Fantasy Football Tonight 7/9
I got asked a very interesting question today. Well, ok it wasn't that interesting but it did get me thinking about it the rest of the day. The question was, "who are your top 10 overall picks for this years draft?" Now, I don't like to do cheat sheets, rankings and predictions before training camp has even started. It is really quite silly to rank players because teams haven't even settled on their playbooks yet, let alone decided who their third down or short yardage backs will be. I provided some very basic rankings for our draft kit this year and I will continue to update them throughout the summer and preseason for sure. You see, unlike many fantasy experts I like to have reasons for my rankings and predictions. I don't like to guess. Anybody who gives you fantasy football predictions right now is doing nothing more than guessing because so much that influences the season is still very much up in the air. So, without further ado...here is my top 10 overall players as it stands right now. Tomorrow they will be different but here they are complete with some commentary explaining each selection.
1) Adrian Peterson -- RB -- Vikings -- Not very much to dispute. He is entering his prime years now and runs behind a very good offensive line.
2) LaDanian Tomlinson -- RB -- Chargers -- LT is still a very good pick here. Probably the safest choice of all the RB's. LT Marcus McNeil and C Nick Hardwick are now healthy and ready to clear room out for the most forgotten man in fantasy football this year.
3) Larry Fitzgerald -- WR -- Cardinals -- He is poised to be the top WR this season and is capable of doing things very few WR's have ever done before. No Grandpa, it is NOT too early to take a WR!
4) Matt Forte -- RB -- Bears -- He runs, he catches, he score TD's. What else could you want? Oh yeah, and now he has a Pro-Bowl type QB who will keep defenses honest in playing against the run.
5) Steven Jackson -- RB -- Rams -- I just can't stay away from him. Jackson is the perfect RB. All he needs is to stay healthy and have a half way decent offensive line in front of him which I believe they now do in St. Louis.
6) Maurice Jones-Drew -- RB -- Jaguars -- This may be a tad overrated but MJD is no longer a part of a platoon and thus will get a full slate of carries and scoring opportunities.
7) Calvin Johnson -- WR -- Lions -- Mark my words, the Lions are going to win some games this year. They may even finish over .500. Nobody can stop the Megatron. CJ is too big, too fast and too powerful for defensive backs to stop.
8) Andre Johnson -- WR -- Texans -- In the prime of his career now. If he would have stayed healthy last season he would be ranked this high on everybody's preseason guesses, er..I mean rankings.
9) Michael Turner -- RB -- Falcons -- I am skeptical on whether the league will catch up to Turner or not. But either way, he will get a full slate of carries and goal line touches this year and has the nice speed/power blend that I like in my first round RB's.
10) Reggie Wayne -- WR -- Colts -- The last WR worthy of being taken in the first 15 picks. Wayne is about as steady as you can get for a fantasy WR. He is now the lead guy in Indy and has adapted to the role quite well.
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1) Adrian Peterson -- RB -- Vikings -- Not very much to dispute. He is entering his prime years now and runs behind a very good offensive line.
2) LaDanian Tomlinson -- RB -- Chargers -- LT is still a very good pick here. Probably the safest choice of all the RB's. LT Marcus McNeil and C Nick Hardwick are now healthy and ready to clear room out for the most forgotten man in fantasy football this year.
3) Larry Fitzgerald -- WR -- Cardinals -- He is poised to be the top WR this season and is capable of doing things very few WR's have ever done before. No Grandpa, it is NOT too early to take a WR!
4) Matt Forte -- RB -- Bears -- He runs, he catches, he score TD's. What else could you want? Oh yeah, and now he has a Pro-Bowl type QB who will keep defenses honest in playing against the run.
5) Steven Jackson -- RB -- Rams -- I just can't stay away from him. Jackson is the perfect RB. All he needs is to stay healthy and have a half way decent offensive line in front of him which I believe they now do in St. Louis.
6) Maurice Jones-Drew -- RB -- Jaguars -- This may be a tad overrated but MJD is no longer a part of a platoon and thus will get a full slate of carries and scoring opportunities.
7) Calvin Johnson -- WR -- Lions -- Mark my words, the Lions are going to win some games this year. They may even finish over .500. Nobody can stop the Megatron. CJ is too big, too fast and too powerful for defensive backs to stop.
8) Andre Johnson -- WR -- Texans -- In the prime of his career now. If he would have stayed healthy last season he would be ranked this high on everybody's preseason guesses, er..I mean rankings.
9) Michael Turner -- RB -- Falcons -- I am skeptical on whether the league will catch up to Turner or not. But either way, he will get a full slate of carries and goal line touches this year and has the nice speed/power blend that I like in my first round RB's.
10) Reggie Wayne -- WR -- Colts -- The last WR worthy of being taken in the first 15 picks. Wayne is about as steady as you can get for a fantasy WR. He is now the lead guy in Indy and has adapted to the role quite well.
Coming tomorrow night #11-20
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posted by Jeff Mans at
8:59 PM
2 Comments:
Thanks for the free info, love the blog. Roy Williams in the top 20 might be the biggest stretch I've seen in all the articles/mocks/mags and sites I've read this year however. I'll be a monkey's uncle if he is not available in the 4th round in every draft of every league outside of Texas in 09.
I agree 100%. Williams is not a top 20 WR, but he is my #1 sleeper. I think allot of peopel are going to forget the Roy Williams is in his prime as a WR and they forget hhow taletned he is and the great year he had in 2006. Also consider the fact he has always played for an overall crappy offense with an average QB. Last year he was a mid-season trade and never fully adjusted to the Dallas Cowboys' offense and eventually fell into the shadow of Terrell Owens. In 2009 he will have a full traning camp with Romo and the Cowboys and will break 1000 yards and 10 TDs.
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