The Myth of the Colts WR3 (1 Viewer)

[Homer]

somebody sure whiffed here

 

[Raider Nation]

somebody sure whiffed here

You mean, like... everyone who posted in here prior to December 9?

 

[KellysHeroes]

somebody sure whiffed here

no one took into accoun that Marv would be missing over half the season... meaning Gonzo is the #2 WR

 

[mrgerty]

Gonzales' was playing tonight as Indy WR2 with Marvin out still. The myth lives on; nobody whiffed.

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

the WR3 is a TE1.

 

[Homer]

How much hot breath is devoted in pre-season threads about who to handcuff to a RB and who could end up being a steal in the 12th round if an injury occurs? Yet if it's a WR backing up a skinny 30-something 10+ year vet, that's silliness to be ridiculed?

 

[pinda]

HOmer you forgot to add the rest of that sentence

........that is a first ballot Hall of Famer that has never missed any significant time to injury.

 

[Raider Nation]

How much hot breath is devoted in pre-season threads about who to handcuff to a RB and who could end up being a steal in the 12th round if an injury occurs? Yet if it's a WR backing up a skinny 30-something 10+ year vet, that's silliness to be ridiculed?

Below is your one post in this thread prior to today:

Exactly who CARES who's WR #43 in a redraft league? Picking the guy outside of the top 30 that makes ANY sort of difference this year is a total crapshoot, and there's a damned good chance he won't even be drafted in a "normal" 12 team league anyway. Another example of "sharks" nerding each other out.

This wasn't exactly a ringing endorsement of the kid shouted from the rooftops, was it?

 

[[scooter]]

Gonzales' was playing tonight as Indy WR2 with Marvin out still. The myth lives on; nobody whiffed.

How did Aaron Moorehead do as the WR3?

 

[Homer]

As I said way back when, it was a CRAPSHOOT. Some guy bet on a Harrison/Wayne injury at some point, and eventually got a big reward. The other clowns with 40+ pre-season WR ranks were easily just as irrelevant, yet somebody gets on his soapbox and says it was a dumb pick and a bunch of backslappers agreed.

 

[Raider Nation]

I get your point; one "scrub" is as good as the next, so why not roll the dice. But the only reason you are catching flack is the convenient timing of your bump. In weeks 7-13, he had exactly one week with more than 2 fantasy points, and he was also basically invisible for the first five weeks of the season before the bye in week 6. Why didn't you bump this thread and call everyone out THEN?

You're acting as if Gonzalez is having a Marques Colston of 2006 type of rookie season. The following WRs are free agents in my league. ALL of them had more fantasy points than Gonzalez entering this week, and all of them fall into the "crappy receivers you can get at 40+ into a draft" category. Why don't you jump on one of their bandwagons... only this time, make the call in advance.

Burleson, Nate

Williams, Reggie

Northcutt, Dennis

Gage, Justin

Rice, Sidney

Williams, Roydell

Hester, Devin

Patten, David

Parrish, Roscoe

Henderson, Devery

Reed, Josh

Wade, Bobby

Moore, Lance

Gaffney, Jabar

Smith, Brad

Washington, Nate

Bennett, Drew

Ginn Jr., Ted

Wilford, Ernest

Martin, Ruvell

Clayton, Mark

Colbert, Keary

 

[Homer]

RaiderNation, I agree with you -- those guys are pretty much irrelevant in the vast majority of fantasy leagues. Which is why they get drafted in the 12th round or later. But again, To CALL PEOPLE OUT for taking a flyer in the 12th round or later is silly, IMO. Robert Gonzalez was no worse of a gamble than any of those guys.

And re: the 'theory' that Colts 3rd WR's are generally worthless, well Patriots #1 WR's are historically rather pedestrian, and their 2nd and 3rd WR's are worthless too. Right?

 

[Jason Wood]

somebody sure whiffed here

Hardly a whiff considering Harrison has missed so much time...as someone else pointed out, Tony Gonzo hasn't been productive as the WR3, he's been productive as the WR2. I had plenty of whiffs (when you rank and project every player publicly that's bound to happen) but telling people not to overvalue Anthony Gonzalez was hardly one of them.Now telling people to steer clear of Wes Welker =