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Even last year, when healthy, Boldin received more targets (or tied) than Larry Fitz every game in which they both played. Now with Leinart in, he is building rapport with Boldin over Fitz. It could have been the other way around, but that was the breaks. Boldin is performing so I see him being Leinart's "clutch" receiver. Fitz will be Top 10, no worries, but I favor Boldin now.
The over / under on "how many posts" was about 5. Nice.I have to wonder why Lamont Jordan is so high? I am interested in what you see that keeps him rated as high as you have him Jeff.
And I thought Sigmund Bloom had him ranked too high. I just don't see it. For a guy who had a career year last season and still averaged less than 4.0 yards per carry. Much of his value last season was in his receiving ability, and it's pretty clear the new Raiders coaching staff isn't going to take advantage of that ability. Not to mention the O-Line is horrid, the QB situation is dire, the whole offense is in shambles, the franchise is embarrassing itself and Jordan is closer to age 30 than many realize.The over / under on "how many posts" was about 5. Nice.I have to wonder why Lamont Jordan is so high? I am interested in what you see that keeps him rated as high as you have him Jeff.
Let's do it this way. Who are my "RB2s" ?The over / under on "how many posts" was about 5. Nice.I have to wonder why Lamont Jordan is so high? I am interested in what you see that keeps him rated as high as you have him Jeff.
Tiki made a nice addition, so there we go.Well, I like backs that get touches and are featured. I also try not to have a terrible situation cloud my judgment.I readily admit I was wrong about LamJ tearing it up this year. He's a total bust - so far. I think he'll do better down the stretch (health permitting), but that's not much of a reach.So I will walk through the next 12-13.
So, LamJ has performed well in the past, and most of the guys at 15+ have issues too. If Oakland can right their ship (ever) I expect LamJ to return to form and be a 1,000+ yard back. He also can be just plain awesome as a receiver, but certain coaches (Yes you Art Shell) have no clue.
LaMont JordanBorn: 11-11-1978And I thought Sigmund Bloom had him ranked too high. I just don't see it. For a guy who had a career year last season and still averaged less than 4.0 yards per carry. Much of his value last season was in his receiving ability, and it's pretty clear the new Raiders coaching staff isn't going to take advantage of that ability. Not to mention the O-Line is horrid, the QB situation is dire, the whole offense is in shambles, the franchise is embarrassing itself and Jordan is closer to age 30 than many realize.The over / under on "how many posts" was about 5. Nice.I have to wonder why Lamont Jordan is so high? I am interested in what you see that keeps him rated as high as you have him Jeff.
Good points and I 'll take them under advisement this week.
You want to see what changed since my last ranking.Correct?
kinda maybe more of a something to where you think they may go on your NEXT ranking... i.e. Alexander would mostly likely fall in future rankings, and Turner or Barber will most likely go up... those are easy examples... chris perry or lamont jordan, may be more difficult...
Thanks for keeping them updated.For people who are out of the playoffs in dynasty leagues, it's good to have when putting together plans for the future. Combine this with Blooms bye/sell high, FBGs pretty much pays for itself.
First off - thanks for staying up on this Jeff (& Sigmund, too).Mike Furrey - seems to be a big disparity bertween you & Bloom on this. (WR32 vs. WR62) His ranking in the range with Cotchery, Berrian seems reasonable. I guess I'd like to see some discussion on this guy from both you & Bloom since it's such a wide gap. Is it confidence (or lack of) in the Martz system taking hold in Detroit, or something about Furrey specific?
ummmm, please read the post right above your's.
not seeing Talent. I see a very solid, competent WR - a guy that runs good routes and has good hands. In a Mike Martz offense, that's all you need to be able to put up solid numbers because of the sheer number of targets that there is to go around. I see zero upside from where he's at now, only downside, and appreciable downside. I don't think he's appreciably better than say, Bobby Engram. right now he has a role that allows him to produce like WR2/WR3, because defenses are so obsessed with Roy Williams. That role vanishes as soon as they add a WR with more upside. Furrey is a very good 3rd WR, but I think only an adequate starter, the kind teams look to upgrade from. We saw the same from Scottie Vines last year with the Lions, pressed into duty because of the first round busts at WR and lack of talent elsewhere on the Lions. I think I may a little too down on him because of my overemphasis on talent, but I also think Pasquino has him rated ahead of some guys I'd be elated to trade Furrey straight up for (mark clayton, greg jennings, matt jones). A realistic rating is one that splits the difference, right around 45-50.
OK, Bloom.You seem to have both Julius Jones and Barber III ranked fairly high, both top 50. What accounts for your high relative ranking for both? Do you see their future as starting RBs on different teams or this RBBC situation continuing ad nauseum?
First of all, JJones is a good RB2, and Barber a good RB3, under FBG scoring this year. They are both top 30 RBs this year, they are both young, and they are both talented. I have no qualms about having them so high. The current RBBC situation represents their downside. I don't see them ending up on different teams in the near future. Neither one is going to be a free agent for a while, and they are really an ideal RB combo. That being said, I see only slight upside/big downside for JJones and big upside/no downside for MBIII. Jones would get a bump if MBIII got hurt because he would presumably get some GL carries. However, MBIII is more powerful than JJones, and I think he deserves more touches, hence the big downside for Jones. MBIII has huge upside if JJones gets hurt (i would rank him a top 12 back for any period that saw Jones out), and no downside, since this is probably as small as his role will ever be. He's flourishing as a 3rd down/GL back, theres nothing on the horizon that makes me think he will lose either of those roles, only things that could cause his role to increase.I would put MBIII in the top 5 RBs to own in dynasty leagues who are not currently feature backs.
Galloway is not degrading at all despite his age, and should be the #1 in TB as long as he wants to keep playing or starts to show his age. Meanwhile, Maurice Stovall is going to start challenging Clayton for targets soon. I think we should just put his terrific rookie year out of our minds now, although he still looks like a decent WR. Just not a stud.Williamson, on the other hand, looks like he lacks some of the basic things needed to be an NFL WR. Its not just his hands of stone. He seems to lack the ability to pick the ball up in flight, and generally lacks good WR instincts for all facets of the task of catching the freaking ball (kinda important for a WR). Yes, he's lightning fast, and lethal in the open field. YEs, that is scary for a guy his size to be so athletically gifted. However, after writing that he was a solid buy low a few weeks ago (i mean TO has bad hands too), his performance against SF was a new low, and has me worried that he may be unfixable. Hope Im wrong for Vikes fans sake.
I just moved Bush out of my top 5 to his current ranking, and it was probably a long time coming. He's still got top 5 upside, if not top 3. The problem is this penchant for dancing and not just hitting the hit thats there. He *should* unlearn it. Until then, he's benchworthy in non-PPR leagues. He's a tough player to rank, because no has more upside than him. Once he "gets it" he should put up Westbrooks numbers and then some. Only Maroney offers great prospects of being a true fantasy RB1 for a long time of the RBs who arent already there. Because of this, i just cant bump Bush below the RBs are that have been great RB2s this year, but seem to have their upside capped there. If he doesnt show any signs of changing his ways before the end of the season, that will change.
We've learned already this year that VY's speed is going to translate to the NFL. We've also learned he can be patient, go through the progressions, and think pass first, instead of falling back on his running ability. Imo, that makes his running that much more lethal as a potential fantasy weapon. Dual threat fantasy QBs are HUGE. Mike Vick was one of the worst passers (statistically) in the league until the last few weeks, and he was still a top 10 fantasy QB. On the other end of the spectrum, Daunte Culpepper was a great passer with Randy Moss in the attack in Minnesota, and he became a perennial #1 fantasy QB in the early 2000s. VY's fantasy upside is probably somewhere between those two. Thats worth a ton - people love RB upside, but they tend to underestimate QB upside (see Philip Rivers dynasty value coming into this year)Caddy is a good SY runner and he should be collecting those TDs once Alstott rides off into the sunset. It has been a case of Alstott being a great SY runner, not Caddy being a bad one. Caddy still has a great future ahead of him for fantasy as long the tampa offense becomes even mediocre in the next year or two.
A top RB got injured today. It might be that he cut himself shaving though others think it's a torn achilles. The only problem is his name is Achilles so is he emotionally confused or did he hurt his foot?
this guy moving up in rankings=put a + next to his namemoving down=put a -
Willie Parker doesn't get enough love around here in rankings yet he does at the board. Bloom, what's with Edge and Lamont?Forgotten players? Didn't expect a *Plax, LJ Smith, Heap, Dunn, 66-69 for Jeff, 77-79 BloomI don't understand how Benson could be ranked higher than Jacobs. If he's a starter next year as expected, the TD number people project for him will be a summer debate next year. Where's my man Leon Washington?Deangelo Williams has done what to deserve the high ranking? Was there a long run I missed that he showed you some explosiveness and excited ya? Seems like still summer love to me.Rather surprised Philly WRs are so low. Seems to me like Donte is establishing himself as the #1 in many traditional statistical ways. IE the other WRs stats suffer when he's around. Why isn't he higher?No Tim Carter or Moss? So toomer will be the #2 and around for years. What's the thinking there?
Edge - no burst on a terrible running teamLamont - they dont know how to use himLJ - UFA next year, value would drop outside of philly imo, and reallyhasnt done much since his big first few games.Dunn - an RB2 at best right now, and questionable value next year (although he's just outside of the top 75)Leon, I just dont think he'll stick as more than an RBBC guy. He's greatly exceeded my expectation already, so maybe I am behind the curve.DeAngelo looked freakin awesome against the vikes and saints before getting hurt (terrific acceleration and vision). he brings so much more to the table than Foster. I think he's the more featured back starting next year.Philly WRs are a tough nut to crack. Stallworth may be back to 100% but its clear this hammy issue could plague him for his whole career - if he puts together a long stretch with no issues, ill take that off of his "con" list. Brown only exploded when Stallworth was hurt. Plus theres westbrook and smith. Its just hard to say week to week who will go off. Because of that, I have both philly WRs below the true #1s and the #2s in great passing offenses (really 1a's).Carter is a #3 at best, and Moss hasnt shown anything yet (he's a project, barely used in the passing game at Miami). #2 WR in NY is only the #3 target in the passing game (#4 while barber is still playing), so there's not much to value to mine there.
I'm not a fan of Burress. He's #26 on my list at WR, and I can see an argument vs. Mason (who should certainly be heading down) but I don't think it is real hard to find 20-25 WRs you would rather have than this headache.He gets hurt, mouths off, and has a predilection to get himself benched. Nice #1/#2 WR. I'd pass.
