quality start - consistent players (1 Viewer)

[Justin99]

Last year I found a great article on players who are consistent week in and week out.

Has anyone seen an article like this for 2006.

Thanks

 

[Loomba]

I haven't seen anything like this yet. Players that are that consistent are typically consistent from season to season as well. So I suppose one could go back and read last year's article again to refresh your memory.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

The problem with this is that game-to-game consistency tends to be quite inconsistent from year to year.

Case in point, a few years back Marc Bulger was considered one of the most consistent players out there, and Shaun Alexander was considered one of the most inconsistent.

I would say that since CJ never has those huge games that other top WRs like TO/Smith/Moss do yet still puts up comparable numbers he's likely more consistent on a game to game basis.

However, here's a post ripped from FFC that might help you out (credit goes to bagobonez):

I have done some number crunching, and have come up with players' fantasy points scored on a game-by-game basis to show you how consistent each player is. That way if you like a guy who's consistent week to week, as opposed to a guy that scores 30 points one week and 5 points the next, this will help you out. It's also helpful if you believe how a player finishes teh season is an indicator of things to come for THIS season.

Not every player is listed, but most of the major players that can be expected to be drafted in the first several rounds are listed. Some players are not listed because they were injured for a significant portion of the year. PLayers are sorted by team. If a player has switched teams, you will find his name with his new team, but his numbers are based off last year's stats with his old team. An "X" instead of a number means the player didn't play that week. Numbers are based on teh following rules...

20 pass yards = 1 point

10 rush/rec yards = 1 point

Pass TD = 4 points

Rush/Rec TD = 6 points

Interception = -2 points

(didn't factor in fumbles lost)

If this thread is popular enough, maybe the mods can sticky it?

Patriots

T.Brady - 23, 15, 17, 13, 27, 19, 14, 25, 18, 23, 10, 13, 20, 24 - Rating: A (Scored double digits in every game)

C.Dillon - 21, 3, 20, 14, 11, X, 19, 6, X, X, X, 13, 18, 18 - Rating: B+ (scored at least 13 points in 8 out of 10 games played)

D.Branch - 15, 6, 7, 0, 10, 8, 15, 11, 8, 9, 4, 4, 8, 2 - Rating C+ (Ended the year on a very sour note. Scored double digits in only 4 games played)

B.Watson - 5, 0, 1, 2, 9, 0, X, 3, 15, 6, 1, 4, 3 - C+

Dolphins

R.Brown - 5, 3, 20, 10, 12, 16, 11, 7, 8, 5, 13, 11, 3, 5 - Rating: B- (remember Ricky was sharing carries)

Chambers - 10, 2, 15, 6, 5, 14, 8, 4, 18, 1, 10, 29, 24, 9 - Rating: B- (Had double digits in 7 of 15 games)

McMichael - 11, 13, 7, 9, 2, 2, 2, 2, 8, X, 11, 4, 1, 4 - Rating: C

(Had a very rough stretch in the middle of the season)

Bills

McGahee - 12, 3, 20, 15, 14, 22, 8, 15, 6, 3, 5, 9, 0, 10 - Rating: C (bold numbers are games in which Losman was QB. Unbold is Kelly Holcomb. Started the year strong, but fizzled at the end. Seems to do better with Holcomb at QB)

L.Evans - 6, 1, 0, 2, 6, 2, 8, 1, 18, 6, 4, 29, 8, 0 - Rating: D (Very inconsistent week to week. Most of his numbers came in 2 weeks.)

Jets

C.Martin - 7, 7, 6, 4, 17, 20, 10, 13, 7, 0, 9, 4, X, X - Rating: C

(Scored double digits for a 4 week stretch.)

L.Coles - 6, 12, 1, 1, 8, 3, 9, 12, 3, 6, 3, 3, 3, 11 - Rating: C

(Scored double digits only 3 times. Had 7 games of 3 points or less)

Steelers

Roethlisberger - 17, 20, 18, 22, X, 11, 15, X, X, X, 9, 25, 13, 7 - Rating: B+ (was fairly consistent when healthy.)

W.Parker - 27, 17, 5, 3, 5, 19, 7, 2, X, 13, 6, 8, 10, 9 - Rating: C

(Pretty inconsistent. Had 6 games of 7 points or less.)

H.Ward - 2, 20, 23, 8, 0, 9, 7, 1, 18, 8, 8, 25, 8, 1 - Rating: C

(Had 4 games of 2 points or less.)

H.Miller - 6, 0, 1, 9, 13, 11, 13, 1, 0, 3, 2, 4, 0, 5 - Rating: C

(Did not score more than 5 points in the final 7 weeks)

Bengals

Palmer - 20, 27, 26, 18, 20, 20, 13, 23, 20, 23, 26, 23, 7, 22 - Rating: A+ (Failed to score 20 or more points only 3 times)

Rudi J - 18, 9, 8, 8, 7, 14, 16, 7, 15, 19, 23, 21, 22, 23 - Rating: B

(ended the season as a beast!)

Chad J - 10, 19, 19, 6, 11, 19, 9, 6, 9, 24, 14, 5, 2, 15 - Rating: B-

T.Housh - 7, 11, 1, 10, x, x, 7, 13, 6, 4, 20, 20, 11, 12 - Rating: B-

(finished the season strong. Scored less than 7 only twice)

Browns

R.Droughns - 9, 7, 10, 9, 5, 10, 9, 18, 17, 22, 11, 8, 7, 8 - Rating: B+ (didn't score a ton of points total, but had less than 7 points only once.)

Ravens

S.McNair - 13, 13, 19, 17, 25, 9, X, 19, 14, 16, 27, 11, 11, 24 - Rating: B- (failed to score double digits only once.)

J.Lewis - 4, 3, 14, 10, 6, 3, 6, 4, 5, 2, 20, 3, X, 16 - Rating C+

D.Mason - 9, 12, 5, 6, 8, 3, 9, 6, 6, 4, 11, 3, 5, 9 - Rating: C+

(scored double digits only twice)

M.Clayton - 4, 1, 0, 2, 0, X, X, X, 0, 4, 1, 8, 16, 2 - Rating: D

(Scored more than 4 points only twice!)

T.Heap - 3, 5, 3, 11, 13, 7, 3, 2, 5, 2, 20, 5, 6, 23 - Rating: C+

(Fairly consistent for a TE.)

Colts

P.Manning - 21, 4, 9, 29, 13, 18, 18, 28, 27, 28, 18, 21, 24, 16 - Rating: B+ (started the season a little rough, but finished strong)

M.Harrison - 12, 3, 5, 22, 1, 9, 12, 24, 16, 4, 18, 12, 25, 13 - Rating: B+ (4 games of 5 points or less, but the other games were solid)

R.Wayne - 5, 1, 9, 10, 7, 11, 8, 18, 7, 17, 6, 11, 8, 9 - Rating: B-

D.Clark - 0, 0, 1, 4, 3, 3, 11, 0, 7, 18, 1, 3, 1, 10 - Rating: C-

(scored 4 or less points in 10 games)

Jaguars

Leftwich - 21, 11, 16, 12, 16, 11, 17, 21, 15, 31, x, x, x, x - Rating: B (fairly consistent while healthy)

F.Taylor - 8, 9, 15, 2, 13, x, 22, 5, x, 0, x, x, 1, 7 - Rating: C (scored 7 or less points in final 7 games)

Titans

B.Troupe - 8, 0, 8, 3, 12, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 6, 2, 11 - Rating: D+

(FOUR goose eggs?)

Texans

D.Carr - 7, 16, 16, 10, 14, 5, 10, 15, 11, 14, 28, 12, 10, 11 - Rating: C+ (was consistently mediocre )

D.Davis - 4, 14, 11, 17, 12, 5, 11, x, x, 16, 17, 24, x - Rating: B+

(Failed to score double digits only twice while healthy)

Broncos

J.Plummer - 13, 10, 17, 15, 9, 21, 15, 33, 14, 13, 11, 14, 16, 22 - Rating: B+ (Only 1 game of less than 10 points)

T.Bell - 5, x, 4, 6, 24, 19, 6, 22, 4, 3, x, 4, 7, 4 - Rating: D (9 games of 7 points or less when healthy)

R.SMith - 9, 8, 14, 3, 2, 18, 5, 13, 11, 5, 11, 7, 6, 19 - Rating: C

(only a couple of huge games, the rest are ok-to-mediocre)

Chargers

L.T. - 13, 17, 39, 28, 18, 29, 2, 8, 38, 14, 38, 10, 7, 7 - Rating: B-

(4 games without double digits. The rest were awesome though)

McCardell - 24, 5, 20, 7, 0, 2, 13, 7, 2, 14, 4, 6, 11, 14 - Rating: C

(6 games of 7 points or less)

Gates - x, 8, 15, 10, 12, 1, 13, 32, 13, 13, 3, 11, 18, 2 - Rating: B+ (most consistent among all TE's)

Chiefs Bold numbers are AFTER Priest went down

T.Green - 8, 12, 16, 17, 13, 14, 25, 16, 5, 21, 20, 19, 21, 7 - Rating: B-

L.Johnson - 23, 10, 1, 3, 5, 15, 5, 22, 13, 33, 17, 26, 32, 28 - Rating: A (had double digits in every game as a starter)

Kennison - 7, 5, 11, 16, 0, 2, 17, 6, 4, 17, 6, 10, 15, 2 - Rating: D

(as with most speedsters, inconsistent)

T.Gonzalez - 5, 4, 2, 0, 1, 6, 15, 7, 8, 9, 6, 8, 9, 5 - Rating: B- (seemed to do better when priest got hurt)

Raiders

A.Brooks - 11, 18, 12, 18, 6, 21, 19, 10, 14, 26, 19, 2, 17, x - Rating: C+

L.Jordan - 11, 14, 12, 20, 20, 34, 18, 11, 10, 8, 25, 6, 7, 17 - Rating: B (one of the more consistent 2nd tier RB's)

R.Moss - 19, 18, 8, 12, x, 10, 2, 6, 14, 4, 2, 7, 1, 8 - Rating: C (was tearing it up befor the injury... sucked ever since)

J.Porter - 4, 6, 4, 4, 6, 4, 24, 12, 2, 20, 5, 5, 9, 3 - Rating: C-

(Didn't warm up until Moss was hobbled)

Seahawks

Hasselbeck - 17, 22, 12, 17, 24, 14, 12, 18, 12, 16, 18, 9, 25, 26 - Rating: A- (pretty consistent overall)

S.Alexander - 7, 21, 38, 15, 24, 38, 6, 29, 34, 23, 16, 17, 18, 23 - Rating: A (only 2 games where he didn't score at least 15!!)

D.Jackson - 12, 13, 12, 11, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, 13 - Rating:A (didn't play much, but was very consistent when he did)

J.Stevens - 4, 10, 3, 3, 12, 2, 6, 2, 4, 2, 0, 2, 8, 11 - Rating: C+ (fair for a TE)

Cardinals

K.Warner - 16, 14, 6, x, x, x, x, 15, 22, 26, 22, 17, 15, 10 - Rating: B (scored double digits in EVERY game he started and finished)

E.James - 10, 15, 18, 16, 21, 33, 25, 16, 20, 21, 12, 16, 15, 10 - Rating B+ (scored double digits in EVERY game)

Fitzgerald - 21, 7, 4, 16, 19, 13, 3, 10, 20, 17, 10, 12, 2, 14 - Rating: B (Scored double digits in every game but 2 from week 3 on)

A.Boldin - 6, 11, 8, 17, 23, 0, 12, x, x, 16, 11, 21, 11, 19 - Rating: B- (finished very strong after returning from injury)

Rams

M.Bulger - 24, 13, 25, 28, 19, 10, x, x, 17, 19, x, x, x, x - Rating: B (was studly when healthy)

S.Jackson - 7, 16, 4, 13, 14, 17, 22, 15, 13, 1, 17, 3, 6, 8 - Rating: C+ (struggled when Bulger was hurt)

T.Holt - 12, 13, 23, 14, 18, 7, x, x, 10, 18, 19, 7, 9, 8, - Rating: B- (was consistent until Bulger got hurt)

I.Bruce - 12, 6, 1, x, x, x, x, x, 1, 14, 15, 3, 6, 1 - Rating: C

(the injury hurt him, and Bulger's injury hurt him too)

49ers

A.Bryant - 6, 3, 7, 20, 3, 1, 9, 7, 14, 6, 1, 6, 4, 8 - Rating: D+

(scored more than 7 only 4 times)

Panthers

J.Delhomme - 11, 6, 24, 18, 18, 14, 29, 15, 6, 8, 14, 14, 17, 21 - Rating: B (scored 11 or more on all but 3 occasions)

D.Foster - 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, x, 5, 2, 2, 4, 7, 19, 4, 7 - Rating B- (scored more than 7 only once in the year!)

S.Smith - 19, 3, 35, 1, 23, 18, 26, 16, 3, 16, 5, 12, 10, 14 - Rating: C+ (Had 4 games of 5 points or less... meh)

Bucs

Simms - x, x, x, x, x, 3, 14, 13, 26, 5, 10, 10, 7, 7 - Rating C-

Caddy - 20, 18, 15, 1, x, x, 2, 4, 2, 18, 8, 9, 23, 2 - Rating C-

(Had a 6 game stretch of 4 points or less)

Falcons

Vick - 18, 14, 20, 11, x, 13, 13, 18, 26, 15, 18, 7, 29, 5 - Rating: B- (failed to score double digits only twice when healthy)

Dunn - 11, 5, 9, 18, 10, 17, 15, 16, 18, 10, 11, 8, 10, 8 - Rating: B (Scored less than 8 points only once)

Duckett - 7, 7, 14, 10, 3, 0, x, x, 3, 11, 14, 0, 7, 0 - Rating: C-

(failed to score more than 3 points in 5 games)

Crumpler - 5, 5, 3, 7, 15, 5, 6, 6, 4, 10, 22, 5, 9, 1 - Rating: B-

(not horrible for a TE)

Saints

D.Brees - 10, 7, 16, 20, 13, 12, 19, 26, 16, 33, 4, 16, 27, 13 - Rating: B- (Had a couple of bad games and a couple of huge games. Fairly consistent overall)

D.McAllister - 18, 8, 13, 14, 6, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x - Rating: C+ (3 good games, 2 mediocre games)

J.Horn - 6, 20, 1, x, x, x, x, 9, 2, 8, 4, 4, 5, 0 - Rating: D+ (finished poorly)

D.Stallworth - 4, 14, 0, 12, 0, 14, 11, 5, 9, 19, 10, 2, 4, 16 - Rating: D+ (had 6 games of 5 points or less, including 2 goose eggs)

Z.Hilton - 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 7, 9, 5, 4, 0 - Rating: D (finished somewhat strongly)

Redskins

Brunell - 3, 24, 18, 25, 28, 25, 1, 11, 17, 7, 14, 12, 0, 24 - Rating: C- (started strong, finished somewhat weak)

Portis - 12, 7, 10, 12, 12, 29, 1, 12, 20, 8, 8, 25, 17, 11 - Rating: B (only 2 games of less than 8 points)

S.Moss - 9, 27, 8, 11, 29, 17, 3, 7, 7, 5, 12, 5, 5, 7 - Rating: C- (7 games with 7 points or less)

C.Cooley - 3, 2, 6, 14, 11, 4, 1, 8, 6, 7, 2, 11, 2, 25 - Rating: C+ (not horrible for a TE)

Cowboys

Bledsoe - 23, 17, 30, 12, 27, 17, 7, 15, 12, 5, 24, 7, 29, 6 - Rating: D (was boom or bust every week)

J.Jones - 15, 8, 20, 7, 7, x, x, x, 1, 9, 5, 7, 4, 7 - Rating: C (was pretty good until the injury)

T.Owens - 11, 26, 14, 23, 5, 11, 21, x, x, x, x, x, x, x - Rating: B- (was probably the #1 WR until his suspension)

T.Glenn - 4, 21, 13, 6, 23, 6, 3, 6, 9, 3, 5, 9, 19, 2 - Rating: C (broke double digits only once in the final 9 games)

J.Witten - 1, 3, 14, 4, 8, 11, 4, 7, 2, 1, 14, 0, 15, 10 - (Mediocre)

Eagles

McNabb - 15, 37, 24, 28, 6, 14, 22, 18, 14, x, x, x, x, x - Rating: A- (pretty consistent until his injury)

Westbrook - 16, 17, 32, 4, 3, 9, 15, 7, 17, 11, 18, 4, x, x - Rating: C

L.Smith - 2, 17, 5, 12, 2, 6, 6, 1, 5, 8, 2, 4, 2, 0 - Rating: C- (scored more than 6 points only once in the final 10 games)

Giants

E.Manning - 13, 12, 27, 31, 14, 17, 9, 16, 13, 23, 24, 4, 19, 11 - Rating: A- (double digits on all but 2 games)

T.Barber - 18, 20, 6, 19, 6, 16, 26, 10, 16, 13, 17, 11, 25, 36 - Rating: A- (double digits on all but 2 games)

P.Burress - 13, 6, 11, 32, 5, 14, 4, 7, 5, 17, 10, 4, 3, 3 - Rating: C (7 points or less in 8 games. Finished very poorly)

J.Shockey - 8, 6, 10, 11, 18, 4, 8, 13, 5, 6, 18, 2, 10, 3 - Rating: B+ (one of the more consistent TE's)

Bears

T.Jones - 10, 27, 16, 13, 20, 13, 9, 4, x, 8, 12, 9, 15, 15, - Rating: B+ (is a stud when healthy. Too bad Cedric's gotta ruin it)

M.Muhammad - 5, 14, 5, 5, 4, 3, 10, 8, 0, 10, 3, x, 9, 4 - Rating: C (scored more than 5 points only 5 times)

Vikings

B.Johnson - x, x, x, x, x, x, 15, 15, 7, 8, 20, 21, 7, 3 - Rating: D (not very consistent week to week)

Lions

K.Jones - 8, 2, 9, 17, 2, 7, 12, 1, 8, 8, 3, x, 6, x - Rating: D

(double digits only twice)

Roy Williams - 1, 15, 5, 2, x, x, x, x, 29, 7, 11, 3, 11, 8 - Rating: C- (quite a few duds in there, even when healthy)

Packers

Favre - 6, 26, 12, 30, 23, 24, 8, 8, 15, 15, 9, 10, 7, 3 - Rating: D (you can tell when defenses stopped respecting the run)

D.Driver - 4, 16, 4, 15, 4, 17, 7, 6, 11, 20, 5, 6, 3, 5 - Rating: D

(was good every other week early, finished poorly)

 

[Justin99]

sweet post FreeBaGeL. That is exactly what I was looking for. I personally feel consistent players are how you win championships. Also the players who ended the year on a high note are players I target the following year.

 

[Cowboys#1]

good info, though i think Tony G's low #'s early had more to do with him blocking on the line more than priest being in the game.

 

[radballs]

There's little to no correlation between a player's consistency in weekly scoring when comparing his statistics between Year X and Year X+1.

 

[The Jerk]

sweet post FreeBaGeL. That is exactly what I was looking for. I personally feel consistent players are how you win championships. Also the players who ended the year on a high note are players I target the following year.

Agreed if you get consistently good production. But I'll take a team of players who are inconsistent but average 12 ppg each over a team with a bunch of consistent 9 ppg players.You might not find as much inconsistency in a team composed of supposedly inconsistent players as you would expect. If one or two of the players comes through each week, the total points will be maintained consistently.

Sometimes, settling for consistency may make your team a contender each year but struggle in the playoffs. Ultimately, you've got to have the firepower, too.

The bottom line is that consistency is fairly unpredictable year to year and probably overrated.