Koya
Footballguy
While I had a flukey year, in the end Manning helped get me a Super Bowl. I was lucky to get in the playoffs (had some bad luck and dumb decisions), the reason I got in was the points tiebreaker - and Manning has helped me in numerous seasons get toward the top of the overall points scored list in my leagues.
Once in the playoffs, while other QBs may throw up a stinker, even in a "not great year" Manning had only one semi bad game (10 pts in my league, 9 in others.
As background, I picked with the 8th. Took Manning, and then Willie Parker in the 2nd. Got some luck with Ahman Green late, but you can find a RB that can at least be a decent #2 (exactly what ahman was).
One thing I noticed, it seems a good amount of successful/super bowl teams seem to have Parker and Donald Driver, whom I got as well, later than he should have been picked.
To the topic at hand, when you (basically) know that Manning will end up playing every game, not have any bad games, almost certainly finish at the top of the QB list, with the outside chance of an uber season... that seems to much better than taking a 50/50 shot at stud RB vs. big first round disappointment.
I guess at the beginning of every year, people forget the week to week nature of fantasy football and focus so much on mathmatical deviations, formulas and value based drafting systems, they forget that to have a player, like Manning, that is such a guarantee to reach his projections is really a huge bonus as you can focus on other positions for weaknesses or injury and the like.
Once in the playoffs, while other QBs may throw up a stinker, even in a "not great year" Manning had only one semi bad game (10 pts in my league, 9 in others.
As background, I picked with the 8th. Took Manning, and then Willie Parker in the 2nd. Got some luck with Ahman Green late, but you can find a RB that can at least be a decent #2 (exactly what ahman was).
One thing I noticed, it seems a good amount of successful/super bowl teams seem to have Parker and Donald Driver, whom I got as well, later than he should have been picked.
To the topic at hand, when you (basically) know that Manning will end up playing every game, not have any bad games, almost certainly finish at the top of the QB list, with the outside chance of an uber season... that seems to much better than taking a 50/50 shot at stud RB vs. big first round disappointment.
I guess at the beginning of every year, people forget the week to week nature of fantasy football and focus so much on mathmatical deviations, formulas and value based drafting systems, they forget that to have a player, like Manning, that is such a guarantee to reach his projections is really a huge bonus as you can focus on other positions for weaknesses or injury and the like.
