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Boston has looked good in OTAs/camp and is a threat to take the #2 WR job for the Bucs. Like most threads, there are links to articles and opinions for both sides.You mean you really couldn't take the 5-10 minutes to skim through the thread?
what should really get a rolleyes is a 5 page thread on David Boston.
Craig Davis just off the top of my head.
Clayton will be luck to make the team.
Good point, but if he in fact starts, Stovall and Clayton won't be big factors in taking away balls from him. Pittman won't be on the field if Caddy is in the backfield (at least not very often). So you have Galloway and Caddy competing for touches -- and a few passes to whomever will be their TE (Stevens/Smith). I think Tampa is going to be playing from behind most weeks so they will need to throw. If Galloway draws the #1 corner or double team, Boston could have some opportunities. I think his biggest threat is Stovall. We probably won't know until the last preseason game if it looks like Boston is going to be the #2 for Week 1.
Pittman is reported to be taking over the FB position with Alstott on IR. He was already expected to the third down back because of Cadillac's uncertain receiving skills. Looking at the Buccs, who may be playing behind and/or in 3rd and long situations a lot, and Garcia, who likes to throw to his RBs, it would seem to me that Pittman has increased value.
Exactly. It's becoming more and more clear that he's worth the risk of acquiring him for cheap right now, and if he is in fact a starter when the season starts, he'll have fantasy value in some way. Maybe not as a starter, but definitely as a bench WR with the potential for a lot more if he's truly recovered from his off-the-field problems and injuries. There aren't many - if any - #2 corners who would enjoy lining up on an island opposite a healthy David Boston. Lots and lots of positive reports about him from coaches, players, and reporters, and when there's smoke, there's normally at least some kind of fire.
Give me your list of LATE round picks. Other than your kicker, who has the "potential" to crack your starting line.BTW, how did Garcia do in Philly last year? As you have listed, they have some talent on offense. With off season acquisitions, I feel the TB offense will be better while the defense will regress to the mean.
I agree with 99% of this. But instead of taking Boston as my "hail mary", I'll be taking Craig Davis or Anthony Gonzalez.
I agree with 100% of this. However, because Craig Davis and Anthony Gonzalez where first round draft picks on high octane offenses, in many leagues they won't be available for a late round "hail mary". I would probably prefer either of these guys to Boston as well, but that assumes they are available at the same price.
In 6 starts he threw for 1300 yards and 10 TDs (with only 2 picks). And they had no receivers. Garcia can throw a deep ball. If Boston really does have his speed back and his head on straight, this could be scary. No way you're getting a potential top-10 WR that late in the draft normally.
In the leauges I've participated in, those guys have not been available in the last round. I suppose it all depends on the size of your roster. I'm on the Boston Bandwagon (with a great deal of hesitation) but I wouldn't take him over many other players.If my choices come down to Taco Wallace, Lelie, Roydell Williams...then Boston is the clear way to go. If you're still looking at a Reggie Williams, A. Gonzalez then I'm not so sure. Then it would be a situational thing (dependent on your requirements, your roster at that point, etc).
Add to that the fact that Galloway, while recently he has been injury free, has had major injuries in the past and is definitely up in age where hammies, groin pulls etc are common for speed WRs
garcia has a noodle arm, not sure that his deep ball is all that great.Plus Garcia had Stallworth and Reggie brown and westbrook and much better Oline. I wouldnt put TB's skill positions or Oline anywhere near the level of Philly.I suspect Garcia reverts to his detroit/cleveland form
I don't see why he would get many opportunities behind LT2, Gates and V. Jackson, this is assuming he wins the starting job as WR2. Boston's perceived value is as the WR2 in TB. If he does not win the job he will become waiver wire fodder. But I think many are liking Boston because TB is much more likely to be playing from behind than San Diego.
I'm mostly on board with the prediction, but I have to say 11 beers is more likely.
I suppose that depends on your roster requirements.
picking Boston ahead of any of them is pure insanity...
I like Boston, but it's hard to see how you take him over Bowe or Davis, and maybe Rice.
I suppose I should have made a caveat to this such that it really depends on league size and scoring systems. I think guys with 30 receptions and 400 yards and a few TD's will be a dime a dozen but certainly not bad for a flier. In some of my deeper leagues I may take him myself but I think my point was to temper the hype just a tad.
It's still a bit too early to tell, but if he's healthy and looks to be the starter opposite Galloway, I'd take Boston very, very easily over any of those 3 WRs.Still some big time questions to be answered with him, but he's got a significant amount of upside if the reports on him are even close to accurate.The Man Who Met Andy Griffith said:
Seriously? In dynasty?
In a redraft, definitely. Edit to add that I hadn't noticed the reference in the post I quoted that it was in a dynasty league.In a dynasty, it'd be a lot closer. Rice, Bowe, and Davis all have huge potential, but Boston has already shown what he's capable of in the NFL. If he's healthy, he's still only 29 and far more proven than any of the three rookies no matter how much potential they have.
Garcia naked bootleg to his right from the 19, threw a step from the sideline 5 yards into the endzone where Boston dove for it coming back.Video on NFL.com
God I hate that phrase. Best way to lose out on huge upside players right there, that kind of thinking. Just terrible.Boston's upside is to maybe be a fringe starter for a couple of years. If that's all you're shooting for, go for it.
Sweet, I didn't know NFL.com had that feature. Thanks.Garcia naked bootleg to his right from the 19, threw a step from the sideline 5 yards into the endzone where Boston dove for it coming back.Video on NFL.com
He's already been a Pro Bowl receiver in the NFL and he's 29 years old. His upside is much higher than being a fringe starter for a couple of years.
I disagree. He's not the player he was in the steriods days, and pre multiple knee surgeries. You guys might be right, but I don't think so.
You're right, players never come back from knee surgery. Oh wait, this isn't 1975 is it?
pencil in Gaffney as a starter . . . Moss and Stallworth are always out with an injury . . .
Hmmm... and you read somewhere that I said players never come back from knee surgery? I think what I said is "you may be right, but I don't think so" as to his upside being greater than that of a fringe starter and "he's not the player he was... multiple knee surgeries." I said he could be a starter again. That's coming back. But does today's Boston, at 29, have the upside of Dwayne Bowe? IMO no, but feel free to believe differently. The question was whether someone would prefer owning Boston and I certainly would not.
