Top 10 Unconventional Fantasy Predictions:
#1 . . .
Sam Bradford will be a top 10 fantasy QB this season. How can I be so stupid as to waste my top bold prediction on a fifth-year QB with an uninspiring career QB rating (79.3), a significant injury history (missing 15 games in 4 seasons), and an unproven receiving corps? Why don't I play it safe and predict that great things will happen for Aaron Rodgers, Jamaal Charles, and Dez Bryant?
Because that's not why you read this blog, and it's not why I write it. We both want the same thing: an edge on the competition. When opponents are settling for middling talent in the 8th round, we grab under-the-radar difference makers. That's why we're better than them. And that's why we win.
Most "experts" overlook the fact that before getting knocked out for the season, Bradford was on pace last year for career highs in passing yards (3,856), TDs (32), completion percentage (60.7), and QB rating (90.9). He did all this with perennial underperforming TE Jared Cook as the team's #1 receiver (671 yards and 5 TDs on the year).
We have not yet seen Bradford's best. At 26 years old, he's still coming into his own. Last year three 3-TD performances came at a more consistent clip than Tom Brady's (2 in 16 games), Jay Cutler (2 in 11 games), Andrew Luck (4 in 16 games), Tony Romo (4 in 15 games), and Matt Stafford (5 in 16 games) . . . among many others.
CBS Sports ranks him as the 21st best fantasy QB. ESPN? 24th. Yahoo? 25th. They view Bradford as irrelevant from a fantasy perspective. I'm here to tell you they're wrong.
I'm in two fantasy leagues. Tonight is my final draft. And I can't wait to snag Bradford.
#1 . . .
Sam Bradford will be a top 10 fantasy QB this season. How can I be so stupid as to waste my top bold prediction on a fifth-year QB with an uninspiring career QB rating (79.3), a significant injury history (missing 15 games in 4 seasons), and an unproven receiving corps? Why don't I play it safe and predict that great things will happen for Aaron Rodgers, Jamaal Charles, and Dez Bryant?
Because that's not why you read this blog, and it's not why I write it. We both want the same thing: an edge on the competition. When opponents are settling for middling talent in the 8th round, we grab under-the-radar difference makers. That's why we're better than them. And that's why we win.
Most "experts" overlook the fact that before getting knocked out for the season, Bradford was on pace last year for career highs in passing yards (3,856), TDs (32), completion percentage (60.7), and QB rating (90.9). He did all this with perennial underperforming TE Jared Cook as the team's #1 receiver (671 yards and 5 TDs on the year).
We have not yet seen Bradford's best. At 26 years old, he's still coming into his own. Last year three 3-TD performances came at a more consistent clip than Tom Brady's (2 in 16 games), Jay Cutler (2 in 11 games), Andrew Luck (4 in 16 games), Tony Romo (4 in 15 games), and Matt Stafford (5 in 16 games) . . . among many others.
CBS Sports ranks him as the 21st best fantasy QB. ESPN? 24th. Yahoo? 25th. They view Bradford as irrelevant from a fantasy perspective. I'm here to tell you they're wrong.
I'm in two fantasy leagues. Tonight is my final draft. And I can't wait to snag Bradford.