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Fantasy Football Crystal Ball: Eddie Royal
Published: August 25, 2009
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If you wanted to know the news around the NFL this past summer, you only need to mention four names: Brett Favre, Michael Vick, Jay Cutler, and Brandon Marshall.
While Favre, Vick, and Cutler are finally back onto the football field (albeit with daily reports still coming out relating to both Favre and Vick), Brandon Marshall seems to be lost in Denver. He did not travel with the Broncos to Seattle for the Broncos’ preseason game against the Seahawks. He isn’t practicing with the team; therefore, he’s not building chemistry with new quarterback Kyle Orton. And, there is just no word as to how the situation will turn out.
The reason for the latest update (of course Brandon Marshall needs to be lowered in your rankings) is because his teammate Eddie Royal needs to be upgraded.
Royal has a similar body type to that of great possession receiver Wes Welker, a man Broncos’ head coach Josh McDaniels excelled at getting a lot of opportunities to rack up some big fantasy numbers. Royal had a terrific rookie year and is quickly becoming a favorite target of Orton’s (he had four catches for 40 yards in limited action against Seattle). Royal will also see less time on the special teams unit, not returning many punt and kick returns to keep him fresh and healthy in order to help him to become a number one wide out. With all this in mind and the troubles Marshall is having, he should see a lot of targets in 2009, meaning his numbers will increase from last year.
In the Bruno Boys Cheat Sheets, Eddie Royal is the 28th ranked wide receiver in the consensus rankings. With the news surrounding Marshall, he needs to be upgraded. In this writer’s opinion, he should slide up seven spots to the 21st rank in a standard scoring league. In a PPR (points per reception) league, he should go as high as 15th.
As long as the news of Brandon Marshall continues to spiral down, Royal will continue to move up. In any draft, watch where he goes. He is a solid possession receiver who may not put up a ton of touchdowns, but who will have plenty of receptions, which will lead to a large amount of yards.
Others may believe his value remains the same, but with any player news that results from a bonehead move by an individual, there tends to be a benefactor. Royal is the benefactor in Marshall’s never ending saga and needs to move up your cheat sheets before draft day.
*THIS ARTICLE WRITTEN BY BRUNO BOY GREG WARNOCK. FOR MORE FANTASY FOOTBALL INSIGHT AND ADVICE, CLICK THE LINK BELOW.*
Can Brandon Marshall Produce without Jay Cutler?
Published: May 21, 2009
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Despite being less than four months away from opening night in the NFL it’s never to early to start your preparation for the upcoming fantasy football season.
With the NFL Draft in the books and the majority of the free-agent’s having signed contracts it’s safe to start taking a deeper look into teams depth charts and projecting just how valuable specific players will be.
In fact, our staff has already started our 2009 positional rankings and stat projections for our yearly Online Magazine that will release towards the end of June.
Since we started doing the Bruno Boys Mailbag three weeks ago we have seen a huge increase in fantasy football owners sending in legitimate questions pertaining to the 2009 season.
If we have failed to feature your question in the weekly mailbag, our apologies but remember to check your email as we still address every questions. With that being said. lets get started on the May 21st, 2009 edition of Bruno Boys Mailbag: Fantasy Football Q & A.
As always, if you have a question about a player or draft strategy send an email to contact@brunoboys.net and we will give you all the advice needed to make you successful.
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QUESTION: What is Brandon Marshall’s current ranking now that the draft and most of FA is over? At the end of last season, he was seemingly top 5 WR and a definite keeper. Now I’m not so sure. We can keep three and I’ve got two good ones: Aaron Rogers (for 9th round draft choice this year) and Chris Johnson (14th). For the third, would you rather keep Pierre Thomas (16th round pick this year) or Brandon Marshall (4th)? I pick 9 of 10 and a lot of WR’s are being kept (however you can’t keep a round 1-2 pick, so all of last year’s top choices will be available). I’m leaning toward keeping Thomas and going WR-RB-WR. Thanks. – Eric (Bluffton, Ohio)
ANSWER: Eric… Thanks for the question and before I even get into detail I would like to tell you that this is a good problem to have. Regardless of the route you go, the caliber of players you are going to keep heading into 2009 is a great core to build off of.
When looking at Brandon Marshall for this season you have to automatically downgrade his value due to the fact that Jay Cutler is no longer in Denver, but this shouldn’t scare you off of him. However, what should scare you off is the way he finished down the stretch in 2008.
After scoring 54 fantasy football points over his first three games, Marshall could manage just 98 fantasy points in the final 12 contests and the third year wide receiver scored only three touchdowns during that span.
A large part of this had to do with the Broncos inconsistency at the running back position and defenders focusing on the passing game, but this is still a cause for concern in my opinion.
It might be a bit early to forecast Marshall’s overall value, since we don’t know who will be the top RB option in Denver, but you can peg him as a low-end WR1 or high-end WR2 heading into 2009. Currently, I have him as my 14th best wide receiver nestled in between Terrell Owens and Wes Welker.
As for who to keep, Chris Johnson is a no-brainer. He is a top 10 running back and a 1st round fantasy option that you have to forfeit a 14th rounder for. Great work! Also, I would keep Aaron Rodgers, without even knowing your scoring format. The fact that it’s a ninth rounder that you lose is enough to sell me.
Rodgers finished as the No. 2 overall quarterback in standard leagues last year and I rank him as my fourth QB heading into 2009, just a shade behind Peyton Manning and Tom Brady.
The choice behind Pierre Thomas and Marshall is a tough one, as they both have plenty of upside and you can make a case for either, but I am a firm believer of building off running back depth and Thomas will give you just that.
Plus the last that you lose a 16th round pick by keeping him heavily outweighs the fact that you probably would lose one of your top picks by keeping Marshall. In my opinion Thomas will pick up where he left off in 2009 and put together a solid campaign that makes him a RB2 in all scoring formats.
Plus, the odds of Marshall falling to you with the 9th pick are better than Thomas getting to your draft spot. From there, you can target snagging Marshall or a comparable wide receiver with the ninth overall pick in the first round of the non-keeper draft. All the Best this year and keep the questions coming!
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