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What To Do With The Buccaneers

For a team that's 5-2, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a fantasy football mess right now.   If you're struggling with bye week holes in your lineup and you're looking to use one of them, watch out.
 
QB - Jeff Garcia
is looking good.  He threw for 310 yards and a TD against the Seahawks, but had decent games against Carolina and Denver before that.  He's completed over 75% of his passes and has a QB rating of 105.7 so far in October.  If you need him, he should be a solid start against a banged-up Cowboys' secondary.  After Garcia, things go downhill fast.
 
RB - Warrick Dunn - He's getting more action than Joe The Plumber lately with 46 carries for 226 yards over the past three games.  That's an impressive 4.9 yd/carry average.  The problem is that he's fighting off ankle and back injuries and he's questionable this week.
 
RB - Earnest Graham - He was expected to be The Man in Tampa this year, but the team moved him to fullback and then (damn!) started winning.  Graham should move back to tailback this week with the injury to Dunn, so he's a solid start.
 
WR - Joey Galloway - Missed his fifth straight game.  May be back this weekend, or may not.  I hate that.
 
WR - Ike Hilliard - Spent several hours this weekend in the hospital after a concussion.  Should be a "game time decision".  I hate that even more.
 
WR - Maurice Stovall - Hamstring strain.  Questionable this week.
 
WR - Antonio Bryant - He's the last man standing in the WR corps, which is unfortunate because he's not that good (this week's TD aside).
 
WR - Michael Clayton - Remember him?  Hopefully the Cowboys don't either.  A very long shot fantasy-wise, but he did have three catches last week.
 
TE - Alex Smith/John Gilmore/Jerramy Stevens - With all the injuries at WR, I'd normally look to the tight end as a good receiving option.  Too bad the damn Buccaneers have three of them!  Last week they shared eight catches between them and there's every reason to expect the same this week.  I'm taking a shot and putting in a waiver claim on Alex Smith, but Stevens could easily be the best of the bunch.
 
 
For fantasy purposes, the only Buccaneers I'd recommend this week are Garcia and Graham.  I'd be wary of Galloway or Hilliard even if they are listed as active -- I generally don't like to start a WR coming off a long layoff (Galloway) let alone a concussion (Hilliard).  This is a big tight end bye week (Shiancoe, Olsen, Lee,and Scheffler are probably all on somebody's roster) so like me, you might want to roll the dice.

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2 RBs and a wildcard that could either be a (WR/RB)

I have Stephen Jackson/Brandon Jacobs/ and Ronnie Brown, as well.

by walkoffwalk on Oct 22, 2008 8:25 AM EDT up reply actions  

Non-PPR

Slaton and Brown is a wash, but like the POTUS debates where a tie goes against McCain, this means Slaton gets the edge. He doesn’t have a Ricky Williams to compete with and his surrounding skills players (Schaub, Johnson, Walter, Daniels) are better than Ronnie’s.

Favre and Manning are my main QBs in four leagues, and neither has been impressive. This says more about Manning though. I don’t see the difference between Favre and manning being a #1 RB so I’d either 1. decline the trade or 2. seek an upgrade to the top QB.

by faketeams on Oct 22, 2008 8:57 AM EDT up reply actions  

why would you say that A. Bryant is not that good? Does it really matter what your personal opinion of him is? He’s tied for 10th in the NFL in targets (among WR), tied with TO and S. Moss, and is 15th in the NFL in receptions (among WR).
The guy is having balls thrown to him and with Galloway coming back, he’s not losing his job, per Gruden. Dallas is terrible against the pass and you can’t even recommend him as a 3rd WR or anything?
I don’t think what you wrote is anything close to being analysis, just stating your personal preferences.

by KDean75 on Oct 22, 2008 8:47 AM EDT reply actions  

Its both analysis and personal preference

Now I didn’t mean to demean A. Bryant personally, I was speaking fantasy-football wise. And he’s not that good of a fantasy football option right now. Those are good stats no doubt, but he racked those up while he was the 2nd or 3rd WR option and so he was being covered by a safety or even a linebacker. If he’s going to be the WR1 in Tampa, he’s going to have to face the best cover DB the opposing side has.

He has never shown in his career that he’s able to handle that.

by Skeller on Oct 22, 2008 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

this post is about this week. Additionally, Galloway’s been out 5 weeks, that’s 5 weeks of Bryant being the #1 WR on this team. I think that makes the stats very relevant.

by KDean75 on Oct 23, 2008 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

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