The thought has crossed my mind. Going with Mike Wallace.Giants insider Jerry Foley on Sirius thinks Shepard will be used more as a decoy today. Just an FYI for Shepard owners. Who knows really.
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The thought has crossed my mind. Going with Mike Wallace.Giants insider Jerry Foley on Sirius thinks Shepard will be used more as a decoy today. Just an FYI for Shepard owners. Who knows really.
Smart play here is go with your best alternative.Giants insider Jerry Foley on Sirius thinks Shepard will be used more as a decoy today. Just an FYI for Shepard owners. Who knows really.
We want Geno!He's got 1 target. The last 2 games with Eli he had 22 targets. Clearly he's not a part of the game plan today.
My gut lied to meI'm starting him over Baldwin. Going with my gut.
Hope I don't regret it wtf
Cooper is on my bench with a goose egg. Man my team sucks.Darn.well didn’t really have any better options anyway.
Tough decision. He burned me 2 weeks ago. Then burned me when I didn't play him last week. Championship game I'm at a loss to play him or Bryant. Bryant has the better matchup on a better team without Brown playing. Sterling has the better floor but not sure if he will be matched with Peterson. Tough call.Anyone rolling with SS for playoffs? Updates?
Exact same thing that happened to me.Tough decision. He burned me 2 weeks ago. Then burned me when I didn't play him last week. Championship game I'm at a loss to play him or Bryant. Bryant has the better matchup on a better team without Brown playing. Sterling has the better floor but not sure if he will be matched with Peterson. Tough call.
Same here. Lost but am playing for 3rd place. It's a toss up but I'm starting Sheperd. I may take out Wallace and put Bryant in but I'm definitely starting Sheperd.Exact same thing that happened to me.
And I have to choose between Bryant and Shepard this week to replace Brown but my game is for 3rd place.
Pretty sure I'm playing Bryant
Haven't heard definitively either way, but I do know he's in my lineup. He's been criminally underrated by the experts last week and this week. !@#$ them.Do we or will we know if PP will be shadowing Shepard this week? He usually does not cover the slot but no other Giant WR is worth shadowing, maybe he could also shadow Engram??
STERLING SHEPARD WILL PLAY MORE BOUNDARY (OUTSIDE) RECEIVER
Shepard has played 90 percent of his total NFL snaps and as racked up 90 percent of his total receiving yards while lined up in the slot. He has caught every single one of his NFL touchdowns as a slot receiver. Now, he will be asked to play a different role in Pat Shurmur’s new Giants offensive scheme. Shepard has so far looked great in his transition to playing some slot and some boundary. He caught three touchdown passes in one OTA practice this past week while consistently beating slot cornerback William Gay.
JOHN SCHMEELK: In my opinion, there have been two clear top performers so far: wide receiver Sterling Shepard and edge rusher Olivier Vernon. The soon to be proud papa Dan Salomone has Vernon covered below, so I’ll focus on Shepard. Last year, Shepard was having a great offseason, and heading into his second year all signs pointed to a breakout season. An ankle injury and a flood of subsequent injuries all over the offense washed away those aspirations.
The breakout looks like it was only delayed. Shepard has been unstoppable in camp. In one-on-one situations, defensive backs have been unable to stay with him. His route running is right there with Odell Beckham Jr. as the most advanced on the team. Combined with his quickness coming out of breaks at the top of the route, he is very difficult to stay with for any defensive back. Even more encouraging for the coaching staff is he has been just as effective as both an inside and outside receiver.
If the offensive line holds up and Eli Manning plays at a high level, I’m not sure what defenses are going to do against the Giants’ set of weapons. Odell Beckham Jr. requires a double team. Saquon Barkley is a nightmare in the passing game for linebackers and safeties. Evan Engram can’t be covered by linebackers and most safeties, either. Then there is Shepard’s potential breakout season. All four guys have been lining up all over the offensive formation. There are mismatches everywhere, all with potential for big plays. You can’t double-team everyone.
It's one thing to talk in May about the weapons, but to see them all on the field together in padded practices is another. I can’t wait to see them operate in game situations. I have no idea what opposing defensive coordinators are going to do. It’s going to be a lot of fun.
Sterling Shepard - WR - Giants
Sterling Shepard caught 7-of-7 targets for 78 yards in Friday's preseason game against the Jets.
Shepard closes the book on the preseason with 10 catches for 114 yards. Although Eli Manning is in a full-on fade, his No. 2 receiver is looking like a fantasy bargain at his current ADP of WR49.
Aug 24 - 11:13 PM
A lot of money for a receiver without a 1,000 yard season.Giants signed WR Sterling Shepard to a four-year, $41 million extension......
Shepard is a good bet for his first 1,000-yard season in 2019.
I’d use 9....Barkley should help every WR on this team. Won’t be many plays where 8 defenders aren’t trying to defend the run right?
Just looked again, eli's number one receiver pretty consistently gets 10 plus targets per game. He's had some good receivers - obj, obviously, Cruz, Steve Smith, Nicks and Burress - but all of them have had fantasy wr1 numbers as his number one, and all of them except obj have had mediocre numbers when they aren't getting peppered with targets. Look at Steve Smith the year before and after his one year as eli's number one.Eli's number one receiver has put up big numbers his entire career
That's similar to my estimate from another thread: https://forums.footballguys.com/forum/topic/748837-dynasty-value-discussion-thread/?do=findComment&comment=21801314If we give shepherd about 9 targets a game - 145ish - we can look at his career stats to estimate his production.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/ShepSt00.htm
296 career targets, 190 career catches. 145 targets is almost half that, so cut his catches in half and you get about 95.
Do the same with his 2286 yards and 14 touchdowns and subtract a little and you get about
90 rec 1100 yards 7 touchdowns
That's a pretty blunt tool for estimating but it gives another perspective.
Is it? That's the going rate and it's only increasing. This was probably a smart move because the rate would've been higher next season when his contract expired and if he has a big season as the WR1 then he'd command even more on the open market. But back to the going rate... Tyrell Williams is getting $11.1M/yr, Crowder is getting $9.5M/year, Quincy Enunwa is somehow getting $9M/year, Lockett is getting $10.6M/year. Tyrell is the only one with a 1000 yard season and it was three years ago. I'm still trying to figure out how Landry is getting paid $15.1M/year. It's been three years since he put up 1000 yards and he's had over 300 targets combined in the last two years.A lot of money for a receiver without a 1,000 yard season.
Funny stat from last year but the Giants averaged more yards per pass when Barkley wasn't on the field than when he was.Barkley should help every WR on this team. Won’t be many plays where 8 defenders aren’t trying to defend the run right?