Hey dudes. So I've got this team I took over midseason in 2013, watched it limp to a craptastic finish, and now I'm trying to pick keepers. I get four, and the first two will be Stafford and Doug Martin. The last two will be from this group: Michael Crabtree, Roddy White, Rueben Randle, Joique Bell, Rashad Jennings, Lamar Miller, Cecil Shorts, Da'Rick Rogers, Charles Clay, and Ladarius Green.
Which two would you retain? Leaning hard toward Crabtree for one, but really stuck on the last one - primarily between Randle, White, and Shorts. I like Bell and Jennings, but both are already getting a little long in the tooth (Jennings will already be 29.5 by the start of the season), and I am having a hard time seeing either as the lead back on their respective teams for 2014. A lot could happen to change or confirm that between now and Week 1, but still not overly enticing. I like Randle because he could very easily be the Giants' new #1 receiver, Roddy because he showed he can still play when healthy and will have Julio pulling safety help away from him a lot, and Shorts because Justin Blackmon currently makes Josh Gordon look like a mormon, so Cecil could be force fed in 2014 if Blackmon can't get back in Goodell's good graces. Thoughts?
Absolutely right, the crap chute rate on RBs is at an all-time high - but it just so happens that Bell and Jennings appear to be lucking into good situations. Jennings may have landed in just about the perfect situation, especially if the Giants don't even add an RB in the draft (although that seems unlikely). But he's 29 and has basically zero sex appeal, so I'd just be rolling the dice on the potential workload. Bell could actually be looking at a similar workload, which is amazing considering Reggie Bush was pretty effective last year. But the new regime may like Bell as the early-down back more, so that will be interesting to monitor over the coming weeks/months.
Crabtree/White/Randle are still the most enticing, but Bell and Jennings are very much alive in the discussion now.
Boom-ba-gataSat 10/26/13 11:07 PM
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BaseNoteSun 2/16/14 6:48 PM
Hey dudes. So I've got this team I took over midseason in 2013, watched it limp to a craptastic finish, and now I'm trying to pick keepers. I get four, and the first two will be Stafford and Doug Martin. The last two will be from this group: Michael Crabtree, Roddy White, Rueben Randle, Joique Bell, Rashad Jennings, Lamar Miller, Cecil Shorts, Da'Rick Rogers, Charles Clay, and Ladarius Green.
Which two would you retain? Leaning hard toward Crabtree for one, but really stuck on the last one - primarily between Randle, White, and Shorts. I like Bell and Jennings, but both are already getting a little long in the tooth (Jennings will already be 29.5 by the start of the season), and I am having a hard time seeing either as the lead back on their respective teams for 2014. A lot could happen to change or confirm that between now and Week 1, but still not overly enticing. I like Randle because he could very easily be the Giants' new #1 receiver, Roddy because he showed he can still play when healthy and will have Julio pulling safety help away from him a lot, and Shorts because Justin Blackmon currently makes Josh Gordon look like a mormon, so Cecil could be force fed in 2014 if Blackmon can't get back in Goodell's good graces. Thoughts?
zfifelskiWed 4/2/14 3:34 PM
I like the Crabtree pick.
I tend to stay away from RBs. They are so fickle that its almost better odds to just pick them up late in the draft (see Zac Stacy last year).
I never like the idea of a WR being force fed. Too much risk. It's way easy to throw an extra man on a player, especially someone like Shorts.
I like Green, personally. I have a good feeling about that guy.
BaseNoteThu 4/3/14 10:18 AM
Absolutely right, the crap chute rate on RBs is at an all-time high - but it just so happens that Bell and Jennings appear to be lucking into good situations. Jennings may have landed in just about the perfect situation, especially if the Giants don't even add an RB in the draft (although that seems unlikely). But he's 29 and has basically zero sex appeal, so I'd just be rolling the dice on the potential workload. Bell could actually be looking at a similar workload, which is amazing considering Reggie Bush was pretty effective last year. But the new regime may like Bell as the early-down back more, so that will be interesting to monitor over the coming weeks/months.
Crabtree/White/Randle are still the most enticing, but Bell and Jennings are very much alive in the discussion now.
[Deleted User]Thu 5/8/14 3:49 PM
i like picking my QB 1st cause there is a short of good QB n I like picking 8th our the 1st/last pick so I could pick double