Five players whose contract years could bring fantasy payday

By Kyle Chrise  |   Tuesday, August 05, 2008  |  Comments( 6 )

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It's going to happen to you during your fantasy draft: Along the way, you'll need to decide between two or three players who are of seemingly equal value. Of course, players who seem to be equals on draft day can end up worlds apart when the fantasy playoffs roll around. There's no crystal ball to help you in such a situation, but there's always ...
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 No.1
 09:02 AM
08/06/2008
All these people named in this article are great players so you wouldn't go wrong picking any of them depends if you need a RB or WR but they all are good and can give you solid #'s if you can get them your team will be a lot stronger.
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RedskinFan21ST		 09:56 AM
08/06/2008
The only 2 guys off this list that I would maybe even bother drafting is T.J. and T.O. Brandon Jacobs? That backfield gets even more crowded by the minute. Between him, Bradshaw, and Ward he won't see too many carries. Just maybe at the goaline, but if I'm not mistaken didn't they use to take him out down there? Roy Williams is always a decent player to have but the problem with him is that people go out and draft him way too high. If he falls into a later round I'll take him but I'm not drafting him before the later rounds. Lee Evans may be a good talent, but with all of that cold weather and wind up in Buffalo and Trent Edwards at QB? No thanks.
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Neoplatonist23		 08:46 PM
08/06/2008
I agree with RedskinsFan on his evaluations, but I don't think that's a valid knock on the article. I think all 5 of these guys will get drafted in most leagues. Maybe only two of them are early picks, but it's possible that a contract year might motivate one of them to rise. This is yet one more factor among many.

For example, let's take Lee Evans. Evans will regain his 2006 self only if Trent Edwards improves significantly, but the Bills have a nasty pass-defense schedule that's not too brutal otherwise, with a good RB to carry them through those questionable run-defenses in the AFCW and NFCN. I think Evans for this reason is overrated as a fantasy player (not as a real player); he's probably more talented than Vincent Jackson or Bernard Berrian but isn't as good a total draft value given current circumstances, surrounding talent, and all those rankings out there. Is a contract year a mitigating factor? Maybe.
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