There were very high expectations for Jeremy Shockey in his first season with the Saints. Shockey, who knew the ins and outs of coach Sean Payton's offense from their time together with the Giants, was playing for a contract and entering an extremely pass-heavy offense.

Shockey aggravated a summer groin injury in Week 3 and needed sports hernia surgery. He returned more quickly than expected -- missing only four games -- but was obviously short on explosiveness the rest of the way, lost two fumbles, and never found the end zone. He finished as the TE27 in standard (non-PPR) leagues.

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Posted by Evan Silva at 04:33 PM | Permalink | Comments (21)

Great job on post yesterday: 48 comments! Now on to today's subject ...

Oh, Pierre: we have come so far together. One of favorite muses on this blog, a popular Fantasy Fix topic last summer, and a top-three fantasy back down the stretch. He put up 677 total yards, 19 catches, and nine scores in a career-altering six week stretch. Now it's time to cash in. Right?

Not everyone agrees. Thomas' ADP is all over the map. It seems like he could go anywhere from early in round three to round five, depending on what draft you are in.

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Posted by Gregg Rosenthal at 12:59 PM | Permalink | Comments (42)

Time for everyone's favorite short-lived running segment from last year I forgot about: Tough to Rank. In it, I bring up a player that could seemingly go in any direction and throw it to the floor to find out your infinite wisdom.

First up is last year's Fantasy MVP: DeAngelo Williams. In the first half of last season, Williams was the RB19: 620 total yards, five scores. In the second half, he went bonkers: 1,038 total yards, 15 scores!

The Panthers had 500 rushing attempts and 30 rushing scores last year. Those overall numbers are likely to fall with a tougher schedule that includes both Eastern Divisions.

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Posted by Gregg Rosenthal at 09:12 AM | Permalink | Comments (59)

Our first magazine is due in less than two weeks, so we are cranking on that, as you’d imagine. The football content may be a tad light in the meantime, other than the news. I also do want to post Dynasty Rankings for everyone on the main site later today.

For now, you can not click on Tom Curran and I talking about post-draft power rankings, thorny situations with players that weren't traded, and the WildPat.

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