Bust of the Year Candidates!

[Gratefulegg1973 253]

As we are now at the halfway point of the fantasy season, I'd like to put together a list of the players that failed us most. It'll be easy for me, as i just have to scan my rosters.

 

Injured players are exempt from BOY candidacy. These are strictly players who underperformed based on ADP.

 

QBs

 

Andrew Luck: Typically the #1 QB off the board, and went in the 1st rd of some drafts. His fantasy stats aren't quite as bad as his real life performance, but not what you'd expect from him.

 

Peyton Manning: Many saw the wheels start to come off last year, but aside from week 8, he's been almost droppable.

 

Russel Wilson: 9 TDs on the year. Only surpassed 250yds once. No rushing TDs.

 

honorable mentions: Sam Bradford, Ryan Tannehill

 

RBs

 

CJ Anderson: A 1st rd pick that was dropped in many leagues. Maybe he turns it around, but he's been downright terrible, and lost his job to Ronnie f'n Hillman

 

Jeremy Hill: Many were expecting big things from him. He hasn't broke the 70yd barrier, has 4 whole receptions, and 5 of his 6 TDs came in two games.

 

Eddie Lacy: 2 TDs puts him around the same point total as CJ Anderson. Lacy was drafted in the top 5 of many leagues though.

 

honorable mentions: Joseph Randle, Melvin Gordon

 

WRs

 

Randal Cobb: Supposed to be the #1 guy with Jordy out. Has broke the 100yd mark once. 3 of his 4 TDs came in 1 game.

 

Jordan Mathews: The #1 WR in the high-flying Philly offense. lol

 

Brandon Cooks: Same as Mathews, except the NO offense

 

honorable mentions: Mike Evans, Andre Johnson

 

TE

 

Jimmy Graham. Knew his receptions would decrease, but this? And 2 TDs? GTFO.

 

Jordan Cameron: 4 or less catches in every game. 1 TD

[DaBeerz 88]

Hard to argue with that list.

 

Looking back at my draft and who people reached on in the first 3 rounds.

 

McCoy and Murray should get honourable mentions, otherwise you nailed it.

[R8RMick 242]

Bradford. I was wrong on him, he probably need at least most of the season to get back into form after a two-year layoff. But boy was I wrong about him.

[Gratefulegg1973 253]

Again, these are just my opinions. Some players I haven't followed as closely as others (McCoy). I'm absolutely certain I missed some guys

[brotherbock 349]

As we are now at the halfway point of the fantasy season, I'd like to put together a list of the players that failed us most. It'll be easy for me, as i just have to scan my rosters.

 

Injured players are exempt from BOY candidacy. These are strictly players who underperformed based on ADP.

 

QBs

 

Peyton Manning: Many saw the wheels start to come off last year, but aside from week 8, he's been almost droppable.

 

honorable mentions: Ryan Tannehill

 

 

 

honorable mentions: Mike Evans, Andre Johnson

 

TE

 

 

Jordan Cameron: 4 or less catches in every game. 1 TD

 

Fixed Manning for you. He's definitely droppable.

Tannehill has better days in front of him, but so far, yeah.

Evans is there too, he's turning into what he should have been all along, I think.

Andre--I think right now he's actually at where we had any reason to expect him being. Couple of okay games in there.

The only guy I would take off your list entirely is Cameron. No one should have been expecting anything from him. He and Rudolph are blood brothers or something. Soooooo much "Man, that guy has all the tools" for so little production.

 

Bradford. I was wrong on him, he probably need at least most of the season to get back into form after a two-year layoff. But boy was I wrong about him.

 

I'm right there with you. I grabbed him to backup Luck in my keeper league (whoops dropped), and drafted him as a starter in another league...was having a good time, taking risks, so I reached. Recovered by putting my backup in after week 1...Palmer

[murf74 461]

Matthews fooled me. Figured he would be a top 12 easy

[brotherbock 349]

Matthews fooled me. Figured he would be a top 12 easy

 

You're not alone there either. That's actually one of the more surprising of them. I was very envious of people last year and into the draft this year when I didn't have him. Got him in a draft this year. He's not with me anymore

[granta_05 3]

I see several of my draft picks on that list. Ugh.

[cousinal111 57]

Matthews - to this point YES but I expect him to turn it around if he's healthy after the bye week.

[R8RMick 242]

Matthews fooled me. Figured he would be a top 12 easy

Maybe another case of making a guy the alpha dog and them not handling the job. What's with the drops?

[Beyond Chaos 75]

Maybe another case of making a guy the alpha dog and them not handling the job. What's with the drops?

Rotoworld had a blurb about a week ago claiming he suffered ligament damage in his hand what would be 4 weeks ago, but it was never disclosed. Still doesn't account for his early season drops.

[kilroy69 995]

To me its got to be Hill. I mean he was drafted as a number 1rb based on what he did last year. This year if you started him you probably lost.

[track 1 16]

Miami Dolphins defense

[IGotWorms 3,321]

What's surprising to me is that Eddie Lacy and Randall Cobb are both on there even with jordy Nelson going down.

 

You would think those guys would've benefitted from one less mouth to feed but instead I think we've found out who the real star was on that Green Bay offense (besides Rodgers, of course).

[Skinny_Bastard 154]

Solid list of busts...

 

I would throw the following in there too.

 

Shady McCoy

Dez Bryant

Alfred Morris

Melvin Gordon

L. Blount

 

Most of these guys were drafted in the first 2 rounds.

[Apollo Creed 9]

Charles

Kniles Davis Cuff

 

Romo/Dez/Randle

 

DeMarco Murray

Bradford

Matthews

Eagles Off in general

 

I never believed in CJ Anderson/Peyton

 

Golden Tate

Ameer Abdullah

[brotherbock 349]

Solid list of busts...

 

I would throw the following in there too.

 

Shady McCoy

Dez Bryant

Alfred Morris

Melvin Gordon

L. Blount

 

Most of these guys were drafted in the first 2 rounds.

 

But you'll always get people who don't want to include injuries as busts. So Dez is questionable. Blount? I didn't see him picked in the first two rounds anywhere, mocks or anything. Maybe I was in outliers. He was the only NE guy we knew, but he's still a NE back. Nobody trusts them, nor should they.

[weepaws 2,467]

I don't see A Morris has a bust , I see Matt Jones right now being a disappointment , I really thought he would be the lead back from the start and put up good numbers but he doesn't look all that great right now , I'm sure that the Redskins being a bad football doesn't help .

 

And D Johnson from the cards I thought he would be the guy by now and never thought C Johnson would be the lead back on the cards at this point .

[kilroy69 995]

I don't see A Morris has a bust , I see Matt Jones right now being a disappointment , I really thought he would be the lead back from the start and put up good numbers but he doesn't look all that great right now , I'm sure that the Redskins being a bad football doesn't help .

 

And D Johnson from the cards I thought he would be the guy by now and never thought C Johnson would be the lead back on the cards at this point .

If Jones were given the chance to shine with bellcow type carries he would beast. Sharing the load with alf and the pass catching specialist makes him all but worthless. The talent is there. the head coach is not.

[tanatastic 2,061]

Bradford shouldnt be on the list since he was a late draft pick and one of the last qbs taken if at all. He didnt ruin your draft. Wilson was the third qb off the board in alot of drafts, wilson by far bigger bust followed by Manning then Luck because he was a first rounder.

[tanatastic 2,061]

I don't see A Morris has a bust

For real? Alfred was drafted as a 1100 7 RB2 in rnd 3-4 almost everywhere and has done squat. Hes a for sure bust, one of the most obvious ones not in rnd 1 actually.

[weepaws 2,467]

For real? Alfred was drafted as a 1100 7 RB2 in rnd 3-4 almost everywhere and has done squat. Hes a for sure bust, one of the most obvious ones not in rnd 1 actually.

My point was I did not see him as a bust because he was not high on my list anyway , I thought that M Jones would be the starter from the get go . Sorry about . So it's more about how I felt .

[tanatastic 2,061]

My point was I did not see him as a bust because he was not high on my list anyway , I thought that M Jones would be the starter from the get go . Sorry about . So it's more about how I felt .

Understood. Same as my feelings towards CJ Anderson who i knew would not be as valuable as Hillman. Year after year "the other guy" is the main man in denver, I saw no reason the trend wouldnt continue.

[barber2309 26]

As we are now at the halfway point of the fantasy season, I'd like to put together a list of the players that failed us most. It'll be easy for me, as i just have to scan my rosters.

 

Injured players are exempt from BOY candidacy. These are strictly players who underperformed based on ADP.

 

QBs

 

Andrew Luck: Typically the #1 QB off the board, and went in the 1st rd of some drafts. His fantasy stats aren't quite as bad as his real life performance, but not what you'd expect from him.

 

Peyton Manning: Many saw the wheels start to come off last year, but aside from week 8, he's been almost droppable.

 

Russel Wilson: 9 TDs on the year. Only surpassed 250yds once. No rushing TDs.

 

honorable mentions: Sam Bradford, Ryan Tannehill

 

RBs

 

CJ Anderson: A 1st rd pick that was dropped in many leagues. Maybe he turns it around, but he's been downright terrible, and lost his job to Ronnie f'n Hillman

 

Jeremy Hill: Many were expecting big things from him. He hasn't broke the 70yd barrier, has 4 whole receptions, and 5 of his 6 TDs came in two games.

 

Eddie Lacy: 2 TDs puts him around the same point total as CJ Anderson. Lacy was drafted in the top 5 of many leagues though.

 

honorable mentions: Joseph Randle, Melvin Gordon

 

WRs

 

Randal Cobb: Supposed to be the #1 guy with Jordy out. Has broke the 100yd mark once. 3 of his 4 TDs came in 1 game.

 

Jordan Mathews: The #1 WR in the high-flying Philly offense. lol

 

Brandon Cooks: Same as Mathews, except the NO offense

 

honorable mentions: Mike Evans, Andre Johnson

 

TE

 

Jimmy Graham. Knew his receptions would decrease, but this? And 2 TDs? GTFO.

 

Jordan Cameron: 4 or less catches in every game. 1 TD

Cooks has actually picked up the pace the last few weeks, so he is a disappointment, but still could wipe out the bust label with a strong finish.

 

Matthews has clearly been a bust to date but after this week, he has a few week stretch against really bad pass defenses. He can bring his season into disappointment status rather then total bust with a strong few weeks - not overly optimistic there though between him and his drops and his qb being a monumental bust (real life, not fantasy as he wasn't drafted too early ion most leagues).

[tanatastic 2,061]

Yea Cooks secretly on pace for like 85 1000 7.

[Frank M 181]

ADP has been disappointing.

[weepaws 2,467]

Cooks has actually picked up the pace the last few weeks, so he is a disappointment, but still could wipe out the bust label with a strong finish.

 

Matthews has clearly been a bust to date but after this week, he has a few week stretch against really bad pass defenses. He can bring his season into disappointment status rather then total bust with a strong few weeks - not overly optimistic there though between him and his drops and his qb being a monumental bust (real life, not fantasy as he wasn't drafted too early ion most leagues).

 

Agree with both , And agree Cooks has been waking up lately .

[DankNuggs 305]

ADP has been disappointing.

on pace for 1400 yards and 1600+ total yards... TD's are low, but if he scores next week its 4 in the first half. 1600 yards and 8-10 TDs isn't a bust although you'd hope the TD's would be in the 12-15 range.

[Ghost to the Post 2]

A Rodgers. Gotta have him here also. Why the blind eye on him?

[tanatastic 2,061]

A Rodgers. Gotta have him here also. Why the blind eye on him?

Not really, hes QB7 in standard scoring and just had an outlier bad game. Dont think that makes him a bust of the year candidate.

[Ghost to the Post 2]

Not really, hes QB7 in standard scoring and just had an outlier bad game. Dont think that makes him a bust of the year candidate.

Considering ADP has to be on list. 5td game inflates his numbers.

[tanatastic 2,061]

Considering ADP has to be on list. 5td game inflates his numbers.

Edited for my misread. See below.

[Ghost to the Post 2]

adp=average draft position.

[Ghost to the Post 2]

Considering where Rodgers was drafted. Is what I meant.

[tanatastic 2,061]

adp=average draft position.

Lol I read it wrong on mobile, my bad will edit. Def a bit of a letdown for sure the last 4 games. You have to have 20+ to validate a high draft pick like that.

[weepaws 2,467]

Luck would need to make that list , I don't know everyone avg I don't look at that when I'm setting up my draft boards but I would think on most list he was number one at the qb position .

[tanatastic 2,061]

Luck would need to make that list , I don't know everyone avg I don't look at that when I'm setting up my draft boards but I would think on most list he was number one at the qb position .

Yes a first rounder in alot of drafts. Hes been alright in 6pnt leagues but between mediocre games and missing a few hes def a bust so far. Hurts because I had Carson off free agency week 1 but dropped him cuz hey, im set at QB with Luck, why take up the roster space?

[mobb_deep 917]

Every player drafted in the first round except Julio Jones and Gronk have underperformed their ADP.

[Super Cubs 132]

DeMarco Murray

Marshawn Lynch

[weepaws 2,467]

Don't know what Brady ADP was but I think he has outperformed is .