Ranking the rookies
This post ends my epochal second round rookie receivers series, which will assuredly go down in history ahead of Lord of the Rings as the most influential trilogy in history.
People will say that we should give rookie receivers ample time, and that is true. But there is a difference between a slow start and producing virtually nothing in your rookie season. Chad Jackson, Sinorice Moss, Robert Meachem, Devery Henderson, and Darius Watts are among the early recent picks at the position with virtually no rookie contributions. They didn't turn it around. With that in mind, here's how I'd rank these 10 in dynasty leagues. The top three, all mighty mites, could be long-term WR2s rather than top-10 guys. Nothing wrong with that.
1. Eddie Royal
2. DeSean Jackson
3. Donnie Avery
4. Jordy Nelson
5. Devin Thomas
6. Malcolm Kelly
7. James Hardy
8. Limas Sweed
9. Jerome Simpson
10. Dexter Jackson
Comments
Josh Morgan will be better than all of these guys.....
Posted by: Todd | November 21, 2008 05:46 PM
But his QB won't be.
LOLZ!
PWNED!
Posted by: anti-todd | November 22, 2008 02:18 PM
Not sure there is too much to argue here. I agree that Josh Morgan should stick around. I like what I see of Devin Thomas and Jordy Nelson.
Posted by: Matt | November 23, 2008 04:22 AM
Gregg,
Please do your readers a favor and rank Jay Cutler around 15th this week against the Jets. Yeah I know the Jets have a strong run D and a weak pass D. I nearly pulled the trigger on Jeff Garcia over Cutler this week, but I couldn't do it. Now, I am out of the playoff hunt. But here's the deal.... Since the Cleveland game(Torain and Young go down),teams have taken the opportunity to prepare for Peyton "slow as an average High School starting running back Hillis". Yeah he's a great story, but anyone with NFL talent would run for 200 yards the way the Raiders played the run game today. It amazes me how Oakland can double down on Marshall and Royal the entire game. The Jets will probably play Jenkins against the run and drop everyone else into the secondary. The stuttering Hillis will run for 81 yards on 25 carries. By the way, Brandon Marshall is giving a pretty mediocre effort these days as well. There is no way Cutler will outscore Cassell this week, matchup or not (so fix the rankings). Please quit the Cutler man crush. He's is also the biggest complainer in the NFL at 4.12 (unofficial scoring at home) referee complaints per completion.
later,
Phoney
Posted by: Phoney Maroney | November 24, 2008 12:27 AM
Dexter Jackson has a better chance of being out of the league in 3 years than he does of being a long-term WR2. His future is in KR or nothing.
Posted by: Bucs FANtasy | November 24, 2008 01:51 PM