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Updated: 4-11-07
2007 Xtreme Sleepers
1. RB Michael Turner (Potential: Top 10RB) - So far, Michael Turner is our biggest breakout candidate for the upcoming 2007 fantasy season. In fact, I predict that if Turner gets traded this off-season, he will be a top 10RB as early as 2007. Think this is too bold? If so, I recommend that you get your hands on some of Turner's game film from last year. We have watched his games over and over again, and everything about him screams fantasy-stud. He has incredible speed, tremendous size (5-10, 237 pounds) and has proven to be able to run between the tackles (157 caries, 5.9 YPC). Turner isn't a raw talent, unlike many seem to believe... he was a beast in college (leaving school ranked 13th on the NCAA all-time rushing list) and he is about to become a beast in the pros. The current rumors floating around out there suggest that the Titans have offered pick #19 and a 3rd rounder for #30 and Turner. There are also other rumors suggesting that the Bills want the runner pretty bad. We think the odds of Turner NOT getting traded are slim.
In fact, to prove how much I personally believe in the runner, I just made one of the boldest trades I have ever made in an expert dynasty league ('07 FFX Expert Dynasty League). I traded Reggie Bush & Santonio Holmes FOR Michael Turner & Roy Williams. Let me first say that it wasn't easy trading Reggie Bush in a dynasty league, but given that Roy Williams actually outscored Bush last year in this league's scoring format and given that I believe Turner will outscore Bush in 2007 (if traded to start), this trade was too good to pass up. This is what FantasyFootballXtreme is all about... mastermind scouting and hardcore-bold moves. We made a similar move in the 2005 Dirty Dozen Expert league, where we traded Randy Moss and Rudi Johnson for a back-up RB named Larry Johnson. Lets just say it wasn't a popular trade when it went down, but Larry Johnson was a 14th-round keeper and we could tell Johnson's time was near. Roughly a couple weeks after our trade went through, Larry Johnson was forced into the KC line-up and the rusher went on to start nine straight games... nine games that ended up outscoring both Rudi and Randy's totals combine on the year. We still own LJ in this league as a 14th round keeper and the move has set us up nicely each and every season. Like I said, this is what FantasyFootballXtreme is all about -- as far as this trade that we just made to get Turner, we can't wait to revisit the topic later in the year.