Fantasy Football Land Mines
August 19, 2008 by
You've seen the Sleepers. Now it's time to explore the players who I feel will be disappointments to fantasy football owners.
Quarterbacks
Ben Roethlisberger - Will he have a good year? Probably. Will he have a great year? Not likely. I don't put Big Ben on another 32 TD, 11 INT year. Sorry. He was 3rd in TD Passes last year and 14th in Passing Yards. That bothers me a little.
Pittsburgh is traditionally a Run First team. WIth the addition of Rashard Mendenhall to compliment Willie Parker, I think you'll see a deeper running attack next year. As for the flurry of TD passes? I'm just not buying it. He still should be a good QB next year, but don't expect him in the Top 6 again.
David Garrard - I like Garrard a lot. I really do. I think he does what it takes to win in this league. There will be owners taking him ahead of Jay Cutler, Philip Rivers, Eli Manning, and several others. The problem is, Jacksonville is a Run First team as well. He averaged 209 yards passing and 1.5 TDs per game last year. What saved him was the low INT total (3). Do I see another 6-1 TD:INT ration from Garrard again? Nope. Sure don't.
Tom Brady - Brady will have another fantastic year, but if you are expecting even 4500 yards and 40 TDs you may come away disappointed. A more realistic season for Brady would be 4200 yards & 36 TDs. If you can live with that from a late-first/early-second round pick, then by all means take him.
Derek Anderson - I like Anderson, but I need to see proof that it wasn't a fluke before I invest an early pick in him. I know this. He (or Cleveland) won't be sneaking up on anybody this year. They will be better equipped to deal with what's coming. Just looking at his splits is enough of a reason to raise some red flags for me.
Games 1-8: 91.7 rating, 2108 yards, 17 TD, 9 INT
Games 9-16: 73.7 rating, 1679 yards, 12 TD, 10 INT
Quarterbacks
Ben Roethlisberger - Will he have a good year? Probably. Will he have a great year? Not likely. I don't put Big Ben on another 32 TD, 11 INT year. Sorry. He was 3rd in TD Passes last year and 14th in Passing Yards. That bothers me a little.
David Garrard - I like Garrard a lot. I really do. I think he does what it takes to win in this league. There will be owners taking him ahead of Jay Cutler, Philip Rivers, Eli Manning, and several others. The problem is, Jacksonville is a Run First team as well. He averaged 209 yards passing and 1.5 TDs per game last year. What saved him was the low INT total (3). Do I see another 6-1 TD:INT ration from Garrard again? Nope. Sure don't.
Tom Brady - Brady will have another fantastic year, but if you are expecting even 4500 yards and 40 TDs you may come away disappointed. A more realistic season for Brady would be 4200 yards & 36 TDs. If you can live with that from a late-first/early-second round pick, then by all means take him.
Derek Anderson - I like Anderson, but I need to see proof that it wasn't a fluke before I invest an early pick in him. I know this. He (or Cleveland) won't be sneaking up on anybody this year. They will be better equipped to deal with what's coming. Just looking at his splits is enough of a reason to raise some red flags for me.
Games 1-8: 91.7 rating, 2108 yards, 17 TD, 9 INT
Games 9-16: 73.7 rating, 1679 yards, 12 TD, 10 INT
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