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Colts Fantasy Report - Unofficial
« on: Sep 10th, 2005, 11:31pm » |
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FANTASY SLANT OVERVIEW
If you have a colt on your roster you probably left your draft thinking you were assured a fair share of some serious fantasy points. Manning setting records and James running wild. How could you go wrong. This offence is without a doubt the best in the NFL. You have 2 top 10 wide recievers, a top 5 running back, a top 5 tight end and a top 2 quarterback. The only thing that could hurt you is the loss of Manning. That shouldn't happen. Manning has been a fantasy iron man since starting as a QB in his rookie season.
FANTASY DEPTH CHART
QB: Payton Manning
2QB Jim Sorgi
RB1 Edgerrin James
RB2 Dominic Rhodes
RB3 James Mungro
WR 1 Marvin Harrison
WR 2 Reggie Wayne
WR 3 Brandon Stokley
B.U WR John Standeford (r) Purdue
B.U WR Aaron Morehead
T.E Dallas Clark
T.E 2 Ben Hartsock
K Mike VanderJagt
If you have a front line roster player from this group you have done well. These guys score points. Vanderjagt is coming off a down year because Manning set a TD record. There is no reason to believe he wont be the highest scoring kicker in the league this year. Harrison and Wayne will as always be above average in yardage and TD's as long as Manning is behind center. Manning loves to throw to his tight ends in the red zone making Clark a prime time tight end. The only question mark would be Edge. He is in the last year of his contract and is a player that has often spoken in the first person. How often he will be willing to stick that knee out to grind an extra yard will remain to be seen. With that said, he's still a 12 to 15 TD man. Thats darn good in most cases.
When you consider back ups for this team, the first question is; is Payton OK? If yes, then Dominic Rhodes will be aquired by your compitition faster than Edge can say Ouch! That guy will bust it in there. He wont bang out alot of yards, but he will score in the red zone. If one of the starting three wide outs get hurt, then expect the other starters numbers to go up. Back ups for these positions will not be productive. Manning and his recievers spend lots of time in the offseason playing catch. This only includes the 3 starters.
Now that pollard is gone as the starting Tight end, Dallas Clark will score in bunches. His back up is Ben Harsock. There will be many other fantasy tight end options before Hartsock should be considered. If Manning becomes injured for an extended lenth of time, after a good cry, trade any Colt player you have. Jim Sorgi is not Payton Manning. In fact he's not Kyle Boller. He will make everyone on that team average at best. This is not a place to replace a quarterback.
THIS WEEK
The Colts roll to B-More to play the Ravens in a Sunday Nite special in front of a crowd of crazy ex Colt fans. Gee, do you think they might still hold a small grudge about the Irsays midnite move. This town will promote this like its going out of style. The Ravens love to play a physical style of football, while the Colts would like to be left alone to chuck it up. Manning, who loves to call plays at the line of scrimmage, might find it a little loud in B-More. The Ravens are a team that likes to create holes for thier Linebackers to run thru. A defensive line that "pass rush blocks "if you will. ( I made that up) They get after the QB in a hurry. They rush the throw and dont allow the recievers to get deep. The Raven DB's and Safety's have great closing speed and will create lots of turnovers when a QB is rushed. This does not bode well for a great Fantasy result. While your Colt players should be some of the most valuble players in the league, this week they will put up moderate numbers at best. You always start these guys when Payton is behind center because when they are bad they are ok and when they are good ......
INJURY SLANT
Dallas Clark is a game time decision. If you put your ear against his head you can hear the ocean. If he doesnt play then this will weaken the short passing game. As fast as the Ravens get after the QB, this further weakens the value of Colt players this week.
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