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« on: Oct 8th, 2002, 6:18pm » |
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Here's my general advise for this week, as I haven't posted here in a while and am *finally* happy with my team. No, I don't think I'm dominant, but as long as Ricky keeps producing I should make the playoffs. I just need either Brees, Ramsey, Kitna or Peete to step it up to a solid #2 QB status and I'll be fine.
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Dynasty Leagues:
These are guys probably low value right now that *will* be studs in a couple years. Acquire them if cheap.
Jerry Porter. If Tuiasasopo is decent, Porter's gonna be a Boston-esque star in Raiderland once Brown or Rice retires. Could be as early as next year if Gannon stays around.
Javon Walker. Favre freakin loves this guy. Either next year or the following year, he'll break out.
This year's WW picks.
Marcel Shipp. People have grabbed him and dropped him after his injury, but he'll be starting by week 9. Jones has never held onto a starting job, and he doesn't appear to be on the track this year either. Anderson looked horrid in his start, despite decent stats and compliments from teammates.
Mike Cloud. This is a sneaky one, as I feel he'd get the majority of carries if Holmes went down. While he wouldn't put up anywhere near the number of points Holmes does, I feel like Richardson has fallen into a Holcombe role and that Cloud has acquired the Gordon/Trung role. This is more of a gut feeling, but that's the way I see it.
John Davis. If you haven't been paying attention, this guy's getting a ton of looks. I picked him up 2 weeks ago to fill in for Pollard and Chamberlain's bye weeks, and he's been stellar. This is a perfect lesson in FA acuisitions. He wasn't the highest scoring TE and hadn't even seen a touchdown when I grabbed him. He had the most receptions and I knew that A-Train had been struggling, so I figured he was a good bet. What's he done? Only 3 TD's in the last two games. The biggest selling point with this guy is on MNF he dropped a 1st down TD pass, and they came back to him again on 3rd down for the touchdown. He also got a nice 10+ yard touchdown later in the game. I was planning on dropping him after this week, but with that kinda performance I've gotta see what he's worth on the trade market.
Robert Edwards. Get this guy above Mike Cloud. If Ricky goes down, Edwards will get most of the carries, not Minor. He looks like his old self and already participates on 3rd downs instead of Ricky. He's made Travis Minor a thing of the past.
If you haven't already, grab Patrick Ramsey. He's gonna light up weaker secondaries and will be a great benefit to teams with marginal QB's in deeper leagues. I would never start him vs. a playoff calibur team, but don't hesistate to plug him and spurrier's system in vs. the dogs of the NFL. I assume he's taken in most leagues. I grabbed him last week as soon as Matthews got demoted.. and right after someone grabbed Woeful. He's the future, and you won't see either of the other two quarterbacks barring injury.
Hope the FA tips help, and finally here's my list of guys to trade if you get a good offer.
Keyshawn - Aside from that long TD, another boring 50 yard performance.
R-Dub - I don't trust Miami with my star player in the winter months.
Peete - He still hasn't been named the starter for the year, which is something to worry about.
Couch - Holcombe could very well take over that team when he gets back to health if Couch struggles.
(edit: Jamie) Martin - He'll put up decent stats, but that o-line is terrible.
Faulk - If you can trade him& a wr for Priest, do it. But I doubt the Priest owner will. Faulk's still a top 5 back so I wouldn't panic. Priest just looks that good.
Buccs - No way they continue to score 1 TD per game.
Fiedler - See Ricky.
Price/Moulds/Bledsoe - I don't see how that can continue. Soon teams will remember that blitzing Bledsoe and making him move destroys him, and that Buffalo O-line isn't as good as its looking. Example: This week the Raiders got pressure and forced him to roll right, where he threw a bad pass to Buchanon who dropped it on first down. On second down, they pressured Bledsoe who rolled right and threw another pass right to Buchanon who returned it for a TD. So far he's proven me wrong, but I think teams will start to figure out Bledsoe again, much as they had him figured out in NE the last 2-3 years.
Lamar Smith - His only good games came vs. Minnesota and Detroit, with mediocre performance vs. GB and terrible outings vs. Arizona and Baltimore. His value is as high as it'll be all year. Further, Foster *will* get action when he's healthy. You don't draft a guy in the first round to be a backup. Trade him while you can.
(edit: Pennington/Coles - Trade these guys away while you can, Hackett will destroy their value. He's the worst OC in Professional, College, and Pee Wee football.)
Of all the people I suggested to trade, only do it if you're getting good value for them. Also, take the Bledsoe/Moulds/Price thing with a grain of salt... don't go around the league shopping them as you'll just drive their value down.
Hope it helps!
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