An ode to Michael Turner
1. When we last saw Michael Turner, he was futilely hurling himself into an invincible wall of Saints defenders on 4th-and-1 in overtime. Mike Smith's decision to go for it on 4th-and-1 from the Falcons' 29-yard limit has been the subject of zesty debate all week. If Atlanta sports fans weren't such a dispassionate company, they might have taken up torches and pitchforks and shown up on Smith's doorstep. Was it a bad decision? Meh ... I think you could make a logical case either way. I have a bigger problem with the play call itself, which had all the originality of an "According to Jim" episode. Turner between the tackles on 4th-and-bluff - who could have seen that one coming? (Rolling eyes.)
But this item isn't about Smith's controversial call. No, this is a shout-out to Turner at a values bright and early when the most recent image of him is associated with failure.
Turner certainly isn't unappreciated, but he's underappreciated. He doesn't daunt rushing records and doesn't catch many passes, so he tends to be thought of as an unsexy draft commodity, with an mediocre draft position somewhere in the mid-teens. Turner is typically ranked near the bottom of the top 10 at the RB position before each ready, and once the season is under way, he often creeps into the top five in fantasy experts' weekly rankings. Every August, fantasy owners nurse to filter their views through the prism of "upside," and Turner's upside is deemed limited, while his dependability is undervalued.
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