Player Spotlight: Keenan McCardell (1 Viewer)

[Jason Wood]

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Thread Topic: Keenan McCardell, WR, San Diego Chargers

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[rzrback77]

Five days after the initial post and no coments? He gets no comments, he gets no attention, and his ADP continues to slide. Oh yes, Rivers is taking over and the Chargers offense will stagnate and focus on LT and LT alone.

I think that McCardell spells B-A-R-G-A-I-N this year. I see Rivers outperforming his slot and no just on dump offs to LT and Gates. I think the Chargers offense remains effective and McCardell is part of that success.

His 6/30 ADP is 119 and he's being selected on average as the WR40. He is FBG's projected WR36 in a tight group and I could see him slipping into the WR25 range. Nice.

70 catches for 940 yards and 8 TDs.

 

[Cool in the pocket]

Currently you can get Keenan in around the 11th round. Pretty solid for a guy who was the #1 WR on his team last year with 70/917/9. Problem is I don't believe he is the #1 receiving option on his team, prolly not #2 either as Gates and LT occupy those spots. Guess what, he may not have been last year either. Now, Rivers enters into the equation. This board has discussed at length the impact Rivers will have on LT, Gates and the whole SD offense. Keenan is up there in age (36 I think) with younger guys hoping to step up (Parker and Jackson). I think Parker may hold the best value of this group and I think Keenan slides back from last year while the other WR's step up and the whole SD offense drops a little. The SD offense has emerged as top 10 offense over the last 3 years, but the passing offense has been middle of the pack at best--it is the rushing O that has spearheaded that move (top 10 or better all 3 times). I believe that Marty will try and be a little conservative with the playbook to keep the pressure off Rivers--at least early on and this means a little more reliance on the rushing game coupled with a less productive SD offense as a whole and I get:

58 rec. 750 yards 6 TD's

 

[Phlash]

He's getting old, Rivers will lock on to Tomlinson and Gates.

36/520/5

 

[mlball77]

I am projecting a small dip in passing yds and TDs for SD this year. McCardell will be the most productive SD WR, but I also look for Gates and Tomlinson to be oft-targeted by Rivers.

Recs: 60

Rec Yds: 755

TDs: 5