Jason Wood
Zoo York
2014 Team & Player Spotlight Series
One of Footballguys best assets is our message board community. The Shark Pool is, in our view, the best place on the internet to discuss, debate and analyze all things fantasy football. In what's become an annual tradition, the Player Spotlight series is a key part of the preseason efforts. We are trying something different this year. We will still publish more than 100 PLAYER SPOTLIGHT articles on the main site. But we are going to solicit discussion on them in these TEAM threads.
Why the change?
NFL success is contingent on the sum of a team's parts. To think that a wide receiver succeeds simply because of himself would be foolhardy. What if a team has three excellent fantasy WR options (e.g., Denver with Demaryius Thomas, Wes Welker and Emmanuel Sanders)? Is a person's enthusiasm for a given player being properly offset against lesser expectations for one of their teammates?
Frankly, there was a lot of redundancy in former Spotlight threads. Asking you all to discuss the Giants new OC Ben McAdoo in threads for Eli Manning, Victor Cruz, Odell Beckham and Rashad Jennings seems inefficient. Now, in this new format, you can factor McAdoo (or any other team change) and it's impact on ALL the relevant skill players.
Thread Topic: Pittsburgh Steelers
The NEW Rules
In order for this thread to provide maximum value, we ask that you follow a few simple guidelines:
Projections should include:
One of Footballguys best assets is our message board community. The Shark Pool is, in our view, the best place on the internet to discuss, debate and analyze all things fantasy football. In what's become an annual tradition, the Player Spotlight series is a key part of the preseason efforts. We are trying something different this year. We will still publish more than 100 PLAYER SPOTLIGHT articles on the main site. But we are going to solicit discussion on them in these TEAM threads.
Why the change?
NFL success is contingent on the sum of a team's parts. To think that a wide receiver succeeds simply because of himself would be foolhardy. What if a team has three excellent fantasy WR options (e.g., Denver with Demaryius Thomas, Wes Welker and Emmanuel Sanders)? Is a person's enthusiasm for a given player being properly offset against lesser expectations for one of their teammates?
Frankly, there was a lot of redundancy in former Spotlight threads. Asking you all to discuss the Giants new OC Ben McAdoo in threads for Eli Manning, Victor Cruz, Odell Beckham and Rashad Jennings seems inefficient. Now, in this new format, you can factor McAdoo (or any other team change) and it's impact on ALL the relevant skill players.
Thread Topic: Pittsburgh Steelers
The NEW Rules
In order for this thread to provide maximum value, we ask that you follow a few simple guidelines:
- Focus commentary on the fantasy relevant players in question, and your expectations for said players
- Back up your expectations in whatever manner you deem appropriate; avoid posts that simply say "I hate him" or "He's the best"
- Avoid redundancies or things like "good posting" ... this should be about incremental analysis or debate
Projections should include:
- For QBs: Attempts, Completions, Passing Yards, Passing TDs, Ints, Rush Attempts, Rush Yards, Rush TDs
- For RBs: Rushes, Rushing Yards, Rush TDs, Receptions, Receiving Yards, Receiving TDs
- For WRs & TEs: Receptions, Receiving Yards, Receiving TDs
- QB Ben Roethlisberger
- RB Le'Veon Bell
- RB LeGarrette Blount
- WR Antonio Brown
- WR Markus Wheaton
- WR Lance Moore
- WR Martavis Bryant
- TE Heath Miller
- Detailed viewpoint from a Footballguys staff member
- Links to thoughtful viewpoints from around the Web, including intriguing pull quotes from this thread
- FBG Projections
