Before the McNair news hit, I was all set to write a post Saturday about the changes I made in our quarterback rankings for the second magazine. So here's that post, albeit a little delayed.
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I do less tweaking of projections between May and August than I used to. Maybe it's laziness, but I'd like to think it's an evolution towards realizing very little that has happened in minicamp season is impactful. I've looked at changes we've made in previous years, and it hasn't helped the final product. Sometimes you stare at the same rankings so long that you change them just for the sake of it.
With that said, here are a couple of minor adjustments I made between the first and second magazine. I am heading to Dallas this week, with the magazine going to our printer on Friday.
I flipped Brady Quinn and Marc Bulger, putting Quinn first. This is the only change I made that wasn't caused by news. I just don't believe in Bulger. Quinn could do ... something. Bulger doesn't pass the "Would I actually draft him?" test. Once you start drafting different than your rankings ... you have a problem.
I gave Matthew Stafford more attempts. It's become clear he'll start early in the year. He's still only an option in 2-QB leagues.
I gave Alex Smith more attempts, and Shaun Hill less. I tried not to hammer Hill's projection too much though. He's the type of QB2 I would take with Brees, Brady, or Manning. Decent upside and I won't care if he loses his job. Then I'll just replace him with Smith.
I gave Josh Freeman more attempts, taking some away from Luke McCown and Byron Leftwich. Leftwich is our highest ranked Bucs QB, if that matters. (It doesn't.)
I gave Kyle Orton slightly more attempts after being named the team's starter. But he already had plenty because I assumed he would win and he remains one of my favorite QB2 picks. Should he be higher than David Garrard? I have them 15-16.
Todd Bouman is in the house!
Brett Favre is on the board. He doesn't rank in the top 20. As Chris Johnson might tweet, kill me.
Comments
Hey Greg,
I need a RB in my dynasty league. Who should I target of thes following guys - S Jax, Westbrook, Tomlinson, Portis, Barber or Gore. Top guys are all gone.
Posted by: Bill | July 7, 2009 05:33 PM
bill - i would look at sjax first and then gore. you don't want anything to do with LT2, westy or portis in a new dyno league.
Posted by: BeastOrBust | July 8, 2009 05:44 PM
i also wasted 5 minutes of my life reading chris johnsons tweets, maybe someone should tweet him a copy of the english dictionary
Posted by: westly | July 8, 2009 08:29 PM
Look out for Bulger. This guy is going to surprise everyone. Think about it. This is a guy whose O-line couldn't protect him so in the draft that made an effort to improve and picked up a tackle that will shore up the line. Additionally, since Bulger was use to trying to get it down field under immense pressure, he now gets a westcoast offense which allow him to do shorter passes. With Stephen Jackson healthy and speedy receivers such as Avery and capable TE in McMichael this offense has success written all over it. So prepare for Bulger to finish in the top 15 and INVEST into the RAMS offense this year. This is a sleeper offense.
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