Smiths hamstring hurt his Value?

[CC]

It certainly doesn't help. He was 3rd for me before this information and he might drop a little but I doubt he falls out of my top 3.

[SniperShot]

Too early to tell......he had the same problem in training camp a few years ago, and had a great season, so don't write him off yet!

You happen to have a link on that? Not calling you out here but for some reason I dont remember that.

Probably before Steve burst onto the scene in 2003.

Most people who are serious into FF knew who Smith was before 03. He did have a pretty good 02 season and was killer running back kicks in 01.

I just dont remember him having hammy problems before this.

You're right, 03 was my first year of FF and Smith was valued at maybe a late round number 3 WR that year? Muhsin Muhammad was the man in Carolina and Smith was kind of like a fantasy afterthought. I had heard of him but he was no superstar so people probably didn't go crazy over every injury.

[Billsbacker]

Too early to tell......he had the same problem in training camp a few years ago, and had a great season, so don't write him off yet!

You happen to have a link on that? Not calling you out here but for some reason I dont remember that.

Tried to find the site that mentioned this, but could not remember which it was (reading too many damn sites these days!).....

[mutantseabass]

Too early to tell......he had the same problem in training camp a few years ago, and had a great season, so don't write him off yet!

You happen to have a link on that? Not calling you out here but for some reason I dont remember that.

Tried to find the site that mentioned this, but could not remember which it was (reading too many damn sites these days!).....

I know that he tweaked his hammy in a June Mini camp. Could that have been what you read?

[GreatestShowOnEarth]

Quite the knee jerk reaction to drop him in your rankings after hes had a few hammy problems in the preseason dont you think? From what ive heard its not a tear. So im not too worried quite yet.

[bagobonez]

What worries me is that he was carted off the field. Meaning it may be serious enough to linger all season. I just do not like injured players, they always seem to "bust" even if they play all 16 games.

[Sixxgunn]

Meh...everybody including the strength condition coaches have a hammy at this time of year. My guess is they get a bit sore from not using the muscles and so forth for the winter in the way they are using them now, so they take a bit of a slow down in training to ensure it doesn't turn into anything. If it comes out that there is a tear, worry. But a bit of reported soreness is nothing to worry about...yet.

That said, I am going to have a heck of a decision to make with this guy. I'm drafting at 8 in a PPR league, and he is a very tempting target there. I don't think he will make it back to me, so I'll have to decide on giving him up to go for possibly Jackson and Caddy/Jordan/Parker (or some hybrid of those guys), or take that stud PPR machine that is Steve Smith a bit too early. IF the hammy lingers it will help me to choose, but if it subsides I'm going to have a whopper on my hands.