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You Drafted Tom Brady?
I didn’t draft Tom Brady in any of my drafts. I did however trade for him in a league. My wife has him in her first fantasy league ever, and now we are both on the lookout for replacements. Chris Harris at ESPN wrote an article earlier today suggesting a few things:
…the first thing you should do is pick up two quarterbacks. One of them should be Matt Cassel.
Even if you get Cassel off your waiver wire, though, you should also think about investing in another signal-caller, if you don’t have one. The pickings in most leagues might be a little slim, but you could consider someone like Trent Edwards, who had a very effective day (19-of-30 for 215 yards and a score) against what’s supposed to be a tough Seattle defense in Week 1, or maybe even rookie Matt Ryan, who, granted, won’t get to throw against the Lions’ awful defense every week.
This advice is pretty trashy. Cassell is horrible. If you’ve watched him at all in the preseason you know what I’m talking about. Even Chris Harris’s article points out that he has been a backup since high school, and in my opinion should not be in the NFL. Let’s look at our other options.
First up is the team that I traded to pick up Brady. My backup Philip Rivers threw for 3 touchdowns, 217 yards and 0 picks with a 125.1 QB rating. He’s thrown for over 3000 yards and 20+ touchdowns each of the last two seasons. Antonio Gates is returning and looked good yesterday, so I’d have to say Rivers might be one of the more underrated options at QB in the NFL. Add the relatively weak schedule the Chargers get this year and I think I may survive on him.
Looking at free agents in my league (obviously your mileage will vary) we see the following options:
- David Garrard
- Aaron Rodgers
- Jake Delhomme
- Jason Campbell
- Matt Ryan
- Trent Edwards
Averaging 167.7 yards/game and 0.7 TD/game for his career, I have no idea why Chris Harris is recommending a guy with a 72.9 career QB rating. Maybe he’s playing 12 team leagues or something, but I see no reason you should expect anything decent from Trent Edwards.
Conclusion: I am going to pick up Delhomme and place Brady in my IR spot on this team. It’s a keeper league, so I would like to be able to hang on to him. Rivers will probably start week 2, Delhomme week 3, and then we’ll go from there, while keeping a good look on the free agents.
Note: My wife might be a little more lucky. She is able to pick up Jon Kitna. Kitna is one of those guys that is not rated well year after year, but you have to realize that he’s coming off back to back FOUR THOUSAND YARD years. Averaging 258 yards and 1.2 touchdowns a game the last two years has made Kitna a valuable backup and with the threats he has at WR, I wouldn’t mind starting him at all. True to form he put up 262 yards and two touchdowns this weekend. If he’s available, scoop him up first. Out of the three 10 team leagues I checked, he was available in one, and he was available in the 8 team league I checked.
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What a coincidence, I drafted Tom Brady in a league, yet currently do not have him.
You need weekly analysis!! Come on I get all my sports information from you guys and the only two stories I see is NBA finals thats like 3 years ago and then Tom Brady!!
Come on man I am depending on you!