Rex Grossman (1 Viewer)

[ffguru56]

I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm a little intrigued to put in a waiver request for Grossman. He has been very good since starting for Washington. His schedule is pretty easy and that doesn't change during the fantasy playoff schedule. He's got a RB that catches the ball very well.

I don't think he's a quality NFL QB, but if he's able to put up the stats on a consistent basis that he has been the last few games then he's easily a starting QB for your fantasy team.

 

[Johnny Blood]

I agree, but don't think he's anything special even compared to the other waiver wire options out there. This week was a passing explosion. The emphasis on the passing game is making it easier than ever to get adequate QBs off the waiver wire.

I see him, Henne, Fitzpatrick on the wire and think I can just wait it out. I don't really like any one of those guys more than the other.

 

[Sweetness_34]

Mark my words. Grossman is going to be a great sneaky start this week. He plays against Arizona' who's secondary is terrible. See what Cam Newton did in his first start ever? Santana Moss; Gaffney; Armstrong; Hightower; Cooley; Fred Davis give Grossman lots of weapons to throw for 250+ and 2+ TDs consistently.

 

[ffguru56]

via FFToolbox:

"QB Rex Grossman, WAS

MyFantasyLeague availability: 82%

Believe it or not (and I know many won't), Rex Grossman has passed for 300+ yards in three of his last four games as a Washington Redskin. During that span, he's put together a solid nine-to-four TD-to-INT split and has quietly chipped away at the previously established notion of him as fantasy roadkill. Last week he exposed a banged up New York secondary. He'll face more shoddy opposition in Week 2 against the young and inexperienced Cardinals who were themselves torched on opening day. Grossman isn't yet an every week fantasy starter, but he can get it done as a spot option against soft opponents."

 

[solorca]

I am working on dealing Mark Sanchez for way more than he's worth, and I think I'll grab Grossman to replace him (over Hasslebeck and other's like him). I think he has the potential to give you 200+1, or maybe more in most weeks. Nothing flashy, but certainly enough to get by if you're desperate.

 

[PhantomJB]

Mark my words. Grossman is going to be a great sneaky start this week. He plays against Arizona' who's secondary is terrible. See what Cam Newton did in his first start ever? Santana Moss; Gaffney; Armstrong; Hightower; Cooley; Fred Davis give Grossman lots of weapons to throw for 250+ and 2+ TDs consistently.

Agreed. Picked him up off waivers and starting this week in a 2-QB league against AZ over Kolb in the same matchup.Grossman has tended to be streaky in the past so prolly going to ride him against good matchups until he hits a wall. Consistency has been a major flaw in the past IMO, so if/when he goes cold I might be inclined to drop him sooner than later.

 

[Runningman]

He is kinda like a Kyle Orton east. He makes a pretty decent QB2 fill in week to week. If you roll with him every week expect to hit a wall one of these weeks.

 

[karmarooster]

Seriously aiming to start him over Schaub, possibly over Romo this week against the Cards. If Cam Newton can throw for 400 yards and 3 TDs against this sorry excuse for a defense, Rex has to be a lock for 300 and 2.

......right??

 

[LC512]

Seriously aiming to start him over Schaub, possibly over Romo this week against the Cards. If Cam Newton can throw for 400 yards and 3 TDs against this sorry excuse for a defense, Rex has to be a lock for 300 and 2.......right??

As of now I've got him in my lineup over Freeman and Fitzpatrick for week 2. Am I nuts?

 

[Marvelous]

I actually think Grossman will have a pretty good year. Mike and Kyle Shanahan are having a blast throwing the ball. I expect many more 300 yard passing games from Grossman. Kyle's play-calling looks pretty solid. He definatley likes to pass in running situations and run in passing situaitons, citing personnel mismatches for the reason why. I also think they will ride with Grossman quite a while and not do a knee-jerk switch to Beck.

Grossman will probably finish in qb 8-12 range for the whole season. I drafted him in the last round of my fantasy draft.

 

[Shane Falco]

What are the odds that Beck actually replaces him at some point this season?

I keep hearing it ...

 

[Sweet Love]

What are the odds that Beck actually replaces him at some point this season?I keep hearing it ...

I could see it happening and think "Team" Washington QB is worth more than either part. He was available in all my 12 team leagues (I picked him up in one). Problem is, do you want to burn a bench spot on him and Beck...unless you bought Peyton, you probably already have an equal QB on the roster, and now you have to wonder whether you need to just get Grossman or buy Beck too.

 

[InmanRoshi]

People need to look at what Shanny did with guys like Brian Griese and Jake Plummer. He regularly takes guys that the general public treats as punchlines and makes statistically productive QBs out of them. His system can make players better than they are if they have a specific skillset that fits what he's looking for, mainly the ability to throw accurately on the run from outside the pocket on the play action pass from the stretch running play.

I think Beck might get as start down the road, but even if he does I'll just pick him up on waivers ... I can't imagine that Beck is owned in too many leagues.

 

[Debeucci]

He is kinda like a Kyle Orton east. He makes a pretty decent QB2 fill in week to week. If you roll with him every week expect to hit a wall one of these weeks.

Hey...the Bears are Pros at drafting mediocre journeyman QBs. It's a talent.

 

[haterade]

Arizona homer here. Im starting grossman all over the place this week. AZ is the new HOU.

 

[JamesTheScot]

What are the odds that Beck actually replaces him at some point this season?I keep hearing it ...

I could see it happening and think "Team" Washington QB is worth more than either part. He was available in all my 12 team leagues (I picked him up in one). Problem is, do you want to burn a bench spot on him and Beck...unless you bought Peyton, you probably already have an equal QB on the roster, and now you have to wonder whether you need to just get Grossman or buy Beck too.

It wouldn't surprise me. But it's not going to be because the Shanihans are in love with Beck and are just waiting for an excuse to put him in. If Rex goes to the bench, it will be because he's slipping. And when Beck comes in, he'll be subject to the same short hook.The pundits were wrong. They kept saying that Beck was the Shanihan darling and the job was his to lose. And when it looked like Grossman was matching/exceeding Beck's play on the field, they said Beck would hold on to the job. But it just didn't happen that way, did it?We know that Shanihan gives not a flip for what we or anyone else thinks. So if Beck was his guy, Beck would have started last Sunday and to hell with what any of us thought about it. But he started Grossman instead. Which means that the pundits don't know the mind of Shanihan like they think they do. Which also means that Shanihan isn't as locked into Beck as people think he is. If Shanihan thought Beck was the better QB and gives them a better chance to win, he'd have started last week.What I suspect we are seeing from the press is some embarrassment over making a claim that was disproved. They're really going out on a limb to prophesy that Beck will start at some point when you've got Grossman's track record to look at. What next, they predict that a coin flip is going to come up tails at some point in the near future? But they'll use that to claim that this week wasn't really a miss, it was just a momentary delay in the inevitable.

 

[dgreen]

I actually think Grossman will have a pretty good year. Mike and Kyle Shanahan are having a blast throwing the ball. I expect many more 300 yard passing games from Grossman. Kyle's play-calling looks pretty solid. He definatley likes to pass in running situations and run in passing situaitons, citing personnel mismatches for the reason why.

Opposing teams are going to make Rex beat them. The Giants repeatedly stacked the box and focused on stopping THT and the ground game. The Redskins seemed to want to run early, but they weren't having a ton of success. So, Kyle switched things up a bit and went with Grossman and the passing game. Despite the success, NY really didn't back off their plan to stop the run and Washington never really was able to run well.Talk is cheap, but the Redskins have talked about the need to run better (every team does) this week. I'm sure they want to run on Arizona, but the question is whether Arizona lets them. As long as teams are going to make Rex beat them, I think Rex will have some decent fantasy numbers. If a team ever says, "We have to stop Rex", then we'll see how good he really is in this system.