This new segment will attempt each week, at least for the first eight to 10 weeks of the season, to take a look at outlier stat lines to see who might truly be a contributor to your fantasy football success and whose big weeks may be a mirage.
Buy – Quincy Enunwa:
NY Jets: It’s my intention to write this column every week, earlier in the week than Friday. So I’m cheating a bit on this one, since Enunwa has played two games already.
But I’m all in on him. (more…)
I had just gotten done throwing a theory out to my cousin Rich, an occasional contributor to this site, about how the 2016 Vikings bore some resemblance to the 1980 Raiders. Just then I heard a producer on 1500 ESPN radio in the Twin Cities theorize that newly acquired QB Sam Bradford may be in a similar situation as Jim Plunkett was during that season 36 years ago.
It’s not an apples-for-apples comparison. Plunkett had already been on the Raiders’ roster in 1979, though he threw just 15 passes. He was backing up Dan Pastorini, who had become Oakland’s QB when Ken Stabler was moved to Houston.
But Plunkett had struggled for eight seasons on mostly bad teams to live up to expectations after entering the NFL as the top pick in the 1971 draft. That’s similar to the path Bradford has been on. He was rookie of the year after being the top pick in 2010, but then tore up his knee twice and has since struggled to find the right fit. (He missed the entire 2014 campaign with a torn ACL, his second in as many seasons.) (more…)
Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones and former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue took the roles they are most
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known for in the same year and they could go into the Hall of Fame at the same time, as well.
Voters selected the pair as Contributor candidates for 2017 enshrinement in Canton, OH.
Jones bought the Cowboys in 1989, hiring Jimmy Johnson in controversial fashion to replace Tom Landry as head coach. The duo endured a tough first season but, thanks in part to fleecing Minnesota in a deal for Herschel Walker, enjoyed a few really good seasons and two Super Bowl championships before the relationship soured.
Tagliabue succeeded long-time commissioner Pete Rozelle in 1989 and presided over one of the longest eras of labor peace in the league’s modern era.
Tagliabue and Jones join Kenny Easley as finalists for 2017 induction. Easley was announced Monday as the senior candidate.
More on this later. My initial thoughts: I think Tagliabue belongs, but as with many of these picks, I’m not sure he’s the best candidate awaiting enshrinement at this time. Regarding Jones … I’m not sure I understand this one at this time. He’s definitely involved in league matters behind the scenes but outside those first few years with Johnson, the team itself has mostly been mediocre under his watch. Why he’s a better choice than Pat Bowlen in Denver or even (as mentioned by Zoneblitz commentators Paul, Rasputin and maybe others) Cowboys scouting legend Gil Brandt, I’m not sure I understand.
Hall of Fame voters selected Jerry Jones and Paul Tagliabue as 2017 Contributor candidates. That's ...
Total Voters: 30
Loading ...Donte Moncrief
ADP: 66.5
WR: 28
Donte Moncrief headed into the 2015 season with a lot of hype and early on he came through, putting up usable fantasy numbers through six of the first seven games.
Then Andrew Luck was injured. Things didn’t spiral down the tubes or anything like that, but Moncrief got a lot more inconsistent. He finished the uneven campaign with 64 catches, 733 yards and six TDs on 105 targets, a fine second season, but short of what his owners had hoped for after the hot start.
Now Luck is healthy and the Colts are hoping to rebound from a disappointing 8-8 season. Moncrief is projected to be one of the key pieces of that puzzle, as a complement to T.Y. Hilton and a catalyst on what will have to be a pass-heavy offense.
So what will the real Donte Moncrief look like?
John Vomhof Jr.: Buy (more…)
The Pro Football Hall of Fame senior committee selected Seattle safety Kenny Easley as its nominee for
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enshrinement in the class of 2017.
Easley was a ferocious hitter and among the best defensive players to not make the Hall so far – potentially even better than Ronnie Lott, according to some, including former Raiders TE Todd Christensen.
(Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue have also been named finalists as contributors.)
He amassed five Pro Bowls and three AP First-Team All Pro awards, according to Pro Football Reference, and he was first-team on the All-1980s team. He was the AFC Defensive Rookie of the Year in 1981, AFC Defensive Player of the Year in 1983 and NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1984.
The problems? The biggest is that his career was cut short after seven seasons due to a damaged kidney. He also plays safety, where voters have created a logjam by enshrining them nearly as infrequently as they do punters and kickers. (more…)
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