List a player per position that u think beats their ADP by 2-3 rounds

[Hawkfin 32]

I thought it would be nice to see peoples list of just 1 player per possition that you think really outperforms their ADP or ranking. (Sleeper per say)

Example being that you draft them in round 6 or whatever, but you think they might actually have a value of a 3rd rounder or better when it's all said and done. Giving up 1 guy shouldn't kill anybody.

I'll start:
QB - RG3 - Should be able to get him round 8+. With another year under his belt and being injury free from the start should help. But, the addition of D. Jackson should be great for him. He can get deep with the best of them, while Garcon is a PPR machine. Have to respect Davis even though the team maybe runs less with the new coaching. The TE was also coming into his own too. Div does not play much Def. so the schedual light. RG3 can also run and get those bonus points.

Projection: Replaces Newton as a top 5-7 QB. Could be the value of a 5th rounder or better or where Newton currently is drafted.
(Stafford/Kaep)

RB - P. Thomas - Mid rounder somewere. Maybe round 7-8. Gone is Sproles who was a PPR monster for N.O. Robinson looks nice, but N.O. has left somebody like him in the dust before with little use. He also doens't catch the rock much. Ingram doesn't catch. P. Thomas is a safety net for N.O. and the lone catching back there. He should be a PPR monster and the back to own. He had 70+ catches last year as it was with Sproles. N.O. is a high profile offense and Brees will dump it off. Easy schedual overall. The def has improved somewhat and they have young fast outside weapons to stretch the field, but might not be able to score.

Projection: Might end up being a top 12 overall RB in PPR.
(M. Ball/Ellington)

WR - K. Allen - Probably 3+ rounder. He's no huge surprise. But, what might surprise is if he hits the status level of the top 6 WR class. He would be a borderline 1st-2nd rounder the following year. He showed amazing stats for a rookie, but the playoff's were of something really special. He took off.
Rivers is a solid QB who will force feed the rock and always be throwing. Gates is done, and K. Allen is the new target machine. He's a young-tall guy that fits the mold of the big boy studs. Just a couple years ago D. Alexander was on fire and was amazingly awesome with a slumping Rivers. Rivers was reborn and K. Allen really showcased his talent. It's his job now and #1 option in the passing game by far. SD moves the ball well and has to keep up with high scoring teams like Denver or Charles/KC.
The Div not so great.
NOTE: They do have a tough schedual and the playoff road looks real ugly.

Projection: Might end up top 6-10 WR, which puts him near the cream of the crop.

(V. Cruz/Baldwin)

 

TE - G. Olson - 5-8 rounder. Who else is Newton going to throw too? Could be a top 3 TE and outperform the value you would get for him. Carolina has a solid Def giving Newton many chances. Oldon has already been good, but maybe he hits a all new level?

Projection: Top 3 TE, which improves that 5-8 round drastically.
(D. Pitta/Z. Ertz

Def - Cleveland - 2nd Def or last round pick.
They might only have there Def to rely on without Gordan. They added a pretty good 2nd corner and might really shut down the pass now. Added other parts that look real nice too. They were already pretty good vs the run. They showed flashes last year, and Cleveland will need their def to stay in games. That div is kind of Def geared overall.

 

Projection: Might be a top 12 Def - even though they might not be on the radar.
(NE Def)

Kick - Ok, who cares really
R. Gould/Chicago - Look at the playoff schedual. NICE. They could be winning games meaning extra points, they could be in games they move the ball and can't score, and he's not a bad kicker. He's usually always in the mix as it is.

Projection: Might be a top 5 kicker - even though he's rated at the back half of kickers
(Bryant/Atl kick)

[vrabinec 19]

QB - Romo. His back seems to be fine. Williams is a nice receiver to team with Dez. I think he gets close to 5000 yards like he did two years ago. Lots of touchdowns. You can get him in the 8th-ish round.

 

RB - Richardson. Some players are just too stupid to learn a playbook on the fly, and Richardson's one of 'em. Now that he knows the playbook, he should get back to 90 yards a game and lots of TDs since he's in a pretty good offense.

 

WR - Fitzgerald. Bad ankle last year, new system with a new QB learning it. Too much new there. He's a 2nd round value going in the 4th or 5th.

 

TE - Heath Miller. Coming off the ACL last year, he was brought along slowly. Pittsburgh has Brown on one side, Wheaton on the other, two short receivers. Martavis Bryant struggled in OTAs, so he's not gonna be a factor this year. Cotchery is gone. That means lots of red zone targets for Miller, plus his usual 800 yards. He's going in the 12th round or later, usually undrafted.

 

K - Dawson. He's got Crabtree back with Kaepernik, and a bunch of new backs to lug the ball. But I still don't see SF punching it in all that consistently, so there will be lots of FG attempts to go with the XPs. Of course, I'd still take him in one of the last 2 rounds. I'd never take a kicker or defense higher than that in standard scoring leagues.

 

D - Steelers. Steelers got the best return man I've seen come out of college since Devin Hester. They plugged their leaks up the middle with Mitchell in the secondary and Shazier at ILB. Jarvis Jones got stronger over the off season and if you project Worilds' numbers over 16 games last year, he's well into double digits in sacks. ###### LeBeau thinks it's his best defense. And their 1st 7 games are against some pretty weak offenses, including a game against Baltimore in which the Ravens won't have Rice. Again, I wouldn't take them until the last two rounds.

[rholio 339]

QB- Cutler. Two top 10 WRs, good receivers at TE and RB, and he is usually ranked outside of the top 10-12 QBs. Could finish top 5 just by playing 16 games.

 

RB- B. Sankey. A rookie RB finishes in the top 10 more often than not. Lead RB with a good offensive line and WRs that can keep a defense honest.

 

WR- Too many to name. Try Cecil Shorts, he'll put up better numbers than a lot of WRs taken ahead of him.

 

TE- K. Rudolph. Usually ranked as the 7-8th TE, new OC Norv Turner could boost his numbers enough to move him into the elite catagory.

[tanatastic 2,061]

QB- Brady. Going for chump change as one of the last qbs taken when he will prob have his usual stellar season and make a deep run into the playoffs. Anyone who takes Foles over Tom Terrific chasing last years stats should quit ff.

 

RB- Ray Rice. A safe, young workhorse RB1 masquerading as a castoff, old rb3. Going off of last year is one of the biggest traps in all of FF. I wish I could scrub it clean to prevent it from poisoning this years rankings. Hes 27, will only miss 2 games and the Ravens are just as capable of a SB run as any other team with a good qb and good coaching.

 

WR- Victor Cruz. See ravens. The giants like to follow up terrible seasons with SB victories and I expect Eli and the offense to bounce back big time. May not make a deep run but Cruz could have his best year in the new system.

 

TE- Really not sure. Pitta? Hes not that undervalued but I def like him after OJ Vernon and JCam.

 

K and Dst dont matter.

[Hawkfin 32]

I like some of your guy's lists!

I really like the Sankey pick. I can't see any way he's not there #1 back. The other guy sucks bad.
Cutler makes so much sense too. Career year is he stays healthy. But, we've heard that before too.

 

Cruz I noted on my list as well. I like him. I like the #2 there too with Nicks gone.

[Matt Mueller 146]

Great thread and a lot of great calls! I will give this some though and post some later. (I'm on the other side with Allen though)

[Hawkfin 32]

Great thread and a lot of great calls! I will give this some though and post some later. (I'm on the other side with Allen though)

What's your reasoning with Allen?

 

I'm curious as I was not that high on him coming out, but after watching him last year and the way Rivers uses him he changed my mind.

Plus the schedual has me worried, so some confincing me negatively peaks my interest?

[Matt Mueller 146]

I'll share. I didn't want to hijack and get off topic.

 

Essentially he was 33rd in total targets last year but is being drafted around WR 12. Certainly you could say look how well he did with those few targets but that's glaring to me. Especially considering M. Floyd is currently healthy and only played 2 games last year.

 

They want to run the ball foremost and further their TEs and RBs could dominate targets. Green getting better. Gates still has something. Woody, Matthews, Brown all proficient pass catchers.

 

Just not sure he's at the top of the pecking order or dominate enough a player yet to command being drafted where he is.

 

P.S. That Denver playoff game has me curious though. He torched them.

[Hawkfin 32]

Thanks for sharing. Some good points.

Some counters to the target thing though:

He did basically nothing the first 4 weeks. Being a rookie it took time to groom into his role of being the #1.
In my PPR league the first 4 weeks he had: 0, 5.4, 1.0, and 13 points.

 

 

After that he started to boom and really took off in the playoff's.

The last 4 weeks of the season he had 5 TD's and scored in 3of4. The 2 games before that he had 9-124 and 8-106.

So really 6 good games to end the year. Then the big playoff explosion against both Cinn and Denver.

 

His low targets could be a great thing. You know they will go way up this year. I would assume anyway. What could he do if so?

He's one of very few rookies to achieve 1,000 yards his first year for WR. AJ green being one of the recent ones.

 

Floyd doesn't concern me much at all and I would think open him up more if anything. Never been a fan of Floyd though.

Not worried about him in the least. Matthews doesn't catch that much. Brown or Matthews will be off the field. Not sure if Woodhead repeats his career year. Regardless, I think the #1 for Rivers will produce and be the center of attention in the passing game.

 

I see you're point about being drafted #12 for wides. I did not realize that I guess. I kept seeing him down past 15 (or 3rd+ round)

After guy's like V. Jackson, Garcon, Fitz, V. Cruz, Patterson, etc.

 

I don't think you convinced me.

However, re-looking at his sched I'm finding it very hard not to lower him some. Very brutal. Especially playoff time.
Against NE (Revis), Denver (Talib), and SF during playoff's... And he starts the year against Ariz & Seattle.
UGH. This has to drop him some for me.

[BufordT 371]

Pretty good back and forth there from MM and HF.

 

My .02... Allen earned his playing time by running great routes and getting open. He's already known as one of the better route runners in the game. Guys like this have a tendency to stick around for a while. Hopefully the work ethic remains the same this year.

 

Good thread topic:

 

QB: I'll take Big Ben. Finished last year with 20 TD's in his last 9 games and this'll be his 2nd year with OC Todd Haley. He's not sexy, but he'll be a Top 10 QB yet again in 2014

 

RB: Tough one here. Don't really agree with any of the ones mentioned above. I'll say David Wilson because at least he very talented and I believe Rashad Jennings is putrid and will bust. How's that for analysis.

 

WR: Kendall Wright. 3yr WR who had 90+ receptions last year (impressive for that team). If he can find the endzone 6-7 times, you have yourself a high end WR2

 

TE: Kyle Rudolph. He's got talent. We'll see if Norv Turner can do it again.

[DrG 94]

^{QB Brady- especially if he gets a healthy Gronk and a healthy Amendola back.}

^{RB Rollo Tamase (that's an L.A. Confidential quote). It could be a Cleveland Running Back not Tate... Christine Michael is another. I think Lynch will make it to camp without a new contract and wont' want to risk major injury in a contract year. So at some point in the season he will be out and Michael will take his job.}

^{WR Amendola, DeAndre Hopkins - I think the kid might be ready to take a big leap.}

^{New England plays in a weak division and what they did to upgrade their defense with Revis and if they have Wilfork back, it might be their year.}

^{TE - Gronkowski comes back and puts up 1st round production. And Bill B will run up the score every chance he gets.}

 

^{A Jets running back though I can't tell you which one.}

[Frozenbeernuts 1,652]

Tate talent wise is >>>> than any other rb in cleve. If youre biggest concern is the browns offense the other rbs are almost undraftable. Almost, since any rb that is the starter due to injury is rosterable.

[Stewburtx8 67]

QB- Honestly, I have a hard time picking anyone here. I'm always someone who is one of the last ones to take a QB in my leagues (usually around the 7th round) and then I usually come back a around or two later with another QB. I guess forced to pick a somewhat deeper name, I'd go with Eli Manning. He's posted 4000 yards and 30 TD's in the past. I really like his WR core this year: Cruz, Randle, Beckham, Jernigan. He has a lot of weapons, and they've said they want to play very fast this year.

 

RB- Arian Foster- Hardly a deep sleeper pick. Some deeper names I like too. But he's going in the late 2nd/early 3rd round. I like the ADP. He's shown he has top 3 ability in the past. Was the highest scoring RB from 2010-2012 (by a pretty large margin). The offense should improve under Bill O'Brien and he will use Foster a TON in the passing game. Health is the obvious issue. But he played 45 of 48 games before last season.

 

WR- I could put some of the Giants WR's named above here, but I'm going to go with Marques Colston. Not a ton of upside, but 7th/8th round just seems too low to me. He was injured for much of the early part of last season. But over the last 8 weeks he went 48 receptions, 601 yards, 4 TD's. That's 96 receptions, 1202 yards, and 8 TD's over 16 games. After a poor game in the playoffs against Philly, he went 11 for 144 and a score against Seattle. Also, without Sproles this year, I think there are more targets to go around.

 

Deep sleeper WR- Jordan Matthews- I have no idea what round he is going in. But as an Eagles fan, I really like this kid. Watched him a lot in college. He is a tremendous route runner. The Eagles will use a lot of 4 "WR" sets this year with Matthews and Ertz on the inside. Also, Riley Cooper is not a good WR. I wouldn't be suprised if Matthews pushes to see more snaps in 2 WR sets even as the season goes on.

 

TE- Zach Ertz- Along the same lines, the Eagles will use him a lot this year in 2 TE sets as well as 4 "WR" sets. He is going to be one of the key components in replacing DJax's production.

[Frozenbeernuts 1,652]

QB- Honestly, I have a hard time picking anyone here. I'm always someone who is one of the last ones to take a QB in my leagues (usually around the 7th round) and then I usually come back a around or two later with another QB. I guess forced to pick a somewhat deeper name, I'd go with Eli Manning. He's posted 4000 yards and 30 TD's in the past. I really like his WR core this year: Cruz, Randle, Beckham, Jernigan. He has a lot of weapons, and they've said they want to play very fast this year.

 

RB- Arian Foster- Hardly a deep sleeper pick. Some deeper names I like too. But he's going in the 3rd round. I like the ADP. He's shown he has top 3 ability in the past. Was the highest scoring RB from 2010-2012 (by a pretty large margin). The offense should improve under Bill O'Brien and he will use Foster a TON in the passing game. Health is the obvious issue. But he played 45 of 48 games before last season.

 

WR- I could put some of the Giants WR's named above here, but I'm going to go with Marques Colston. Not a ton of upside, but 7th/8th round just seems too low to me. He was injured for much of the early part of last season. But over the last 8 weeks he went 48 receptions, 601 yards, 4 TD's. That's 96 receptions, 1202 yards, and 8 TD's over 16 games. After a poor game in the playoffs against Philly, he went 11 for 144 and a score against Seattle. Also, without Sproles this year, I think there are more targets to go around.

 

Deep sleeper WR- Jordan Matthews- I have no idea what round he is going in. But as an Eagles fan, I really like this kid. Watched him a lot in college. He is a tremendous route runner. The Eagles will use a lot of 4 "WR" sets this year with Matthews and Ertz on the inside. Also, Riley Cooper is not a good WR. I wouldn't be suprised if Matthews pushes to see more snaps in 2 WR sets even as the season goes on.

 

TE- Zach Ertz- Along the same lines, the Eagles will use him a lot this year in 2 TE sets as well as 4 "WR" sets. He is going to be one of the key components in replacing DJax's production.

Foster is currently going as the 2.01 pick on ffc.

[montana 89]

Ray Rice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If his current ADP is in an elevator.

Too soon?

[Stewburtx8 67]

Foster is currently going as the 2.01 pick on ffc.

 

 

Personally I'm not a big fan of Fantasy Football Calculator because it includes a ton of random mock drafts if I recall.

 

MFL ADP allows you to put in your own presets. 12 team league, PPR scoring, redraft leagues, real drafts (no mock drafts), only drafts after July 15th, etc.

 

Currently according to MFL ADP using the following presets (102 draft sample size), Foster's ADP is 2.12. So he has come up a little since I checked a few days ago. 2.01 vs 2.12 is still a pretty big difference.

[ffgiant 10]

It seems Rice is likely to out perform his current ADP, but from now to beginning of the season, his ADP is likely rise a lot.

[DrG 94]

I think we'll know after 1-2 pre-season games if Foster looks like he's 'back'. I read some press on him last year signing with a talent agency and it suggested a guy who might be planning in life after football vs. getting back on the field. But I'll be happy to be proven wrong on the 'vs part'.

[tanatastic 2,061]

The trio of wrs Fitz, Roddy and Andre J are my top adp busters assuming they dont justifiably rise in the next month. All top talents and not too old to still put up top 5 stats. If I knew I could get 2 of these in rnd 4-5 id take 3 rbs to start the draft. I may even do just that if the rb value is high in rnd 3.

 

Assuming you can get 2 of these wrs and get top value per round, the best possible draft this year is rb, rb, rb, wr, wr, te, qb.

[Flgatorguy87 160]

The trio of wrs Fitz, Roddy and Andre J are my top adp busters assuming they dont justifiably rise in the next month. All top talents and not too old to still put up top 5 stats. If I knew I could get 2 of these in rnd 4-5 id take 3 rbs to start the draft. I may even do just that if the rb value is high in rnd 3.

 

Assuming you can get 2 of these wrs and get top value per round, the best possible draft this year is rb, rb, rb, wr, wr, te, qb.

Bingo. It would looks something like this. ..

 

Murray

Lynch

Matthews

Roddy

Andre

Witten

Kap

[Frozenbeernuts 1,652]

 

 

Personally I'm not a big fan of Fantasy Football Calculator because it includes a ton of random mock drafts if I recall.

 

MFL ADP allows you to put in your own presets. 12 team league, PPR scoring, redraft leagues, real drafts (no mock drafts), only drafts after July 15th, etc.

 

Currently according to MFL ADP using the following presets (102 draft sample size), Foster's ADP is 2.12. So he has come up a little since I checked a few days ago. 2.01 vs 2.12 is still a pretty big difference.

Yeah i went to mfl for a 10 team standard draft, here are some of the top 20 players

 

Aaron murray

Damien williams

Ted bolser

George atkinson

xavier grimble

Trey millard

 

Sooo.. yeah not going to use mfl.

[WhiteWonder 2,170]

Allen is going to outproduce his ADP by 3+ rounds? His current ADP is 3.09. I just don't see him as a 1st rounder and obviously he cant be higher than that.

 

 

QB - Cutler

 

RB - J Stew

 

WR - Marvin Jones

 

TE - Rudolph

[Stewburtx8 67]

Yeah i went to mfl for a 10 team standard draft, here are some of the top 20 players

 

Aaron murray

Damien williams

Ted bolser

George atkinson

xavier grimble

Trey millard

 

Sooo.. yeah not going to use mfl.

 

Wow yeah. I guess 10 team non-ppr drafts are pretty rare at this point, so not many real drafts of that nature have happened yet. Make sure you set it to drafted in 50% of drafts though so you get rid of any huge outliers that were selected high one time.

[Stewburtx8 67]

Since Arian Foster doesn't really make sense to jump up two rounds now that his ADP is close to the end of the 2nd round, my RB pick will be Danny Woodhead.

 

In PPR leagues, his current ADP of 10.06 seems waaay too low. He is being taken as RB40. Last year he finished as RB12 in PPR leagues. Maybe he doesn't score 8 TD's again, but I see no reason he doesn't stay in the same role he had last year.

 

I don't really understand the Chargers spending what they spent on Donald Brown. I just don't see how Brown fits unless Mathews gets hurt. But I think that the addition of Brown is the reason Woodhead's ADP is as low as it is. But I still expect Woodhead to approach 70 catches again, and he will probably find the end zone 5-6 times by default. If he approaches 100+ carries again, he's probably a RB2 in PPR leagues again.

 

Along the same lines, Darren Sproles is going around the 9th round in PPR leagues. He could catch upwards of 90 balls in Chip Kelly's offense this year, lining up a lot as a WR.

[Quickolas1 80]

Arian's ADP is not end of 2nd/beg. of 3rd.

A simple "football adp" search will show you this.

[BigMilk 40]

Love this thread because its not a "sleepers" thread, just mid-round guys with upside. Great idea. I'll play:

 

QB: Cutler is the obvious one, but I see Matty Ice bouncing back bigtime. Falcons have no TE, but I see them running a lot of 3 WR sets with Julio, Roddy and Douglas, and throwing a ton to their backs, all of who can catch.

 

RB: Terrance West. Even if Tate is healthy, these guys are going to end up in a 50-50 timeshare at worst. At best, Tate is the lead dog by the halfway point and finishes strong.

 

WR: So many here, but Roddy White, Cruz and Andre Johnson could easily outperform their current ADP substantially. Ruben Randle is also a guy to keep an eye on.

 

TE: Clay is the one that really stands out. Why does everyone hate on this guy?

[Super Cubs 132]

Ryan Fitzpatrick - Texans is the most talented team he's played with.

 

Chris Johnson - he has his last great season finishing in the top 10.

 

Percy Harvin- stays healthy all year.

 

Dewayne Allen - why not

[ralphster 274]

Fitz is a nice deep sleeper pick. So is Schaub.

 

McCluster doing his Woodhead impression for Wiz in TEN

 

Roddy

 

Jared Cook finally puts talent and targets together.

[jersey 3]

Great topic… bold is my main pick, but I listed many

 

QB - RGIII, Locker, Cutler, Romo, Eli, Bradford, McCown

RB - P Thomas, t-rich, S-jax, Hill, Hyde

WR - White, Wright, Jones, Bowe, Hawkins, Cooks, McCluster,

TE - Olsen, Pitta, Walker, Toilolo,

D - GB, BUFF, TB

K - Freese, Graham, Henery, Bryant

[montana 89]

QB - Cutler, Ryan, Big Ben

WR - Doug Baldwin, Rod Streater, Terrance Williams, Roddy White

RB - CJ?K, Rice, West, Hyde

TE - Pitta, Allen

[Frozenbeernuts 1,652]

Doug baldwin is a great one. I have tried to add him as much as possible. He is the #1 on that team if harvin goes down.

[AnaheimRams 28]

Great topic... great lists. My list (pretty much all repeats)

 

QB - Cutler

RB - Richardson

WR - Baldwin

TE - Ertz (does he count?)

[montana 89]

Doug baldwin is a great one. I have tried to add him as much as possible. He is the #1 on that team if harvin goes down.

He may be the #1 even if Percy stays healthy.

 

Streater isn't anything to write home about but he very well could be Oakland's #1...not too bad for a guy you can get after the 15th round - he finished with 60/888/4 last year.

[tanatastic 2,061]

Since Arian Foster doesn't really make sense to jump up two rounds now that his ADP is close to the end of the 2nd round, my RB pick will be Danny Woodhead.

 

Fosters adp is at the end of rnd 1 or mid rnd 2 at the latest.

[Frozenbeernuts 1,652]

Fosters adp is at the end of rnd 1 or mid rnd 2 at the latest.

I already stated this. Stewburt is going off of mfl adp. You are going off of ffc. He went at the 2.08 in my first mfl 10s league.

[Frozenbeernuts 1,652]

On mfl i entered 12 team ppr, 50%, top 32 players, real drafts. The top players listed

 

Calvin

Forte

Gio

Murray

Jordy

Keenan

Ellington

Harvin

 

Its why i didnt use that site last year. I dont understand whats going on or why its always broken. You would think it would get fixed.

[Maroon Bells 18]

QB - Carson Palmer, Josh McCown - QB23 and QB27 will both finish in top 15. Palmer top 10.

RB - Ahmad Bradshaw, Carlos Hyde - Richardson is awful, Ballard on IR, Gore is old and Hunter on IR

WR - Greg Jennings, Dwayne Bowe, Hakeem Nicks - Good talents in better situations, ridiculously undervalued

TE - Jordan Reed, Heath Miller - Big time talent on big time offense; Miller overlooked veteran

DST- Bucs, Vikings - Bucs defensive depth chart shockingly good; Vikings' Zimmer defense built for turnovers. Return game ain't bad either.

[Matt Mueller 146]

Since Arian Foster doesn't really make sense to jump up two rounds now that his ADP is close to the end of the 2nd round, my RB pick will be Danny Woodhead.

 

In PPR leagues, his current ADP of 10.06 seems waaay too low. He is being taken as RB40. Last year he finished as RB12 in PPR leagues. Maybe he doesn't score 8 TD's again, but I see no reason he doesn't stay in the same role he had last year.

 

I don't really understand the Chargers spending what they spent on Donald Brown. I just don't see how Brown fits unless Mathews gets hurt. But I think that the addition of Brown is the reason Woodhead's ADP is as low as it is. But I still expect Woodhead to approach 70 catches again, and he will probably find the end zone 5-6 times by default. If he approaches 100+ carries again, he's probably a RB2 in PPR leagues again.

 

Along the same lines, Darren Sproles is going around the 9th round in PPR leagues. He could catch upwards of 90 balls in Chip Kelly's offense this year, lining up a lot as a WR.

 

I think the reason they added is two fold.

 

A. If you believe at all in Brown's talent, and his career numbers compare favorably to Mathews albeit in a more limited role, then they possibly got their next running back 1.A so to speak locked up cheaper than it might be to sign Mathews again.

 

B. The playoffs specifically the Denver game. Mathews suffered a high ankle sprain late in the year. Ronnie Brown was their leading rusher when they beat the Bengals and it total they rushed the ball 40 times for 196 yards and 2 tds.

 

Against Denver with Mathews still limited, and with R. Brown getting only 1 touch-not sure why...maybe he was hurt or not that good....(he isn't) Woody was their leading rusher. In comparison they rushed 18 times for 65 yards and no tds.

 

Denver rushed 34 times for 133 yards and controlled the clock 35-25 essentially.

 

I think they looked back on that game and said to themselves...if something happens to Mathews, and he has a bad track record, we simply aren't deep enough there to compete they way we need to...especially against our division rival. They know the way to beat Denver for them consistently isn't 34-31.

 

Adding Brown gives them another option in the stable...both long term if they don't sign Mathews and short term in case of injury.

[Ace08 11]

Been a while...good to see this board still alive and kicking. Everything below is assuming PPR

 

 

QB- Cutler. Ton of weapons and I love Trestman's offense in general. The other guy I really like relative to his ADP is RG3. I will also be drafting Vick with my last pick in every draft just as a pure speculative draft and hold play.

 

RB- Bradshaw (cause I think TRich is garbage), Sproles (if your league is PPR he's a steal at his current ADP), Joique Bell (who between Bush's injuries and niche role is basically the every down back in a high powered offense). I'm also keeping my eye on whoever emerges between Freeman and Rodgers as the #2 in Atlanta as I'm of the opinion S Jax is relatively done. Woodhead is another PPR special I like this year.

 

WR- Hawkins (prototype jitterbug slot guy who projects for high volume catches...another Edelmen), Kenny Brit - this one's a bit of a stretch but I just have a gut feeling he puts it all together this year. This time last year I was yelling at the top of my lungs to draft Gordon in every league....I think Brit can be the same type of steal this year (moreso if you consider how late he's going right now in mocks). I like Victor Cruz also considering he is routinely slipping to the end of the 3rd/4th round area. Another guy I'm keeping an eye on is Nicks now that he has Luck throwing him the rock...I wouldn't be surprised to see him have a bit of a re-birth in Indy.

 

TE- I really like Clay at this current ADP. I live in Miami and trust me when I tell you Tannehill loves to checkdown and dump the ball short

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