Potential Sleepers? Hilliard and Pinkston

[Mr Walker]

It seems that every week someone new steps up and sends everybody scrambling to their waiver wires to grab the latest 'next big thing'

I'm trying to jump ahead of the waive (pun intended) this week since I'm stuck over a fire with Randy Moss' status and these two names were on my league's wire and stuck out like sore thumbs.

Ike Hilliard... an (up to this point) underachieving starting receiver who might step up a bit with Tim Carter out for the season and Armani Toomer & Jeremey Shockey commanding attention from an overrated Lions pass defense. Warner is starting to find faith in his arm again.

Todd Pinkston... another underachiever who starts opposite a true superstar reciever, but come on... McNabb can't throw every longball to TO... can he... LOL!

Anybody have any thoughts...
With Moss questionable, i need to compliment Reggie Wayne and Terry Glenn... and Curry and Hakim look like they are limping this week.

[marcusallen]

I will be starting Ike this week, and Pinkston is available in our league, I believe. He and Freddie Mitchel are virtually non-existent.

[BrutallyHuge]

Eagles' receivers besides TO are worthless.

McNabb spreads the ball around way too much. Greg Lewis, Pinkston, Mitchell, Chad Lewis, Westbrook, LJ Smith, and TO will all catch footballs. It's a crapshoot besides TO and Westy.

[Amazinz]

Ike Hilliard... an (up to this point) underachieving starting receiver who might step up a bit with Tim Carter out for the season and Armani Toomer & Jeremey Shockey commanding attention from an overrated Lions pass defense. Warner is starting to find faith in his arm again.

Jamaar Taylor not Ike Hilliard is my sleeper pick for the Giants this week.

[Mr Walker]

Jamaar Taylor not Ike Hilliard is my sleeper pick for the Giants this week.

Can I ask why?

I'm about 3000% sure he'd be available in my league... LMAO!

[Amazinz]

Sure. Taylor played almost well enough to beat Carter out for the #3 WR job early in the year. He had an incredible game against Baltimore in the preseason.

The Giants were using Carter to stretch the defense. There were some big plays available to him every game but he made a lot of drops except for the big catch in the endzone against Washington.

Taylor would have been a second round pick in this year's draft had it no been for the knee injury, which he's fully recovered from. He's a step slower than Carter but he gets seperation much quicker and he has shown great hands so far.

He is going to step into Carter's role this week against the Lions. Due to the focus that Shockey and Toomer are going to receive he should have several of those big play opportunities per game, passes that Carter was dropping.

[Poker Fiend]

Thanks Amazinz, just added Taylor to my watch list, lets see what he can do!

[Mr Walker]

Yes... thanks Amazinz.
I'm hoping to have Boldin back next week so I'm looking for one pre-sleeper wide-out to keep on my roster just in case.
You never know when you might be snatching up the next Reuben Droughns (who I did snatch up already )

[Count_Rugen]

Good facts Amazin...

Anybody else have thoughts on this? News from NYG practice? I'm pondering starting Hillard. Taylor is available though...

[rohbshop]

I like Ike but Warner isnt getting the ball to his receivers too much. Theyre all underachieving, its kinda funny how the media blows up Warner like hes having such a huge year, and people jump on that bandwagon. Its so exxagerated especially when Tiki and their def have been carrying them.

Anyhow, thats not to say Warner isnt a solid QB or the WR's wont eventually blow up at some point. I like Ike if your really desperate for a WR, altho i think there might be some better options out there.

I wouldnt mess with Pinkston, he does blow up every once in a while, but its a big gamble trying to get something out of hiim week to week. I'd rather take a chance on someone else thats probably available than him.