Fantasy Football Tonight 8/14
FANTASY COACHING SYSTEM RANKINGS III
21) Buffalo Bills -- Despite having the most vanilla head coach in the NFL in Dick Jauron, the Bills and Turk Schonert are implementing a vast no-huddle scheme and some spread offensive elements. Believe it or not this is a big sleeper system to watch out for in 2009.
22) Miami Dolphins -- The team the made the Wildcat famous isn't as hip as you might think. Tony Sparano is an old school run the ball type guy and balances those beliefs with the curiosity of offensive coordinator Dan Henning.
23) Jacksonville Jaguars -- I had more hope for this system when passing guru Dirk Koetter was hired but his style along with a lack of talented WR's has not panned out. There is hope for the likes of David Garrard, Torry Holt and of course Maurice Jones-Drew but time is running out.
24) Detroit Lions -- Scott Linehan is a much better offensive coordinator than head coach at this point in his career. He is a great fit here but will have to build an offensive line in order to achieve the big success that the skill position talent possesses.
25) Chicago Bears -- The last of the sleepers, Jay Cutler doesn't automatically mean fantasy success from this offense. Lovie Smith and Ron Turner strongly believe in running the football and Turner's playbook is as predictable as any in the NFL.
26) Tampa Bay -- New offensive coordinator Jeff Jagodzinski is hit or miss. I like him bringing in a zone blocking style, but his traditional west coast style may be too plain considering the lack of talent on the field.
27) San Francisco 49ers -- We are now to the smash mouth style offenses and of these I rate the 49ers the best. Why? Because they are the only team that has been conditioned for it all offseason and training camp long. If you want to run the ball, you have to be in peak physical condition at all positions on the offense first and foremost.
28) St. Louis Rams -- The days of the greatest show on turf are long gone. The Rams will run, run, run and toss some screens and call it a day.
29) New York Jets -- Brian Schottenheimer is the most over-rated coordinator in the league. He does nothing special or innovative and gets a pass. The Jets will run and run successfully because of the offensive line and nothing more.
30) Cleveland Browns -- Eric Mangini and Brian Daboll do not give me confidence in the Browns offense. Daboll is an ex-Patriots WR coach. I seriously doubt he was the brains behind the operation over there and think this was a bad hire on Mangini's part.
31) Oakland Raiders -- I'm giving the Raiders the benefit of the doubt because at least there is only one guy running the show over there, Tom Cable. Cable is not qualified to be the head coach OR offensive coordinator of an NFL team, but is a good offensive line coach. The fact that Paul Hackett will have a little influence keeps them a tick ahead of the Redskins.
32) Washington Redskins -- This ranking will be much higher when Mike Shanahan takes over next season. Jim Zorn and Sherman Smith are in over their head here and it is going to end badly. Last season there was a near mutiny as Clinton Portis led a rebellion of veterans against what was an obvious miscalculation of this offense. It's only going to get worse in 2009.
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posted by Jeff Mans at
7:59 AM
2 Comments:
If I understand how the rankings are done correctly, they are based on how beneficial/detrimental they are to the team's fantasy options. Doesn't that mean that the "run, run, run, screen pass" philosophy of the Rams benefit their only remotely viable fantasy option (other than the injured Avery) in Steven Jackson? If I get the concept, then I think that the Rams should be higher. If I'm wrong on how the rankings are made, disregard the super-long paragraph before this sentence.
Hey CB, the concept behind the systems rankings is how well each offensive scheme benefits the fantasy value of all the players. In the St. Louis example, sure Steven Jackson will benefit to a certain extent from this system. However, being one dimensional isn't good for the rest of the offense's fantasy value. And in fact, it may wind up having a negative affect on Jackson as defenses line up 8 in the box and make stopping him a very attainable focus. A wide open system that can attack from anywhere at anytime is best for both the stud player and role players fantasy value. The Cardinals and Saints being the examples there. The studs like Fitzgerald, Colston, Bush, Boldin get theirs but so do also rans like Lance Moore, Steve Breaston and Pierre Thomas.
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