Gus Frerotte will save your soul
Sidney Rice and Bernard Berrian were probably overdrafted this season based on what they are capable of, rather than what their quarterback was capable of. Berrian was on our Busts list, but I didn't think Tarvaris Jackson would render him totally useless. He did that just that for two weeks.
We saw this change to Gus Frerotte coming miles away. Much like Kerry Collins in Tennessee, Frerotte doesn't have a lot of stand alone fantasy value, but he lifts his receivers. Also like Collins, Frerotte is totally immobile, has a huge arm, and will make questionable decisions. I wrote about what I saw from Frerotte on tape in '07 earlier this year, and it wasn't all bad. I'm not sure he'll win games, but he makes Rice and Berrian relevant again.
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If Sidney Rice and Bernard Berrian were drafted, then yes they were overdrafted.
How does the Panthers D look against the Vikes this week?
Posted by: Tony C | September 17, 2008 03:26 PM
People laughed at me when I drafted Kurt Warner too. I'm on the Frerotte bandwagon baby, all aboard..WOO!
Posted by: TFRAM | September 17, 2008 03:49 PM
Greg? Whats up with Brandon Jacobs not finding the End Zone?????
Posted by: Bonnie and Clyde | September 17, 2008 04:26 PM
Greg - how come the top 200 moving forward never updates? Tom Brady at #9? Do you know something I don't?
Posted by: Season Passer | September 17, 2008 06:23 PM
Is Jackson, who's been riding my bench, worth holding onto? (Frerotte isn't exactly know for making it through a whole season.)
If not, is S. Rice or Thigpen a better use of his roster spot? I'm playing in a 2-QB league w/ too many teams, so good backup QB options are scarce.
My QBs: Culter, Palmer
My WRs: Boldin, Cotchery, Vincent Jackson, Antonio Bryant, Jerry Porter
Posted by: Ricky | September 17, 2008 09:32 PM
I think this is a bad move. Tarvaris was not good the first two weeks but he was not THAT bad. This is a panic move and its waaaay too early. THe vikes lost to two very good football teams by a combined 8 points. If we had Sage Rosenfels, Brady Quinn, Kurt Warner etc...then yes you make the move. But really, Gus Frerotte the same guy that headbutted the wall in celebration and gave himself a concussion?!?! Son of a bitch. Let Tarvaris play
Posted by: ozzie | September 18, 2008 01:40 AM
I think this is a bad move. Tarvaris was not good the first two weeks but he was not THAT bad. This is a panic move and its waaaay too early. THe vikes lost to two very good football teams by a combined 8 points. If we had Sage Rosenfels, Brady Quinn, Kurt Warner etc...then yes you make the move. But really, Gus Frerotte the same guy that headbutted the wall in celebration and gave himself a concussion?!?! Son of a bitch. Let Tarvaris play
Posted by: ozzie | September 18, 2008 01:41 AM