that much? VJax has basically been shut down since Gates went down. What the dealio?

My personal opinion is that they finally have a running game.

Ryan Mathews is a perfect 5 for 5 in Quality Games in PPR leagues and Mike Tolbert is 3 for 5 in QG's.

So, there's isn't a big reason to throw as much and when Rivers is throwing he's obviously making too many mistakes causing the INT's or there have been a ton of tipped balls....not sure there.

[revo]

My personal opinion is that they finally have a running game.

Ryan Mathews is a perfect 5 for 5 in Quality Games in PPR leagues and Mike Tolbert is 3 for 5 in QG's.

So, there's isn't a big reason to throw as much and when Rivers is throwing he's obviously making too many mistakes causing the INT's or there have been a ton of tipped balls....not sure there.

This year they're averaging 123 yards per game rushing. Last year, they averaged 113 yards per game rushing. Both seasons they averaged 4.0 YPC. I don't see how that would make for the vast difference in Rivers effectiveness.

[Erik]

Has their pass protection gotten worse?