Saturday, November 8, 2008

Potential Keepers

Here's a list of attractive keepers for each team. For those teams whose keeper was questionable, I listed a few:

Estelle Getty's Boobs: Matt Ryan (13th round)
Avalon Park Assassins: Chris Johnson (13th round)
Team Vote 4 Pedro: Jake Delhomme (10th round)
Huey Ramas: Jay Cutler (8th round)
Wings of Pastrami: Steve Slaton (14th round)
Bourne Ulcerations: Ronnie Brown (8th round); Dwayne Bowe (6th round)
NE Narcotics: Eddie Royal (14th round)
Floating Turtleheads: Brandon Jacobs (6th round); Felix Jones (9th round)
Hoof Hearted: Tim Hightower (10th round -- FA addition); Adrian Peterson (1st round -- this year's keeper)
Fighting Cocks: Chad Pennington (13th round); Brian Westbrook (1st round -- this year's keeper)
Bradford Brawlers: Drew Brees (2nd round); Ray Rice (10th round); Donnie Avery (18th round)
WM Molesters: Phillip Rivers (9th round); Darren McFadden (3rd round)

8 comments:

Adam said...

You are right on with my keeper. Also, basically, the way I view it, is that I am playing you every week. Our scores are so close that it doesn't even matter who I am actually playing.

jgrenn said...

few other keepers -
WOP - matt forte (7th round), owen daniels (11th round)

Ulceration - wes welker (4th round), kevin smith (7th round)

boobs - Andre Johnson (3rd round), rashard mendenhall (11th round)

Adam said...

mendenhall could be possible for me, especially with parker hurt so much this year, hard to say what he will look like in the future.

jgrenn said...

i wonder how long parker will be in the plans - 2 years in a row with major injuries.

Tim said...

Jason, those are good calls on other potentials. I tried to keep it to one player apiece, but I couldn't find any overwhelming choices for some owners.

If Kevin Smith becomes the clear #1, he might be an attractive keeper for me. He and Bowe are in similar positions in that they could be playing for teams that are improving. With new ownership in Detroit, I'd like to think they'll look at ways to improve their offensive line (as opposed to drafting another WR in the first round), which could make Smith more attractive, too.

As for Andre Johnson, I'm not sure you realize as much benefit keeping him as you might with other players, as he'd probably be a second-round pick at best next year. And with Mendenhall, I just haven't seen enough to make me feel comfortable with him as a keeper. I don't know how much sooner he'd go in the draft.

I like Forte a lot, but not so much more that his value is higher than Slaton's.

jgrenn said...

yeah, i was throwing out more potential. some have much more value than others from where they were drafted, but you might like a player fo what he brings to yor team (ie - andre johnson anchoring a WR corp or Forte being a strong PPR rb , etc). Some teams have crap for keepers. it will be interesting if we have every owner back next year to see how many actually keep someone.

Tim said...

Adam, I see it the same way: It's me and you every week. This week, it's literally me and you. It'll be easy to scoreboard watch this week. I needed to make up ground last week and that didn't happen, but I feel like this could be my biggest week in a while, so watch out!

I think every owner this year has been pretty strong. The new guys have represented themselves well. I know EB (the Bolsheviks) wants back in, but I'm not sure there's an owner I would want him to replace. Your thoughts?

jgrenn said...

in terms of owners - i agree. my hope is that no one gets kicked out. Its fun to have some consistent owners and this with 4 new owners this year, I hate to do it over again. So far everyone has been active on the wire and the board. seems like a fun bunch, though some roster moves have been iffy at best (but dont we all have those?)

the playoff picture is gonna come down to the last week. which is crazy. last year, my season was over about this time, adam was on the hunt and I think Tim you were on cruise control. But this year, all 3 of us are fighting each week. too bad only 2 can get in.