With the news that Ryan Mathews has a high ankle sprain breaking in the last 24 hours, fantasy owners have been quick to gobble up Mike Tolbert (who incidently appears to have done a fair amount of gobbling himself in his life), the 240 pound bowling ball that very admirably replaced Mathews last week to the tune of 82 rushing yards and two scores. So, Tolbert is a lock for a large role in this offense until Mathews returns, right?
I wonder about that. Did you notice that Darren Sproles recorded 100 total yards in last week's game as well? Did we all consider Sproles or Tolbert the handcuff for Mathews just two weeks ago? Sproles, right? When LT went out for two games in 2009 it was Sproles who got 37 touches in those two games.
I'm not saying Sproles is the man after Tolbert's impressive performance last week, and Mike will almost certainly get the goal line, but I am saying we should at least be prepared for Sproles to see significant action in a friendly matchup against Seattle this weekend. Isn't it possible that the Chargers game plan last week was geared toward Mathews, who is much more similar to Tolbert than Sproles, and that the team figured Tolbert was the best guy to carry out the plan for the rest of the game? With a week to prepare, I think Norv comes with a different approach this week, and there's a decent chance a lot are going to be surprised with the distibution in the Chargers backfield.
For what it's worth, I picked up Tolbert on one team and Sproles on another this week, and I currently have Sproles in a lineup and Tolbert on the bench behind, ironically, LT.
Cheers,
TFAM
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