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3:34 am
April 29, 2008
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IceHammer
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I'm a Steeler fan and trust me i'm not complaining by any stretch of the imagination.But why did both Mendenhall and Sweed both drop. i've looked at alot of different rankings prior to the draft and both players were considered at least in the top two at there respective positions and yet they both slipped.The only thing i can think of is that RM was considered a 1 year wonder and that caused his drop and Sweed had injury concerns due to his wrist but he does have a decent body of work at a Football powerhouse. I'm just wondering what caused there slides.Anybody have any ideas?
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4:23 am
April 29, 2008
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Gambler
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Mendy I don’t havea clue on. Possibly because he was a 1 year wonder.
Sweed was a combo of the gimpy wrist and horrible rout running.
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9:05 am
April 29, 2008
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Tavaner
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It’s the difference between fantasy guys…self-proclaimed experts…and the guys who scout and draft for a living. Like the saying goes…don’t give up your day job.
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9:30 am
April 29, 2008
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Hambone
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I think that what you have to keep in mind is that the NFL teams have done a considerable amount of homework on all of these players. They've interviewed them with the intention of finding out if they'd be good fits within their respective teams. NFL teams draft for need, as opposed to FF owners who draft for value.
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10:42 am
April 29, 2008
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MrMarbles
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Agree with Gambler. We overvalue RBs in fantasy, whereas in the NFL they can usually plug in guys and are comfortable now going with RBBC. Teams like Houston, ARZ, Chi and Det saw the better value at OT or on defense than at RB. And they proved that for the most part by taking RBs later on in the draft.
In terms of Sweed, Gambler hit that one. Health is a big one for him
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10:55 am
April 29, 2008
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Hambone said:
I think that what you have to keep in mind is that the NFL teams have done a considerable amount of homework on all of these players. They've interviewed them with the intention of finding out if they'd be good fits within their respective teams. NFL teams draft for need, as opposed to FF owners who draft for value.
Completely agree. Teams draft according to their own boards, not those average boards you see floating around. The teams that passed on them either had bigger needs and felt they could draft that position later without much loss of production OR the player did not fit into the scheme they run. Simple as that.
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12:03 pm
April 29, 2008
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BrainBucket
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All of the baove makes the 'grades' so silly. Thye grade them on how well they did according to [insert expert here]'s pre draft ranking. WHo cares what you thought?! they had other needs. grade the draft in 3 or 5 years . . .
anyway back to the steelers. I was quite surprised they drafted this way, it is not typical of the way they have drafted in the past.
remember the O-line was good enough last season to have the #1 running back (FWP was #1 before he got hurt) and if Ben has a tall wr to use as an escape valve (ala Burress) then the sack numbers should drop as well. so maybe O-line was not as big an issue as was made out to be.
Only one way to find out . . when's opening weeekend?
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