BIGGEST disappointments so far at the half way point (1 Viewer)

[Carter_Can_Fly]

Add to the list and give a reason.... It may be due them being a high draft pick and not playing up to potential, it could be you expected more etc etc.....

QB: Delhomme, now I don't think anyone was expecting a Jake to revert back to his hay days where in 2004 he threw for 3886 yards with 29 td's to 15 ints and followd that up in 2005 with 24 td's to 16 ints, but those of us that play in 2 qb leagues were expecting ok numbers even after that god awful playoff appearance last year..... Should we have seen it coming? I was in the camp that he came off the surgery last year and was ok leading his team to a playoff appearance throwing 15 td's to 12ints while Carolina relied heavily on the run. So this year he would be relied on a little more as teams focused on the fun. But seriously Jake, 5tds to 13 ints.... "come on man" haha just had to throw that in there for fun.

RB: Portis, this guy ended last year with again another top 10 performance, he has been one of the most consistent guys around. Campbell was playing in the same offense again in back to back years for the first time the NFL. They moved the ball descently last year and at times Portis was aweseme. He finished the year with alomost 1700 yards and 9 td's. This year he is RB 33 in ppg and that offense looks terrible. His 2 td's through 7 games both came in the same game and he has had one of the easiest schedules around playing TB, STL, DET, Car, KC in 5 of those 7 games. This guys injuries and wear and tear have finally caught up to him and he like LT are hitting that wall so fast.

RB: Westy, now I was one of the guys down on westy all off season, yet there was people continuing to defend him and saying that when he plays he plays well and can win you games. After watching many PHilly games last year it was apparent that he just does not have the same burst and ability he once had. Of course he has already been injured and missed games which is expected as a Westy owner, but when he has played he has been very average. The price that most would have paid for Westy's service has definitely been a painful pick

WR: Owens, This guy finished WR 12 last year in Dallas and although no one should have been expecting anything higher than that most would have expected an average WR 2 in buffalo. I mean with enough offense pieces in place that you would think he would be doing ok. He is leading the league in drops and buffalo looks god awful with or without Edwards under center. Owens is on pace for his worst season as a pro and his WR 59th ranking in ppg is laughable almost. He has 23 catches in 8 games and 1 receiving TD. Pathetic!!!!

WR: Royal, This one is the biggest surprise to me and many others out there I am sure. After evaluating WR's from last year and going into drafts I felt so safe selecting this guy as my WR 2 in 3 out of 4 drafts over paying actually to get him, thinking that wow in this system that allowed a similar guy like Welker to be a stud I can only imagine what a rookie can do coming off of a 90 catch season. I was giddy with him telling league mates that Royal is in line for a huge year. And through his first 7 games in this passer friendly system Royal has a grand total of 20 catches for 158 yards and no TD's. I mean no one, no one could have seen that coming right????

TE: Witten, With TO gone, and coming off a huge fantasy year where he finished TE 2 being Gonzo's huge year Witten was going to be the man. He was a safe pick as a shoe in TE to get you those big fantasy points that will help you pray on the guys that wait for their TE's and draft guys later. But so far he has been extremely ordinary and has only 1 td through his first 7 games.

Any other guys frustrating you or you just want to call it for being extremely awful!!! ?

 

[basher]

I look at your list and see Royal and Witten as the only ones who were shocking.

Delhomme has made a career off of one nice playoff run and that is about it.

Portis has 2k+ carries .... its a steep drop from here

Westbrook has a lot of injuries for the amount of time he has been in the league and only 1200 carries.

TO is in a bad offense for him and is really coming to the end of a good career.

 

[Anonymous Internet User]

add:

Matt Forte

Derrick Ward

Brandon Jacobs

Steve Smith

Anquan Boldin

Antonio Gates

Chargers DEF

Titans DEF

 

[Ghost Rider]

Funny thing about Witten is, his catches are actually up a bit from last year. He is on pace for 85 catches; he had 81 last year. But his yardage is down (had 952 last year; on pace for 795 this year). And for all of the rave about him last year, he only caught 4 TDs; he is on pace for 2 this year. So, really, he is not that far off of last year's pace. But he had such a hot start last year (and had a bad 4-game stretch midseason), that I think many were probably expecting the same this year.

 

[xenith]

sorry but the writing was on the wall for delhomme, portis and owens, so if you bought in you should have seen the risk.

QB Can't say many QBs have been big dissappointments, many high performers this year. Guess I'd have to way Warner, but he carried some high risk too, so similar to my previous statement above, any one who bought in should have known.

RB McFadden, but maybe only for PPR leaguers. Throwing out the injury, he was a big PPR bust even before injured. Slaton is way up the bust list too.

WR I'll agree on Royal, but a bigtime fail goes to steve smith in carolina so far, but at least there is hope for redemption in the 2nd half for him. Honorable mention to the injury riddled Boldin this year.

TE Also agree on Witten.

 

[jonm8]

Funny thing about Witten is, his catches are actually up a bit from last year. He is on pace for 85 catches; he had 81 last year. But his yardage is down (had 952 last year; on pace for 795 this year). And for all of the rave about him last year, he only caught 4 TDs; he is on pace for 2 this year. So, really, he is not that far off of last year's pace. But he had such a hot start last year (and had a bad 4-game stretch midseason), that I think many were probably expecting the same this year.

Could be a good buy low candidate if you find a disappointed owner. I think Dallas's offense is coming around, and Witten's numbers should improve.

 

[MCguidance]

I don't think Gates should be on this list. Down from ADP, yes. Dissapointment not really.

You can add Jennings to that list, though.

 

[Sarnoff]

Garrard, if anyone waited on him to be their QB1

 

[The Man with the Plan]

Anquan Boldin

Brandon Jacobs

Greg Jennings

 

[Possum]

I look at your list and see Royal and Witten as the only ones who were shocking.Delhomme has made a career off of one nice playoff run and that is about it.Portis has 2k+ carries .... its a steep drop from hereWestbrook has a lot of injuries for the amount of time he has been in the league and only 1200 carries. TO is in a bad offense for him and is really coming to the end of a good career.

agree that Delhomme's poor season isn't necessarily "shocking" but I don't really think anyone expected TO to fall off the face of the earth the way he has - lots of places had him ranked in the top 15 WRs going into the season.meanwhile Portis and Westbrook were top 10 or just outside the top 10 by most projections going into the year. I wouldn't necessarily call their decline shocking but it is a little surprising.I think Forte, Tomlinson, Greg Jennings and Steve Smith should be on the list at this point.

 

[Carter_Can_Fly]

I look at your list and see Royal and Witten as the only ones who were shocking.Delhomme has made a career off of one nice playoff run and that is about it.Portis has 2k+ carries .... its a steep drop from hereWestbrook has a lot of injuries for the amount of time he has been in the league and only 1200 carries. TO is in a bad offense for him and is really coming to the end of a good career.

-So you knew that Portis was going to FINALLY fall out of the top 10 of rb's and not only that be he would not even be a RB 2 at this stage-You also expected TO to be the 59 th ppg WR?-Also Delhomme has 5 TDs, to 13 ints. He is the QB 33 in points per game.You don't think those things are somewhat shocking?

 

[Brock Middlebrook]

I look at your list and see Royal and Witten as the only ones who were shocking.Delhomme has made a career off of one nice playoff run and that is about it.Portis has 2k+ carries .... its a steep drop from hereWestbrook has a lot of injuries for the amount of time he has been in the league and only 1200 carries. TO is in a bad offense for him and is really coming to the end of a good career.

agree that Delhomme's poor season isn't necessarily "shocking" but I don't really think anyone expected TO to fall off the face of the earth the way he has - lots of places had him ranked in the top 15 WRs going into the season.meanwhile Portis and Westbrook were top 10 or just outside the top 10 by most projections going into the year. I wouldn't necessarily call their decline shocking but it is a little surprising.I think Forte, Tomlinson, Greg Jennings and Steve Smith should be on the list at this point.

TO is 35 - which is ancient for a wideout and went to team with mediocre to poor QBing and a pitiful offense that was so bad in preseason that they dumped their coordinator.

 

[Carter_Can_Fly]

I look at your list and see Royal and Witten as the only ones who were shocking.Delhomme has made a career off of one nice playoff run and that is about it.Portis has 2k+ carries .... its a steep drop from hereWestbrook has a lot of injuries for the amount of time he has been in the league and only 1200 carries. TO is in a bad offense for him and is really coming to the end of a good career.

agree that Delhomme's poor season isn't necessarily "shocking" but I don't really think anyone expected TO to fall off the face of the earth the way he has - lots of places had him ranked in the top 15 WRs going into the season.meanwhile Portis and Westbrook were top 10 or just outside the top 10 by most projections going into the year. I wouldn't necessarily call their decline shocking but it is a little surprising.I think Forte, Tomlinson, Greg Jennings and Steve Smith should be on the list at this point.

TO is 35 - which is ancient for a wideout and went to team with mediocre to poor QBing and a pitiful offense that was so bad in preseason that they dumped their coordinator.

TO is an elite WR and coming off a pretty good year. He had/has no injuries from one year ago that would have forseen him falling off this far. Sure he was changing scenery, and going to an offense that was much worst than Dallas. But he had done extremely well in his other changes in his career. I dont think anyone was expecting a WR 1 performance, but were hoping to get WR 2 production and at the very least WR 3 production.

 

[jonm8]

TO is 35 - which is ancient for a wideout and went to team with mediocre to poor QBing and a pitiful offense that was so bad in preseason that they dumped their coordinator.

J. Rice did 92 catches, 1,211 yards, and 7 TD's at age 40. Now there are a lot of players who drop off significantly at 35 (Monk, Harrison), but I really expect Moss and TO to be productive past 35. I kind of think Buffalo offensive is the bigger culprit than TO's age.

 

[Carter_Can_Fly]

TO is 35 - which is ancient for a wideout and went to team with mediocre to poor QBing and a pitiful offense that was so bad in preseason that they dumped their coordinator.

J. Rice did 92 catches, 1,211 yards, and 7 TD's at age 40. Now there are a lot of players who drop off significantly at 35 (Monk, Harrison), but I really expect Moss and TO to be productive past 35. I kind of think Buffalo offensive is the bigger culprit than TO's age.

Harrison at least there was the injury to kind of give you the tell that he could fall off as well.

 

[Gr00vus]

Larry Johnson

 

[Magnus_CA]

Greg Olsen and Eddie Royal top my list.

 

[Portis 26]

Portis has run for 490 yards in 7 games at 4.1 yards a carry which projects to comfortably over 1000 yards. That's perfectly respectable for a back. Is it great? No, but look at the offense he's playing on and the line he's running behind.

 

[valhallan]

Dustin Keller, though it was nice to see a big game last week. Many had him making a significant leap in year two, particularly as a security blanket for a rookie QB.

Bowe is another, though he was slowed by an injury and has been mildly productive.

 

[Sir Psycho]

LT ??!!

 

[Crusaderfan]

Royal has been a real kick in the nuts this season. Everytime I think back to my draft and remember that DeSean Jackson and Royal were right next to each other on my VBD and I went Royal - it makes me ill.

Others - no where near as big of disappointments:

Holt - I thought he might have something left. He doesn't

McFadden - I thought that this season things would fall into place for him especially in a PPR league.

Reggie Bush - He has been like a Westbrook lite in PPR - this season too man other options going well in NO.

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

I definitely think Forte should be on this list. He was considered a very high pick and hasn't really justified it. Last week saved him from the "bust" label so far. Now he's just a disappointment.

He's been actually good enough that you wouldn't bench him, but bad enough that you wonder what you could have gotten with the pick you spent on him. That can be especially frustrating when you were looking or elite numbers and get...numbers.

 

[renesauz]

Surprised at some of the names on these lists. Many of them were high risk players to start with. Others haven't been dissapointing when healthy...Boldin? No reason to think he won't light up the second half of the year. Delhomme...who was high on him to start with???? Many expected T.O. to tail off, but I could see him being considered a dissapointment, because few predicted this big a downturn.

No huge surprises (dissapointments) at QB.

Forte has under-performed expectations, but not to the point of being a bust. SLATON has been a huge disspointment to me.

Royal has to lead the WR lists.

 

[DexterDew]

players that have disappointed me on multiple teams: Witten, Olsen, Ward (dropped), Lance Moore, R Bush, and SD DEF.

still holding out hope for CA Johnson in my main league...

 

[skillz]

From the teams I have this season:

Dwayne Bowe - td's are good but yardage has been very low.

TJ Housh - has really only had one good game this season; Burleson has outproduced him.

Jason Witten - is a low #1 TE based on his numbers - not exactly what people expected when they drafted him.

Ryan Grant - thought he'd put up better numbers at this point given the offense he is in.

Reggie Bush - never thought he'd light it up but he is pretty much a non-factor now in the passing game of the NO offense.

Others off the top of my head:

Westbrook

Calvin Johnson

Greg Jennings

Steve Smith

Brandon Jacobs

Clinton Portis

TO

Darren McFadden

 

[davearm]

Surprised at some of the names on these lists. Many of them were high risk players to start with. Others haven't been dissapointing when healthy...Boldin? No reason to think he won't light up the second half of the year. Delhomme...who was high on him to start with???? Many expected T.O. to tail off, but I could see him being considered a dissapointment, because few predicted this big a downturn.

No huge surprises (dissapointments) at QB.

Forte has under-performed expectations, but not to the point of being a bust. SLATON has been a huge disspointment to me.

Royal has to lead the WR lists.

I'd say that high ankle sprain is a reason to think Boldin won't light up the second half of the year.

 

[Carter_Can_Fly]

Surprised at some of the names on these lists. Many of them were high risk players to start with. Others haven't been dissapointing when healthy...Boldin? No reason to think he won't light up the second half of the year. Delhomme...who was high on him to start with???? Many expected T.O. to tail off, but I could see him being considered a dissapointment, because few predicted this big a downturn.No huge surprises (dissapointments) at QB.Forte has under-performed expectations, but not to the point of being a bust. SLATON has been a huge disspointment to me.Royal has to lead the WR lists.

Did you even read the intial post and what I said about Delhomme?

 

[basher]

I look at your list and see Royal and Witten as the only ones who were shocking.Delhomme has made a career off of one nice playoff run and that is about it.Portis has 2k+ carries .... its a steep drop from hereWestbrook has a lot of injuries for the amount of time he has been in the league and only 1200 carries. TO is in a bad offense for him and is really coming to the end of a good career.

-So you knew that Portis was going to FINALLY fall out of the top 10 of rb's and not only that be he would not even be a RB 2 at this stage-You also expected TO to be the 59 th ppg WR?-Also Delhomme has 5 TDs, to 13 ints. He is the QB 33 in points per game.You don't think those things are somewhat shocking?

1. I did not draft portis in a single league basically because of the mileage. When the odometer hits that number unless you get him in the 5th or 6th it just isn't worth a high draft pick.2. 59th? no ... but he is a 35 year old wide receiver in an offense that doesn't really use his skills, a bad qb, a bad situation in general ... i don't really care if people had him ranked top 15 that situation had bad news written all over it from day 13. You need to have watched more panthers games over the past 3 seasons. Jake Delhomme is awful and has been for some time. He single handedly murdered the panthers last year.

 

[basher]

add:Matt ForteDerrick WardBrandon JacobsSteve SmithAnquan BoldinAntonio GatesChargers DEFTitans DEF

this list is more like it

 

[valence]

Greg Jennings\Steve Smith\Jason Witten

Yes I own all 3.

I think the real answers to this question though are Slaton and LT. They are the only real "busts" so far that were drafted in the 1st round of most leagues.

Throw Calvin Johnson in there as well I guess.

 

[Carter_Can_Fly]

I look at your list and see Royal and Witten as the only ones who were shocking.Delhomme has made a career off of one nice playoff run and that is about it.Portis has 2k+ carries .... its a steep drop from hereWestbrook has a lot of injuries for the amount of time he has been in the league and only 1200 carries. TO is in a bad offense for him and is really coming to the end of a good career.

-So you knew that Portis was going to FINALLY fall out of the top 10 of rb's and not only that be he would not even be a RB 2 at this stage-You also expected TO to be the 59 th ppg WR?-Also Delhomme has 5 TDs, to 13 ints. He is the QB 33 in points per game.You don't think those things are somewhat shocking?

1. I did not draft portis in a single league basically because of the mileage. When the odometer hits that number unless you get him in the 5th or 6th it just isn't worth a high draft pick.2. 59th? no ... but he is a 35 year old wide receiver in an offense that doesn't really use his skills, a bad qb, a bad situation in general ... i don't really care if people had him ranked top 15 that situation had bad news written all over it from day 13. You need to have watched more panthers games over the past 3 seasons. Jake Delhomme is awful and has been for some time. He single handedly murdered the panthers last year.

First off I did not draft Portis in any draft either as I was definitely gun shy about the mileage and was not fond of the Redskins offense in general. I also did not draft Delhomme. I was just pointing out players that have been pathetic. Portis is not even putting up rb 2 numbers... delhomme was QB 20 last year in my draft and this year his ppg has him at 33. Also I did not draft or assume TO was going to be top 15 and I don't think many people were. The fact that he has fallen off so far no matter the circumstance, situation, qb, team etc is surprising.