My latest WRAL / ESPN podcast is up: http://www.wralsportsfan.com/nfl/audio/16238882/. If you get half as much enjoyment listening to it as I got recording it, then that’s too much enjoyment.
My latest WRAL column is also up: http://www.wralsportsfan.com/meredith-floyd-top-list-of-possible-week-11-fantasy-starts/16238834/. Like this blog, everything will run through the end of December (though with Week 17 hitting on New Year’s Day, I’ll probably wrap up the blog a few days into 2017).
If you’re in a dynasty league where each keeper means burning a comparably valued draft pick, and if you have bench space, here are some guys to grab (though realistically, most managers probably don’t have the bench space to pick up more than one):
Tony Romo – He announced yesterday that Dak Prescott has earned the starting job in Dallas. Nothing heroic about it; the team surely made that call and likely simply gave their former franchise QB the courtesy of publicly embracing it. But this advances the narrative that Romo will be another team’s starter next season—perhaps Cleveland, Houston, Denver, New York (Jets), Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Chicago. The first four on that list possess good enough receivers to make a healthy Romo a QB1 (Alshon Jeffery’s likely departure from Chicago doesn’t inspire confidence in the Bears’ passing game).
Eddie Lacy – No doubt, the 2013-2014 phenom has hit his career low point after a weight-induced disappointing 2015 and an injury-induced lost 2016. He’ll be 27 next summer and likely playing for a long-term contract on a team in desperate need of a bell-cow.
Adrian Peterson – Why not? Given how incredibly awful Minnesota’s crop of backup RBs have played (not entirely their fault because of the o-line, but still), AP is signed thru 2017 and should once again be a 20-touch-per-game back next year.
Eric Decker – Signed thru 2018, Decker’s 2016 season parallels the Jets’: hugely disappointing. Not knowing who will be the team’s QB next year makes Decker a risky keeper, even without factoring injury recovery. Still, his track record as a consistent 1,000-yard receiver makes him a worthwhile dart throw if you want to take a chance on the Jets finding an NFL-caliber QB by next summer.
Sammy Watkins – He’s missed 10 games since the start of the 2015 season and might not play again this year. Immediate and deserved red flags. But if you’re burning only a late-round pick by keeping him, there’s no logical reason to ignore him.
Keenan Allen – Remember him? WR1 when healthy. Will he stay healthy next year? For his sake, man, I hope so. What a talent. For fantasy purposes, stealing him for, say, a 12th rounder would prove to be the draft’s biggest steal if he can play even half a season.
Kevin White – The talent is there, and assuming Alshon Jeffery leaves, he could be Chicago’s #1 receiver next September. Looking for a back-end fantasy starter with top 25 potential, I’d absolutely take a chance on him.
My latest WRAL column is also up: http://www.wralsportsfan.com/meredith-floyd-top-list-of-possible-week-11-fantasy-starts/16238834/. Like this blog, everything will run through the end of December (though with Week 17 hitting on New Year’s Day, I’ll probably wrap up the blog a few days into 2017).
If you’re in a dynasty league where each keeper means burning a comparably valued draft pick, and if you have bench space, here are some guys to grab (though realistically, most managers probably don’t have the bench space to pick up more than one):
Tony Romo – He announced yesterday that Dak Prescott has earned the starting job in Dallas. Nothing heroic about it; the team surely made that call and likely simply gave their former franchise QB the courtesy of publicly embracing it. But this advances the narrative that Romo will be another team’s starter next season—perhaps Cleveland, Houston, Denver, New York (Jets), Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Chicago. The first four on that list possess good enough receivers to make a healthy Romo a QB1 (Alshon Jeffery’s likely departure from Chicago doesn’t inspire confidence in the Bears’ passing game).
Eddie Lacy – No doubt, the 2013-2014 phenom has hit his career low point after a weight-induced disappointing 2015 and an injury-induced lost 2016. He’ll be 27 next summer and likely playing for a long-term contract on a team in desperate need of a bell-cow.
Adrian Peterson – Why not? Given how incredibly awful Minnesota’s crop of backup RBs have played (not entirely their fault because of the o-line, but still), AP is signed thru 2017 and should once again be a 20-touch-per-game back next year.
Eric Decker – Signed thru 2018, Decker’s 2016 season parallels the Jets’: hugely disappointing. Not knowing who will be the team’s QB next year makes Decker a risky keeper, even without factoring injury recovery. Still, his track record as a consistent 1,000-yard receiver makes him a worthwhile dart throw if you want to take a chance on the Jets finding an NFL-caliber QB by next summer.
Sammy Watkins – He’s missed 10 games since the start of the 2015 season and might not play again this year. Immediate and deserved red flags. But if you’re burning only a late-round pick by keeping him, there’s no logical reason to ignore him.
Keenan Allen – Remember him? WR1 when healthy. Will he stay healthy next year? For his sake, man, I hope so. What a talent. For fantasy purposes, stealing him for, say, a 12th rounder would prove to be the draft’s biggest steal if he can play even half a season.
Kevin White – The talent is there, and assuming Alshon Jeffery leaves, he could be Chicago’s #1 receiver next September. Looking for a back-end fantasy starter with top 25 potential, I’d absolutely take a chance on him.