Our Five Top Bust Picks:
- DeMarco Murray-RB-Eagles: When Murray was behind the league’s top offensive line in Dallas last season, he ran wild! Not the case this time around in Philadelphia. Besides there being a much less talented O-Line in Philly, Murray will be fighting for carries with Darren Sproles and Ryan Matthews; a whole different sort of level of competition than he had with the Cowboys. Draft with care.
A completely different look for DeMarco Murray in green but his value could take a hit now that he is removed from the Cowboy’s superb O-Line. Photo: Twitter.com
- Julius Thomas-Tight End-Jaguars: Besides the fact that Thomas has yet to play more than 14 games in a season, he didn’t even net 500 yards in 13 appearances last season! And that’s with Peyton Manning heaving the rock! Thomas will be more a Marcedes Lewis-like TE ( in terms of fantasy points) in Jacksonville with Blake Bortles under center. Just don’t expect the Thomas of old.
- Nick Foles-QB-Rams: The only way we can describe the receiving talent in St. Louis in one word would be “average”. The oft-injured Foles, will be under the leadership of a Jeff Fisher team which has a propensity to just pound the rock. Couldn’t get more opposite going from a Chip Kelly machine gun- like offense to the aforementioned Jeff Fisher, which will not help Foles’ cause one bit.
- Coby Fleener-Tight End-Colts: We can feel the eyes rolling a bit with this prospective bust pick but, come on, Andrew Luck already had a Quarterback’s dream receiving corps and that was BEFORE this year’s acquisitions of Andre Johnson and Phillip Dorsett. Just not going to be enough opportunities for Fleener with the multi-options at Luck’s disposal. A much better pick at TE would be Vernon Davis who is just two-years removed from a 13 TD season, and who has been going unbelievably late in drafts.
- Peyton Manning-QB-Broncos: Is it sacrilege to even ‘suggest’ that Peyton will be a bust? Perhaps. After all he is a legend in the NFL, however here is what we’re looking at: Last December, Manning threw for just 3 touchdowns while serving up 6 interceptions. Couple that with the loss of LT Ryan Clady who is out for the year and Manning’s age (40) and well, we think you need to be careful and not overpay for a name as sexy as Peytons…
#18 Peyton Manning…are his best years behind him following his worst career December last season? The Furnace thinks fantasy owners should not overpay for this NFL super-star. Photo: USA TODAY
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Great article Hank! I agree with you on all 5 players. Can’t wait for the season. Keep up the great work brother!
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Hey man! Been a while! Hope all is good with you and yours and as always, thanks for checking in!!!
Football is around the corner! Can’t come quick enough for me either…
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This upcoming season could be even worse than last year in terms of the overall play . Even the alleged excitement of the postseason was somewhat pedantic and less than impressive .
Things are going to get real bad in Philadelphia , because their passing game will suffer (Bradford is a downgrade from Foles and having Tebow as a backup, is like having Caitlyn Jenner as a catwalk model alongside girls from Victoria’s Secret) beyond the fact, Chip Kelly is simply averse to have his teams play a lick of defense.
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Simply watch this season meander with all of the idiocy one would come to expect of the NFL . The NFC East remains the most overrated division in the league and we will also get to see the further regression of the San Francisco 49ers . Mike Tomsula has bitten off more than he can chew as the head coach of the team . Look at last season’s roster in comparison to the one proposed for 2015.
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Does anyone truly believe Sam Bradford can provide the Eagles with the sort of offense needed when Chip Kelly can’t and has no wish for his teams play defense ?
Marcus Mariota and Jameis Winston will struggle for their respective teams as has often been the case with rooke quarterbacks signing with mediocre teams.
Odell Beckham will likely regress, because I don’t believe Eli Manning has the temperament to turn around the fortunes of the New York Giants .
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Agree with your first two points Al, but with three quality receivers on the Giants in Beckham Jr., Cruz, and Randle, I think they have as good a receiving corps as any team in the NFL. The only trepidation I have is with the health of Beckham & Cruz; not in Manning’s ability as one of football’s more elite QBs.
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Eli’s game has regressed over the past few years and you still believe him to be among the top quarterbacks in the league?
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His career has been an exceptional one, hence a borderline HOF. With all the talent that Peyton Manning has had both in Indianappolis and Denver the now 40 year old has one Super Bowl ring in his jewelry box.
The Giants have not had a viable running game for several years and that has hurt Eli since his opponents know he has to throw the bowl. He has also had to deal with playing with an inept offensive line for years. Given the level, of talent, or should I say the lack of talent he’s been forced to work with, it’s astonishing how he hasn’t done worse than his stats in dictate.
If this year’s crew can protect him, he has the receivers to not only pad his career stats, but make New York competitive in the lowly NFL East this season.
Question: Where would you rank him amongst the QBs that will be on the field this season? 15th 20th?
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But for the two Superbowl appearances his career has <a href=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/comeback.cgi?player=MannEl00 not been overwhelming . Of his current peers and given what I have seen of him over the past two years Manning would sit just outside my top ten. But as I have said he lacks leadership abilities and tends to make repeated excuses for his failings . Not an admirable trait to have at all. You might see it to the contrary .
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I do see it to the contrary Al because if your’re just referring to his last two years then clearly you’re not taking into account Eli’s body of work over his career. I’m also unaware of his making “repeated excuses for his failings.” Can you elaborate on that and cite several examples for me?
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Murray, as with his new team, is full of fascinating “What If’s?”….
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Quite true!
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I think you’re being a little hard on DeMarco. Based on Monday night’s game, if Run DMC carries the ball 1,000 times this year…he’ll have another 1,000 plus yard season!
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