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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: July 16, 2009
Day 3 of my series takes us to the New England Patriots. Each starting fantasy position will be examined. Hopefully, you enjoy the comments and can provide some counter-comments along the way.
QB- Tom Brady is coming back from a severe leg injury, and everyone is wondering what Tom Brady we will get this season. I for one feel he will be the best fantasy QB in the league this season.
He has had a full year to recover from his injury and should be able to work any rust off during a full training camp. Plus, the team added Joey Galloway for the WR3 slot. It doesn’t get any better than that.
RB- Fred Taylor, Sammy Morris, Laurence Maroney, Kevin Faulk—take your pick with which of these backs will have the best season in this confused RBBC.
I think the team signed Fred Taylor for a reason and that was to use him, so I see him playing most of the first and second down carries. Taylor should finish as a solid RB3.
Kevin Faulk will be featured in passing situations and makes a decent selection for low RB3 or RB4 in PPR formats.
The others could be on the outside looking in this season.
WR – Randy Moss, Wes Welker and Joey Galloway should lineup as the starting wideouts for 2009. Moss and Welker were Pro Bowl caliber receivers, even with Cassel at QB.
Now for 2009, the team added the speedy veteran in Galloway as a third receiver.
Moss should finish as the top receiver in 2009 in all formats.
Welker should be a top ten finisher in PPR leagues and a solid WR2 in standard leagues.
TE- Ben Watson and Chris Baker serve as the tight ends. Watson is one of Brady’s favorites in the red zone. He will probably finish with somewhere around 400 yards receiving and six TDs.
Baker should also see some spot duty for the team as well.
K- Stephen Gostkowski is probably in a position to be the leading point scorer at the kicker position. With the Patriots prolific offensive attack, he should see plenty of opportunities to kick extra points and field goals in 2009.
DEF/ST – The New England defense and special teams unit finished 20th in fantasy points in the basic Yahoo! scoring setup for 2008. The team added some younger talent to help the team in the future in the draft.
They did not address their greatest need however, and that was a pass rusher off the edge (Julius Peppers anyone?). The defense will probably fall in the middle of the pack again for the 2009 season.
Tomorrow I will examine the New York Jets.
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Published: July 13, 2009
Day two of my series takes us to the Miami Dolphins. Each starting fantasy position will be examined. Hopefully you enjoy the comments and can provide some counter-comments along the way.
QB—Chad Pennington had a very consistent comeback campaign in 2008. He will probably do more of the same in 2009. That means a slightly above average season for Pennington in terms of fantasy. I would strictly draft him as a bye week filler. Pat White will mostly serve as the “Wildcat” QB for 2009.
RB—Ronnie Brown will probably receive the bulk of the carries in Miami in 2009 for a few reasons.
He is now another year removed from his knee surgery. Secondly, Ricky Williams continues his decline and looks like a player just meeting his contractual obligations to be on the roster at this time. The final reason is that it is a contract year for him.
Despite all of those positives, I still see Brown only cracking the top ten to fifteen running backs for fantasy, due to a much more difficult schedule that the team faces this season.
WR—Ted Ginn Jr., Greg Camarillo, and Davone Bess should lineup as the starting wideouts for 2009.
Ginn is really the only receiver that has some fantasy value on the team. He will be limited by Pennington’s sluggish arm, and won’t be able to fully become the deep threat that he should be until 2010 when Chad Henne takes over the starting role as QB.
TE—Anthony Fasano serves as the tight end. He is nothing more than an average TE that gets about 450 yards and three or four receiving TD a season. He is worth a look merely in the late rounds of your draft.
K—Dan Carpenter is a fairly average kicker and can get the job done when called upon, but he is not worth spending anything more than a last round selection on during your draft.
DEF/ST—The Miami defense and special teams unit finished ninth in fantasy points in the basic Yahoo scoring setup for 2008.
Bringing back Jason Taylor should provide slightly more of a pass rush in 2009. The team did lose many of the players it had in the secondary last year.
The schedule this year also brings much more dynamic offenses to the table for the team to face in 2009. For this reason, I foresee the defensive ranking dropping into the 15th to 20th ranking in overall fantasy points for 2009.
Tomorrow, I will examine the New England Patriots.
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