FUBAR
Footballguy
True, I just assumed they would also correlate to shallow leagues. He's one of the guys that fall far in shallow leagues. Then again, John Skelton was picked around the same spot last year.These rankings are designed for deep leagues - is there any other kind of league that needs rookie rankings to go to 100?I understand he's got some value in DEEP leagues, but these sorts of rankings should reflect more normal sized leagues. IN my 12 team, 21-24 man roster dynasty's, there's no way I could keep a guy like this on a roster UNLESS I also had Brady....maybe (like my backup is Gradkowski or someone similar). He's simply ranked too high because he's unrosterable in many, if not MOST dynasty leagues.In deep dynasty leagues if they think he even has a chance of being a starter in 3 or 4 years he will be drafted and held on too. In my zealots league which has 53 player rosters, I held onto Aaron Rodgers from his rookie year waiting for Favre to move on or retire. Even after everyone was calling him a bust I refused to release him or trade him. So in deep leagues like zealots Mallett will have some value and get drafted. He is on a great team and can learn from one of the best QB's ever. Sure he may not work out but I would rather take a chance draft him and hope that he works out late in a dynasty draft if he is still available. I won't spend a 1st or 2nd round on the guy and probably not a 3rd but if he were available in the 4th then I would take a chance on Mallett.Really not sure how Mallett increased in value from pre to post draft. I can see taking him as a flier if you are in a deep league, have Brady as your QB, and can wait 3 years but when I'm drafting I don't take a guy in that situation (at QB anyway) who has character issues in the first 50 picks.
Sure, he could pay off, but how many FF teams are going to keep him long enough to warrant the pick?
I just look at guys like Helu and Jernigan and expect their values to be much higher than Mallett's at this point next year.