Niners Nation Fantasy Squad

by David Fucillo on Aug 29, 2007 9:20 PM PDT in San Francisco 49ers News

As with any fantasy draft, you have good picks and bad picks. I like some of our picks, dislike some, and will wait to decide on the rest. I'll throw out our roster and then some free agents at the prominent positions.

QB: Roethlisberger, Culpepper
RB: Rudi Johnson, Ronnie Brown, L Jordan, F. Taylor, M. Pittman, D. Rhodes
WR: S. Smith, Fitzgerald, Coles, Clayton, A. Gonzalez
TE: Winslow
K: Nedney
DST: 49ers

I like our starting guys, but our depth is certainly questionable. Rhodes is there as a strict Lamont Jordan handcuff and Pittman is probably waiver-fodder. Mark Clayton and Anthony Gonzalez are both upside guys, but if they don't pan out, they can certainly be exchangeable.

QB
Harrington, Huard, Leftwich/Garrard, Campbell, T. Green, Carr (If Delhomme loses his job)

RB
Mike Anderson , Lorenzo Booker and Jesse Chatman in Miami, DeDe Dorsey (Addai's backups) and not a whole of a lot else...Any sleeper ideas?

WR
Marty Booker, Bryant Johnson, Battle, Jenkins, Wilford, Toomer....any other ideas to check out for?

TE
Daniel Graham (starting in Denver), Bo Scaife, Dan Campbell, Wrighster, Chris Baker, Robert Royal

Defenses (listed as CBS is ordering them)
Titans, Cardinals, Rams, Lions, Raiders, Giants, Texans, Bills, Bengals, Falcons, Colts, Chiefs, Jets, Redskins, Saints

If you have any ideas for me to look up, let me know.

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I was thinking look up the defenses (schedules) and maybe pick one up to play the matchups. For example, the Raiders have a pretty easy schedule outside of the division and outside of Indianapolis and Chicago, maybe playing them when they play detroit or the browns. something like that possibly cuz you can't stick wit that niner D in week 6.

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by jtoj on Aug 29, 2007 10:53 PM PDT reply actions

Raiders D/ST

I think their Defense would be a good pick-up considering they were in the top ten in total defense and the Niners were in the bottom 20. Plus I drafter the Raider D in my Fantasy Pool lol.

by JAKE85 on Aug 30, 2007 12:24 AM PDT reply actions

Pittman

isn't waiver fodder. He's getting the goal line carries (and some receptions out of the backfield) as the fullback in TB. HE is a sleeper.

by noava22 on Aug 30, 2007 2:38 AM PDT reply actions

good point

That's quite true, especially with Alstott out.

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by David Fucillo on Aug 30, 2007 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions

Pittman

Having him is like having the BUS a few years back. He'll get goal line carries, but will their team get to the goal line consistently (every week)?

by sfgfan on Aug 30, 2007 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions

TE and D

I think Daniel Graham could be a nice backup TE, as the west coast offenses tend to rely heavily on a good pass-catching TE. If I recall, he fits that description (albeit on the older side).

I like the Raiders' defense, but will they consistently put up more points than the 49ers defense? I think the 49ers have the potential to be a very dynamic defense, and if they realize that, they'd definitely be a better pick than the Raiders. For some reason, in my mind, the Raiders are a steady (if not unspectacular) contributor to defensive stats.

by sfgfan on Aug 30, 2007 9:07 AM PDT reply actions

defenses

The big thing with defenses is points allowed. Obviously you'd like a defense that gets defensive points, but that's pretty hard to predict.

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by David Fucillo on Aug 30, 2007 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions

Defensive points

By points, I meant fantasy points. How is your fantasy league scoring defensive statistics? Basically, I think the 49ers have the potential to create a lot more turnovers and such than the Raiders defense does, but will likely be very erratic. The Raiders should, however, be very consistent in turnovers they create and points they give up to their opponent.

Again, I'm fairly "new" to the whole fantasy football game, so I'm just curious what kind of defense is better for the long-haul.

by sfgfan on Aug 30, 2007 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions