jacobo_moses
Footballguy
I'm just curious on who is the better dynasty WR to hold onto. Like who will be more productive the next 2-4yrs.???
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Emmanuel Sanders or A. Benn for Dynasty (1 Viewer)
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Footballguy
I say sanders for 2011, but benn is the longer term play for me.
Interesting post/comparison as they are both in the same place (3rd receiving option) with two QBs who have been compared with one another. How about this...it depends on whether Winslow or Ward leaves/retires/declines first. The situations are eerily similar, but Pitt does have one other X factor...Limas Sweed. He will be back in 2011, and while he literally has the same amount of experience as Sanders, being a first rounder has its perks in staying power. I also remember hearing he was doing well in 2010 mini-camps, so if you had to make a decision today on one that will effect you for the next 2-4 years, i would go Benn...but you are really splitting hairs at this point.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
Anyone concerned about the affects of Benn's severe knee injury long term?
Arrelious Benn (injured reserve, torn ACL) said he'll be be ready for the start of training camp.
Benn will have surgery to repair the torn ligament in his left knee in the next few weeks. His projection seems to be based on nothing more than sheer optimism, as we won't have a real idea about his status for training camp for another few months.
Source: Pewter Report
Arrelious Benn (injured reserve, torn ACL) said he'll be be ready for the start of training camp.
Benn will have surgery to repair the torn ligament in his left knee in the next few weeks. His projection seems to be based on nothing more than sheer optimism, as we won't have a real idea about his status for training camp for another few months.
Source: Pewter Report
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5-ish Finkle
Footballguy
Sweed wasn't a first rounder.
My bad...thought he was a late 1st rounder. You are correct, 53rd pick in 2008.
I think Sweed is more likely to be cut than he is to be a big part of the Steelers offense. He's got good size, but terrible hands and work ethic, he's like a homeless man's Roy Williams.
Kitrick Taylor
Footballguy
The OP asked who will be better for the next 2-4 years. Benn has a torn ACL, and he did it late in the season. Benn will most likely be limited throughout 2011 giving Sanders a pretty big advantage. Hines Ward is also in pretty serious decline right now, and is about to turn 35 years old. He had four good games this year going over 100 yards in each. The other twelve games, he averaged 2 catches for 24 yards. I can't imagine its going to get much better in 2011 for him. I expect Wallace and Sanders to be starting next year, with Wallace drawing some pretty heavy coverage.
Steelers' Sanders blossoms at WR
By F. Dale Lolley, Staff writer
PITTSBURGH - Coming from a pass-happy offense at SMU, Emmanuel Sanders looked like a polished receiver to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and they used a third-round pick in this year's draft to get him.
What they could not have guessed, however, was how quickly the rookie would gel with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
Sanders has been targeted by Roethlisberger 38 times the past six games, seven more than Hines Ward - the Steelers' all-time leader in nearly every receiving category.
Included in that total are a team-high 13 attempts in Sanders' direction during Sunday's 22-17 loss to the New York Jets. Sanders finished the game with career highs of seven receptions and 78 yards.
"He's done some great things," said Roethlisberger. "He's really growing up fast. Honestly, the sky is the limit for that guy. He can be as good as he wants to be."
The Steelers (10-4) are more concerned with how Sanders can help them as they push toward the playoffs. The Steelers have already clinched a postseason berth but need victories in their final two games - or one loss by Baltimore - to clinch the AFC North.
Sanders, with 19 receptions in the past six games, could be a big part of that.
"I think ever since they've moved me to the third receiver spot, I've been getting more work at practice," said Sanders. "Ben is believing in me, and in the games, it's starting to show."
Sanders was slowed early in the season by a leg injury that forced him to miss three games. He has slowly worked his way into becoming a big part of offensive coordinator Bruce Arians' game plan each week.
Wallace and Ward usually draw more of the attention from opposing defenders, so Sanders draws single coverage. It's something that allowed Wallace to shine last season behind Ward and Santonio Holmes.
When the Steelers traded Holmes to the Jets in the offseason for a fifth-round draft pick, they needed somebody to fill the No. 3 position.
Veteran Antwaan Randle El did early in the year, but Sanders has passed him.
"You're adding somebody who can do something special with a short pass," offensive coordinator Bruce Arians said. "It's something we missed since we lost Santonio."
Wallace has seen the maturation process.
"He's knows where to be at now. He's always had the talent," Wallace said. "It's just sometimes, when you first get in there, you're kind of nervous and don't know what's going on. You might run a route wrong or be in the wrong spot. But that's not really happening any more. He's where he needs to be. He's going to get matchups.
"They're going to try to take out Hines and myself, so he's always going to get a favorable matchup. And he's a top guy when he gets the ball. I don't feel like anybody can stop him."
By F. Dale Lolley, Staff writer
PITTSBURGH - Coming from a pass-happy offense at SMU, Emmanuel Sanders looked like a polished receiver to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and they used a third-round pick in this year's draft to get him.
What they could not have guessed, however, was how quickly the rookie would gel with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
Sanders has been targeted by Roethlisberger 38 times the past six games, seven more than Hines Ward - the Steelers' all-time leader in nearly every receiving category.
Included in that total are a team-high 13 attempts in Sanders' direction during Sunday's 22-17 loss to the New York Jets. Sanders finished the game with career highs of seven receptions and 78 yards.
"He's done some great things," said Roethlisberger. "He's really growing up fast. Honestly, the sky is the limit for that guy. He can be as good as he wants to be."
The Steelers (10-4) are more concerned with how Sanders can help them as they push toward the playoffs. The Steelers have already clinched a postseason berth but need victories in their final two games - or one loss by Baltimore - to clinch the AFC North.
Sanders, with 19 receptions in the past six games, could be a big part of that.
"I think ever since they've moved me to the third receiver spot, I've been getting more work at practice," said Sanders. "Ben is believing in me, and in the games, it's starting to show."
Sanders was slowed early in the season by a leg injury that forced him to miss three games. He has slowly worked his way into becoming a big part of offensive coordinator Bruce Arians' game plan each week.
Wallace and Ward usually draw more of the attention from opposing defenders, so Sanders draws single coverage. It's something that allowed Wallace to shine last season behind Ward and Santonio Holmes.
When the Steelers traded Holmes to the Jets in the offseason for a fifth-round draft pick, they needed somebody to fill the No. 3 position.
Veteran Antwaan Randle El did early in the year, but Sanders has passed him.
"You're adding somebody who can do something special with a short pass," offensive coordinator Bruce Arians said. "It's something we missed since we lost Santonio."
Wallace has seen the maturation process.
"He's knows where to be at now. He's always had the talent," Wallace said. "It's just sometimes, when you first get in there, you're kind of nervous and don't know what's going on. You might run a route wrong or be in the wrong spot. But that's not really happening any more. He's where he needs to be. He's going to get matchups.
"They're going to try to take out Hines and myself, so he's always going to get a favorable matchup. And he's a top guy when he gets the ball. I don't feel like anybody can stop him."
