The biggest fantasy bust of 2014 is....... (1 Viewer)

[cvnpoka]

Spiller prolly not getting mentioned enough yet. Yes, injured now but was awful prior to that. One of those guys drafted in Rd 3/4 that was a legit candidate to jump back into the top 10.

Ben Tate qualifies. High hopes for the "starter" on a run heavy team falls to being cut before the season is over? Oof.

Gerhart. Good lord.

Why in the world did anyone trust Gerhart? That's one of the few players mentioned in this thread that I think people should've realized beforehand was fool's gold. Tons of red flags there.

agreed and IMO.....the same could have/should have been said about Keenen Allen if you really took a closer look at the stats he put up last year.....and the way things fell for him....no way should his ADP have been so high.....

ya, no idea why anyone would want a lead back with no competition for carries with a solid ypc and solid production in every game he was a starter.

or a rookie wr that put up 71/1046/8 in 15 games or starting only 13 games.

i mean, its just so obv.

 

[mnmplayer]

Rice and ADP because they gave nothing for their investment.

this

 

[az1538]

Ball. Patterson. Gerhart. R. Jennings.

 

[Wonderllama]

The answer has to be Adrian Peterson. He killed many seasons right off the bat. You would have to be an incredible waiver wire pro or pull off a great trade to come back from that.

One of my teams did struggle while Calvin Johnson was gone, but we're back to winning. I can imagine a lot of mid-to-low playoff seeds that look pretty dangerous if Megatron goes off in the playoffs.

Don't think ive seen this name at all...how about Drew Brees?

He was the consensus #2 QB, at worst #3 and he's been average really all year. For where he was taken in drafts, he's been a pretty solid bust IMO.

Brees is a disappointment. For years he always seemed so consistent, so elite. But I never drafted him. This year I take the plunge, and of course he lets me down. Hopefully my Brees for Brady deal pulls through.

An honorable mention should go to the Seattle defense. My leagues count Defensive Yards Allowed, so defenses are more important. I don't know what happened to the Hawks, but I can't bring myself to drop them...

 

[Alonzo Mosely]

Ball. Patterson. Gerhart. R. Jennings.

Shorten the sig. Nobody GAF about your teams anyway MF.

 

[LarryAllen'sJockstrap]

Not sure how Patterson could ever be considered a bust let alone the bust of 2014. He's performing like last year. He's not that good. He's just fast. He's simply another Robert Meachem.

Isn't the definition of a bust, a player severely underperforming his ADP? Whether anyone thinks he is good or not, or just fast, or cant run routes, yada yada yada, its moot. You guys are losing sight of what a bust is. He was drafted high everywhere and he's been probably the least productive player PER SNAP in the NFL. He is 100%...a BUST.

You would be nuts to have drafted this guy high. He absolutely screams Robert Meachem when I watch him play. He was not even on my radar in redraft.

Not sure how Patterson could ever be considered a bust let alone the bust of 2014. He's performing like last year. He's not that good. He's just fast. He's simply another Robert Meachem.

So your policy is to draft only players who have reached their ultimate potential and logged elite performances for more than half of the prior season. Oh and you're smarter and a better talent evaluator than NFL GMs and scouts that unanimously labeled him a first rounder. Sounds like a practical fantasy strategy regardless.

Yeah. I would say I am. I mean, who was right and who was wrong? I never thought this guy was anything. Just a fast guy. Are you one of these guys that thinks these GM's and scouts are all Harvard level geniuses? Understand that they are not. A lot of them are recycled losers that other team have fired for incompetence. I simply only need to give one example of a coach to prove my point.I give you Jimmy Raye, who even with Eric Dickerson, never was able to produce a top 10 offense yet continued to get job after job. Fired and then hired repeatedly by the people you think are smart even after years of showing that he sucked as an OC.

I'll be sitting in pins and needles waiting for your 2015 FF rankings come out.

 

[proninja]

If only the vikings had lod01 from the internet as their gm

 

[just_want_2_win]

So from this thread guys who've busted to some degree or other (ranging from disappointing considering ADP to completely worthless):

QB: Cam, Brees, Kaep, Ryan, Stafford, Foles, RGIII

RB: Martin, Ball, R. Bush, Stacy, AP, McCoy, Spiller, Rice, Gerhart, Chris Johnson, Mathews, R. Jennings, Moreno, Pierre Thomas

WR: Megatron, Allen, Garcon, DJax, M. Floyd, Crabtree, Patterson, J. Hunter, VJax, Colston, Gordon (if you count weeks of not being active - see below)

TE: L. Green, Reed, Rudolph, Cameron, V. Davis

D: Seahawks

K: Prater

That's 30+ guys drafted (well, not Prater, likely) that flopped to some extent.

Now how many guys have come along to offset this:

QB: Palmer, McCown/Glennon, Orton

RB: Forsett, Crowell, West, Hillman, CJ Anderson, B. Oliver (briefly), Gray, J. Hill (low ADP? maybe waivers)

WR: Maclin (mid-low ADP), J. Matthews, Eddie Royal (briefly), Gordon (if he lives up to the hype), M. Evans (if he hit wires), Andrew Hawkins, LaFell

TE: Rivera?, Gates?

D: Dolphins

K: Catanzaro

Maybe 20 offsetting type guys you could've drafted low or signed off waivers to plug a hole.

 

[Van Dyman]

So from this thread guys who've busted to some degree or other (ranging from disappointing considering ADP to completely worthless):

QB: Cam, Brees, Kaep, Ryan, Stafford, Foles, RGIII

RB: Martin, Ball, R. Bush, Stacy, AP, McCoy, Spiller, Rice, Gerhart, Chris Johnson, Mathews, R. Jennings, Moreno, Pierre Thomas

WR: Megatron, Allen, Garcon, DJax, M. Floyd, Crabtree, Patterson, J. Hunter, VJax, Colston, Gordon (if you count weeks of not being active - see below)

TE: L. Green, Reed, Rudolph, Cameron, V. Davis

D: Seahawks

K: Prater

That's 30+ guys drafted (well, not Prater, likely) that flopped to some extent.

Now how many guys have come along to offset this:

QB: Palmer, McCown/Glennon, Orton

RB: Forsett, Crowell, West, Hillman, CJ Anderson, B. Oliver (briefly), Gray, J. Hill (low ADP? maybe waivers)

WR: Maclin (mid-low ADP), J. Matthews, Eddie Royal (briefly), Gordon (if he lives up to the hype), M. Evans (if he hit wires), Andrew Hawkins, LaFell

TE: Rivera?, Gates?

D: Dolphins

K: Catanzaro

Maybe 20 offsetting type guys you could've drafted low or signed off waivers to plug a hole.

Nice summary. I'd add add Odell Beckham to the WRs you could have drafted low or signed off waivers.

 

[Canes2000]

Michael Floyd

Pierre Garcon

 

[IHEARTFF]

ADP & Doug Martin combo in rounds 1 & 2 with Ray Rice in round 5 went swimmingly.

 

[IHEARTFF]

Yeah, plugging in someone else for ADP is fine, except he had to hold a roster spot until last week which further makes him a bust.

 

[ghostguy123]

My All-Thanks-For-Nothing Team (FFPC Scoring)

QB: Matt Stafford (QB14) - We'll always have week one!

RB: CJ Spiller (RB47) - Several weeks of crap before breaking

RB: Toby Gerhart (RB60) - What the HELL was that?

WR: Cordarelle Patterson (WR64) - You broke my heart.

WR: Pierre Garcon (WR43) - Sacre Bleu!

WR: Justin Hunter (WR69) - Justin Capable

TE: Ladarius Green (TE44) - Ladarius Invisable

Def: Seattle (D22) - Facepalm

Yeah that would be bad. Maybe Cameron over Green, only cause you woulda had to take him way earlier.

 

[just_want_2_win]

So from this thread guys who've busted to some degree or other (ranging from disappointing considering ADP to completely worthless):

QB: Cam, Brees, Kaep, Ryan, Stafford, Foles, RGIII

RB: Martin, Ball, R. Bush, Stacy, AP, McCoy, Spiller, Rice, Gerhart, Chris Johnson, Mathews, R. Jennings, Moreno, Pierre Thomas

WR: Megatron, Allen, Garcon, DJax, M. Floyd, Crabtree, Patterson, J. Hunter, VJax, Colston, Gordon (if you count weeks of not being active - see below)

TE: L. Green, Reed, Rudolph, Cameron, V. Davis

D: Seahawks

K: Prater

That's 30+ guys drafted (well, not Prater, likely) that flopped to some extent.

Now how many guys have come along to offset this:

QB: Palmer, McCown/Glennon, Orton

RB: Forsett, Crowell, West, Hillman, CJ Anderson, B. Oliver (briefly), Gray, J. Hill (low ADP? maybe waivers)

WR: Maclin (mid-low ADP), J. Matthews, Eddie Royal (briefly), Gordon (if he lives up to the hype), M. Evans (if he hit wires), Andrew Hawkins, LaFell

TE: Rivera?, Gates?

D: Dolphins

K: Catanzaro

Maybe 20 offsetting type guys you could've drafted low or signed off waivers to plug a hole.

Nice summary. I'd add add Odell Beckham to the WRs you could have drafted low or signed off waivers.

Doh! Big omission by me on that front.

 

[Wise Old Owl]

Spiller prolly not getting mentioned enough yet. Yes, injured now but was awful prior to that. One of those guys drafted in Rd 3/4 that was a legit candidate to jump back into the top 10.

Ben Tate qualifies. High hopes for the "starter" on a run heavy team falls to being cut before the season is over? Oof.

Gerhart. Good lord.

Why in the world did anyone trust Gerhart? That's one of the few players mentioned in this thread that I think people should've realized beforehand was fool's gold. Tons of red flags there.

agreed and IMO.....the same could have/should have been said about Keenen Allen if you really took a closer look at the stats he put up last year.....and the way things fell for him....no way should his ADP have been so high.....

ya, no idea why anyone would want a lead back with no competition for carries with a solid ypc and solid production in every game he was a starter.

or a rookie wr that put up 71/1046/8 in 15 games or starting only 13 games.

i mean, its just so obv.

A few of us have been saying for a while the Allen was a product of every other receiving option in that offense getting hurt, Rivers was good enough that WR1 in his offense boosted Allen to fantasy WR1 status.te,

 

[chauncey]

Here is my main team's biggest busts, all keepers: Gio, Joique,Toby, and Cordarrelle. Ouch. Still in first though. :nobodycares:

Where did you draft Joique that made him a bust? He was RB21 in our draft (4.05) and is RB24 with a game out due to injury.

He was a keeper. And at $6/$200 I guess not a true bust based on roi, but expectations of him being a solid/high end rb2 he busted.

I think ADP and McCoy are the only legit answers based on draft position.

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

So from this thread guys who've busted to some degree or other (ranging from disappointing considering ADP to completely worthless):

QB: Cam, Brees, Kaep, Ryan, Stafford, Foles, RGIII

RB: Martin, Ball, R. Bush, Stacy, AP, McCoy, Spiller, Rice, Gerhart, Chris Johnson, Mathews, R. Jennings, Moreno, Pierre Thomas

WR: Megatron, Allen, Garcon, DJax, M. Floyd, Crabtree, Patterson, J. Hunter, VJax, Colston, Gordon (if you count weeks of not being active - see below)

TE: L. Green, Reed, Rudolph, Cameron, V. Davis

D: Seahawks

K: Prater

That's 30+ guys drafted (well, not Prater, likely) that flopped to some extent.

Now how many guys have come along to offset this:

QB: Palmer, McCown/Glennon, Orton

RB: Forsett, Crowell, West, Hillman, CJ Anderson, B. Oliver (briefly), Gray, J. Hill (low ADP? maybe waivers)

WR: Maclin (mid-low ADP), J. Matthews, Eddie Royal (briefly), Gordon (if he lives up to the hype), M. Evans (if he hit wires), Andrew Hawkins, LaFell

TE: Rivera?, Gates?

D: Dolphins

K: Catanzaro

Maybe 20 offsetting type guys you could've drafted low or signed off waivers to plug a hole.

I'd add Ingram (went 13.11 in my 12-team non-PPR) and Shoelace at RB as offsets, possibly even Mason and the Asiata/McKinnon combo

 

[LargeMouthBass]

Add Andre Johnson to the list.

 

[cvnpoka]

Spiller prolly not getting mentioned enough yet. Yes, injured now but was awful prior to that. One of those guys drafted in Rd 3/4 that was a legit candidate to jump back into the top 10.

Ben Tate qualifies. High hopes for the "starter" on a run heavy team falls to being cut before the season is over? Oof.

Gerhart. Good lord.

Why in the world did anyone trust Gerhart? That's one of the few players mentioned in this thread that I think people should've realized beforehand was fool's gold. Tons of red flags there.

agreed and IMO.....the same could have/should have been said about Keenen Allen if you really took a closer look at the stats he put up last year.....and the way things fell for him....no way should his ADP have been so high.....

ya, no idea why anyone would want a lead back with no competition for carries with a solid ypc and solid production in every game he was a starter.

or a rookie wr that put up 71/1046/8 in 15 games or starting only 13 games.

i mean, its just so obv.

A few of us have been saying for a while the Allen was a product of every other receiving option in that offense getting hurt, Rivers was good enough that WR1 in his offense boosted Allen to fantasy WR1 status.te,

but thats not a compelling argument. hes actually getting more targets this year. 8.6 per game. last year, even if you remove the games he didnt start, he had 99 targets in 13 games for 7.6 per game. the problem is that his catch rate is slightly down, his yards per catch is pitiful and tds are non existent.

 

[Canes2000]

Zac Stacy

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

Pretty nice days for Keenan Allen and McCoy in week 12.

 

[Alonzo Mosely]

So from this thread guys who've busted to some degree or other (ranging from disappointing considering ADP to completely worthless):

QB: Cam, Brees, Kaep, Ryan, Stafford, Foles, RGIII

RB: Martin, Ball, R. Bush, Stacy, AP, McCoy, Spiller, Rice, Gerhart, Chris Johnson, Mathews, R. Jennings, Moreno, Pierre Thomas

WR: Megatron, Allen, Garcon, DJax, M. Floyd, Crabtree, Patterson, J. Hunter, VJax, Colston, Gordon (if you count weeks of not being active - see below)

TE: L. Green, Reed, Rudolph, Cameron, V. Davis

D: Seahawks

K: Prater

That's 30+ guys drafted (well, not Prater, likely) that flopped to some extent.

Now how many guys have come along to offset this:

QB: Palmer, McCown/Glennon, Orton

RB: Forsett, Crowell, West, Hillman, CJ Anderson, B. Oliver (briefly), Gray, J. Hill (low ADP? maybe waivers)

WR: Maclin (mid-low ADP), J. Matthews, Eddie Royal (briefly), Gordon (if he lives up to the hype), M. Evans (if he hit wires), Andrew Hawkins, LaFell

TE: Rivera?, Gates?

D: Dolphins

K: Catanzaro

Maybe 20 offsetting type guys you could've drafted low or signed off waivers to plug a hole.

Sanders (8.08) and Sanu (ww) carried me thru Calvin/Julio doldrums. Also if you are going to list a bunch of one hit wonders at RB you gotta include some more WRs. Bryant has been and may continue to be huge.

 

[Ryan Swope's Pro Career]

Rice and ADP because they gave nothing for their investment.

this

Ray Rice was getting drafted WAY late in my leagues (around SJax, late rounds, not sure exactly when), at that point nobody was drafting him as a RB1,2, or 3.Update: just checked my draft, he went one pick after I took Josh Gordon, in the last round of the draft.

 

[Shutout]

For the people claiming ADP should be #1 here, I ask who would you rather be- the guy starting Shady every week and getting RB3 numbers or the guy who was forced to pick up Forsett or Shoelace etc to replace Peterson? Mccoy's net damage to a team is greater

Disagree but I guess we are all entitled to our own opinions.

 

[just_want_2_win]

We might want to add Brandon Marshall to this thread. He's had only handful of big games sandwiched by quite a few duds. Worse, on of those big games was one he wasn't supposed to play in due to injury, so it was wasted on many an owner's bench.

The Bears listed Brandon Marshall (ankle) as a "limited" participant on Monday's practice report. The Bears didn't actually hold a practice, but Marshall would have been limited if they had. He remains a safe bet to face the Lions on Thanksgiving Day.

 

[Todem]

We might want to add Brandon Marshall to this thread. He's had only handful of big games sandwiched by quite a few duds. Worse, on of those big games was one he wasn't supposed to play in due to injury, so it was wasted on many an owner's bench.

The Bears listed Brandon Marshall (ankle) as a "limited" participant on Monday's practice report. The Bears didn't actually hold a practice, but Marshall would have been limited if they had. He remains a safe bet to face the Lions on Thanksgiving Day.

I listed hims my WR bust of the year on page 3. based on his ADP....he is not playing well at all

 

[BustedKnuckles]

''Jamal Charles'' - General Tso

 

[just_want_2_win]

We might want to add Brandon Marshall to this thread. He's had only handful of big games sandwiched by quite a few duds. Worse, on of those big games was one he wasn't supposed to play in due to injury, so it was wasted on many an owner's bench.

The Bears listed Brandon Marshall (ankle) as a "limited" participant on Monday's practice report. The Bears didn't actually hold a practice, but Marshall would have been limited if they had. He remains a safe bet to face the Lions on Thanksgiving Day.

I listed hims my WR bust of the year on page 3. based on his ADP....he is not playing well at all

Didn't see that...good call.

 

[chickensoup]

So from this thread guys who've busted to some degree or other (ranging from disappointing considering ADP to completely worthless):

QB: Cam, Brees, Kaep, Ryan, Stafford, Foles, RGIII

RB: Martin, Ball, R. Bush, Stacy, AP, McCoy, Spiller, Rice, Gerhart, Chris Johnson, Mathews, R. Jennings, Moreno, Pierre Thomas

WR: Megatron, Allen, Garcon, DJax, M. Floyd, Crabtree, Patterson, J. Hunter, VJax, Colston, Gordon (if you count weeks of not being active - see below)

TE: L. Green, Reed, Rudolph, Cameron, V. Davis

D: Seahawks

K: Prater

That's 30+ guys drafted (well, not Prater, likely) that flopped to some extent.

Now how many guys have come along to offset this:

QB: Palmer, McCown/Glennon, Orton

RB: Forsett, Crowell, West, Hillman, CJ Anderson, B. Oliver (briefly), Gray, J. Hill (low ADP? maybe waivers)

WR: Maclin (mid-low ADP), J. Matthews, Eddie Royal (briefly), Gordon (if he lives up to the hype), M. Evans (if he hit wires), Andrew Hawkins, LaFell

TE: Rivera?, Gates?

D: Dolphins

K: Catanzaro

Maybe 20 offsetting type guys you could've drafted low or signed off waivers to plug a hole.

This is a decent starting point for this discussion IMO. I'll just go with what I disagree with.

QB: Ryan/Cam. These guys were barely inside startable range in most leagues where QB 10-20 is a big mess of guys averaging within 2-3 points of each other per game. Cam may have been higher if people didn't pay attention, but they are within their expected range to me.

RB: Chris Johnson. He was never going to be startable in any but the deepest of leagues and was after the 7th in every draft I was a part of. The highest he made it was RB32 off of the board so it's hard to bust at that point IMO.

WR: Hunter/Gordon. Again, Hunter was in WR4-5 range. That's where fliers come from. He's been as useful as say, Eric Decker or Cecil Shorts. There was just a ton of hype. Gordon was already suspended when basically every draft drafted, so he should be off the list.

D/ST and K: every year, the disappointing ones are any defense or kicker not selected in the last 2 rounds or picked up off waivers before week 1 if your league allows it (I don't draft either in my work league and just pick up more preseason fliers and trade baits). Streaming just against Jax this year you could get almost 25% more points than the points leader Philly. On the few weeks you couldn't get the team facing Jax, you could have found something else and probably been close to number 1 in D/ST scoring. Kickers are just hard to predict and are so close in points scored it usually doesn't matter. Just make sure the kicker isn't on a dumpster fire team with a bad offense and defense and you're within a couple of points. Nearly impossible to call busts

 

[just_want_2_win]

Shady had a ton of mentions in this thread but now has two outstanding games back to back. To those who named him as biggest bust, who would you change your vote to now?

 

[Deamon]

Shady had a ton of mentions in this thread but now has two outstanding games back to back. To those who named him as biggest bust, who would you change your vote to now?

I never called him a huge bust but I think he's out of the question now. Stacy? V. Davis?

 

[lod01]

If only the vikings had lod01 from the internet as their gm

They would definitely be better than they are. I would have cut Patterson if I couldn't trade the bum. They guy has never been anything and never will be. Just another Robert Meachem, 'hey look everyone, I'm really fast'.

 

[NoMercy]

Shady had a ton of mentions in this thread but now has two outstanding games back to back. To those who named him as biggest bust, who would you change your vote to now?

I have Shady on two of my teams. I was down on him and was offered many trade offers weeks ago but held on tight. I am glad I did so and hope he continues pounding the yardage and finding the end zone!

 

[KellysHeroes]

for me its Patterson, and not just redraft either... hes busting dynasty wise as well.

 

[proninja]

Shady had a ton of mentions in this thread but now has two outstanding games back to back. To those who named him as biggest bust, who would you change your vote to now?

some guy saying he was a bigger bust than adp a few pages ago looks even worse now.

 

[Ilov80s]

Shady had a ton of mentions in this thread but now has two outstanding games back to back. To those who named him as biggest bust, who would you change your vote to now?

some guy saying he was a bigger bust than adp a few pages ago looks even worse now.

McCoy was the top guy that we needed to trade for, not the top bust.

 

[Van Dyman]

Shady had a ton of mentions in this thread but now has two outstanding games back to back. To those who named him as biggest bust, who would you change your vote to now?

some guy saying he was a bigger bust than adp a few pages ago looks even worse now.

McCoy was the top guy that we needed to trade for, not the top bust.

This. It was clearly discussed (SP and elsewhere) that various pieces of the OL would be returning late in the season. Dangit.

If there's a "best buy-low deal of the year" thread, somebody will have McCoy listed there. ETA Brady, too.

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

Pretty nice days for Keenan Allen and McCoy in week 12.

And week 13.

Kermit drinking tea..

 

[Synthesizer]

McCoy is currently RB10. Adrian Peterson sitting at RB112.

 

[Todem]

Shady had a ton of mentions in this thread but now has two outstanding games back to back. To those who named him as biggest bust, who would you change your vote to now?

I would venture to say if teams that drafted him in the top 2 picks this year did not make great value picks and or WW pick ups at RB...they are already out of it and too little too late. Up until the last two weeks he had been a big dud based on his ADP. He was 17th (in PPR) before the last two weeks. And even at 10th he was drafted to be a top 5 back at a minimum and a top 5 player overall in scoring...period. So based on his performance yes still a bust. You draft a guy like that to carry you to the post season. He did not help the cause till two weeks ago. And if he was drafted in standard format? Oh boy.

So too little too late.

 

[Synthesizer]

Shady had a ton of mentions in this thread but now has two outstanding games back to back. To those who named him as biggest bust, who would you change your vote to now?

I would venture to say if teams that drafted him in the top 2 picks this year did not make great value picks and or WW pick ups at RB...they are already out of it and too little too late. Up until the last two weeks he had been a big dud based on his ADP. He was 17th (in PPR) before the last two weeks. And even at 10th he was drafted to be a top 5 back at a minimum and a top 5 player overall in scoring...period. So based on his performance yes still a bust. You draft a guy like that to carry you to the post season. He did not help the cause till two weeks ago. And if he was drafted in standard format? Oh boy.

So too little too late.

Obviously he hasn't been the stud that people were expecting, but he still put up over 80 yards in 9 of 12 games this year. That's your regular season. Weeks 12 and 13 are just as important as weeks 1 and 2. If a team is "out of it", then they had bigger problems with their draft.

 

[Keith Lewis]

McCoy hands down.

If you think AP qualifies then him.

 

[Todem]

Shady had a ton of mentions in this thread but now has two outstanding games back to back. To those who named him as biggest bust, who would you change your vote to now?

I would venture to say if teams that drafted him in the top 2 picks this year did not make great value picks and or WW pick ups at RB...they are already out of it and too little too late. Up until the last two weeks he had been a big dud based on his ADP. He was 17th (in PPR) before the last two weeks. And even at 10th he was drafted to be a top 5 back at a minimum and a top 5 player overall in scoring...period. So based on his performance yes still a bust. You draft a guy like that to carry you to the post season. He did not help the cause till two weeks ago. And if he was drafted in standard format? Oh boy.

So too little too late.

Obviously he hasn't been the stud that people were expecting, but he still put up over 80 yards in 9 of 12 games this year. That's your regular season. Weeks 12 and 13 are just as important as weeks 1 and 2. If a team is "out of it", then they had bigger problems with their draft.

I venture to say a lot of people who drafted McCoy have had a tough go of it this season unless they darted perfectly after that pick or made some key waiver pick ups to overcome is lack of top 3 production.

However if owners are going into the playoffs with him....it is great for them as he is looking like he is getting it together.

 

[chickensoup]

Shady had a ton of mentions in this thread but now has two outstanding games back to back. To those who named him as biggest bust, who would you change your vote to now?

I would venture to say if teams that drafted him in the top 2 picks this year did not make great value picks and or WW pick ups at RB...they are already out of it and too little too late. Up until the last two weeks he had been a big dud based on his ADP. He was 17th (in PPR) before the last two weeks. And even at 10th he was drafted to be a top 5 back at a minimum and a top 5 player overall in scoring...period. So based on his performance yes still a bust. You draft a guy like that to carry you to the post season. He did not help the cause till two weeks ago. And if he was drafted in standard format? Oh boy.So too little too late.

Obviously he hasn't been the stud that people were expecting, but he still put up over 80 yards in 9 of 12 games this year. That's your regular season. Weeks 12 and 13 are just as important as weeks 1 and 2. If a team is "out of it", then they had bigger problems with their draft.

I venture to say a lot of people who drafted McCoy have had a tough go of it this season unless they darted perfectly after that pick or made some key waiver pick ups to overcome is lack of top 3 production.

However if owners are going into the playoffs with him....it is great for them as he is looking like he is getting it together.

Depends entirely who you followed him up with. Antonio Brown and Andrew Luck? You're probably fine. Gronk and Cobb? You're fine. Stacy and Keenan Allen? Yeah you're sunk

 

[SameSongNDance]

Shady had a ton of mentions in this thread but now has two outstanding games back to back. To those who named him as biggest bust, who would you change your vote to now?

I would venture to say if teams that drafted him in the top 2 picks this year did not make great value picks and or WW pick ups at RB...they are already out of it and too little too late. Up until the last two weeks he had been a big dud based on his ADP. He was 17th (in PPR) before the last two weeks. And even at 10th he was drafted to be a top 5 back at a minimum and a top 5 player overall in scoring...period. So based on his performance yes still a bust. You draft a guy like that to carry you to the post season. He did not help the cause till two weeks ago. And if he was drafted in standard format? Oh boy.

So too little too late.

Obviously he hasn't been the stud that people were expecting, but he still put up over 80 yards in 9 of 12 games this year. That's your regular season. Weeks 12 and 13 are just as important as weeks 1 and 2. If a team is "out of it", then they had bigger problems with their draft.

I venture to say a lot of people who drafted McCoy have had a tough go of it this season unless they darted perfectly after that pick or made some key waiver pick ups to overcome is lack of top 3 production.

However if owners are going into the playoffs with him....it is great for them as he is looking like he is getting it together.

Meh, McCoy was essentially producing like a mid-low end RB2 for most of the year. I doubt he made anyone's team but in the same vein I doubt he broke anyone's team either. People place too much of an emphasis on where players are drafted yet year after year it's players outside the first two rounds who end up as the highest impact players for fantasy teams. If you couldn't overcome your assumed top 3 back producing like RB18-24 on any given week you undoubtedly had a bad draft outside of the first round.

 

[Sabertooth]

Mccoy has only been good these last few weeks because I traded him away.

 

[Skeletore Eh]

Michael Floyd is being underrepresented in this thread.

Crabtree too

 

[MaxThreshold]

Michael Floyd is being underrepresented in this thread.

Crabtree too

What? No ####### way. Crabtree has always been long on potential and short on execution guy. I may have to seriously question your ranking skills, because he's ALWAYS been mediocre at best so should never have been a surprise disappointment to anyone. He should be no higher than the 25 or 30 on anyone's WR ranking list.

 

[Skeletore Eh]

Michael Floyd is being underrepresented in this thread.

Crabtree too

What? No ####### way. Crabtree has always been long on potential and short on execution guy. I may have to seriously question your ranking skills, because he's ALWAYS been mediocre at best so should never have been a surprise disappointment to anyone. He should be no higher than the 25 or 30 on anyone's WR ranking list.

My ranking skills? His consensus FBG ranking going into the season was wr 22 (as high as wr9)

He's currently ranked 36 in standard and 40 in ppr. Actually better than I would have guessed, but I'd say he still qualifies

 

[cloppbeast]

It has to be the consensus top 5 pick Adrian Peterson, who only got his owners a single game for 70 yards rushing. Regardless of the reasons behind the lack of production, AP hurt his owners more than any other player considering the price for acquisition.