2007 Player Spotlights (1 Viewer)

[Jason Wood]

2007 Player Spotlight Series

Over the course of the offseason, we will be evaluating a multitude of players at every fantasy position. One such way we go about that is through the Player Spotlight series. Think of the Spotlights as a permanent record on some of the more intriguing players for the upcoming season. Each Spotlight will be featured in an article on the main website.

Each article will include:

Detailed viewpoint from a Footballguys staff member
Highlighted member commentary from the message board threads
FBG Projections
Consensus Member ProjectionsHere are examples of what to expect from the finished articles:

2006 Player Spotlight -- QB Brett Favre, Green Bay Packers
2006 Player Spotlight -- QB Marc Bulger, St. Louis Rams
2006 Player Spotlight -- WR Joey Galloway, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

This Week's Spotlights:

QB Trent Green, Miami Dolphins
QBs JaMarcus Russell, Josh McCown & Andrew Walter, Oakland Raiders
QB Donovan McNabb, Philadelphia Eagles
RB Kevin Jones, Detroit Lions
RB Tatum Bell, Detroit Lions
RBs LaMont Jordan & Dominic Rhodes, Oakland Raiders
RB LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego Chargers
WRs Isaac Bruce & Drew Bennett, St. Louis Rams
WR Eddie Kennison, Kansas City Chiefs
TE Antonio Gates, San Diego Chargers
TE L.J. Smith, Philadelphia EaglesPrior Weeks:

Week One [Peyton Manning, Tony Romo, Jason Campbell, Rudi Johnson, Willie Parker, Ahman Green, Plaxico Burress, Darrell Jackson, Deion Branch, Marques Colston, Ben Watson]
Week Two [ben Roethlisberger, Jon Kitna, Vince Young, Travis Henry, Brian Westbrook, Willis McGahee, Donald Driver, Larry Fitzgerald, Randy Moss, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Jason Witten]
Week Three [Philip Rivers, Carson Palmer, Jamal Lewis, Joseph Addai, Thomas Jones, Cedric Benson, Reggie Brown, Braylon Edwards, Vincent Jackson, Mark Clayton, Randy McMichael]
Week Four [Alex Smith, Matt Leinart, Larry Johnson, Laurence Maroney, Ronnie Brown, Joe Horn, Laveranues Coles, Javon Walker, Terry Glenn, Vernon Davis]
Week Five [Rex Grossman, Jay Cutler, Marc Bulger, Brandon Jacobs, Reggie Bush, Deuce McAllister, Reggie Wayne, Steve Smith, Lee Evans, Chris Chambers, Todd Heap]
Week Six [brett Favre, Eli Manning, Drew Brees, Frank Gore, Marshawn Lynch, D.J. Hackett, Brandon Marshall, Jericho Cotchery, Santonio Holmes, Tony Gonzalez]
Week Seven [Matt Hasselbeck, Jake Delhomme, Julius Jones, Marion Barber, Shaun Alexander, Terrell Owens, Santana Moss, Chad Johnson, Greg Jennings, Hines Ward, Jeremy Shockey, Dallas Clark]
Week Eight [J.P. Losman, Tom Brady, Matt Schaub, Adrian Peterson, Chester Taylor, Cadillac Williams, Muhsin Muhammad, Bernard Berrian, Anquan Boldin, Torry Holt, Andre Johnson, Jerry Porter, Chris Cooley]
Week Nine [Chad Pennington, Steve McNair, Brodie Croyle, Damon Huard, Steven Jackson, DeAngelo Williams, DeShaun Foster, Warrick Dunn, Calvin Johnson, Roy Williams, Michael Clayton, Joey Galloway, Marvin Harrison, Dwayne Bowe, Desmond Clark]
Week Ten [Jeff Garcia, Michael Vick, Byron Leftwich, Jerious Norwood, Fred Taylor, Maurice Jones-Drew, Vikings WR Corps, Dwayne Jarrett, Derrick Mason, Jaguars WR Corps, Alge Crumpler, Kellen Winslow]
Week Eleven [Tarvaris Jackson, Brady Quinn, Charlie Frye, Derek Anderson, Clinton Portis, Ladell Betts, Brandon Jackson, Vernand Morency, Chris Brown, LenDale White, Chris Henry, Arnaz Battle, Ashley Lelie, Devery Henderson, Donte Stallworth, Kevin Curtis, Brandon Jones, Heath Miller, Owen Daniels]

 

[shadyridr]

Surprised no Droughns, Turner, Curry, Welker, Meachem, AGonzalez, Furrey, or Scheffler Spotlights. All can be valuable late round flyers.

 

[Jason Wood]

Surprised no Droughns, Turner, Curry, Welker, Meachem, AGonzalez, Furrey, or Scheffler Spotlights. All can be valuable late round flyers.

Droughns was put to a vote by staff, and the "Nays" had it Michael Turner really wouldn't make a good Spotlight because with a healthy LT = no real redraft value, without a healthy LT = stud. I don't think too many people will disagree with thatIt's very difficult to discuss WR3s by themselves, certainly in the context of WR2/WR3 committees, some of these guys make some sense, but...*** Welker = WR3 (at best) on a team with arguably the most weapons in the NFL*** Curry = just part of a broader mess in OAK*** Anthony Gonzalez = a rookie that many assume will be WR3, but hardly a lock*** Meachem = an injured rookie that faces a daunting task at contributing in the early going*** Furrey = nice story last year, but with Roy and Calvin in the house, he's WR3 at best*** Scheffler = he would've been the next TE to make the cutDepending on scheduling and responses, I may green light Welker, Furrey, Scheffler and Curry...let's see how the next week or two shape up.

 

[Pictus Cat]

O. Daniels?

 

[cha-ching]

What a joke. Tarvaris Jackson, Charlie Frye, Brady Quinn but not Joey Harrington?

 

[Jason Wood]

What a joke. Tarvaris Jackson, Charlie Frye, Brady Quinn but not Joey Harrington?

Hey Cha-Ching...we wrote more than 140 detailed Player Spotlights on offensive players this year (and a bunch of IDP guys, as well), which was a four month process. As you can imagine, scheduling that many individual writeups and articles is no easy feat, because much of the planning has to occur long before the preseason and training camps get underway. For example, Mike Vick had a Spotlight thread BUT you'll notice we didn't publish a final article for obvious reasons. When we did drew up the schedule Joey Harrington wasn't a relevant fantasy option, whereas Tarvaris and Frye/Quinn most certainly were projected NFL starters. Ideally we would cover every player of relevance for 10- and 12-team redrafts but injury, circumstance and surprises are going to make that all but impossible.

I'm sorry we didn't write up Harrington in detail, but I will say that I'm really proud of the staff for putting out 140+ of these writeups. If there's any other fantasy site that comes close to that level of detail on a player by player basis, I've not heard of it.

For the record, we do give detailed player projections for every NFL team, and the Joey Harrington player page features:

*** Five sets of projections for Harrington (Dodds, Henry, Smith, Wood, Tremblay)

*** I currently have him with 2,960 passing yards, 16 TDs, 20 INTs, 18 rushes, 65 yards and 1 rushing TD

*** We also have Positives, Negatives and Outlook writeups on him

*** On the blog, Mark Wimer and I have squared off a bit on Harrington's outlook to boot:

*** My Post: http://blog.footballguys.com/2007/07/25/jo...asy-armageddon/

*** Mark's Post: http://blog.footballguys.com/2007/07/24/jo...antasy-outlook/