All-Overrated Team (1 Viewer)

[Sabertooth]

Shonn Greene.

 

[Woogie Lee]

QB Rogers going in the first round of some FF drafts, he end up #3 or 4 QB at end of year, good but not that good

He was the #1 QB in all 3 of my leagues at the end of last year.

 

[Cawbird]

QB - Jay Cutler - That o-line appears to be a mess. He will be on his back more than being upright. Yes....it's Martz......but come on.......they don't have the WR talent or the O-line to compare to the Greatest Show on Turf. He's also whining quite a bit, so I see a potential Cutler meltdown by mid-season. Being drafted after the tier 1 QB's is way too high for me.

RB - Jonathan Stewart - not as overrated as before, but in earlier drafts, he was going before Addai, P. Thomas, Matthews, Best, Brown, McCoy, etc. Yes...he had a great run last year when DeAngelo was injured, but DeAngelo is still the 1A there, will get more than 50% of the carries, and was just the #1 RB 2 years ago. Stewart has also missed almost the entire pre-season.

RB - Matthews - I agree that he will have the best opportunity to produce, but unless I am reallymissing something, that O-line just isn't what is used to be. Yes....LT has lot a step or 5, but Sproles couldn't do anything either last year.

 

[imurph22]

RB

S. Greene - I think the NYJ Oline regresses a bit and LT eats into his touches far more than people seem to think. I've seen him drafted as high as the mid 2nd round and that's just too much to pay for him IMO.

I was with you on the Greene being overrated until I got him in the 5th this past weekend

That is good value, no doubt. I'm seeing him go in the 2nd round in all my mocks and drafts so far. I wouldn't touch him until the 4th.

QB

Romo - Sorry, but I just don't see him being in the same class as guys like Brady or Schaub yet he gets drafted as such and many times before them. I'm not saying he's a bust. I just think there is a bit too much hype and expectation here.

2009 FPsSchaub - 360

Romo - 353

Brady - 344

Seems that's exactly where he belongs.

So what happened last year is exactly what is going to happen this year?

I think we all know, you must evaluate past performance along with a projection for the upcoming season considering many variables.

Let's not forget that just a few years ago Tony Romo threw 36 touchdowns. Yup, 36! Last season he ranked right along with the quarterbacks that were

mentioned (Brady, Schaub). This season he gets a new toy in Dez Bryant, in addition to a full season of Miles Austin. I'm not a Roy Williams fan, but

he'll get a share along with Crayton. Not to mention Jason Witten & Bennett at TE. And a full stable of productive pass catching backs. You should also

take a look at Dallas schedule as it pertains to pass defenses. The Bears, Texans, Titans, Vikings, Giants, Jaguars, Lions, Saints, Colts, Eagles, Cardinals

(championship week) all ranked near or below the bottom half in pass defense last year. As for good pass defenses, only the Redskins (twice), and

Packers fall on the Cowboys schedule and ranked in the top 10 last year. Yes, last years defensive rankings are no guarantee this year, but I like to

think of a favorable looking schedule as a bonus. Doesn't everyone always say things like "yeah this guy put up these big numbers but it was against

weak opponents". Wouldn't you like to grab QB's that play a majority of weak pass-defense opponents? I know I would.

Looking at Tom Brady for example his Patriots face 7 top 10 pass defenses from last season, including the Bengals (6th), Jets (1st), and Bills (2nd)

in the first 3 weeks of the season, and down the stretch faces the Jets again in Week 13, Packers (5th) Week 15, and Bills again in Week 16 for a rough

set of opponents in what would be your fantasy playoffs. I don't like the idea of starting AND ending my season with stingy defensive opponents.

Another knock on Romo going into the season is the poor play of the Cowboys offensive line. I think if anything this will hurt the running game much

more than the passing game, as Romo has always made big plays on the move and there are plenty of options to go to if he needs to get off quick

throws more often than not. With a full arsenal of weapons and a favorable schedule I see Tony Romo as the best QB option beyond the big 3. Look

for him to flirt with 30 touchdowns (28-32) and throw for 4,500 yards. For those playing with 300 yard game bonuses, you should know that Romo

had more 300 yard passing games (8), than Brees, Rodgers, Rivers and Brady last season. And only behind Drew Brees (22) with 21 300 yard passing

contests in the past 3 seasons (for those not in love with just looking at last seasons stats).

 

[Iwannabeacowboybaby!]

QB Jay Cutler

RB Maurice Jones Drew

RB Felix Jones

WR Hakeem Nicks

WR Steve Smith Car

TE: Vernon Davis

Defense: Pittsburgh ( I don't see them as a top 5 or 6)

 

[Papa Georgio]

I love these threads if for nothing else to see how others are thinking. A lot of these picks look like high risk high reward type players rather than just over-rated. Say you take Best in the early third or late 2nd, and he scores like a first. Is he still over-rated? Several guys that are listed repeatedly in this thread are going to do that. Not trying to be one of those guys that argues what over-rated means, I just think you go get the guys you believe in instead of being so married to ADP sometimes.

Completely agree.But don't "go get the guys you believe in" because of the hype alone.

Very true and thanks for the clarification to my point.

 

[r3t2]

best. throw out the o-line and injury worries...the guy still isn't going to blow up statistically this season. is not a 25 touch/game guy, and probably isn't the goal line back. not going to be somebody you can rely on this season, no matter how talented he is.

lets list the 25 touch/game RBs in this leaguefor 2009: chris johnson. thats it, thats the listfor 2008: technically, none. but turner and peterson are so close that we'll round them up.for 2007: nobody.why? 25 touch rbs dont really exist anymore; this isnt 1975. now if you mean can he run the ball 20 times in ANY game, thats another discussion. and how long is your list of RBs you CAN rely on, cause mine isnt that long. we're ALL crossing our fingers after deangelo williams goes off the board.

 

[Gopher State]

QB Rogers going in the first round of some FF drafts, he end up #3 or 4 QB at end of year, good but not that good

He was the #1 QB in all 3 of my leagues at the end of last year.

That was last year, we are in a new year now.