The New Top 50
By Robby Wellington – Staff Writer
A lot has happened in the first two weeks. Instead of writing about it, I’m unveiling my current top 50 players. If my league held a draft today (standard scoring with 0.5 PPR and 2 WR, 2 RBs and a flex) this would be my cheat sheet.
1. LaDainian Tomlinson
2. Joey Addai
3. Frank Gore
4. Steven Jackson
5. Willie Parker
6. Brian Westbrook
7. Travis Henry
8. Rudi Johnson
9. Larry Johnson
10. Shaun Alexander
11. Steve Smith
12. Reggie Bush
13. Clinton Portis
14. Cedric Benson
15. Willis McGahee
16. Laurence Maroney
17. Terrell Owens
18. Marshawn Lynch
19. Chad Johnson
20. Brandon Jacobs
21. Reggie Wayne
22. Torry Holt
23. TJ Houshmandzadeh
24. Carson Palmer
25. Edge James
26. Marvin Harrison
27. Roy Williams
28. Antonio Gates
29. Thomas Jones
30. Peyton Manning
31. Plaxico Burress
32. Javon Walker
33. Maurice Jones-Who
34. Marques Colston
35. Lee Evans
36. LaMont Jordan
37. Larry Fitzgerald
38. Calvin Johnson
39. Donald Driver
40. Braylon Edwards
41. Marion Barber
42. Cadillac Williams
43. Tom Brady
44. Kevin Jones
45. Reggie Brown
46. Anquan Boldin
47. Ronnie Brown
48. Jamal Lewis
49. Deuce McAllister
50. Andre Johnson (please be OK ‘Dre!)
September 18th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Lamont Jordan still gets no love.
September 19th, 2007 at 7:17 am
No Adrian Peterson after hyping him all year?
September 19th, 2007 at 7:58 am
That was me - not Robby - hyping Peterson, so I totally agree with you. That had to just be an oversight on Robby’s part. He’d be in my top-20.
September 19th, 2007 at 11:16 am
Robby sucks
September 19th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Question for debate:
Which wr would you rather have the rest of the year: Lee Evans or Marques Colston?
Who’s more likely to turn it around? Losman and the Bills who have 3 VERY tough passing matchups to start the year (NE remaining in wk 3) or Brees and the Saints who just haven’t been in sync?
Colston looked better last week, but it was pretty much garbage time #s. Sean Payton’s system was incredible last year! How could they be so horrible this year??? I’ve heard the Oline has been way worse than last year, and also they have yet to play a home game. What about Brees? What’s his deal?
Losman and the Bills, I don’t know what to make of. Lee is typically a slow starter and Losman has looked like he’s regressing; though they’ve been up against some tough Ds… can they recapture the magic of last year?
Who would you rather have for the rest of this year: Lee Evans or Colston???
September 19th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
The Saints have played two good cover-2 defenses to start the year. The Saints run a WCO that is predicated on power gap running and a strong intermediate passing game. Their defense could not stop the Colts or Bucs which forced them to ditch the run early in the game, ultimately making a dink and dunk offense ineffective with Bush while Colston faced a safety deep and a LB spy over the middle for the majority of both of the previous games. If the Saints can establish any form of a running game, Colston will be back to producing.
September 19th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
By virtue of the complete dearth of quality alternatives within his offense, give me Evans. This year’s start is really no different than last year’s, it’s just his MO, unfortunately.
September 19th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
It’s close, but I’d still rather Evans. I expect the Saints’ passing game to get back on track, and it could be as soon as Monday (what a crazy pt spread that is), and Colston is clearly the No. 1 guy there. Still, as Dreamweapon pointed out, Evans had the same slow start last year (4 catches through 2 weeks), and he actually had a better second half to the 2005 season as well, so maybe he’s just a slow starter. Losman missed him Week 1 by about two feet or he would have had a 60-yard TD, and his numbers would pretty much be exactly what we expected. He might struggle again this week (NE always centers around the opposing team’s best player, and they contained him last year), but things will get easier after that.
With M. Lynch proving to be an upgrade at RB, that offense will come around. Evans will start catching bombs soon enough - Evans over Colston.
September 19th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Lamont may still be undervalued but I couldn’t take him over anyone above him. There are a lot of talented guys. AD was a complete oversight - pencil him in at #16
September 20th, 2007 at 8:49 am
thanks guys who responded on the colston vs. lee evans debate. as I readjust my projections and outlook for the rest of the year (for trade purposes, etc.), I was just wondering what everyone was thinking. Sounds like expectations are for both of them to pick things up, and be of similar value.