Tom Brady: Average, Not Fantasy Elite

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Published: October 5, 2009

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I’ll probably become the least popular analyst in America for saying it, especially to all those owners that took him over Peyton Manning, but Tom Brady is not an elite fantasy quarterback. In fact, he’s no better than average.

Through four games, Brady has thrown for 1,129 yards and just four touchdowns with two interceptions. Stretching those numbers out through simple math (we’re a quarter of the way through the season), Brady will throw for roughly 4,500 yards and 16 touchdowns this year.

Are those the numbers of an elite fantasy quarterback?

Indeed, 2009 is serving as a reality check for everyone that jumped on the Brady Bandwagon after his ridiculous 2007 season and anointed him the sacred hybrid of Marino and Fouts and Tarkenton rolled into one, model-dating man.

Sorry everyone; Brady’s never been fantasy elite and shouldnâ€...

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