Bad Teams, Good Wide Receivers
<p><br /> <meta content=”text/html; charset=utf-8″ http-equiv=”Content-Type” /> <meta name=”ProgId” content=”Word.Document” /> <meta name=”Generator” content=”Microsoft Word 12″ /> <meta name=”Originator” content=”Microsoft Word 12″ /> <link href=”file:///C:7E15CLOCALS5CTemp5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml” rel=”File-List” /> <link href=”file:///C:7E15CLOCALS5CTemp5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx” rel=”themeData” /> <link href=”file:///C:7E15CLOCALS5CTemp5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml” rel=”colorSchemeMapping” /> <!–[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE </xml><![endif]–><!–[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]–> <style> </style> <!–[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} table.MsoTableGrid {mso-style-name:”Table Grid”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-priority:59; mso-style-unhide:no; border:solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor:text1; mso-border-alt:solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor:text1; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh:.5pt solid black; mso-border-insideh-themecolor:text1; mso-border-insidev:.5pt solid black; mso-border-insidev-themecolor:text1; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]–> <table cellspacing=”0″ border=”1″ height=”332″ cellpadding=”0″ width=”277″> <tbody> <tr> <td valign=”top”> <p><b>Player</b></p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p><b>Team</b></p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p><b>Rec Yds</b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=”top”> <p>Johnson, Andre</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>HOU</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>1575</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=”top”> <p>Fitzgerald, Larry</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>ARZ</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>1431</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=”top”> <p>Smith, Steve</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>CAR</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>1421</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=”top”> <p>White, Roddy</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>ATL</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>1382</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=”top”> <p>Johnson, Calvin</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>DET</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>1331</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=”top”> <p>Jennings, Greg</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>GB</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>1292</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=”top”> <p>Marshall, Brandon</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>DEN</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>1265</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=”top”> <p>Bryant, Antonio</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>TB</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>1248</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=”top”> <p>Welker, Wes</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>NE</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>1165</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=”top”> <p>Wayne, Reggie</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>IND</p> </td> <td valign=”top”> <p>1145</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> <p>Last year was a great year for fantasy wide receivers: eight receivers topped 1200 receiving yards, three topped 1400 receiving yards and league leader Andre Johnson was only 25 yards short of a whopping 1600 receiving yards. Fantastic!</p> <p>A closer look at the leaderboard showed something interesting though: six of the top ten wide receivers played on teams that didn’t make the playoffs. Considering that bad teams usually are behind in games and tend to throw the ball a lot, it’s easy to understand why. The problem is that there are a lot of non-playoff teams and not a lot of top ten wide receivers. Which ones do you target?</p> <p>Looking at last year’s list, you can probably count on Marshall to return to the Top 10 if he stays with the Broncos. Jennings could be a Top 5 WR this year and the combo of Johnson and Johnson are almost certain to be back (though Houston could certainly make the playoffs).</p> <p>Here’s my list of potentially great wide receivers on potentially crappy non-playoff teams.</p> <p><b>Dwayne Bowe, KC</b> - He has the talent, but his new QB might be spending too much time on his back.</p> <p><b>Marques Colston, NO</b> - The Saints are a very good team and they’re probably only the third best team in their division.</p> <p><b>TJ Houshmandzadeh</b> - The Seahawks won’t win the West, but Houshmandzadeh is capable of a career season.</p> <p><b>Chad Ochocinco, Cin</b> - He was the WR2, now he’s the WR1 with a veteran WR2 (Coles) and QB (Palmer). Sweet!</p> <p><b>Roy Williams, Dal</b> - This assumes Williams produces at a level he hasn’t shown to date.</p> <p><a href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZQStjW-RD7YR-ClTzMOGZIPhBQI/0/da”><img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZQStjW-RD7YR-ClTzMOGZIPhBQI/0/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”></img></a><br/> <a href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZQStjW-RD7YR-ClTzMOGZIPhBQI/1/da”><img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZQStjW-RD7YR-ClTzMOGZIPhBQI/1/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”></img></a></p>
