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Merriman's potential in dyansty league (1 Viewer)

ironmon

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does anyone have an idea how merriman will be used in san diego?i'm thinking of drafting him in my inagural dynasty draft, but don't know too much about him. this league gives:1pt tackle,.5 assist,2 sack, 1defl,

 
with that scoring system, not much potential to be honest. he'll be an 3-4 OLB with meager tackle numbers and nice sack numbers. sacks would have to be worth 3X what a tackle is worth to make him viable.

 
with that scoring system, not much potential to be honest. he'll be an 3-4 OLB with meager tackle numbers and nice sack numbers. sacks would have to be worth 3X what a tackle is worth to make him viable.
I don't even care for him at 3x (Zealots).
 
with that scoring system, not much potential to be honest. he'll be an 3-4 OLB with meager tackle numbers and nice sack numbers. sacks would have to be worth 3X what a tackle is worth to make him viable.
I don't even care for him at 3x (Zealots).
he's ok depth in that system, but i agree that you wouldnt want to be starting him.
 
Not many OLB make a top 25 list, so its hard to project him that. Julian Peterson comes to mind, but he'll need to be that good.That said, I hear he is that good.But someone will draft him too early because of name and not understanding the scoring for OLB (which is how I learned).

 
Honestly, I think he has the potential of reproducing the stats of Steve Foley's 2004 campaign. I dont know about your leagues, but that was an acceptable LB2 in mine.

 
Honestly, I think he has the potential of reproducing the stats of Steve Foley's 2004 campaign. I dont know about your leagues, but that was an acceptable LB2 in mine.
Every year, a few OLB's playing in the 3-4 score well. Unfortunately, 3-4 OLB's rarely score well from one season to the next.Let's talk Foley since he was referenced...

Foley netted 10 sacks last year. These 10 sacks matched his CAREER totals from the prior five seasons. I highly doubt he was on any IDP roster prior to Week 1 of the '04 season. Fast forward to the '05 season...it's now only a matter of time until Merriman takes his job (assuming Merriman plays OLB, as opposed to DE).

Joey Porter has probably been the most consistent-scoring 3-4 OLB for the past few years. Porter has landed at least 54 tackles and five sacks in each of the past five seasons. This is fine and dandy, but one important question remains: Which Porter will you get in '05?? The '02 Porter who had 89 tackles, 9 sacks, 4 INT's, and 10 PD's or the '04 Porters who had 54 tackles, 7 sacks, 1 INT, and 12 PD's?? It's a gamble I'm not willing to take.

I could see guys like Merriman (...and Ware...and Pollack...and Babin...and Chaun Thompson) becoming the new generation of Joey Porter. Unfortunately, the new generation of Joey Porter excites me about as much as the old the generation of Joey Porter. :thumbdown:

 

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