Biggest busts after 3 weeks ? (1 Viewer)

[VaTerp]

CJ, Vick

 

[Ocram]

How can it be anyone other than Chris Johnson. He is the exact definition of a bust. High draft pick that is becoming unstartable with no reasonable explanation or expectation things will turn around.

 

[Tango]

How can it be anyone other than Chris Johnson. He is the exact definition of a bust. High draft pick that is becoming unstartable with no reasonable explanation or expectation things will turn around.

What was with all the gives to Ringer? Whenever I looked over to the TN/DEN game, it was Orton throwing to a WR I never heard of or Ringer losing 2 yards on a draw. I was playing against CJ, so I was pleased, but wtf?

 

[Interception_Irwin]

Has to be Ochocinco. I honestly thought he would improve with Brady. He's been utter garbage so far. My worst draft pick ever... could have had Boldin, Holmes, Marshall or even Welker... man, what was I thinking...

 

[Mark in Tennessee]

Mike Williams (TB)

Along w/ CJ and Vick; luckily I didn't draft those two. CJ went 2nd and Vick went 7th overall in my draft.But it is a long season with 11 more weeks to playoffs!

 

[Soxwhat]

Mendenhall is garbage. I went Calvin then Mendenhall on the turn. Really wish I went double Johnson. My 1st/2nd round pick is going on the bench as soon as Foster gets healthy.

 

[kylechoffman]

Nicks has been injured and lost a lot of help around him at wr. Lost the TE also but was drafted to be a wr1.

How about freeman? Hes been startable but was supposed to be one of many wait and grab him as your starting qb.

Agree on D Williams. Toss lynch in with that crew..

 

[5Rings]

Mendy is quickly moving up the bust list.

 

[GreenNGold]

CJ/Ingram

Disagree with Ingram. He was taken in the 4th and 5th rounds. Guys taken in these rounds are typically top end RBBC backs and/or not defined GL backs. He's a guy you have to wait on, and allow to mature. The team certainly hasn't given up on him. Not like say, Deangelo Williams for example.

NO ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! Ingram was recommended and pushed hard in the 2nd-3rd round by FBG. BUST OF THE CENTURY SO FAR!!!

 

[lazyike]

Mendy is quickly moving up the bust list.

Agreed but I wonder who has a worse offensive line in the NFL-The Steelers or The Bears.

 

[Lester Long]

Definately Chris Johnson so far.

 

[Soxwhat]

CJ/Ingram

Disagree with Ingram. He was taken in the 4th and 5th rounds. Guys taken in these rounds are typically top end RBBC backs and/or not defined GL backs. He's a guy you have to wait on, and allow to mature. The team certainly hasn't given up on him. Not like say, Deangelo Williams for example.

NO ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! Ingram was recommended and pushed hard in the 2nd-3rd round by FBG. BUST OF THE CENTURY SO FAR!!!

Bust is on you if you took Ingram in the 2nd/3rd. I took him in the 6th, but as a RB4 I'll leave him on the bench all year if I have to.

 

[chook]

Man is that thread title misleading.

 

[Azman1784]

Foster and it's not close. He went #1 in 50% of leagues, hasnt seen the field and will probably come back to a full blown RBBC. If you didnt get Tate, you wasted the top pick. Even if you did you're not happy picking between Tate and Foster when/if Foster makes it back.

Also Manning, CJ, Gates, DWill, Grant, Bush, Wayne, Clark, Charles.

Basically you had a 2/5 shot of getting a fantasy starter with a top 5 pick. Oof.

 

[Thumper]

A guy getting injured doesn't make him a bust. Just bad luck for his owner.

If said guy is Mike Vick and you knew his propensity to get hurt from all of his scrambling he does, and the hits he took in preseason behind a shaky line, then yes, Mike Vick is a bust.Jamaal Charles. Discounting injury he wasn't getting it done anyways. You could see Chiefs' struggles coming a mile away.there was no way he was coming close to last years numbers.Without a doubt Dallas Clark is one of the biggest busts out there, relative to his ADP.

Charles was still averaging over 6 yds per carry before the injury. The team around him was crumbling which was likely going to hurt his situation but calling him a bust seems harsh imo.

I saw what Tanner saw in preseason, and dealt Charles for McFadden and Denarius Moore. Think that worked out ok.

Yeah if that were me, you'd have to talk me off the ledge.Austin Collie is not even worth having on your roster.

 

[Shamwow]

I was out of town and missed the draft, so I got what the computer gave me. No one to blame but myself. I thought I would do okay when the computer gave me Gore and D Jackson. Not gonna happen this year. I was pleasantly surprised by Tolbert in week one. Now I'm thinking mass quantities of beer might make a better Sunday hobby.

 

[Anonymous Internet User]

Healthy Underperformers:

QB - Rivers, Roethlisberger, Freeman

RB - Chris Johnson, Gore, Mendenhall, DWill, Lynch

WR - Roddy, Nicks, Bowe, Holmes, DJax

 

[TwinTurbo]

DeAngelo Williams and Frank Gore. Just horrible. At least Foster was inactive, so you knew not to start him.

 

[Badgers Fan]

This is Chris Johnson in a runaway. He's been "healthy" and played each game, but just stunk it up.

 

[delusional]

Andy Reid & Juan Castillo

 

[McGrupp]

Steven Jackson anyone? I know he's technically injured, but he started 2 of the 3 games this year and has 5 total carries and no receptions. And the play he injured his quad on, he went untouched, so it's not like he took a nasty hit or fall to cause the injury. As a SJax owner, he definitely deserves to be mentioned here after week 3's start and only getting 3 carries.

 

[knowledge dropper]

#85. Brady has been on fire and he has done nothing. DeAngelo Williams is stealing money from Carolina at this point.

 

[pantherclub]

It sure does seem like Dwill is running timid at this point. I think if Jstew takes over (which he basically has) then he will be a steal at his ADP. He was running with emotion yesterday.

 

[lazyike]

I'm a little surprised to see White listed as abust. 9 catches for 140 yards today works out quite well in PPR and bonus leagues. Yes he didn't find the endzone but that will come.

 

[Tango]

It sure does seem like Dwill is running timid at this point. I think if Jstew takes over (which he basically has) then he will be a steal at his ADP. He was running with emotion yesterday.

The play very few saw because of the fact that it was reversed by the ref and because it was raining so hard was:JStew's amazing flip-over-the-defensive-player-land-on-his-feet and then take off juke-athon where he shot out of a cannon for 60 to the 5 yard line.It probably wont make the highlight packages, but it should. Impressive.

 

[jurb26]

Chris Johnson and it's not even close.

 

[Lord Fantasy]

Mendy is quickly moving up the bust list.

Drafted Mendy as my #1 RB - starting to get a little worried. Pitt O-line can't run block worth a hoot. Mendy dances around like a ballerina.

Seems like the forgotten man in this offense. So much for the "high floor" approach.

 

[qimqam]

Gore, Greene, D-Williams, and Moreno all screamed "DON'T TOUCH ME" in all draft formats. You took a serious risk by picking those players, and now you're paying the price.Obviously the loss of Jamaal Charles was hard to swallow for anyone. Chris Johnson just baffles me- he's plain lost out on the field and seems to get worse each week. Now that Britt may be lost for a while, I wouldn't be surprised to see his YPC dip to under 2.0. Watching SNF right now, another good candidate is Mendenhall. In fact, I encourage everyone to go out and put Issac Redman on your bench ASAP in redraft format if he isn't already snatched up. Mendy just isn't getting it done. Receiving wise, Gates is a wasted 3rd round pick, though the writing was on the wall. Roddy White has been unimpressive, though he's at least shown flashes of worth. I think the odd playcalling in Atlanta will balance out over the next few weeks as the team is staring at a 1-2 record in the paper.

I'm not ready to call Moreno a bust yet ... He's been hurt. In the 1 game he played he only had 10 touches for almost 60yds.I'm actually encouraged to see how much they are running the ball and by how bad McGhee has been. If Moreno gets at least 60% of those touches (which he will) ... he will put up 100 total yards per game. I also like that they did not play him this week to get him back to 100% ... Look for him to take over this coming weekend. Moreno is a great buy low.

 

[irish eyes]

ANTONIO GATES plain & simple and i dont want to hear he cant be because of injury. They gave no indication that this crap was going to continue from last year, only that he would be limited in practice.

 

[qimqam]

Vick has been a pretty big bust

 

[drew726]

Mendenhall looks badddd. I mean, if he doesn't even score any tds, he's completely worthless.

 

[Shutout]

It has to be Chris Johnson, Gore, and Gates and DWIL that are killing their teams the most.

The other guys (Foster, SJAX, Moreno, Wayne, Clark, and a host of others) you can't label busts because of the injuries or situation.

I feel especially bad for Wayne and Clark. They are going, are healthy, and are running their routes and they got some guy like me out there trying to throw the ball to them.

 

[g5jamz]

Foster was the overall number 1 pick in a lot of drafts.

Has to be the top bust so far. 6 pts in PPR league in 3 weeks.

 

[The_Fonz]

Gotta be Foster at this point but he could still turn it around.

I expected Adrian Peterson to be a bust this year because of McNabb....so far its just everyone else on the team...especially Harvin. But I picked Rice with the first overall pick in the draft because I had a gut feeling that ADP might have a bad year.

 

[LittlePhatty]

See below for at least 10 more people who haven't bothered to read the other posts in this thread chime in with "Chris Johnson and it isn't even close."

 

[JuSt CuZ]

Jared Cook. He didn't need to be top 10 or anything but actually catching a few meaningful balls games didn't seem like too much to ask. He is as overrated as they come. If he was as talented as everyone has said for 5 years now he would have already emerged. I can't believe I got burned by him again. Bitter owner but not for long. I don't care what he does going forward it won't be for me after watching backup TEs win the game for the Titans this week.

Dude stop!Cook is the biggest bust? lol

 

[JuSt CuZ]

This thread should be called the "Who are you mad at on your team because your team sux and is 0-3 or 1-2, post it here."

Some of these guys are not busts or dont qualify to be busts.

 

[King of the Wolfies]

Mendy is quickly moving up the bust list.

Agreed but I wonder who has a worse offensive line in the NFL-The Steelers or The Bears.

i blame the coaching staffs because both teams had issues last season too. mendy got hit 13 times in the backfield last night. i dont care who you are but if you are getting hit almost as soon as you get the ball, you dont have time to do much. at least martz adapted and is getting the ball to to forte on passes. pit has gotten that smart.

 

[Warrior]

All-bust team 2011:

QB: Mike Vick

WR: Mike Williams

WR: Mario Manningham

WR: Chad OchoCinco

RB: Chris Johnson

RB: Felix Jones

TE: Dallas Clark

Flex: DeAngelo Williams

 

[The Rook]

Chris Johnson and Mendenhall.

 

[PR Sparty]

Vote for Mendy. I sure know how to build a team

Mendy

SJ

Djax

TBMW

J. Cook

Shoot me now

 

[Bronco Nation]

ANTONIO GATES plain & simple and i dont want to hear he cant be because of injury. They gave no indication that this crap was going to continue from last year, only that he would be limited in practice.

I saw it coming from a mile away and would not have drafted him before the 12th round as a TE2. A torn plantar fascia is not a problem that will just go away and be fine.

 

[FarEastKilla]

Why isn't Tunner on the list?

 

[DoubleG]

Why isn't Tunner on the list?

Because he shouldn't have been drafted that high My list. ManningMendyMorenoPossibly Roddy (although the 140 yesterday was a sign of life)DJaxWayneGates...oh ####, that's my team. No wonder I'm 0-3.

 

[ponchsox]

Half my team is on the all-bust list. Mendy, Bowe, Felix Jones.

Jury is still out on Jahvid Bust I mean Best.

 

[ThePittbully]

Mendenhall looks badddd. I mean, if he doesn't even score any tds, he's completely worthless.

The guy had like 7 games last year of 3 yard per carry or less, I don't know what people were expecting. The Steelers O line is bad, and he's just not all that good

 

[Jayrod]

I don't think I would include injured players as that doesn't count as a "bust" IMO...at least you know to replace them. The list should be of starters or key backups that are just performing poorly so far. Here's my list by position:

QB - Roethlisberger, Ryan, & Freeman. Rivers to a certain extent (2 OK weeks and 1 bad one)

RB - D Williams, Mendenhall, Bush & CJ. Gore to an extent, but the week 3 injury hurt his value a lot.

WR - M Williams, Ochocinco, Holmes, Nicks & DJax.

TE - Kendricks & Cook. Dallas Clark too, but I had him way down my list once Peyton was out.

 

[Insein]

D. Jackson. Guy isn't even sniffing being the lowend WR1 top end WR2 he was drafted to be. Awful and just looking worse every week.

I knew he was feast or famine going in. The problem has been Vick. When vick is healthy, he looks to DJax more than any WR on the team and he looks for him in the mid to deep range. Vick being hurt for most of the last 2 games has really put a damper on DJax. He will have better games this year though.

 

[Jayrod]

Jury is still out on Jahvid Bust I mean Best.

100+ yds per game and 2 TD's? He's one of the most reliable RB's out there, especially in PPR leagues.

 

[Deamon]

A guy getting injured doesn't make him a bust. Just bad luck for his owner.

If said guy is Mike Vick and you knew his propensity to get hurt from all of his scrambling he does, and the hits he took in preseason behind a shaky line, then yes, Mike Vick is a bust.Jamaal Charles. Discounting injury he wasn't getting it done anyways. You could see Chiefs' struggles coming a mile away.there was no way he was coming close to last years numbers.Without a doubt Dallas Clark is one of the biggest busts out there, relative to his ADP.

First of all Vick isn't a bust just because of his propensity to get hurt. He hasn't even been hurt because of scrambling anyways. Your'e saying Charles wasn't getting it done after one game he played? Again, not a "Bust". Dallas Clark didn't have Peyton, thats a huge reason for his lack of production.I think we need to define "BUST". For me, it is when a player SIGNIFICANTLY under performs his draft position, without taking injuries (that could mean to his o line, qb, or himself) into play. So this year? Still too early to call people busts, but I would say leading candidates are Dwill, Greene, Mendy, CJ, Tampa Mike, Ocho, Harvin, Moreno, Evans.