New England WRs this season (1 Viewer)

[BIGGjohnny]

I know Ben Watson is the best receiver in New England. I have him on some of my teams. But he is a TE.

Will a NE WR step up and be productive (worth a fantasy start) this season? The Pats receivers did not look so great against Buff and were only targeted 7 times.

Reche Caldwell?

Troy Brown?

Doug Gabriel?

Chad Jackson?

I am in a very deep league (20 roster spots) that covets WR depth. Troy Brown is available. Is he worth anything? A bye week fill in, solid backup, or should I look elsewhere?

Any help/ideas?

Thanks

BIGG Johnny

 

[PatsWillWin]

Search function down?

 

[BIGGjohnny]

Troy Brown?

Is Chad Jackson going to be healthy and able to contribute this year?

 

[brownies19]

This receiving crew still intrigues me...and the take which Dodds has on this also has caught me eye, with different intepretations in the Top 250 Forward, Weekly Projections, and Remainder of Season Projections via Lineup Dominator versus how each corresponds with present and total target numbers.

Anybody else notice this? I am curious how most people see this going forward in the short and long term.

 

[tombonneau]

I posted a thread the other day on Doug Gabriel, had some good discussion. As a Pats homer, he is the guy to own. Should put up very solid WR3 numbers from here on out. With potential for WR2.

Chad Jackson could develop into a threat down the stretch, but for now & immeidate future, DG is the man.

Tried to acquire him in both my leagues this week, but to no avail. :(

If you are lucky enough to have him still on the wire, grab him.

I'm actually hoping that Pats kill Miami this weekend and don't throw much, giving DG a down game. He might be more attainable then next week during NE's bye.

 

[gman8343]

Doug Gabriel already seems to be stepping up. Guy's only been on the team like 8 minutes and he's already nabbed 2 TDs.

 

[valhallan]

My thought is that Gabriel shines for another week, then Watson takes over as teams roll coverage to Gabriel, the Jackson joins the fray and we see random distribution with any one of the three having a decent game each week.

 

[MarcO]

I know Ben Watson is the best receiver in New England. I have him on some of my teams. But he is a TE. Will a NE WR step up and be productive (worth a fantasy start) this season? The Pats receivers did not look so great against Buff and were only targeted 7 times. Reche Caldwell?Troy Brown?Doug Gabriel?Chad Jackson?I am in a very deep league (20 roster spots) that covets WR depth. Troy Brown is available. Is he worth anything? A bye week fill in, solid backup, or should I look elsewhere? Any help/ideas?ThanksBIGG Johnny

I wouldn't exactly say Ben Watson has "Stepped up".

 

[brownies19]

Thank you for the heads up on the Gabriel message...

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...howtopic=275992

All seem to agree that Gabriel is the #1 guy at WR, and Chad Jackson shows incredible promise if he can get his health/maturity/football saavy together.

Though I didn't necessarily make it clear here, I was trying more so to gauge how Caldwell and Troy Brown will do the rest of the season.

Troy Brown - After target numbers of 3 (2nd amongst WR's on team), 8 (leading), 8 (2nd on team) in the first three weeks, he fell off to zero when he was playing some defense in Week 4. He only dropped two spots amongst WR's in the Top 250 forward, but his projections for this week have him as the 3rd most productive receiver in New England.

Reche Caldwell - Target numbers of 4 (led team), 4 (2nd on team), 7 (3rd on team) and 3 (2nd on team). Weekly projections for this week place him second on team, however he is floundering in the Top 250 forward, ranked in the 70's amongst WR's.

If you look at Bob Henry's Updated Depth Charts, the WR's are ranked as follows:

1. Reche Caldwell

2. Troy Brown

3. Doug Gabriel

4. Chad Jackson

This corresponds with the Patriots depth chart, which implies Caldwell and Jackson play at one WR position and Brown and Gabriel at the other. So long as Brown is taking snaps at defense, this allows Gabriel to be worked into the offense more...until Jackson matures, can Reche Caldwell put up decent numbers?

The Top 250 Forward has Chad Jackson ranked much closer to Troy Brown and well ahead of Reche Caldwell, implying that Dodds this the transition will happen sooner than later....but based upon weekly projections, not this week.

Anybody want to guess when Chad Jackson may be productive? My argument is UNTIL then, Reche Caldwell may yet have some value (though his talent was questioned in the attached post).

Interested to hear your thoughts....

 

[SeniorVBDStudent]

Pats fans might be biased against getting their hopes up with Jackson until he demonstrates success; we are still chaffing over the lack of success of one Bethel Johnson.

On the field, rather than in published depth charts, the Pats seemed to have evolved to Gabriel as WR1 and Caldwell as WR2. What is limiting the passing game right now is Caldwell. I would expect they are going to give him 2 or 3 more games to "get it" and if his performance doesn't improve you'll see Troy Brown as WR2 instead.

Again, I don't see BB putting Jackson into a starting WR1 or WR2 role this year.

But then again, I'm just an uninformed homer, so take it for what its worth.

 

[Kit Fisto]

Doug Gabriel: 2 games, 2 TDs. Nuff said.

Reche Caldwell can't catch a cold, and couldn't get open against the North Texas Armadillos.

Gabriel's your man here for the time being. I'd like to think Chad will eventually become #1 once healthy, but we'll have to wait and see.

 

[lod2005]

Doug Gabriel