Flesh For Fantasy

Since Rob LeGrow is a flamer that can't figure out how to log in and post his own shit, I have to do it for him.

Dumbass.

Anyways. his words:

And...we're Back!


Moss, McGahee, Grant are all good to go, great Week 7 performances and now ready to tear it up for the rest of the season.

Uh.

Maybe not.

Football is not really that fickle of a game. It could be a few very good defenses that were underrated at the beginning of the year stuff a great Running Back or maybe the schedule for the first 3 weeks are defenses that can afford double coverage on a normally outstanding Wideout. Those are called Buy Low opportunities.

But other than that, good players, in thieir prime, produce. There are no prolonged slumps or down years. There are tangible reasons as to why guys are good and guys are bad. This is not like baseball where a slump is just "Just not seeing it" or a hot steak is "Its as big as a beachball right now"

Partly because you don't have the luxury of letting the game come to you, lest a 300 pound man knock your face off.

Tony Gonzalez is on the worst professional football team I have ever seen. He is STILL putting up decent numbers. On that team, yeah he's probably about 60% of what he could be. But no one's walking around going "I just don't know whats wrong with Tony G's this year"

However, when people are making excuses and everyone is in the same situation as they were the year before, its probably because the party's over. Ladanian Tomlinson, go sit next to Shaun Alexander. Derek Anderson, stop looking your shoulder, just give Brady Quinn the ball.

Lets hit the spotlights:

RANDY MOSS

Randy Moss is having a bad year because Matt Cassell is not very good. Sure he's shown flashes here and there and has proven, if nothing else, to be a serviceable backup. But do not mistake last nights effort as Cassell having arrived. The situation is not stable. It is Shannahan-esque in causing people to pull their hair out.

Pass on Randy. I dealt him for Andre Johnson three weeks ago when both were floundering and have not looked back. Moss is still Moss, quite possibly the second best reciever ever to play but Johnson was injury free (fingers crossed) and was in the exact same situation he did the year before when he flourished. Moss? 9/7/08. We will never forget.

WILLIS MCGAHEE

Opposing coach:

"THink we should worry about McGahee or Flacco?"

Pass on Willis.

RYAN GRANT

More situational upheaval; hwever, Aaron Rodgers looks legit. Teams shut down the run and Rodgers can beat you by himself. Gutsy and correct move by Green Bay.

Problem is Grant looks slow. Just flat out plodding and with 0 chance of breaking one. (Although Breakaway Speed is in situational upheaval itself after what I watched Lendale White do on Sunday. Comment from the crowd in The Barn as we were watching the replay of Lendale's race to glory : "Romeo Crennel plays for the Titans?")

He fumbles too much and he's not getting goal line touches. His two "breakout" games coming right before he faces Tennesee, Minn, Chicago and New Orleans. Four of the best defenses against the run in the league. Not to mention the fact that he has a case of fumble-itis which assures that he is the 4th overall roster option at best on the goal line.

So what to do with Grant? He's a flier after Week 12, RB3 or a flex against a team that has poor corners and has to give all types of secondary help.
If you have him, sell high now, he's not doing anything for the next four weeks.
If you want him, wait until after the New Orleans game and grab him as a playoff reserve. He is still the starting RB on a team with a solid offense and a very good quarterback. Even then its got to be highway robbery to make sense.

STEPHEN JACKSON
Stephen Jackson on the other hand is for real. Hopefully you hopped on two weeks ago but now its probably too late as at this point he's a little OVERvalued. However, if you can still grab him, especially for my top 3 overrated right now:
1. Romo
2. LdT
3. TO
Then pull the trigger. Remember, the Rams O line is still a disgrace and thats still Jim Haslett over there. The man in good conscience entrusted a team with loads of talent to Aaron Brooks.

Yippie Kay Yay.