With the run up to trade deadline day, it's no surprise that quite a few of the rumours have surrounded an outgoing move for one of the Colorado Yeti's three running backs - Boss Tweed, Kieran O'Connell and Luke "Lieutenant Smash" Tiernan.
The Yeti had a stellar start to the season, but after losing three games on the trot, they need to do something to stop the rot and having three good running backs on the roster means that they have trade value to shore up the gaps in other parts of the roster.
If we examine the running back stats of the league as a whole, who is apparent is that the 4-6 Baltimore Hawks are struggling in the run game.
Baltimore are currently using two running backs Marcus Robinson and Levon Novel, neither of whom are having stellar seasons.
Robinson is seeing the bulk of the carried (166 after week 10) but is averaging a paultry 3.4 yards per carry.
His teammate, Novel, has ball carried 59 times fewer (107 in total) with a slightly better average yards per carry @ 3.7 yards per carry.
This means that both players are currently sitting outside of the top ten in a 6 team league, it's no wonder they have a losing record.
Conversely the Yeti have two running backs inside of the top ten (when taking average yards per carry as our metric), Irishman Luke Tiernan is sitting in 9th place on 3.8 yards per carry on only 77 handles, while teammate Boss Tweed is rocking a 4.2 yards per carry average on 101 carries.
Where the Yeti have seen tougher times of late is in protecting their star QB Logan Noble, during week 10 against against the the Orange County Otters, Logan was sacked a massive seven times.
And so it is expected that Vincent Sharpei the offensive lineman that played college ball with the Army, and who is expected to be drafted early on in the second season draft, will be traded to the Yeti in exchange for Luke Tiernan.
While the Hawks pick up a hard working running back in Tiernan, as they look to rebuild for the seasons ahead, the Yeti will see an improvement in their o - line for their push for season one glory.
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The Yeti had a stellar start to the season, but after losing three games on the trot, they need to do something to stop the rot and having three good running backs on the roster means that they have trade value to shore up the gaps in other parts of the roster.
If we examine the running back stats of the league as a whole, who is apparent is that the 4-6 Baltimore Hawks are struggling in the run game.
Baltimore are currently using two running backs Marcus Robinson and Levon Novel, neither of whom are having stellar seasons.
Robinson is seeing the bulk of the carried (166 after week 10) but is averaging a paultry 3.4 yards per carry.
His teammate, Novel, has ball carried 59 times fewer (107 in total) with a slightly better average yards per carry @ 3.7 yards per carry.
This means that both players are currently sitting outside of the top ten in a 6 team league, it's no wonder they have a losing record.
Conversely the Yeti have two running backs inside of the top ten (when taking average yards per carry as our metric), Irishman Luke Tiernan is sitting in 9th place on 3.8 yards per carry on only 77 handles, while teammate Boss Tweed is rocking a 4.2 yards per carry average on 101 carries.
Where the Yeti have seen tougher times of late is in protecting their star QB Logan Noble, during week 10 against against the the Orange County Otters, Logan was sacked a massive seven times.
And so it is expected that Vincent Sharpei the offensive lineman that played college ball with the Army, and who is expected to be drafted early on in the second season draft, will be traded to the Yeti in exchange for Luke Tiernan.
While the Hawks pick up a hard working running back in Tiernan, as they look to rebuild for the seasons ahead, the Yeti will see an improvement in their o - line for their push for season one glory.
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@Muford