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Late-Round WR Surprises

Continuing with the Mock Draft article, here are some late-round players that I was surprised to see drafted where they went - good and bad.

10.02: Devin Hester: Even with special teams touchdowns counting, I still don't actually playing him in a given week.
10.07: Anthony Gonzalez: The hype not quite what I was expecting ... yet. He went after D.J. Hackett and Isaac Bruce.
11.01: Jabar Gaffney: I just don't see it. And I watch the Patriots every week. I'd rather go Chad Jackson in the 16th.
11.08: Sidney Rice: I like him at this spot a lot more than Bernard Berrian 40 picks before.

12.02: Vincent Jackson: Post-Hype special. I like the value this year.
13.01: Darrell Jackson: The longer the offseason gets, the more I'm convincing myself that this is a PERFECT flier pick that no one wants.
13.05: James Hardy: First rookie to go, and still too early for me.
13.11: Reggie Williams: He'll go higher in most drafts, but the industry folk aren't buying it.
14.10: Mark Clayton: Poor tasty post-hype bang for the buck
15.01: Demetrius Williams: The other Raven. I wouldn't draft him just yet.

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Hester and Gaffney will be waiver wire fodder once the bye weeks hit.

I like the 10th round Gonzo, 11th round Rice picks and I think using a 13th rounder on Hardy and Reggie Williams is worth the gamble.

I still don't believe in DJAX and you can't make me Gregg. Stop convincing yourself.

Here we go with the anti-Hester thing again. Didn't you already lose this debate, Gregg?

You still discount him even in leagues that reward for return yardage/TDs. Which is, well.... dumb. I'd say you probably remember our ongoing debate about this last season.

In my leagues' scoring system that spawned the debate (1 pt. per 30 return yards + 6 pts for all TDs), Hester finished as the 45th ranked WR. Not fantastic, certainly, but in a 14 team league, that makes him a borderline WR3/solid WR4. I took him in the 15th round in '07, and you told me I wasted a pick (I did, in fact, retain him all season, mostly because of you :P - only started him 3 times, during my other WRs bye weeks - twice got 15+ points from him, once got a pooper).

And knowing this, you still continue to naysay, even though this will be his second year on offense and he will undoubtedly have a larger role than last season.

Time to stop being a hater and face the facts, dude. Hester is a dynamic player. He scores. Sure, he isn't consistent; neither are half the other players considered valuable FF players.

At least just call Hester a boom-or-bust pick instead of bashing his fantasy potential constantly.

And I will go ahead and spit upon D-Jax as well. I'm not sure if it was your post or not, but it was just listed in the Rotoworld news earlier that Seattle's flankers (though almost always average to sub-par players) put up huge numbers. D-Jax was beyond putrid in SF. I know you're high on Cutler, but he isn't short on targets to throw to (Marshall, Stokley, Scheffler) and ALL of those guys will go over the middle and catch the tough pass. Jackson doesn't - I can't think of any receiver I've watched regularly that shies away from contact the way he does. Not to mention being a league-leading receiver in drops for what, 4 years running?

Jackson is one of the wimpiest receivers I've ever seen, and doesn't run block worth a crap (or at all) - very relevant in Denver's offense. I think at the very best Jackson will be a rotational receiver in a run-first offense. I'd much rather have Hester, if only for a couple of 80 yd TDs (which Jackson sure as hell won't be scoring).

Wow, I didn't realize Devin Hester was such a Fantasy commodity Dox!! Seriously, I doubt this league has return yards included. Which make Hester virtually undraftable IMO. Gregg, you win.

Darrell Jackson made me look like a fantasy genius for a couple years while he was with Seattle, but I agree: he's soft...and probably done.

Can't wait for the season fellas!

i've never heard of a league that gives points for return yards... in that situation, yeah, hester has value.
in any other league and as a wr... nada.

i don't think many people are in leagues that give points for return yards... in that situation, yeah, hester has value.
in any other league and as a wr... nada.

Glad to see a couple more people who will be eating their shoes at season's end.

Try to make a point next time, though, instead of just saying, "nuh-uh".

It makes for a much more interesting debate.

Quick, someone else jump in and say, "No, Gregg is right, and you are wrong."

It really makes you look smart.

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