ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
This seems to happen with at least one player every year. Last year for me, it was Devin Singletary. Feels silly looking back on it, but I thought he had shown a lot of growth over the course of his rookie season, and some fantasy analysts I trust were high on him as well. In mocks, I started noticing it seemed easier and easier to get him, so while I started off targeting him as my RB2 but by the time my real draft rolled around I waited and still got him as my RB3. I was thrilled and couldn't understand why people were taking Moss ahead of him. In retrospect, I understand exactly why.
This year, it's Josh Jacobs. I still think he's really talented, and I'm not particularly worried about Drake -- I don't think he's all that good, and unless they're explicitly signed to be The Guy, free-agent RBs usually don't have much of an impact. Worst case, he'll most likely just take the passing-down work that Jacobs was already not getting. I think Jacobs could easily match the numbers he's put up during his first few years in the league, which would make him a solid RB2, plus I think he has some upside.
But once again, I'm worried that I seem to be the only person who feels that way. The one draft I've had so far (12-team PPR), I got him in the fourth, in the same range as Montgomery, Carson, Robinson, Sanders and Gus. I consider him to have way more upside than any of those.
And yet ... maybe there's a reason he's falling. Am I so out of touch? (No, it's the children who are wrong.)
Anyway, that's the one that's keeping me up at night. Who's your version of Josh Jacobs?
This year, it's Josh Jacobs. I still think he's really talented, and I'm not particularly worried about Drake -- I don't think he's all that good, and unless they're explicitly signed to be The Guy, free-agent RBs usually don't have much of an impact. Worst case, he'll most likely just take the passing-down work that Jacobs was already not getting. I think Jacobs could easily match the numbers he's put up during his first few years in the league, which would make him a solid RB2, plus I think he has some upside.
But once again, I'm worried that I seem to be the only person who feels that way. The one draft I've had so far (12-team PPR), I got him in the fourth, in the same range as Montgomery, Carson, Robinson, Sanders and Gus. I consider him to have way more upside than any of those.
And yet ... maybe there's a reason he's falling. Am I so out of touch? (No, it's the children who are wrong.)
Anyway, that's the one that's keeping me up at night. Who's your version of Josh Jacobs?