Where Will Ravens' Flacco Go in Fantasy Drafts?
by Bruce Raffel on Aug 25, 2010 12:00 PM EDT
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Looking once again at a weekly post about Fantasy Football, we turn to the Baltimore Ravens QB, Joe Flacco, to ponder the question above. Flacco is entering his third year in the NFL and has started every game and played more in his first two years than any other QB in NFL history. He has improved his statistics the first two years and seems poised to make a significant jump in 2010 due to the improvement in his receiving corps along with the additional year of experience.
Some people say that a QB really begins to hit his stride in year three so Ravens and fantasy football fans might be very excited this season. Flacco threw for almost 700 more yards and increase his TD passes from 14 to 21 in his second year compared to his rookie season, while keeping his interceptions the exact same. However, the fantasy question remains in that is he a starter on your fantasy team or just a backup for your starter's Bye week? Who's ahead of Joe in fantasy terms? Most rankings have him in the #10-15 range, just behind the debatable Matt Ryan (Atlanta), Donvan McNabb (Washington), Kevin Kolb (Philadelphia), Jay Cutler (Chicago), Eli Manning (NY Giants) and Carson Palmer (Cincinnati). If you put him ahead of these guys, then he is a Top Ten Fantasy QB. Or is he? You discuss below. Talk amongst yourselves...
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In my fantasy league
It was a 14 player auction league, there were no other Ravens fans so he was a little under the radar. of a budget of 320, I got Flacco for 20.
Ray Rice who didn’t slide under the radar at all, I got him for 122.
and for what it’s worth, I got Q for 27 waaaaay late and he’s probably not even a regular starter unless I like the match up.
top ten QBs
1)Peyton Manning
2)Aaron Rodgers
3)Breesus
4)Rivers
5)Brady
6)Romo
7)Schaub
8)McNabb
9)Flacco
10)Ryan
Honorable Mention:
Favre (his ankle looks suspect and he doesn’t seem to pumped about this year)
Eli Manning (he looked incredble last year until Plantar Fasciitis rerailed his performance)
Kevin Kolb (looks great but too much of an unknown to go in the top 10)
Carson Palmer (questionable O-Line and he was unspectacular last year)
Roethlisberger (would be up there but for the obvious reason that he’s suspended)
Cutler (he’s been a great fantasy QB before… he SHOULD be able to do it again)
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
Can we be in a draft together?
If you draft Manning over Rodgers or Brees, that’d make me so happy!
Manning has Gonzalez back, Garcon and Collie coming into their second years, and Clark and Wayne playing in their primes. He’s coming off a heartbreaker in the Superbowl. I could see Peyton Manning throwing 40 TDs this year.
That’s not to say you can’t make the Rodgers argument though.
Brees… meh… coming off a superbowl win and the three best years of his career? Wouldn’t this be a good time for him to have a bit of a hangover? I could be wrong, but I feel like Manning and Rodgers are both much safer bets.
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
Madden cover... Brees is toast
Gonzalez will get hurt in the third game. I hate him… he has been killing me in fantasy the past two years. Why do I keep overdrafting him? It’s like I can’t help but call out his name five rounds too early.
Hope so
Grabbed him in the second round of my 16 man draft. Frank Gore at pick 7 and Manning on the way back around. Rodgers, Brees, Brady, and Romo all went before Manning.
Romo before Manning ?!?!?! I like Romo’s game, but he’s got NO O-line. He’s either going to be injured all season or not producing many TDs. Look for him to be a bust.
I still think Dallas will be fine on Offense
I could see him putting up 4,000 yards and 30 TDs… It’s just WAY safer to assume Manning is going to put up those numbers and thus I did a backflip when Manning was there.
my top ten
1: Rodgers
2: Brees
3: Brady
4: Manning
5: Romo
6: Rivers
7: Schaub
8: Flacco
9: Ryan
10: Manning, Eli
by wild.twins.ravens.win on Aug 26, 2010 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Flacco rounds out the top 10 QBs
But he has the potential for a breakout Schaub or Rivers type year.
I picked him up in the 6th round of a 10-team league. I was amazed he even fell that far.
Nicknames for Benoit-Soriano? How about ‘one and done’ describing the length of time they’re likely to be Rays
by sternfan1 on Jul 25, 2010 4:01 AM PDT
*Rodgers, I mean
Nicknames for Benoit-Soriano? How about ‘one and done’ describing the length of time they’re likely to be Rays
by sternfan1 on Jul 25, 2010 4:01 AM PDT
my top 10
1)Kyle Boller
2)Todd Collins
3) Trent Edwards
4)Marc Bulger
5)Jordan Palmer
6)Pat White
7)klye orton
8)josh freeman
9)Joe Flacco
10)Kobe Bryant
Are you crazy!!!???
Where’s Trent Dilfer on that list, you goof!?
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Aug 25, 2010 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
And where’s Kordell Stewart?
"Me no function beer welll without."
by StuckInUtah on Aug 25, 2010 9:48 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
my top 10
Sorry guys, Flacco misses my top 10.
1) Stoney Case
2) Eric Zeier
3) Scott Mitchell
4) Trent Dilfer
5) Chris Redman
6) Jim Harbaugh
7) Tony Banks
8) Kyle Boller
9) Anthony Wright
10) Elvis Grbac
by Voodoo Child on Aug 27, 2010 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I thought
that was Boller.
"Believe me, I know the save rule and, quite frankly, it doesn’t carry much weight with me. I like the win rule a little bit better."
by organizedchaos52 on Aug 27, 2010 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd put Flacco
At 9th or 10th but he could have easily slipped to 12thish if I wasn’t a fan.
The league is surprisingly packed with good QB’s when you really think about it.
Still his growth potential makes him a solid pick and he is going to be cheap compared to the likes of Brees, Rodgers, and Manning.
The Ravens run for too many touchdowns for me to rank Flacco inside the top ten.
I’d slate him just after Eli and Kolb. Kolb may not be a great real football QB, but in Any Reid’s system I think he is going to be have 2008 Culter-like numbers… INT’s don’t hurt a who lot in standard scoring leagues to have me drop Kolb below Flaccnuts.
Kolb is a huge unknown. What I do know about him is that he has a great throwing motion and a very crisp release, and he places the ball very accurately so that receivers can catch in-stride.
What I don’t like is that the Eagles are such a pass-first team that you have to expect a lot of INTs from him. I’d guess he throws 24 TDs and 16 INTs.
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
6point league that is 144 points just in TD’s and only 16-32 points negative for INT’s (depending on 0, 1, or 2 points per pick). Given the 65% of the time that Reid loves to pass it I don’t think he finishes with less than 3700 yards. Even though it was limited action, the two starts he made he threw for 400 yards… 3+ INT’s if memory serves, but 400 yards anyhow.
in a 6pt QB TD pass league, any QB’s value is way higher. I still play in a 4pt TD pass league.
MaLoR weren’t we the co-owners of a team? did i hit the snooze button on that?
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
Flacco got picked 7th in my league
My friend picked him just to piss me off. I had to settle for Romo
Your friend blew it. As good a season as flacco may have, I doubt he’ll top Romo.
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
by jackmca on Aug 26, 2010 5:34 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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