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TopicTime to examine how well last year's fantasy football predictions worked out
SmartMuffin
07/25/11 6:34:00 PM
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Overrated:

Favre - Predicted at 8, finished at 31. This one should have been easy to see coming. His 2009 season was in fact the exception for someone so old and injury-ridden on a team with no WRs, not the norm. He was going nowhere even before his serious injuries in 2010.

Romo - Predicted at 6, finished at 29. This one was largely due to injury, although he (and the Cowboys as a team) wasn't exactly lighting up the scoreboard even prior to the injury. They seemed to not be any worse without him.

Kolb - Predicted at 12, finished at 36. I won't lie and claim I saw Vick coming, but I was intelligent enough to avoid the Eagles entirely in anticipation of something like this. LOL @ all the ESPN guys who claimed he was Top 10. I think I saw someone, can't remember who, rank him as high as 5.

Stafford - Predicted at 18, finished at 40. Another one largely due to injuries, partially due to LOLions. Yeah, he shows promise, but 18 was too high, even if he stays healthy.

Underrated:

Vick - Predicted at 33, finished at 1. Somewhat understandable to see how this happens, but it's not like we didn't know he was capable of this, and it's not like he was backing up a proven veteran or any such thing. Shouldn't have been ranked so low.

Freeman - Predicted at 27, finished at 7. This one was truly out of nowhere. Had never done much before, Bucs were looking dead in the water. On this, you just kind of shrug your shoulders and move on.

Fitzpatrick - Predicted at 43, finished at 19. So yeah, the Bills were a mess and he was competing with Trent Edwards. Hard to fault anyone for this too, but I think some people may be surprised at how high he did end up finishing, especially when you consider he didn't play in the first two games. File that one away for future reference.

Orton - Predicted at 26, finished at 16. Not a huge gap here, but he definitely had a better season than everyone expected. While the entire media was ganging up on Josh McDaniels for trading Cutler, Kyle Orton had a better fantasy year than Cutler did, despite playing with inferior talent.

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