Domination
Footballguy
I won't be able to update 1st post until morning.
Also, I will have limited access next week. So, someone can either start a new draft thread so it stays up to date, or I can put a new one up in the morning. But, you will all have to be patient with my lagging a little behind.
Btw, great progress guys
Also, I will have limited access next week. So, someone can either start a new draft thread so it stays up to date, or I can put a new one up in the morning. But, you will all have to be patient with my lagging a little behind.
Btw, great progress guys
. but am almost always in it at the end, so I am sure people will wonder if there was a method to the madness. The other thing I have learned over the years is that if people love your team at the beginning of the year, you're never going to win. It's usually a team that people aren't in love with that ends up winning.
What he said...
. but am almost always in it at the end, so I am sure people will wonder if there was a method to the madness. The other thing I have learned over the years is that if people love your team at the beginning of the year, you're never going to win. It's usually a team that people aren't in love with that ends up winning.QB: While some people have already questioned where I took Roelisberger, the days of the Steelers pounding the ball exclusively are gone. As mentioend previously, he ranks in the Top 5 in ppg over the past two seasons, but missing the first 4 games this year hides that fact. Even though I apparently "hate" Big Ben (from SP threads), his numbers are improving and he's got some decent receiving threats. He's also hitting his prime, and like Brady did, I suspect his numbers will continue to stay solid. As people should know by now, historically team defenses DO NOT stay uber elite from year to year, so it's likely the Steelers defensive numbers will slip some in 2011. That should force the offense to have to score more points.Tebow was a home run or strikeout pick. If he's the starter all year, he should have at least 6 games of 25+ fantasy points. That's basically 200/1 and 40/1, which IMO would be very doable every 2-3 games. He may not have great passing totals and the Broncos may still be putrid, but fantasy wise he should do very well.RB: I have a slightly different outlook on RBs in that I would rather take a guy that ranked well with limited touches than guys that ranked well with tons and tons of touches. The reason being that the guy with a ton of touches will have to play better to rank higher and is also less likely to stay healthy enough to get those touches again. Jamaal Charles, in limited duty, has ranked 12th and 4th and still has not been a main cog in the offense. If I were to guess, I suspect he will see the ball a little more this year with a lower ypc and proabably a few more TD. Add it all up, and I think he will rank the same and might have a few more receptions. But IMO he has more upside than some other backs because he still could get more touches. Charles average 17 touches. Guys like Foster averaged 25. Similar logic in LeGarrette Blount. He averaged 90 yfs scrimmage since becoming the starter and finished ranked in the Top 25 starting only 11 games. Given that a lot of RB situations are up in the air, as the #22 RB off the board he seemed like one of the few guys left with both upside and a decent chance of keeping his job. While it's always risky to project out numbers over a full season, he was on pace for a 1500 yfs/10 TD season. Granted, he's not going to get many receptions, but still a decent option where I took him.Some experts have Mikel Leshoure rated higher than Engram (although that might be a stretch). Any rookie is a shot in the dark, and depending where he ends up he could be a big contributor or have very little value (like Spiller last year). We won't have any idea until he ends up on a team . . .WR: Steve Johnson had a breakout season, but being on the Bills not many people got to see him play. I believe BUF will stick with Fitzpatrick, so I would expect more of the same from Johnson, even with his drop against PIT that may have vaulted the Steelers to the SB.I didn't really want to take Steve Smith (NYG), as I am always leary of guys coming off major injuries. He also could be a free agent, so that made him even riskier in my book. But he has been a receptions machine when he's played over the past couple of years and it sound like his surgery was not as severe as it was originally diagnosed. Another wait and see pick.Danny Amendola is going to be Wes Welker the sequel, almost literally. Like Welker, he went undrafted out of Texas Tech and with Daniels now running the offense, 100 receptions is not out of the question (he had 85 last year).TE: Gates as already mentioned is the cream of the TE crop when he plays. Health is an issue, but he's been a beast and consistent for years now. He didn't need surgery and was supposed to get better with simple rest and relaxation. He hadn't missed a game the previous 4 years and only had missed 2 games in his career overall even being banged up. He should be beatly again if he's over the foot injury.I'm sure others will go "meh," over this team so far, but I'm not unhappy with it and I suspect it will again be in the hunt . . .
LOL @ this rookie
LOL @ this rookie
