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Title: Cardinals FF-specific Team Report Post by Takamine305 on Jul 31st, 2006, 10:18pm by Nathan Hamilton Time & Date of this Update (PST): 08:50 Sun Dec 17 2006 News: Week 15 report - Denver Broncos Fantasy Football Slant: The Arizona Cardinals face the Denver Broncos this week. Rookie vs. Rookie at the QB position makes for an interesting matchup. Matt Leinart looks to be getting more and more comfortable in this offense. I am really looking forward to next season when he will get the job for a full year. This week Leinart is a #2 QB against a tough Denver secondary. Edgerrin James anchors the running game for this team. He has been giving up some carries to Marcel Shipp lately but not enough to make a huge difference unless Shipp goes for 3 TDs every week. James is a solid #2 RB this week. I love the WR corps over here in Arizona. Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald are week in and week out starters for all fantasy teams. Bryant Johnson can sneak in those long TDs every so often. I have Johnson as the highest #4 WR there can be. He is probably even worth the gamble for those teams reaching for a WR. The TE position hasn't really been utilized much this year in the passing game. I like Leonard Pope but unfortunately is doesn't matter who I like. Adam Bergen has received more looks then Pope but neither are fantasy starters...yet. Neil Rackers is also a player I like off of this team. He's capable of hitting huge distance field goals but has been more capable of the choke this year. Rackers is still a #1 this week. The Cardinal defense has the ability to make some things happen out of the secondary. I probably wouldn't start them regardless of how many picks they had the week before. Time & Date of this Update (PST): 08:50 Sun Dec 2 2006 News: Week 14 report Fantasy Football Slant: How about the Marcell Shipp fluke last week. I had a feeling Arizona would put up some points but just not with the guy that has had the fewest touches all season. Arizona starts a four game stretch at the end of the season that is rather tough. Seattle, Denver, San Francisco, and San Diego. Matt Leinart had a decent game last week but may not be as favorable this week. Leinart is a #2 QB this week. Edgerrin James is still a good option at RB. I would be starting him this week. James is a #2 RB this week. Marcell Shipp has to get some time on this report now but I still wouldn't use him in any fantasy leagues. Shipp is a #4 RB this week. Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin are the top WR options for this team. I have them as #1 and #2 WRs respectively. Bryant Johnson and Troy Walters are both #4 WRs. Adam Bergen has been the first TE option for Arizona thus far. Leonard Pope seemed to get a few looks more last week though. Neither one of these guys are worthy of a start on fantasy teams. Neil Rackers is a #1 place kicker this week. Arizona defense is also not worth a start this week. Time & Date of this Update (PST): 08:50 Sun Dec 2 2006 News: Week 13 report straight from St. Louieee Fantasy Football Slant: Arizona has just arrived in St. Louis. How do I know this? I happen to be at the Hilton by the ballpark which also happens to be where the team is staying. All I could say to Dennis Green is, "Don't let them off the hook!" Now, on to the report!! Matt Leinart will be a #1 QB this week against the St. Louis Rams. I would even go on a limb and say he could be the start of the week in all of the NFL this week. Edgerrin James has been somewhat a bust this year when compared to the expectations that were in place for him. I still have him as a #2 RB this week and will probably outperform this ranking. J.J. Arrington doesn't have much fantasy value unless you are getting points for return yards. Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin are both considered #1 WR this week in my opinion. I like Leinart and I love these guys this week. Bryant Johnson is also a decent play this week. I have Bryant as a #3 WR. Troy Walters is the 4th option but still will have some fantasy value in this offense. Walters is a #4 WR this week. At TE we look at Leonard Pope. I refust to give up hope for the great Pope. He probably isn't worth a start as a #2 TE in my opinion. Adam Bergen actually has gotten more looks this year but also isn't really worth fantasy consideration. Neil Rackers is a #1 option every week in fantasy leagues. He has the potential to put up big numbers for a place kicker. The Arizona Cardinal defense is probably not going to be worth a look in fantasy leagues this week. They have some decent options as far as IDPs in Adrian Wilson but watch out for the team defense cause this could be a shootout this week. Time & Date of this Update (PST): 08:50 Sun Nov 19 2006 News: Week 11 Review - Is there a sign of hope?? Fantasy Football Slant: I think this will be the week where the Cardinals finally show us a sign of hope....at least. Matt Leinart has struggled for the most part as the starter for Arizona. I am going on a limb and listing him as a #1 QB for the week. Edgerrin James is hard to bench regardless of the matchup and the success of his team. He is a solid #2 RB this week. Larry Fitzgerald is back and healthy for Arizona. He will be a decent start and a #2 WR this week. Anquan Boldin is also a #2 WR for the week. Bryant Johnson and Troy Walters will also see plenty of time and are both #4 fantasy receivers this week. You feel lucky?!? Leonard Pope and Adam Bergen both are seeing action and looks from Leinart. Neither are worth starting in fantasy though. Neil Rackers is always a decent start for fantasy owners. His performance has slipped from last year but has the potential to hit the big ones. Starting the Arizona defense could be a sleeper pick this week. Against Detroit they will show some success. My guy, Adrian Wilson, will probably see a pick or two as well as a sack. Time & Date of this Update (PST): 09:00 Sun Nov 12 2006 News: Week 10 Review - Coming off the bye Fantasy Football Slant: Arizona is playing at home coming off the bye but the Dallas Cowboys are starving for a win. At QB, Matt Leinart is dropping on my list. I have him as a #2 QB this week. Some changes have been made to the O-Line and with everyone healthy could bode well for Matt. I would like to see how they start off the 2nd half of the season before I put him back into my lineup. Edgerrin James, one of the biggest disappointments at least at the RB position. He has yet to be able to get anything going and I'm not expecting anything remarkable this week. At a low #2 RB he's worth a start. Good news for the WR's. Larry Fitzgerald is back in the lineup but will he see enough time and looks? I have Fitz at a #4 WR this week....he should only see half of the game. Anquan Boldin, though, is a #1 WR and will see plenty of balls thrown his way. I also like Bryant Johnson at a #3 and am calling a TD this week. hmmm. Troy Walters, a #4 WR to close out this group. Leonard Pope and Adam Bergen have both seen some looks at TE. Neither is worth the chance yet at #3 TE's right now. Neil Rackers is up for a big second half to his season. A #1 kicker in my opinion. The Arizona defense is not one to use again this week. The Cowboy offense can be explosive and put up big numbers. Adrian Wilson could grab a pick off of inexperienced Romo as an IDP. Time & Date of this Update (PST): 11:30 Fri Oct 27 2006 News: Week 8 Review - We're still the Arizona Cardinals Fantasy Football Slant: Add as many names as you want....This is still the Arizona Cardinals. Week 8 provides yet another chance for this team to show everyone they have potential but will it happen?? Matt Leinart is still a possible start for fantasy teams this week. I have him as a low #1 QB and should put up at least decent numbers vs. a weak Packer secondary. Edgerrin James looks as if he's all but done in this system. He gets carries and can't produce due to the lack of blocks he gets from the O-Line. I hate to say sit him but we're getting to that point with Edge. I still have him as a solid #2 RB because of the matchup and it could prove to be another shootout. Anquan Boldin remains a top WR in fantasy football. He should be considered a high #2 WR this week. Bryant Johnson, on the other side, is also a decent play this week as a low #3 WR. Troy Walters may also get some looks if the Cardinals are coming from behind and putting the ball in the air even more. Troy is a #4 WR this week as a long-shot. Leonard Pope doesn't get enough looks to merit a fantasy ranking anymore. I took a shot with my recommendation last week and was miserably wrong. Adam Bergen is the other TE and is also not worth a look from the fantasy perspective. Neil Rackers can still be a stud Kicker for the year. He's missed some clutch field goals and missed some long field goals. I still think he gets enough chances and connects on enough to grab a #1 spot on your roster. Stay away from the defense again this week. Adrian Wilson remains a great option for IDP but the Cardinal defense is too risky to start in most leagues. PLEASE do NOT post to this thread! This thread is only to be appended to by Nathan Hamilton. |
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Title: Re: Cardinals FF-specific Team Report Post by Takamine305 on Oct 27th, 2006, 12:08pm Time & Date of this Update (PST): 21:10 Thu Oct 12 2006 News: Week 6 Review - Outlook not so good! Fantasy Football Slant: Leinart had an impressive start last week and looks to have a decent future in Arizona. That being said, The Chicago Bears come to town on Sunday and the outlook doesn't look good. At QB, Matt Leinart isn't a good start. I have him as a low #2 QB for the week. The Bears are boasting the best pass defence in the league and don't expect a lapse in Arizona. At RB, Edgerrin James is also a risky start this week. If you have other options, go with them. Edge is a #2 RB this week and should be used at own risk. At WR, Anquan Boldin may be the only decent start on the team this week. Larry Fitzgerald is out 2-5 weeks which gives the number one receiver duties to Boldin. The Cardinals will most likely be playing from behind and trying to get big plays from Boldin, a #2 this week. I am looking at Bryant Johnson as a #3 and Troy Walters a #4. At TE, Leonard Pope has yet to get much of anything going and is only worth consideration in larger leagues. Pope is a #3 TE in most all fantasy leagues though. At the kicker position we have another one of the only possible bright spots in Neil Rackers. With the offense struggling to move the ball Rackers could get some extra attempts. I see him finally hitting a 50+ yarder or two this week and have him as the only solid #1 on the team. Avoid starting the Cardinal defense at all costs. The Bears have yet to be contained and, again, don't expect them to be contained this week either. Adrian Wilson is an everyday starter as an IDP. He will get his tackles and is always a threat for snatching a pick or two. Time & Date of this Update (PST): 13:47 Fri Oct 06 2006 News: Week 5 Review Fantasy Football Slant: The Matt Leinart era has begun in Arizona. The turnover problems of Kurt Warner have forced this issue. Unless the offensive line can improve and be consistent, Leinart is only a #2 QB this week. Only consider Leinart a start in larger leagues or if you're willing to take a risk. I still don't think I would bench either of the WR tandem of Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin. Their value has gone down some, but consider them both must starts this week. I actually like Boldin a little more this week. Leinart would be smart to throw against the better matchup until he got more comfortable. Bryant Johnson is a #3, and Troy Walters is a #4 this week. The running game has yet to really get going due to some inconsistancy with the offensive line. Edgerrin James is still considered a Low #1 RB. Last week was his worst performance yet. I look for the Cardinals to utilize Edge a bit more in the passing game to help Leinart out. The TE situation is in the air. It looked as if Leonard Pope had lost his job one week then regained it the next. I still like Pope, but as a #3, and Adam Burgen as a #4. I am going to stick with my guns and consider Neil Rackers as a solid #1 place kicker this week. He'll have his weeks so you just have to be patient. As far as the defense goes...don't use them. Larry Johnson is a stud and even the best of defenses have a hard time containing him. Adrian Wilson, however, had the 99 yd. interception for a TD last week and I STILL like him for an IDP play. Huard will still be in for Trent Green so look for Wilson to be on the prowl. Time & Date of this Update (PST): 20:07 Thu Sep 28 2006 News: Week 4 Review Fantasy Football Slant: Another less then great performance from the promising offense of the Cardinals. Now speculation on who the starting QB is will cause even more question marks to pop up. Week 4 we travel to Hotlanta with a matchup against the dirty birds. At the QB position Dennis Green has been very verbal in announcing that Kurt Warner is his guy. You will be able to safely start him at least for this week. Warner is on thin ice with either a bad hand or just an inability to hold on to the ball. I have him dropping to a very high #2 QB this week. If you have a QB with a better matchup it might be worth going with the reserve until Warner can get the turnover ratio back under control. That being said, if you have Warner, you more then likely picked him up later in a draft meaning the rest of your team should have the quality to take a risk on him this week. Whomever the QB in Arizona is, he has got to be given consideration on any fantasy team. There are too many weapons and too many opportunities for big weeks. Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin are both still considered high #1 and #1 receivers, respectively. I don't expect TD's from both, but the yardage will still be there...week in and week out. If you really want to take a chance, Bryant Johnson and Troy Walters are both #4 fantasy receivers and have both found themselves in the endzone in the first three games. RB Edgerrin James has yet to breach the 100yd mark in combined yardage. However, Edge is still considered a solid #1 back. He will continue to be the workhorse for this offense. I see Edge finally breaking that 100yd mark in total yardage this week and picking up at least one TD. Warner seems to be targeting TE Adam Bergen over my boy Leonard Pope. I don't see either as being a fantasy starter and will rank them both as #3 TE's for the week. On to Neil Rackers. I'm a fan of Rackers and his fantasy outlook. I think he got screwed out of a possible record breaking 77yd kick last week. (ok, wishful thinking...i know) I figure on Warner being a little more selective and careful in his passes this week. Thus giving Rackers a few more opportunities then he has had so far. The guy hasn't missed inside 50 this year and is more then capable of making the long one. Still a #1 PK in my eyes. The Cardinal defense could be in for a long one this week against a ticked off Falcon offense. The #1 rushing team in the league looked silly against a psyched up Saints team and crowd. No fantasy consideration should be given the to the defense. If you're looking at IDP's, Adrian Wilson is still my boy on this squad. Time & Date of this Update (PST): 08:53 Thu Sep 21 2006 News: Week 3 Review Fantasy Football Slant: I would have to consider the week 2 performance an under-average showing from this squad. Look for the fantasy stars of the Cardinals to bounce back with great performances against the St. Louis Rams this week. I will continue to consider Kurt Warner a solid #1 QB. Even an average game for him this year will be a good Fantasy production for any team. Edgerrin James isn't getting quite the running room he needs which was expected. He's still going to be a #1 RB this week because of the matchup. Look for this to change with another questionably low performance. J.J. Arrington can really only be a factor if the league is giving return yards to the individual as opposed to the D/ST. If that is the case he could be a #3 RB or a bye fill-in. Arrington could also get some touches from scrimmage to go along with those return yards. At the wide receiver spot I still consider both Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin solid #1 WRs. I look for Fitzgerald to counter the 54 yard performance last week with a big game and at least 1 TD this week. Bryant Johnson, Adam Bergen, and Troy Walters have all received looks and all three have a TD. Only consider in larger leagues or if you are looking for a bye filler for a #3 WR or a WR/TE flex position. I will have to refer to the Tight End as simply Leonard Pope until he can start producing some offensive numbers. Not worth consideration until further notice. Too risky! If you've got the Arizona defense you either are a fan or are in a 32 team league. The defense is currently ranked 27th and doesn't look to improve much against St. Louis. However, I do still like Adrian Wilson as an IDP with 7tkl 2sck 1int last week. Time & Date of this Update (PST): 14:02 Sat Sep 16 2006 News: Week 2 Review Fantasy Football Slant: Week 1 is now in the books and we can safely say that Arizona is packing quite an offensive punch. This week we travel to Seattle for a showdown with last years runner-up. I am still considering all of the offensive starters to be top choices for any fantasy team. 1. Larry Fitzgerald 2. Edgerrin James 3. Anquan Boldin 4. Kurt Warner 5. Neil Rackers I just don't see how you can justify benching any of these guys regardless of their matchup. The yards still aren't there for the Cardinal rushing game but "Edge" will get his redzone touches for TDs every single week. Contrary to my hopes and dreams of the "Pope Mobile" breaking out this year we will have to wait another week. It looks to me like Kurt is targeting the veteran wide recievers in Bryant Johnson and Troy Walters over the TE so far. I think this will change in the near future so look for Pope to become a factor sooner then later. He's not worth a start yet by any means but worth keeping an eye on. Defensively I still like my man Adrian Wilson. Third year player Antrel Rolle looks to be a factor as well. Time & Date of this Update (PST): 17:27 Fri Sep 8 2006 News: Week 1 Review Fantasy Football Slant: This is it...don't get scared now. The NFL season has finally arrived and Arizona is opening up at home for the first time since moving to their new home in Arizona. If that's not enough they are opening against what was the worst team in the NFL in both offensive and defensive categories, San Franciso. Let me start with the Arizona offense. There are four MUST starts within this group. 1. Larry Fitzgerald 2. Edgerrin James 3. Anquan Boldin 4. Neil Rackers If you have these guys, they are playing for your team regardless of your other players. The only reason I am not listing Kurt Warner as a MUST start is because he seemed to drop in most leagues and could very possibly be the backup for one of the top tier QB's. That being said, Warner looks to be in line for a great performance on Sunday against a porous SanFranciso 'D'. The only risky starter on the offense is going to be Leonard Pope. We haven't seen him in the regular NFL season yet so there's always that rookie factor to think about. He looked pretty salty in the pre-season snagging 6 and accounting for 1 of 6 TD's threw the air. Get ready to pick this guy up off the wire after week one. Arizona had the 8th ranked defense in the league last year. I have to give them the nod considering their matchup for week one. Look for the young QB to throw a few picks as well as for the highly touted Frank Gore to run into some walls. I really like strong safety Adrian Wilson to be one of the top safeties in the league...again. Time & Date of this Update (PST): 11:05 Sun Aug 6 2006 News: Cardinals Player Rankings! Fantasy Football Slant: This analysis is based on your average 10- to 12-team league and standard scoring, with touchdowns and yardage being evenly weighted. The "Projected Fantasy Role" is where you should plan on lining that player up on your fantasy team from week to week.
Time & Date of this Update (PST): 22:10 Tue Aug 1 2006 News: Weapons-A-Plenty Fantasy Football Slant: Let me start off by saying the Arizona Cardinals have more weapons then what Kevin Garnett brought with him to the playoffs about 2 1/2 years ago (the infamous War reference). One can't help but get excited about the future of this club in both an NFL and Fantasy Football perspective. The addition of RB Edgerrin James (a proven fantasy producer) can only mean good things for a team that put up a meager 23 offensive TDs in their 2005 campaign. If the offensive line is able to improve on their run blocking even a little bit, the 'Edge' will make things happen which in turn will open up the endzone for what could be the best recieving core in the NFL. Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin are quite simply, "DYNOMITE!!" Both of these guys are to be considered top of the line recievers for ANY fantasy team. The fact that they have such high expectations (with the numbers to back it up) all but force one to bump the ring leader, Kurt Warner, up your draft board. Warner has been plagued with injuries since the 2001 season but expect #1 QB numbers from him if he can stay healthy throughout the season. I haven't even gotten in to, "The Rackers Effect" or the "Pope Mobile" yet!! Stay tuned for my positional fantasy analysis by the end of the week. PLEASE do NOT post to this thread! This thread is only to be appended to by Nathan Hamilton. |
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