It was kind of a bad year for running backs, a good year for most of the Patriots, and a so-so year for my teams. In the interest of full disclosure, I have two leagues that I consider my main leagues, and I finished in third in one 12-team league (losing in the first round of the playoffs and winning the consolation game) and I missed the playoffs in my other league (two divisions of 10 teams) by a game. Not quite what I hoped for, but not a total disaster.
Anyway, time to hand out the hardware:
MVP AWARD
Someday you'll be telling your grandkids about what Tom Brady did this season. They'll probably ignore you though. Brats.BUST OF THE YEAR AWARD
Shaun Alexander could finish with fewer fantasy points than Ronnie Brown (out since Week 8), Larry Johnson (out since Week 9) and Maurice Morris (Alexander's backup). That's disgraceful for a guy who's played in 12 games so far and was considered a top-10 running back in the preseason.2007 ALL-FANTASY TEAM
QB: Tom Brady
RB1: LaDainian Tomlinson
RB2: Brian Westbrook
WR1: Randy Moss
WR2: Terrell Owens
TE: Jason Witten
Defense: San Diego Chargers
Kicker: Mason Crosby
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD
Adrian Peterson, who else?
SOPHOMORE SLUMP AWARD
Maurice Jones-Drew gets the dishonor only because his nine total TDs so far are well short of last season's 15. That wasn't a reasonable expectation, though.
FUTURE FANTASY STUD AWARD
RB Darren McFadden, New England Patriots?
COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Moss caught 11 touchdowns in his two years in Oakland. He's got 21 so far with the New England Patriots. It's amazing what a change of scenery can do.
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER AWARD
QBs Derek Anderson and Tony Romo share the prize for making themselves legit fantasy threats.
BEST PREDICTIONS BY YOURS TRULY
I tabbed Brandon Marshall and Santonio Holmes as sleepers, and I knew Peterson would be good (but not this good).
WORST PREDICTIONS BY YOURS TRULY
I believed Cedric Benson and Thomas Jones could make meaningful contributions each week. Oops.
RISING STOCK
Braylon Edwards, Marshawn Lynch, Earnest Graham, Ryan Grant, David Garrard.
FALLING STOCK
Vince Young, Rudi Johnson, Eli Manning, Larry Johnson, Laurence Maroney.
ONE-WEEK WONDER AWARD
In Week 4, Oakland Raiders QB Daunte Culpepper had one of the freakiest fantasy stat lines I can recall in recent years: 5 for 12, 75 yards, two TDs passing, three TDs rushing to lead all scorers. Other than that, he was either average or injured the rest of the time.
SUPER EARLY TOP 10 FOR 2008
1. Tomlinson
2. Westbrook
3. Peterson
4. Joseph Addai
5. Brady
6. Steven Jackson
7. Peyton Manning
8. Frank Gore
9. Moss
10. Romo
Photos by The Associated Press
4 comments:
I would move Steven Jackson up on your list for next year. With a healthy O-Line in St.Louis, his numbers are a totally different story. They will no doubt rival LT for tops in the fantasy world.
You might be right, but I gotta see it before I believe it. This really should have been a huge year for him, so he's going to fall a little farther than he should in next year's draft.
haha cmon now Mcfadden will go top 5, and the pats dont need another running Back, seeing as how they run 4 times a game. Im seein DMac goin maybe to a team with a subpar RB, like the Falcons,Seahawks maybe?
Remember the Patriots have the 49ers' draft pick this year via a trade, so by my calculations they'll be picking 7th (and it would have been even higher had the Niners not beaten the Bucs two weeks ago). Here's what the current draft order looks like:
1. Miami (1-15)
2. St. Louis (3-13)
3T. Atlanta (4-12)
3T. Kansas City (4-11)
3T. Oakland (4-12)
6. New York Jets (4-12)
7. New England (from San Francisco) (5-11)
8. Baltimore (5-11)
9. Cincinnati (7-9)
10. New Orleans (7-9)
That being said, you're right, McFadden is worthy of a top five pick and probably won't fall to the Pats. Maybe the Dolphins make a splash with the top pick. The Falcons need to go with a QB, a deep position this year, and give the ball to Jerious Norwood more. The Raiders or Jets might take McFadden. No way he gets to the Seahawks unless they trade up.
My reasoning for the Pats is that I don't think they are thrilled with Laurence Maroney, and I think they'd prefer to NOT have to throw so much, plus McFadden is probably the best player in the draft. He just won't fall to them at No. 7. But regardless, McFadden is clearly the top rookie to keep in mind for fantasy next season and is worthy of perhaps a second-round pick no matter where he ends up.
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