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Here are the guys I'm avoiding like the plague. Using ADP data from fantasy football calculator, I strongly suggest staying far away from these guys, unless they fall, and fall hard in your your draft. BTW, I'm not even mentioning CJ Anderson, as I don't want this entire thread dedicated to why I don't think he'll hold the job.
#1- DeMarco Murray (adp-2.04) biggest reason I'm staying off Murray, is the 400++ touches last season and his history of injuries. This guy is a ticking time bomb to end up injured. But along with that, I give you exhibit A in 2014 Shady McCoy. A perennial stud turned to mush by both the Eagles line, and Chip Kelly's inexplicable usage. Kelly is already in record saying that usage pattern is going to continue. All three of Murray Mathews and Sproles will be used extensively..a member of a 3 headed committee is not what you want to spend a second round pick on. Maybe a 4th, not a 2nd.
#2. Emmanuel Sanders (ADP 3.09). 100+ catches last year. Sounds great right? Sure, but he's not doing it this year, not even close. Ask the owners of Eric Moulds and Kevin Walter, how a #2 WR fairs in a Kubiak offense. Can have a decent looking season, but very very inconsistant, you'll never guess the right game where they have 100+ and 2 TD's. Sanders time in the limelight had come and gone. Let someone else chase last year's stats.
3. TJ Yeldon (ADP-5.05). A rookie RB, on a bad offensive team, headed by a shaky, yet loaded with potential, 2nd year QB, an average at best line, no real that's on the outside, he has no help to ease his transition, and EVERY scoring report you can find on this dude says he lacks the power to break most tackles, and he lacks the speed to outrun NFL caliber defenders. So he's neither a speed guy or a power guy, so why is he being handed the job when he's nothing more than a younger version of Toby Gerhert? Look for the Jags to turn back to Shoelace sooner rather than later. Don't depend on this guy to be your RB2 all year long, he's unprovenand doesn't have the measurables to be given the benefit of the doubt until he does.
4. Victor Cruz (ADP 6.07) How he's going in the sixth round is beyond me. A proven injury risk before the career threatening patellar tendon tear, and he's still a 6th rounder after it? No thanks not for me. The torque and strain put on the knee joint in professional football is unreal, and the patellar tendon tear is one of the most devastating injuries any athlete can attempt to recover from. Google Ryan Williams if you desire a very recent piece of evidence. Cruz isn't playing 16 games with that bum wheel, and whatever games he does play in, he's not going to be a shadow of what he used to be.
5. Alfred Blue (ADP 6.12) Even IF he can hang onto the starting job in Foster's absence, he's only looking at about 8 games. ..half a season of getting meaningful playing time. Not worth a sixth round pick (or a seventh) by any stretch of the imagination. And that's IF he is the guy. I have my doubts that his barely above 3 career YPC can hang onto the job to begin with. Would much rather take Grimes in the last couple rounds.
#1- DeMarco Murray (adp-2.04) biggest reason I'm staying off Murray, is the 400++ touches last season and his history of injuries. This guy is a ticking time bomb to end up injured. But along with that, I give you exhibit A in 2014 Shady McCoy. A perennial stud turned to mush by both the Eagles line, and Chip Kelly's inexplicable usage. Kelly is already in record saying that usage pattern is going to continue. All three of Murray Mathews and Sproles will be used extensively..a member of a 3 headed committee is not what you want to spend a second round pick on. Maybe a 4th, not a 2nd.
#2. Emmanuel Sanders (ADP 3.09). 100+ catches last year. Sounds great right? Sure, but he's not doing it this year, not even close. Ask the owners of Eric Moulds and Kevin Walter, how a #2 WR fairs in a Kubiak offense. Can have a decent looking season, but very very inconsistant, you'll never guess the right game where they have 100+ and 2 TD's. Sanders time in the limelight had come and gone. Let someone else chase last year's stats.
3. TJ Yeldon (ADP-5.05). A rookie RB, on a bad offensive team, headed by a shaky, yet loaded with potential, 2nd year QB, an average at best line, no real that's on the outside, he has no help to ease his transition, and EVERY scoring report you can find on this dude says he lacks the power to break most tackles, and he lacks the speed to outrun NFL caliber defenders. So he's neither a speed guy or a power guy, so why is he being handed the job when he's nothing more than a younger version of Toby Gerhert? Look for the Jags to turn back to Shoelace sooner rather than later. Don't depend on this guy to be your RB2 all year long, he's unprovenand doesn't have the measurables to be given the benefit of the doubt until he does.
4. Victor Cruz (ADP 6.07) How he's going in the sixth round is beyond me. A proven injury risk before the career threatening patellar tendon tear, and he's still a 6th rounder after it? No thanks not for me. The torque and strain put on the knee joint in professional football is unreal, and the patellar tendon tear is one of the most devastating injuries any athlete can attempt to recover from. Google Ryan Williams if you desire a very recent piece of evidence. Cruz isn't playing 16 games with that bum wheel, and whatever games he does play in, he's not going to be a shadow of what he used to be.
5. Alfred Blue (ADP 6.12) Even IF he can hang onto the starting job in Foster's absence, he's only looking at about 8 games. ..half a season of getting meaningful playing time. Not worth a sixth round pick (or a seventh) by any stretch of the imagination. And that's IF he is the guy. I have my doubts that his barely above 3 career YPC can hang onto the job to begin with. Would much rather take Grimes in the last couple rounds.
