IDP Spotlight: Jon Beason (Group 4) (1 Viewer)

2008 IDP Spotlight Series

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Thread Topic: Jon Beason, LB, Carolina Panthers

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Based on other published reports I do not expect Dan Connor to make an impact this year.

I see Beason owning the position he had last year and stepping more so than in 07.

Beason is the leader on the defense and I see him being used that way confidently in 08.

Solo - 120 Assists - 41 Sack - 1 INT - 0 PD - 10

I would be happy to have Beason as my starting LB in a league that utilizes them.

I also find he is still flying under many players radar if they play in a 3 or 4 man IDP league.

For the last nine games of the season, Beason had no fewer than 7 combined tackles and averaged 7.5 solos per game over that stretch. Weeks 4-6 were solid games as well. Had he been the starter all year long, his year end tackle numbers would have been second only to Willis. Luckily for us in the know, he didn't and he is flying a bit under the radar this season........at least lower than he should be. Thanks to that, I just won him in an IDP auction as the #8 LB (and our scoring system is tackle heavy).

Since all reports are that Connor is going to be a backup this year, Beason should be free to replicate last seasons late success for the entire season.

110-35 with one sack and a few FF/FR's here and there is probably conservative and highly probable. Even better tackle numbers (120-40 range) are easily possible.

Solid LB1 and depending on scoring system, possible top 3.

I know no one will agree with me here but I think Beason ends up at WLB (maybe not till next year but eventually). For this year he'll still be a top 5 guy but I see a dip in tackles because Conner will be on the field at MLB. I expect Ints and Sacks to be good though.

Conner is the 2nd best LB on that team. He was a better prospect and faster than Pos last summer but some how he dropped this far? I have a PSU bias but I still find all that hard to believe. He'll be far better than Diggs or L. Johnson and he fits better at MLB. Of course I could be hugely wrong here but that's the way I see it. Fox and his terrible line-up decisions don't help the argument for or against him either.

Tackles- 110

Assists- 37

Ints-3

PDs- 8

Sacks- 5

FR/FF-4

Zoomanji said:

I know no one will agree with me here but I think Beason ends up at WLB (maybe not till next year but eventually). For this year he'll still be a top 5 guy but I see a dip in tackles because Conner will be on the field at MLB. I expect Ints and Sacks to be good though.

Conner is the 2nd best LB on that team. He was a better prospect and faster than Pos last summer but some how he dropped this far? I have a PSU bias but I still find all that hard to believe. He'll be far better than Diggs or L. Johnson and he fits better at MLB. Of course I could be hugely wrong here but that's the way I see it. Fox and his terrible line-up decisions don't help the argument for or against him either.

Tackles- 110

Assists- 37

Ints-3

PDs- 8

Sacks- 5

FR/FF-4

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I hope you're right. I thought the same thing and took Connor in our rookie draft back in May. I can probably afford to sit on him this year, but I need some MLB production from him in '09 or he'll be a cap casualty for me.

102-30

2 Sacks

2 Int's

2 FF

8 PD

Same as last year with a little bit better big plays...

As long as he stays in the middle I would expect slightly better numbers and he grows into his role as the leader of this crew.

125-45-3-2-10 and toss in a couple FR's as well.

Dan Morgan's best year at MLB for the Panther's was 2004 when he had 101 tackles with 78 solos. But he only played 12 games. This would compute to about 135 tackles and 104 solos over a 16 game schedule. Beason had 140/106 last year. I see no reason Beason can't surpass those #'s if he stays at MLB, which i think he will.

152/112

2 sacks

1 int

3 FF

2 FR

5 PD

He'll be top 5 for a few years IMO.

For Jon Beason I pretty much see a repeat of his 2007 season as far as the stats are concerned. At present time I am very uncommitted about the role of Dan Connor in the future who could push himself into the MLB role and relegate Beason to the WLB role, but for the time being this is not the case for the 2008 season and Beason should have a very solid year, similiar to last season. I am going to uptick Beason just a bit from last year because 2 of his first 3 games were his biggest stinkers of the entire season. In the last 14 games of 2007 Beason was very consistent and had double digit fantasy points in almost every game. He is a very safe option for 2008 and would be slightly surprised if not a top 10 finish assuming fully healthy, 2009 I am not so sure what his role will be.

117 tackles

38 assists

3 INT

3 FF

2 Sacks

9 PD