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(Message started by: sameoldsameold on May 9^th, 2004, 6:40pm)

Title: philly recievers
Post by sameoldsameold on May 9^th, 2004, 6:40pm

How do you think other philly recievers are effected by TO? Im starting to think that maybe freddie mitchells value goes up since TO will be the defense's main threat at wideout....Any thoughts on what recievers will gain value if any with TO now in philly.

Title: Re: philly recievers
Post by Callie on May 9^th, 2004, 7:13pm

T.O. draws coverage. It helps the other receivers, but he also gets his own fantasy points. I personally think that it's a win-win. I'm going to try to draft him this year. He'll bring up the rest, as well.

Last year, at the end of the season, injured, he went out, got his yards and 2 TDs, then sat down. Win-win.

I know because I was riding him.

Title: Re: philly recievers
Post by StegRock on May 9^th, 2004, 7:20pm

on 05/09/04 at 19:13:34, Callie wrote:

I know because I was riding him.

Eh-hem... It's getting a little HOT around here! ;)

Title: Re: philly recievers
Post by StegRock on May 9^th, 2004, 11:49pm

Now, for a more pithy response... I would not expect anything out of them that they have not done before. Fantasy football is largely about seeing the trend. Mitchell and Pinkston will never amount to anything more than a, just to name contemporaries, James Thrash, Jake Reed, Ike Hilliard, Raghib Ismail, Troy Brown, Wayne Chrebet, Johnnie Morton (on the "high" end), Muhsin Muhammad, Tai Streets, etc., etc., i.e. a mediocre sidekick. Though they may get lucky for a year or two (although I don't think that will be the case, at least not for Pinkston) and it would be "nice" to have them "then", it will be impossible to "really see" it coming beforehand. It'll just be a case of somewhere between dumb luck and wishful thinking coming true.

Title: Re: philly recievers
Post by Philly on May 10^th, 2004, 10:39am

I think that the presence of TO can't help but make Todd Pinkston and Freddie Mitchell better players.

However, the Eagles run an offense that is predicated on spreading the ball around to keep the defense off balance. They will run the ball 30-40% of the plays (and will use more than one back) and throw the other 60-70%. I really don't anticipate that will change much, but even if it does, I imagine that TO will be the one Donny Mac looks to first.

The fantasy beneficiaries of the arrival of TO in Philly? There are two main ones that I anticipate. McNabb, obviously, will have better targets and TO will occupy a CB and have a S at least leaning his direction, allowing McNabb to dump the ball to RBs, other WRs, and a TE. Speaking of TEs, the other beneficiary will be TE LJ Smith. Look for him to climb into the second tier of NFL TEs (e.g., Crumpler, Boo, McMichael, Pollard) this season.