PETER KING (1 Viewer)

[BustedKnuckles]

PETER KING: I THINK ...

There's a ridiculous overemphasis on running backs in fantasy football. Running backs in the NFL are eminently more replaceable than quarterbacks, left tackles and pass rushers, yet when you look at the mock fantasy drafts this summer, you see backs like Tiki Barber ranked ahead of Peyton Manning. Absurd.

MY ADVICE: Buck the trend. Let's say I'm in a 12-team league, drafting in the middle of the pack. I take Manning with my first pick, thinking he's going to take essentially every snap -- he always does -- and if he puts up average numbers, based on his past four seasons (33 touchdowns, 4,193 yards), all I have to do at running back is be pretty good. And over the next three rounds I'm going to get three of these six backs: Ronnie Brown, Tatum Bell, Brian Westbrook, Chester Taylor, Laurence Maroney and DeAngelo Williams. I'll cobble together a receiving corps -- and I'll be in the money in December

 

[Marc Levin]

That's an old snippet - and, yes, Peter King is an idiot in terms of fantasy.

 

[Noahs Troopers]

PETER KING: I THINK ... There's a ridiculous overemphasis on running backs in fantasy football. Running backs in the NFL are eminently more replaceable than quarterbacks, left tackles and pass rushers, yet when you look at the mock fantasy drafts this summer, you see backs like Tiki Barber ranked ahead of Peyton Manning. Absurd.MY ADVICE: Buck the trend. Let's say I'm in a 12-team league, drafting in the middle of the pack. I take Manning with my first pick, thinking he's going to take essentially every snap -- he always does -- and if he puts up average numbers, based on his past four seasons (33 touchdowns, 4,193 yards), all I have to do at running back is be pretty good. And over the next three rounds I'm going to get three of these six backs: Ronnie Brown, Tatum Bell, Brian Westbrook, Chester Taylor, Laurence Maroney and DeAngelo Williams. I'll cobble together a receiving corps -- and I'll be in the money in December

 

[Anonymous Internet User]

PETER KING: I THINK ... There's a ridiculous overemphasis on running backs in fantasy football. Running backs in the NFL are eminently more replaceable than quarterbacks, left tackles and pass rushers, yet when you look at the mock fantasy drafts this summer, you see backs like Tiki Barber ranked ahead of Peyton Manning. Absurd.MY ADVICE: Buck the trend. Let's say I'm in a 12-team league, drafting in the middle of the pack. I take Manning with my first pick, thinking he's going to take essentially every snap -- he always does -- and if he puts up average numbers, based on his past four seasons (33 touchdowns, 4,193 yards), all I have to do at running back is be pretty good. And over the next three rounds I'm going to get three of these six backs: Ronnie Brown, Tatum Bell, Brian Westbrook, Chester Taylor, Laurence Maroney and DeAngelo Williams. I'll cobble together a receiving corps -- and I'll be in the money in December

he's getting paid to write that. the majority of us don't get paid for our fantasy analysis. is that a mob i hear forming?

 

[Ozymandias]

He's right, you know...

Provided passing td's are worth 18 points each.

 

[diesel7982]

Ive got no problem with the statement about taking Manning mid-first, given a scoring system that is 6 pts for all TDs and only a 2:1 ration of rush/rec yard to passing yard.

However, the statement about the running backs is just absurd. Ronnie Brown mid 2nd?

 

[redman]

When it comes to fantasy football, homeboy's a little foam short of a latte.