Ahhh... football season. I love it. Words start flying, people start talking about how good their fantasy team should be:
first of all Minnesota was first in Rushing defense last year, giving up only 9 TD's on the ground. they were last in passing yards, but only gave up 15 TD's through the air (New England was #1 with 10 given up). Take into account that they play in the NFC north, not known for offensive juggernauts.
My tendency is to sacrifice tight end for depth at other positions. Generally you have about 8 tight ends that will put up quality fantasy numbers (Gates, heap, gonzalez, Miller, winslow, Witten, Davis, Crumpler). We're in a 16 team league, they go fast. On most teams, a #2 receiver makes more catches and TD's than the starting tight end, so I'd rather take a #2 receiver.
Placekicker, and what? In one of my leagues we're voting to take the kicker out all together. Pick a team that's going to score points that has a kicker that can kick in all weather. Pitt opens up the offense this year, and if Reed can kick in the snow and cold, he can kick anywhere.
What's left, running back? Alexander is on the downhill, but even on the downhill he still has Walter Jones at left tackle so he will get 15-20 TD's. Plus he's feature and goal line back. He only gets spelled on 3rd down sometimes. How many NFL teams still have one feature running back? Benson is the one I'm not high on, but it's only a matter of time before Norwood takes over in Atlanta. Not to mention Leon Washington has big play potential and Thomas Jones is injury prone.
Then again, with all that said what do I know? Let's see how the season goes and re-visit. that's what great about fantasy football.
