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Not only that, but they are HIS rankings. Would you rather see rankings that were all the same? Why not just look at one persons then? Someones opinion may very sharply, but thats what gives them their rankings. But like dude said, just omit them if you dont want them.
Everyone is entitled to their opinions, and I've taken feedback every single year and worked to either explain the ranking or drink in criticism to make changes. Both result it better rankings.I will say that this process is VERY time consuming and I'm not 100% done yet. I know I've missed a few names.I don't have an issue with O-Gun or Kiwi being Top 10 DLs though.fruity pebbles said:
For some strange reason not all rookies were available to me when I loaded them this AM.I'll be going back and reviewing / changing these rankings Saturday - but I'm very aware that I am missing about 10 rookies or so across the board.
Well, I believe some of your rankings are right in line with my thinking....LB16 Jonathan Vilma NOS (Jeff=29) Vilma has a serious knee issue and there is no telling how long he can stay on the field. NYJ was willing to let him go due to this issue. I don't see him making it a full 16 games.
They are probably too high for my tastes, but I can conceivably buy the rankings. But Corey Smith as a top 10 DL? Like I said, are you sure you have the right DET DL?
But I'm not holding my breath.
Vilma didn't have any problems last year, so unless there is something new about his knee, I don't think it is an issue at all. He did have a knee injury previously, but to my knowledge, it's not a long-term issue. If something happened since last year, that's a different story, and if it did, I haven't seen it.
I think the Jets moved Vilma mainly because they didn't like him as a ILB in their 34. I don't beleive the injured knee is an issue, he made it thru 16 games last year. Saints were comfortable to resign him to a 5 year deal worth 34 million with 17 guaranteed.
Wasn't he lost at sea a few months ago?
Exactly.As I've said, the other things are rankings that might be defensible under different reasons, etc. I'm not sure how you can under any circumstances justify that one.
Yikes, that is a bad error / awful.I can explain how it happened - he was in the LB list for some reason and all my LBs are ranked ahead of DBs and ahead of DLs - so if there's a reclassification then I have a big boo-boo show up. I maintain one gigantic list of 1,000 players but focus on the key 200 or so guys for each list, so that is the nuts and bolts of how it happened.I'm about to undertake a massive review of these, so bear with me - but I will fix that error and completely remove him from the list.Thanks.
"Then cross him off the list"
Sure.From a FF perspective, he's been a Top 12 DE for the last two seasons and hasn't missed a game - and his opposite DE is far from stable (a mish-mash of Mark Anderson and Alex Brown). Tommy Harris cements the middle, but O-Gun doesn't have the luxury of another good pass rusher on the other side. Even so, he's played 16 games the last 2 seasons and still been a top DE.I've read that they're going to attempt to fix the Anderson/Brown combo, which should help things for the Bears - but basically O-Gun is a strong DE who rarely comes off the field and is a Top 10 DE you can put in your lineup each and every week with little to worry about. With Jason Taylor and other DEs starting to get old, O-Gun is up there with the NYG DEs right near the top.The only downside is that he isn't a big-play DE with lots of FF or turnovers or sacks. He's just a solid DE1 that is a strong fantasy starter that you can play off of if you have to start two. Either you can put in a high risk guy like Mathis or Abraham and hope he gets one of his 10+ sacks that week, or you can stick in a Trent Cole with O-Gun and pretty much know that you'll average around 6-7 tackles and nearly a sack every week.
Comeback player of the year?
Great questions, and I have no issue discussing Vilma.I flat out missed on the opportunity last year. I wasn't alone but that doesn't matter. The point is that I thought he wasn't going to excel in New Orleans, but he did.Now, as for 2009 and beyond - remember how the Saints were last year. #1 offense in the league in passing and scoring. Why? The defense gave up a ton of points, yards and struggled to get off of the field. Vilma was a benefactor of this with lots of tackles after RBs and TEs picked up 5-8 yards a play. Great for IDP leagues, terrible for a real defense.Fast forward to today and the Saints have spent a great deal of time, effort and money to build a better defense (and with good cause). I think that they can get off the field easier and make bigger plays (get some turnovers) and that will lower the opportunities for Vilma. The front four was leaky last year which allowed him to grab gaudy numbers last year, but I think that will start to decrease in 09 and even further in 2010 and onward.The analagous SITUATION of players is DJ Williams and Paris Lenon. DJ is better than Paris, but both racked up big IDP numbers last year on bad defenses. I wouldn't invest heavily in either player - Lenon especially - but DJ doesn't catch my eye enough during games. He's not around the ball or making enough of an impact for me to really like (I have him low, again). Vilma? He's much closer to the action and makes plays in alignment with that fact.I hope that made sense and helped.Jeff, speaking of rankings... I was looking at the dynasty LB rankings from last season and comparing them to the current dynasty LB rankings and the biggest thing that jumped out was how low you have Jonathan Vilma compared to everyone else.Last year you had Vilma ranked #38 when everyone else had him in the top #10. This jumped out to me because I rostered Vilma last year with the understanding that he was a major risk/reward target coming off knee surgery, but with the alternatives I was facing, I thought he was well worth the risk. That said, I didn't necessarily disagree with your ranking considering the injury risk, although I did think it was a bit of an absolute worst case projection.But now coming off a season where he finished 7th or 8th among all LB's in FBG's scoring and didn't miss a single game, I'm trying to rationalize how you have him #29 in your dynasty rankings and #19 in redraft when again, almost everyone has him in the top 10. I can still somewhat comprehend the dynasty ranking (especially if you're looking a few years down the line), but I cannot fathom that you really believe there are basically 20 LB's who will outscore him THIS year?Maybe you had him in his post stud Jets years and he let you down???Interested in hearing your thoughts here. Thanks, as always.
Then why not ask that instead of requesting he be fired or removed from rankings. I don't pay attention to everyone. You can omit some as has been said here. I do.
I'm sorry - can you show me where I suggested that he either gets fired or removed? Oh and did you miss the part where I said I would like to hear his justifications??
Thanks, that was clearly not right. I got them backwards / wrong. Fixed now.
