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Would you rather take an aging WR or potential breakout WR?

Postby AngryLionsFAn » Tue Aug 24, 2010 12:37 am

If you had to pick from the list of WRs below who would you take?

Would you go with an aging veteran that is slowly speed and putting up worst stats, or would you take a chance on someone that could break out this year?

According to last year’s stats, the free agent WRs avail in my keeper league draft are listed by point totals as follows:

Mason
Meechem
Sims- Walker
TO
Collie
Cotchery
Housh
Santana Moss
Chambers
Evans
Garcon
Roy Williams
Burleson
Hester
Crayton
Breaston
Avery
Malcom Floyd

I'm almost more included to skip the vets on the decline and underachievers like Mason, Santana Moss, Housh, Lee Evans, T.O. etc and take a risk on breakout potential guys like Floyd, Breaston, Avery, Aromashodu, Kevin Walter, Jacoby Jones, James Jones, Julian Edelman, L Moore etc. who are young and on the upswing and have the potential to break out this season. The risk/reward factor is high, but we all know that guys like Mason and Santana Moss are only good for the next year or two and really don’t help me build a better team for the future.

I am in a 10 team keeper league with a rather unorthodox structure for keepers. We keep 5 veteran players, and we draft 5 rookies each year and keep 2 for the following year so long as we don't start them at all during the season. So basically, round 1 in our draft is like round 6 or 7 in a normal re-draft. I have the following keepers coming into the draft:

Gore
Pierre Thomas
LeSaun McCoy
DeSean Jackson
Roddy White
Johny Knox
Brent Celek

There’s a possibility that I will make a trade to get MJD and the 1.09 pick in exchange for DJax and McCoy. I need a home run hitter like MJD to win me games. If that happens I’m probably picking Sims-Walker at 3rd overall and seeing what is left at 1.09 for QB or taking the BPA.

If I don’t make the trade then I’m almost prepared to take Cutler or Kolb and take my chances with a less experienced potential breakout player that I draft late in the 2nd.
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Re: Would you rather take an aging WR or potential breakout WR?

Postby bagobonez » Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:41 am

I'd take Owens over any of the receivers listed followed by Meachem, Mason and S.Moss.
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Re: Would you rather take an aging WR or potential breakout WR?

Postby ShaqAttaq13 » Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:00 am

I'd personally be deciding between Owens, Santana Moss and Floyd. I think they have the most potential due to their situations of anyone on that list.
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Re: Would you rather take an aging WR or potential breakout WR?

Postby Oatsdad » Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:38 pm

I like Sims-Walker. He's been a health risk, but he can be just terrific...
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