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Biggest busts of 2009 (1 Viewer)

Slaton has been very disappointing so far, especially considering his draft position. Royal and Avery at WR have also been very disappointing.

 
I think Steve Smith (Car), Calvin Johnson, LT, Portis

All these guys were drafted in the first or second round, but haven't really produced that type of numbers, hurt or not.

 
Steven Jackson

Larry Johnson

Steve Slaton (although he has been better)

LT

Deangello Williams

Fitz

Jennings

Chris Chambers (didnt expect him to be a stud but startable)

 
I will stop reading these now, I just saw Fitz labeled as one of the biggest busts of the year. He's at WR11. It's 5 weeks in, the guy is far from a bust.

 
D-Willy since he was taken very early in most drafts.

Calvin had 133 last week then got injured. I don`t count injuries as busts.

Moss has not been a deep threat at all...so he has been somewhat of a bust

Greg Jennings so far..did not see this one coming at all.

TO? Owens has been a total bust, but he went in the fourth/5th round in most of my leagues so that eases the pain.

 
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Guys not in the Top 20 at their position but drafted in the Top 25 overall picks or so (for whatever reason) . . .

Forte, LT, Westbrook, Deangelo, Slaton, Jacobs, Boldin, Jennings

 
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Slaton, LJ, TO, Fitz, Royal and Avery are busts for some of my teams, both dynasty and redraft.

One guy I didn't draft because he was going way too early IMO and was expected by some people to at least be a part time starter and by one person in one of my league to be his main starter is Trent Edwards. I don't think he can be considered a bust like Slaton since his draft position was much later, but Edwards has still been pretty bad compared to the draft position I was seeing him in. If he can't be good with targets like TO and Evans and a really good running game to take the pressure off, he is just not that good in general. It all can't be blamed on the o-line.

 
I got my first chance to see SJackson play yesterday and I saw him really dominate when he had the ball, running hard and catching well. If it weren't for the 3 fumbles (two in the RZ within the 5 yard line) Jackson could have had his usually 100+ combined yards plus at least 2 TDs against a tough MINN def. I still think he will be fine, just a slow start.

BBof2009=Greg Jennings

 
Childress said:
I got my first chance to see SJackson play yesterday and I saw him really dominate when he had the ball, running hard and catching well. If it weren't for the 3 fumbles (two in the RZ within the 5 yard line) Jackson could have had his usually 100+ combined yards plus at least 2 TDs against a tough MINN def. I still think he will be fine, just a slow start.BBof2009=Greg Jennings
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I agree obout SJax..he ran the ball pretty good. Plus he is the only game in town..no sharing.
 
LT - but this was foreseeable.

S Smith - more importantly how HAS he ever been good with Delhomme at QB?

Santonio Holmes - really thought the light went on - guess not.

DeAngelo Williams - better pick up the pace to get to 20 tds.

Maurice jones Drew - had a good game but a couple clunkers - really thought he had a chance to be RB #1.

Royal - up until yesterday.

Avery - more of a system problem than a talent problem.

 
Typical first round with something like this.....

ADP, MJD, Turner, D. Williams, Forte, Gore, Jackson, Chris Johnson, LT, Brees, Fitzgerald, R. Moss

LT seems to be the biggest flop with S. Jackson coming in close #2. Some of the other guys have been a little dissapointing, but I would still want on my rooster. D. Williams is becoming a concern though.

 
QB- Brady (still a QB1 but not the #2 overall QB and the offense isnt the same as last yr)

RB- Jacobs (what happened to this guy?); Williams (Panthers look horrid)

WR: Smith (Panthers look horrid); Royal (WW material until this week)

 
MCguidance said:
I will stop reading these now, I just saw Fitz labeled as one of the biggest busts of the year. He's at WR11. It's 5 weeks in, the guy is far from a bust.
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I think that's the shark move. Someone mentions a guy who isn't really a bust and I agree it must mean the entire thread is a waste of time.
 
I'd agree with Jennings and Jackson

I can't trade Jackson for a 2nd tier TE (Cooley/Keller/Owen Daniels>?!)

 
barista said:
I'd agree with Jennings and JacksonI can't trade Jackson for a 2nd tier TE (Cooley/Keller/Owen Daniels>?!)
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:thumbup:Own both, Jennings is a "bust" at this point. Jackson is far more valuable than those TEs mentioned.
 
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- Brady - he hasn't been horrible, but I had higher expectations. Much higher.

- Slaton - very unsure about him going forward.

- TO - Is he done or just the product of a bad team with a bad QB? There is a lot of talent on that offense IMO so maybe Edwards isn't the right QB for them.

- Royal - He has been so bad that yesterday still doesn't make me confident in him going forward

- R. Moss - for some reason I still think Moss and Brady are going to get it going sometime soon. Maybe yesterday's loss to DEN will be the kick in the butt they need.

 
DeAngelo.

He was being drafted in the 1st round and there was no way to project him for another 20+ TD's.

As far as some picking Megatron - he got hurt early yesterday so basically had zero stats.

Going into the weekend he was #7WR in ppr leagues - hard to say he was a bust.

 
jobarules said:
QB- Brady (still a QB1 but not the #2 overall QB and the offense isnt the same as last yr)

RB- Jacobs (what happened to this guy?); Williams (Panthers look horrid)

WR: Smith (Panthers look horrid); Royal (WW material until this week)
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For the expectations of what Brady did two years ago and the 'recovery' from last year's knee injury behind him, the expectation was that the NE offense would be back to the same levels of performance as it was when it rolled through the league. Well it has not happened and IMHO Brady is the reason. His head is not ready to put the injury fully behind him. He still looks tentative in the pocket and not in full command. In 2007 Brady completed 70% of his passes and had a QB rating of 117. This year he has completed just 62% of his passes and has a QB rating of 84. The numbers this year are not bad (many teams would love to see their QB complete 62% of his passes - right Danny). But this is not the level that most people anticipated for the NE offense. I saw a pass to a wide open Moss sail over Moss' head yesterday in Denver that would never have been missed in years past. The 'dive' made by Brady when Suggs went for his legs (yes to me it was no more than a dive since Suggs barely made contact) two weeks ago would never have occured in past years let alone the follow-up plea to the referee to make sure he saw the 'contact and emmy winning grimmace of pain'. In the past Brady was difficult to rattle. No, Brady would simply make teams pay for mistakes and would leave defenses scrambling to recover. Now the pressure seems to get to Brady and his game is thrown off by it.

This inturn has effected players like Moss and Welker who were drafted early in the anticipation that the Brady from 2007 would be returning to the field in 2009. To date that Brady has not returned and if he doesn't then Brady, Moss and Welker will have all been drafted much too early this season.

 
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Randy Moss. On pace for less than 4 TDs this year.
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Hell, I have him and another bust candidate.Greg Jennings.Though, going RB, WR, WR was not terrible in getting those 2.And the RB was LT late in the first.Somehow, I was still 3-1 going into this week (thanks to Bradshaw and Steve Smith)...now 3-2 after getting rolled by Housh, Marshall, and Matt Ryan yesterday.
 
Da Guru said:
Moss has not been a deep threat at all...so he has been somewhat of a bust
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Moss has been a deep threat--Brady's missed him several times wide open. Seems to happen once a week.Brady is killing him... and considering Brady was often one of the top two QBs taken and he's performing outside the top ten, I'ma call him an early bust. Receivers putting up subpar numbers but still startable are not busts IMO. A quarterback performing outside the top ten can really set your team back if you drafted him early.
 
Moss is not a bust, Brady is the bust at the moment. Moss is still performing at an elite level but his QB simply isn't connecting with him as much as he should.

And I don't understand how anyone could think Steven Jackson is a bust because I could never understand why ANYONE thought he would be great this year. He's actually performed above my expectations so far, and I can't believe people thought he'd be a reliable #1 Fantasy back. Honestly, how the hell could you expect him to be good on such a terrible team?

 
Even I don't think Jackson is a 'bust', just the most overrated going forward.

QB: Brady - Almost universally drafted ahead of Manning

RB: Tomlinson - Can't even start him nowadays

WR: Jennings/TO/S Smith/Royal/Roy Williams

TE: Witten - Marginal performance from #1 drafted tight end

 
Sjax will do what he has done the last 2 seasons -- suck the first 8 weeks then turn it on to end the season!

telling everyone -- Now is time to buy low on sajx.

 
fred_1_15301 said:
zed2283 said:
ceo3west said:
Steven Jackson
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I don't think S.Jackson really qualifies as a bust, since no one should have had any expectations for him.
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Why is that? The team has stunk for years now and Jackson has done just fine when healthy in the past.
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Actually, Steven Jackson has had one big fantasy year - 2006. The Rams were 8-8 that year. They have gotten progressively worse and he has battled injuries the past 2 years. To expect top 5 production out of him given his injury problems and the state of the team was not realistic. He's not a bust this year, just a product of his crappy situation.
 
Texasmouth said:
Steven Jackson

Larry Johnson

Steve Slaton (although he has been better)

LT

Deangello Williams

Fitz

Jennings

Chris Chambers (didnt expect him to be a stud but startable)
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Fitz already had his bye week and going with AVG points per game he is the #6 WR in my PPR league :confused:
 
Jous said:
Moss is not a bust, Brady is the bust at the moment. Moss is still performing at an elite level but his QB simply isn't connecting with him as much as he should. And I don't understand how anyone could think Steven Jackson is a bust because I could never understand why ANYONE thought he would be great this year. He's actually performed above my expectations so far, and I can't believe people thought he'd be a reliable #1 Fantasy back. Honestly, how the hell could you expect him to be good on such a terrible team?
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good RB play and Good teams are not mutually exclusive
 
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