Player Spotlight: Donte Stallworth (1 Viewer)

[David Yudkin]

Braylon Edwards is coming off of a 1300 yard season. Kellen Winslow is coming off a 1100 season. Joe Jurevicius got 600.Derek Anderson threw 527 passes last year and there were 551 the year before. Lets assume we have 525 pass attempts and thus 525 targets for receivers.Edwards is going to get 150 or so. Winslow will get another 140-150. So there is 300 of your targets right there. Throw in another 50 for misc backup WRs and TEs and you are looking at about 175 targets left.Peel off another 100 for RBs. 75 left. We are talking maybe 75-90 targets for Jurevicius and Stallworth to split up, because Edwards and Winslow are going to get theirs and the RBs will get their fair share.All those targets went to Jurevicius last year (81 targets to be specific). If he misses time, that's one thing. If they pass more then they did, that's another.But as things stand now, I don't see how I could project more then 50 targets for Stallworth, if I'm being very generous. That's assuming he outplays JJ and the coaching staff likes him better, which is far from a lock. He is a deep ball threat, so his yards per catch will be high. But 50 targets doesn't seem to be enough to make a real impact.My projections: 35 receptions, 550 yards, 4 TDsIf Jurevicius goes down for any length of time, his projections go up quite a bit. Until then, I don't think there are enough balls to go around for Stallworth to really help you out.

Here are the real numbers to consider over the past three seasons . . .RB AVERAGES: 90 targets, 63 receptionsWR AVERAGES: 272 targets, 148 completionsTE AVERAGES: 144 targets, 95 receptionsTOTAL: 506/306Leaving the RBs, Edwards, and Winslow the same (adjusted based on per game averages) . . .RBs 90/63Edwards 127/66Winslow 133/85TOTAL: 350/214That leaves 156 targets and 92 receptions left over. Jurevicius averaged 80 targets and 50 receptions (again, adjusted to project over 16 games). However, Joe J is severely hurt and/or considering retirement. IMO, there is plenty or room for Stallworth to make a decent contribution.

 

[Jon_Moore]

The guy is great at stretching the field, and I really think that's mostly what he was brought in to do.

Last year, in one of the best offenses in NFL history, he got 46 for 697 and 3. So, enter a worse offense with roughly the same role and...?

There's no Jabaar Gafney here to steal catches, and Winslow translates to Cleveland's Welker I suppose, so there's no Ben Watson either. Still, he's just not good enough to be a consistent fantasy options

52 Catches

769 Yards

4 TDs

 

[T Bell]

The guy is great at stretching the field, and I really think that's mostly what he was brought in to do.

Last year, in one of the best offenses in NFL history, he got 46 for 697 and 3. So, enter a worse offense with roughly the same role and...?

There's no Jabaar Gafney here to steal catches, and Winslow translates to Cleveland's Welker I suppose, so there's no Ben Watson either. Still, he's just not good enough to be a consistent fantasy options

52 Catches

769 Yards

4 TDs

So you're suggesting that the Patriots should have shelved Randy Moss for the purposes of running deep, stretch-the-field routes and gone to Stallworth instead? He was a man without a job last year. Unless you think that the Browns will have another downfield threat of Moss' caliber to take looks away from Stallworth, a comparison to last year makes no sense.

 

[Jon_Moore]

The guy is great at stretching the field, and I really think that's mostly what he was brought in to do.

Last year, in one of the best offenses in NFL history, he got 46 for 697 and 3. So, enter a worse offense with roughly the same role and...?

There's no Jabaar Gafney here to steal catches, and Winslow translates to Cleveland's Welker I suppose, so there's no Ben Watson either. Still, he's just not good enough to be a consistent fantasy options

52 Catches

769 Yards

4 TDs

So you're suggesting that the Patriots should have shelved Randy Moss for the purposes of running deep, stretch-the-field routes and gone to Stallworth instead? He was a man without a job last year. Unless you think that the Browns will have another downfield threat of Moss' caliber to take looks away from Stallworth, a comparison to last year makes no sense.

Yes. They should have shelved Randy Moss.