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Which of these WR would you keep? (1 Viewer)

Which of these WR would you keep?

  • WR, Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona Cardinals

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  • WR, Calvin Johnson, Detroit Lions

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Dancing Bear

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I'm in a Keeper League and I have to choose between WR's Larry Fitzgerald and Calvin Johnson.

Who should I keep?

Larry Fitzgerald

Pros

Larry is one of the elite WR in the NFL

Larry will continue to be a Red Zone monster, but will Arizona move the ball under Leinart

They play in the NFC West

They are playing the AFC West

Cons

Larry's production under Leinart is abysmal. Under Warner is was 12.5 ppg under Leinart it is 5.8 ppg

Leinart has only thrown 14 TD's total in his 30 appearances ...

Even with Warner last year, Larry's production took over a 4 ypc drop

Larry's ability for 80+ yards in a game dropped to nearly 1/2 of his career average last year!

Larry has been incredibly fortunate with his health and he has only missed 4 games in 5 years in the NFL

I'm not convinced that Breaston will relieve the double team pressure that Boldin did

Calvin Johnson

Pros

He had a 50% success rate for 80+ yard games last year with a rookie QB. This was up from his career average of 40%.

He is a monster on the field MEGATRON

The Detroit Offense should be much improved this year with Stafford's command of their schemes and his ability to read opposing Defenses

Additional WR support should release him from constant double teams

Cons

He is playing on the Lions ... in a division with at least two significant Defenses [Minnesota & Green Bay] and if Peppers can re-ignite the Bears that's 6 tough games!

They play the NFC East & New England ...

He seems to have trouble staying healthy, and even though he has toughed it out and played through injured & in pain, his performance has suffered

 
This is really a tough question.

I think Megatron is just as gifted of a receiver as Fitzgerald is so I'm going to say Johnson because he should have more productive years left than Fitz just due to chronological age.

I like the fact that Detroit has Stafford, who is showing signs of development. What does Arizona have? If you honestly believe Arizona won't miss Warner much and Leinart will pick right up where he left off, then this question is a no brainer and you'd take Fitz.

 
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Don't believe this is true at all.I'm not asking about a lineup or anything associated with "Coaching" a team.I could have left off the entire component of "Keeper" reference. I chose to give more info in order to allow folks to understand more fully my dilema ...How do you balance their gifted-ness, their opportunity & their projections for 2010 to choose one over the other?
 
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