TheFanatic
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Jim Thomas called into a drive home show about 10 minutes ago. He said the story would be on STLToday.com shortly. Sorry no link yet. Bump Burton big time....
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Rams rookie WR Donnie Avery injured (1 Viewer)
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Ministry of Pain
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Drew Bennett is totally undervalued now
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As is Keenan Burton.
Team Legacy
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Doesn't he play for Miami? Are you referring to Derek Stanley? If so.http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/st...98?OpenDocument
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tombonneau
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Been reading nothing but good things about Burton ... he's one to keep an eye on. As far as Bennett, he reminds me of Duce Staley. Duce had a big 200+ yard game vs. the Cowboys and he was living off the fumes from that game for years. Bennett is the same way, still living off the fumes of the Volek Era ...
prymetyme25
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He mean Marquis Hagans converted Qb to Wr from Virginia.
T Bell
Footballguy
I'm not a doctor - I just play one on the innerwebs - however I would think that a stress fracture of the hip would give rise to a huge amount of caution given the downside to such an injury not healing correctly. The estimate of missing "anywhere from a few days to a couple of weeks" seems amazing optimistic IMHO. Am I off base here?
Ministry of Pain
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Jeff, seriously...I understand people want to talk about this guy but Bennett has some actual track history with a peak season of 80/1247/11 TD...but even 2005 and 2006 he put up an avg of 50/700/3 TD...I think Bennett can easily achive those numbers in St Louis as long as the OL holds up. Thos numbers make Bennett around top40...he is being projected 52nd, and his ADP is about WR 55 off the board...could be some value to be found here. Not excited about a rookie coming into St Louis and learning a fairly complex offense, pass.
Irish
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Could be passing on the next Colston. Championships are not won by drafting Bennett type players who achieve 700 yd 3 Td seasons.
jeter23
Footballguy
I think Bennett has been overlooked this year.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
How many Colstons in the NFL? How many rookie 7th round picks catch 70+ as a rookie and 98 the 2nd season? I like to play for the higher odds, and I agree that Bennett is not going to win you your league...I would say he is but a Holt injury away from possibly being the primary WR on this team. Avery went down, Burton might be asked to do more quickly, but to take it to the ridiculous of passing on the next Colston...but it sounds good Irish.
coolnerd
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Bennett probably can be a nice bye week, injury replacement whose upside is potentially higher than thought of by the masses. Every year, there are boring, so-called low upside veterans who are good situations to produce. Having a good eye this type of player is essential to fantasy success as picking the couple of rookies who don't play like rookies.
Bizkiteer
Footballguy
I too am baffled at the how a stress fracture of the hip = "anywhere from a few days to a couple of weeks." Amazing what technology can do these days, isn't?
Bob Magaw
Footballguy
avery reported a little later than burton, was already more raw coming from houston & now misses essentially all of training camp...
i don't think he was counted on to have a huge year this season anyways*, but i think they would like to get his electrifying speed on the field to open up the rest of the passing offense & hopefully enable jackson, holt, bennett & mcmichael to make more plays... & if he is really only out for a few weeks, that is still a possibility...
if bennett plays like he did last season than he will officially be a bust for the rams, but it is so hard to evaluate him based on last season, because the OL injury implosion caused the entire passing game to fall into a funk, & that hopefully (for rams fans) won't be representative of what they are capable of if healthier... & new OC saunders could help get the passing attack clicking more...
* its been said before & elsewhere, but avery & burton are much better dynasty prospects, where they are both promising (& burton maybe better value because he is more under the radar & can be gotten cheaper) than redraft, where they are probably marginal even in deep leagues... if holt or bennett were injured, i agree burton might be more likely to make some noise, & so perhaps he has upside in redrafts in that sense, as a very late pick... avery looks more like he will play in the slot initially... later, the coaching staff has said they think he has the goods to move outside...
i don't think he was counted on to have a huge year this season anyways*, but i think they would like to get his electrifying speed on the field to open up the rest of the passing offense & hopefully enable jackson, holt, bennett & mcmichael to make more plays... & if he is really only out for a few weeks, that is still a possibility...
if bennett plays like he did last season than he will officially be a bust for the rams, but it is so hard to evaluate him based on last season, because the OL injury implosion caused the entire passing game to fall into a funk, & that hopefully (for rams fans) won't be representative of what they are capable of if healthier... & new OC saunders could help get the passing attack clicking more...
* its been said before & elsewhere, but avery & burton are much better dynasty prospects, where they are both promising (& burton maybe better value because he is more under the radar & can be gotten cheaper) than redraft, where they are probably marginal even in deep leagues... if holt or bennett were injured, i agree burton might be more likely to make some noise, & so perhaps he has upside in redrafts in that sense, as a very late pick... avery looks more like he will play in the slot initially... later, the coaching staff has said they think he has the goods to move outside...
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