Ray_T

honestly I have no concerns about chase at all. its that leaky line and the injury status of Burrow. it sounds like they made some moves in the off season to address this but I dont know if they went far enough. we will see. but if the line holds, and he and his QB are healthy all year, the sky is the limit here.

yeah, thats a situation that's hard to read. coach always talks up the backup and that they wanna spread the ball around, but in the end the #1 RB/WR still get by far most of the carries. unless the coach has a history of running a committee I'd take that comment with a grain of salt. That said, Monty is good enough to start on some other teams so hes not gonna completely be regulated to backup duty. he will get some reps. Just maybe not quite as many as last year

I also like Kirk Cousins. though I'm not sure hes really a sleeper, but hes not being drafted as a QB1 and there is a chance he should be. People are discounting him due to the Achilles injury but he is not a running QB. hes always been a bit of a statue in the pocket, so I really dont think the injury affects his game. Early in the season hes looked sharp too. and now hes on a team with pretty close to equal talent to what he had in Minny, but hes playing behind a better line. you give a guy like Cousins more time to throw, hes gonna be more productive. so I wouldnt be surprised if you pro rate his stats while healthy to a full season if he hits that number. if things go right, he even exceeds that number, and I'm pretty sure that's in QB1 territory.

was it that long ago? I guess it was. well either way, I wouldnt be surprised to see him with at least 40 this year given the better WR he now has to work with. still, thats a significant bump fantasy wise. the 2 point bump to the TD's will skew the scoring. your QB ranks will be all different and you need to adjust to the new reality. that's the bottom line. and if the #1 QB scores 50 fantasy points more than anyone else, its hard not to want to take him early.

yeah the person who came first to mind was Mahomes. I think hes only a year or two removed from a 50 TD season

100% I also like Mixon and Jacobs at this point in the draft too. Might even be able to wait on Jacobs. in some cases hes going early in round 5. might be able to go zero RB, then come back and take 2 of these 3 in rounds 4/5 and have one of the better RB tandems in your league.

I agree. it doesnt get any worse than the situation that existed here last year. I'm predicting bigger numbers on offense across the board (for the most part) Better QB, better scheme/coach. what's not to like? there is an outside chance this turnaround will be as dramatic as when McVay took over in LA. wouldnt entirely surprise me if this is a top 5 offense, but I'd say its safer to assume it will be a top 12 offense. Likely at around #9 or #10.

not entirely true. in normal leagues where there are 4 Points for TD passes, the running QB have a distinct advantage because you get 6 points for rush TD. so this would essentially put the running QB on even ground with the passing QB. so those QB who throw a lot of TD passes should be taken earlier (likely a round or two but I admittedly have not crunched the numbers to figure out exactly how big a boost this should be to the ADP. Especially in cases where the QB throws an awful lot of TD passes. but the running QB shouldnt be affected as much. in the end, it is worth noting that the QB who throws 40 TD Passes and runs for none will have their score for the year boosted by 80 points. Thats a pretty significant number and when dealing with those kind of numbers I cannot advise anyone in good conscience not to move QB up your board. it has just become a more important position and if you have the best QB the advantage would be considerable.

to me this means he wants an excuse to make Corum the starter. so if Williams gets worn down or hurt, Corum goes full time.

NO. its the Justice system that is the joke. People with money can get this kind of liberty because you pay for a big time lawyer who buys you time so you can make more money (to pay them) and keep you out of jail. the only thing the NFL is doing wrong is allowing him to play. that does not prevent him from going to jail but it does allow him to pay his legal fees (which are considerable) after this there will be a civil suit, so his legal problems will roll on for years to come. This is nowhere close to being over.

I suspected at the very least Zeke would still be a good short yardage guy. Cook also has that reputation so it is most likely Zeke who is on the hotseat. I have not heard anything about how he has performed in camp so far.