Aug/090
Crabtree Needs to Sign Now
Are you serious Michael Crabtree?
The guy is damanding to be paid more than DHB who was picked pick Oakland ahead of him. He is threatening to haldout and re-enter the draft next year! WOW
First off, holding out and re-entering the draft next year would be catastrophic from a number of standpoints.
1. Who is gonna draft a guy with a first round pick when he has proven to be a tough guy to sign? Who would risk throwing a pick away like that? As a result the lower pick would result in substantially lower $$.
2. What about all the money he stands to lose over the next year as a result? You are talking about millions that he just can’t make back up over his career.
3. There is talk about rethinking the way rookies are awarded these massive contracts when they are unproven. This would free up more $$ for proven veterens. This could happen soon as well.
Couple all these things together and Crabtree is looking at the potential to lose 10’s of millions over his career.
So let’s go back to the major sticking point. He feels his talent is far better than DHB and he should have been a top 5 pick. Well, that just doesn’t fly. You are picked where you are picked, end of story. If you were that good then obviously the cream rises to the top. Why do you think detroit picked calvin so high last year after all their failures with high receiver picks. He was just impossible to pass on.
So Crabtree, take my advice, sign the fair contract that you have been offered, get into camp, prove you can play, then hold out for a better contract once you can prove you are underpaid!
Aug/090
SundayFranchise Fantasy Football Podcast #3 – Tiered Drafting
Tiered drafting is something everyone should understand and use to build a strong team through the draft!
Here is podcast #3
Aug/090
Is Tom Brady a top 5 pick?
Here’s the deal, 2 years ago he chucked 50 t.d.’S and ran for 2. That is a massive amount of points. So much in fact that the second place finished with 36.
Over the last 4 years the top qb’s have finished with 34, 36, 31, and 32 t.d.’s. A top 10 qb will average around 25 td’s. So, if Brady scores 50 touchdowns again, and the average top 10 competitor scores 25 then it looks like double to me. Factor in yards and you are not looking at double anymore but you can see the huge advantage.
Having Brady as your starting qb is like having 1.5 starting qb’s. There is downside though. In deeper leagues (leagues with more than 10 teams), and especially leagues with a flex rb/wr position in addition to the 2 rb requirement for starting, drafting a qb early can spell disaster for you running back depth.
…But having a consistent QB scoring over 3 td’s per week can overcome plenty of defficiencies.
The question is, how will Brady do this year?