Week 5 Review
We've had some sharks bumping the 'ol thread as expected. Of course, while most sharks only play a portion of the fantasy season, Hawks go through till the end. With that said, let's see where we are at this point:
Sam Bradford
We boldly pinned him at QB12 and indicated Clayton would be heavily involved. Bradford sits around QB18 depending on your scoring format. Clayton was looking like dynamite, at around WR10, before his season-ender. That's fine. Bradford will continue to develop as a rookie, Amendola will benefit, and watch for Denario Alexander to become a tremendous fantasy force in his own right, giving Bradford a real NFL WR1. He's not quite QB12 yet, but don't be surprised to see him continue to improve over time and move up from his current spot to get there, because this kid could literally thread a needle from 50 yards out. Truth. He went #1 overall in my hawk-only Elite Dyno XL III fantasy sewing league.
Jerome Harrison
HAHA OTIS, YOU WUZ WRONG. HAHA, HE SUX0R AND PEYTON HILLIS IS WAY BETTER.
No.
You know that scene in Tombstone, where Kurt Russel's character is fording the river with a rifle with a bunch of bad guys holed up under cover on the other side, and they're all firing at him wide out in the open, and there he is crossing the river, just firing and pumping that rifle, and picking them off one at a time, all the way yelling "no... NO... NO!"? That's what's happening here. I'm Kurt Russel. And yes, Harrison didn't look great yet in limited action this season. And yes, he got hurt. But he'll make the Browns coaching staff look like idiots (well, even more than they themselves do), and he's going to end up starting RB for the Eagles, and he'll make good on my promise to rush for over 150 yards at least once this year, and then I'll take that 30 grand I had in eskrow for you guys and I'll take a trip to Philly to watch him play from the 50-yard line the following week, and I'll spend the rest 30 minutes away in Atlantic City that night.
Matt Forte
RB4 right now. :hawkscreech:
BONUS: Larry Johnson
He's not on an NFL team right now. But he was a bonus throw-in. Even hawks don't see 20/20, gups.
Mike Williams
He's WR70, and I'm really disappointed, because I really am a big fan (of course, they've already had their BYE week, so he's actually ranked a bit higher than that). Kid is still an athlete and still has potential. In fact, you can have him for absolute dirt right now. Scoop him up now; send Coach Otis chocolate hearts later.
Wes Welker
His ADP was around WR20 preseason. I told you he'd finish top-8. He's averaging nearly 10PPG depending on scoring format, which, accounting for his BYE week, puts him at around WR14 at this point. And with Moss gone, I think he becomes an even more significant factor. He's already proven to be better than fair value, and he'll continue to produce throughout the season. You're welcome, finned ones.
Eddie Royal
I told you Eddie Royal had 91 catches as a rookie. (I told you that three times). I told you that Eddie Royal will have 91 catches this year too. Eddie Royal has 29 catches in five games. Eddie Royal is averaging 5.8 catches per game. Eddie Royal is on pace to have 92.8 catches this year. Eddie. Royal.
Bonus: Pierre Garcon
He was a bonus pick, so don't complain. If I get a free raffle ticket and I don't win the Vespa, I'm not sitting here complaining about it, because it was a freakin' free raffle ticket to begin with. Garcon has been disappointingly bad. I don't have him rostered in any of my leagues. I don't care much about him. Did I mention you should pick up Danario "The Scenario" up while you can? That one's free too. But it'll cash. In fact, just cross out "Pierre" and replace it with "Danario."
Todd Heap
Todd Heap really IS old. Babe Ruth struck out a lot. He also hit a bunch of home runs. When you swing for the fences, that happens.
Bonus: Heath Miller
Look, I can't predict that they'll be down to the ice cream guy at QB for the first 4 games, so there's little I can do about what he's done to date. But what I can tell you now is that his value never has been lower, and Big Ben is back, and Big Ben likes throwing touchdowns to this guy like Coach Otis likes throwing bad pickup lines at twenty one year olds. So just go pick him up. Justify it by saying "man, I need a BYE week filler at TE." And in a few weeks your TE decision each week will boil down to "no change," because Miller will just be rock solid and you'll be glad you read this thread.
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We're not doing this here. I think there's a kicker thread in the AC Forum, though I'm not sure, since us Hawks have that forum permanently blocked in our browser settings.
Onward and upward in week 6, fellow kings of the sky.
-Otis and Out