The Melvin Gordon Saga - Holdout Over

[jamrock]

He's negotiating, i don't know what he would finally accept.

What i'd expect is that the Chargers hold firm & Gordon misses a few games and then returns. Gordon doesn't want to be franchise tagged after that - maybe informally the Chargers concede in private on that matter.

Gordon isn't a top 3 back but he makes a big difference to the Chargers. Although I like the other Charger backs, their production will go way down if they get heavy minutes. Ekeler bombed out against Pittsburgh when he was the featured back. Every time when the Chargers are on on the cusp, like clockwork, something like this happens.

Yep like clockwork. It's the Charger way.

Its really about what MG III's value is to the Chargers and nothing else. He does it all for us. Blocks, catches, runs hard, good all round guy with a cute g.f. If Lynn is serious about having a balanced attack we need MG III

[pacstud]

Giving him a mega deal is foolish imo. Trade him or just get your one year. MG is making the latter difficult.

[like54ninjas]

There's a lot of talented backs coming out next year.

25	Jonathan Taylor	Wisconsin	Jr	RB	1	5-11	219
30	Ke'Shawn Vaughn	Vanderbilt	Sr	RB	2	5-10	218
32	Travis Etienne	Clemson	Jr	RB	3	5-10	215
42	D'Andre Swift	Georgia	Soph	RB	4	5-9	215
46	J.K. Dobbins	Ohio St.	Jr	RB	5	5-10	217
58	Cam Akers	Florida St.	Jr	RB	6	5-11	212
63	Trey Sermon	Oklahoma	Jr	RB	7	6-0	221
71	AJ Dillon	Boston College	Jr	RB	8	6-0	250
78	Najee Harris	Alabama	Soph	RB	9	6-2	230
87	Eno Benjamin	Arizona St.	Jr	RB	10	5-10	201
90	Scottie Phillips	Ole Miss	Sr	RB	11	5-8	211
92	Kylin Hill	Miss. State	Soph	RB	12	5-11	215

That is only if all those underclassmen come out early which hopefully several will.
There are some a few other prospects that I'm interested in going into this college season.

SENIORS
Tavern Feaster - transfer to USC from CLEMSON
Darius Bradwell - TUL
Reggie Corbin - ILL.

JUNIORS
Larry Roundtree III - MIZZOU
Michael Warren II - CIN

[wu-dai clan]

Production in the form of
1300 yards from scrimmage
for three consecutive years.

Julio Jones numbers.

Top three triplets.

Not you, Austin...Melvin "Flash" Gordon.

[dmac_bolt]

Its hard to call a guy indispensable that lost every KC game he ever played, and the only game LAC beat KC was the game he was out of.

On a side note, i will not be surprised if JJ gets more of the 1st and 2nd down load than Ekeler. From what I've seen - Ekeler is better as a 3rd down specialist guy than every down bell cow. Someone above noted he got the snot knocked out of him vs Steelers.

[Topcat]

Its hard to call a guy indispensable that lost every KC game he ever played, and the only game LAC beat KC was the game he was out of.

On a side note, i will not be surprised if JJ gets more of the 1st and 2nd down load than Ekeler. From what I've seen - Ekeler is better as a 3rd down specialist guy than every down bell cow. Someone above noted he got the snot knocked out of him vs Steelers.

And don't forget about Detrez...

[Boltgang74]

And Jeremy Cox.Look at his tape and measurables.6' 235lbs. ran a 4.43 40.

[Topcat]

And Jeremy Cox.Look at his tape and measurables.6' 235lbs. ran a 4.43 40.

Yep...this year's TC and preseason will be interesting...MG3 sitting around at home, chomping at the bit, while Jackson, Ekkie, Detrez and Cox get a ton of reps with the first string...too bad, Mel...that was your choice...(I'm sure, also he was egged on by his dual agents, Bilbo and Golum--looking forward to "my precious" payday percentage)...

[jamrock]

Its hard to call a guy indispensable that lost every KC game he ever played, and the only game LAC beat KC was the game he was out of.

On a side note, i will not be surprised if JJ gets more of the 1st and 2nd down load than Ekeler. From what I've seen - Ekeler is better as a 3rd down specialist guy than every down bell cow. Someone above noted he got the snot knocked out of him vs Steelers.

Let's get rid of Rivers then. He's never beaten a Brady lead Pats team

[La Costa Boy]

Let's get rid of Rivers then. He's never beaten a Brady lead Pats team

Ask yourself how many PR type number players are out there and how may MG type number players are out there. He is not worth the money he wants. Period.....end of story.....

[jubei]

Let's get rid of Rivers then. He's never beaten a Brady lead Pats team

And MG has? Let's not get carried away. PR is 100x more valuable to the team than MG. Not discounting MG's contributions, he does fight hard for yards and the score, but to want top RB-type money when you've really only been a top 10 ONE time?

[Panamamike]

Ask yourself how many PR type number players are out there and how may MG type number players are out there. He is not worth the money he wants. Period.....end of story.....

Agree 100%.

don't get me wrong. MGIII is a good back, has gotten better and is coming off his best year. He is nowhere close to being worth 13-15MM though IMO. There is not a RB in the NFL i would pay 13-15MM for though (maybe unless they came out as a jr, were not a first rd pick, lit the league on fire, would be no older than 28 when the second deal expired or had a manageable out AND i had a qb on a rookie deal preferably drafted outside the top 5 whose possible extension came.when rb deal expired). In other words either my qb or my starting rb have to be on a rookie deal (both is ideal).