Royale with Cheese
Remember that waiver list I posted last night? That was made before Eddie Royal dropped that bang thang on DeAngelo Hall. The kid embarrassed the overrated former Falcon.
Now I'm not usually into rookie wideouts. Especially ones who weight 182 pounds. But I'm a sucker for precise routes, and Royal's footwork is intense. Sure, Brandon Marshall wasn't there and Royal is unlikely to top 140 yards again. Who cares? He's clearly the second receiver on a team with a great playcaller and a great quarterback. I'm not ready to call him an every-week WR3, but he should be owned in all leagues for depth. He'd top my receiver list.
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He comes in second on Chris Wesseling's list. Silva, by the way, is chatting at 3 ET on Season Pass.
Comments
Gregg,
What do you think the emergence of Royal does to Scheffler's fantasy value?
Shanny seems to have moved to a RBBC and a TEBC, so Scheffler is already competing for snaps. Cutler didn't seem to look his way after that horrible drop he had in the endzone. The YAC were impressive on his one reception, but will there be more in the future?
Posted by: CdnFan | September 9, 2008 03:19 PM
How would you rank the Eddie the French Quarter Pounder sans cheese compared to Vincent Jackson?
Posted by: Rtown | September 10, 2008 12:01 AM
How would you rank the Eddie the French Quarter Pounder sans cheese compared to Vincent Jackson?
Posted by: Rtown | September 10, 2008 12:01 AM
Royal rocks the house in return yardage leagues, he does PR and KR duties on top of the WR points!
Posted by: B | September 10, 2008 01:36 AM
Looks like I'm going to have some decisions to make in my 12-team PPR league. I've got boom-or-bust Old Man Galloway as my WR 3, but I grabbed DeSean Jackson and the Royal Flush with a few late-round fliers.
I'll be curious to see how the WR rankings shake out this week.
Posted by: Matt M | September 10, 2008 10:03 AM