Sunshizzlety
Footballguy
A couple questions on my mind lately are comparisons of several players who we are very high on in this years rankings but relate (more or less) to similar players in recent years who plummeted!
#1. Similarity between the excitement we had over Randall Cobb last year after Jordy was injured and his immediate upgrade to the Packs WR#1, AND this years excitement (ish) over Golden Tate after Calvin Johnson retiring. I see Cobb and Tate with extremely similar situations and skill sets, not to mention, the fact that they look like they came from the same gene pool. Obviously Cobb was a huge disappointment last year from where we initially drafted him and even ended up on waiver wires around the fantasy community after letting his owners down week after week. Granted it obviously wasn't all on him, Rodgers and the O-line struggled at times and the lingering shoulder injury didn't help, but in hindsight, it was all a disaster. So in looking at and analyzing Tate and his situation, Why do we think Tate will fare better now that he's been pushed up the receiver chart in Detroit. I'm sure the obvious answer will be how great Tate looked in previous years when Megatron was sidelined or even used as a decoy, but now that he's the official #1 do things change and will he struggle how Cobb did in 2015 or is there a reason/s we're optimistic he'll produce?
#2. Our hysteria for RG3 after his 2012 rookie season where he threw for 3200 yards and 20 TD's and ran for 815 with 7 more TD's......AND...... Tyrod Taylor after his efficient rookie campaign.
#3. This one will (seem) easy but the comparison between our excitement for C.J. Anderson going into 2015 (after leading all RB's in the NFL the last 5 weeks of 2014).....AND.....David Johnson after doing almost the exact same thing for the Cards last year after Chris Johnson and Andre Ellington went down in week 12. I actually took C.J. Anderson with the 3rd overall pick in my draft last year. At the time I could write out a 20 page essay on why I thought C.J. was worth a number 3 pick overall and the deciding factor was when Denver picked up Evan Mathis a week or two prior to the season. In hindsight, it's easy to say C.J. was a horrible pick at that spot but there were so many things working in his favor at the time. (It's also easy) to come up with many reasons why David Johnson (going into 2016) is a good pick at a top 3 RB spot but personally I'm a little nervous after the mistrust of late-season surges from RB's who we haven't seen produce for a full season. So, what are the differences? and why will David Johnson not be this years C.J. Anderson? (Obvious answer, Cards offense is much better than Denver's last year, not allowed. I guess of course, this is the only and most important reason, then we can go ahead and put this one to bed.)
#1. Similarity between the excitement we had over Randall Cobb last year after Jordy was injured and his immediate upgrade to the Packs WR#1, AND this years excitement (ish) over Golden Tate after Calvin Johnson retiring. I see Cobb and Tate with extremely similar situations and skill sets, not to mention, the fact that they look like they came from the same gene pool. Obviously Cobb was a huge disappointment last year from where we initially drafted him and even ended up on waiver wires around the fantasy community after letting his owners down week after week. Granted it obviously wasn't all on him, Rodgers and the O-line struggled at times and the lingering shoulder injury didn't help, but in hindsight, it was all a disaster. So in looking at and analyzing Tate and his situation, Why do we think Tate will fare better now that he's been pushed up the receiver chart in Detroit. I'm sure the obvious answer will be how great Tate looked in previous years when Megatron was sidelined or even used as a decoy, but now that he's the official #1 do things change and will he struggle how Cobb did in 2015 or is there a reason/s we're optimistic he'll produce?
#2. Our hysteria for RG3 after his 2012 rookie season where he threw for 3200 yards and 20 TD's and ran for 815 with 7 more TD's......AND...... Tyrod Taylor after his efficient rookie campaign.
#3. This one will (seem) easy but the comparison between our excitement for C.J. Anderson going into 2015 (after leading all RB's in the NFL the last 5 weeks of 2014).....AND.....David Johnson after doing almost the exact same thing for the Cards last year after Chris Johnson and Andre Ellington went down in week 12. I actually took C.J. Anderson with the 3rd overall pick in my draft last year. At the time I could write out a 20 page essay on why I thought C.J. was worth a number 3 pick overall and the deciding factor was when Denver picked up Evan Mathis a week or two prior to the season. In hindsight, it's easy to say C.J. was a horrible pick at that spot but there were so many things working in his favor at the time. (It's also easy) to come up with many reasons why David Johnson (going into 2016) is a good pick at a top 3 RB spot but personally I'm a little nervous after the mistrust of late-season surges from RB's who we haven't seen produce for a full season. So, what are the differences? and why will David Johnson not be this years C.J. Anderson? (Obvious answer, Cards offense is much better than Denver's last year, not allowed. I guess of course, this is the only and most important reason, then we can go ahead and put this one to bed.)
