A promo for the 2010 season
By Mike Bowser
So, here you are again facing the fantasy football version of speed dating. Trying to make a decision that will affect you for months, or even years based on just a few minutes of information. How are you supposed to know who to trust to advise you on your fantasy football decisions, when there are so many options to choose from? Well, let’s pause here for just a moment of rational thought. Fantasy football is, at the end of the day, a game of numbers, right? Therefore, wouldn’t it make sense that your fantasy football advisor should give you – oh I don’t know - numbers? After all, anybody can say that a player is going to have a “break out year”, but what exactly does that mean? That’s why we here at Fantasy Football Search give you what you need – numbers. We project rushing yards, receiving yards, passing yards, TDs, and even INTs for hundreds of skilled position players. Below you will see some of our projections for last season along with the players final stats. After all, numbers are only valuable if they’re accurate.
QBs – Tom Brady: There were a lot of unanswered questions about Brady heading into last season but we were confident that he would rebound and projected that he would finish with 4,423 passing yards. His final total was 4,398.
Jay Cutler: After his trade to Chicago there was a mad rush by many experts to make Cutler a Top 10 fantasy QB. We never bought it projecting a total of 3,559 passing yards for the “rarely accurate wonder”. He was true to form finishing with 3,666 passing yards. Oh, by the way, we also said that his tendency to force the ball downfield would result in a big drop off in Matt Forte’s production as well. Ask anyone who drafted Forte in the 1st round how often they regretted that decision.
Donovan McNabb: For some reason that I’ve never understood, many experts insist on over-rating McNabb. Without T.O. he has never been as good as his reputation. As a result, we projected him to finish with 3,701yds. – 23TDs – 10INTs. His final numbers? 3,553yds. – 22TDs – 10INTs.
RBs – Cedric Benson: Where else would you have heard that Benson was going to put up solid fantasy numbers? We ranked him higher than anybody else in the industry and projected him to finish with 167 fantasy points. He finished with 172.
Frank Gore: We only missed his rushing total by 22yds. (1142 projected, 1120 actual) and did even better with his receiving yards – missing by a measly 4yds. (402 projected, 406 actual).
Kevin Smith: We said he would put up decent yardage, but his lack of scoring opportunities would make him a fantasy afterthought. As a result, we projected him for 1,160 total yards and 5TDs. His final stats were 1,162 total yards and 5TDs. Now you gotta admit, that’s pretty good.
Julius Jones: Believe it or not, there were actually people going into last season calling Jones a “sleeper”. Our thoughts were that he would bore you to sleep. Our projection was for 898 total yards and 3TDs. When all was said and done, he finished with 895 total yards and 4TDs.
Beannie Wells: Opinions were all over the board on Wells last year but our projection of 972 total yards and 6TDs looks pretty good when you look at his final numbers of 936 total yards and 7TDs.
We also said that Knowshon Moreno would finish with 892 total yards (he finished with 947) and Felix Jones would end up with 818 total yards (his final total was 804).
WRs – Reggie Wayne: While everybody wondered about the effects of the departure of Marvin Harrison, we were confident in our projection of 1,213yds. And 10TDs. That confidence was well placed, as Wayne finished with 1,264yds. And 10TDs.
Randy Moss: Never an easy guy to figure out, we were one of the few that thought Moss would have a big year projecting him for 1,277yds. and 15TDs. Not far off of his final stats of 1,264yds. And 13TDs.
It’s also worth pointing out that many of the projections listed here were for players that had serious fantasy questions surrounding them as they headed into the season. (After all, do you really need to pay somebody to tell you to draft Peyton Manning?) So we didn’t dodge the tough questions – we never do. So there you have it, numbers for a game based on numbers – that’s what we do, and we do it well. Why would you want to go anywhere else?
So, here you are again facing the fantasy football version of speed dating. Trying to make a decision that will affect you for months, or even years based on just a few minutes of information. How are you supposed to know who to trust to advise you on your fantasy football decisions, when there are so many options to choose from? Well, let’s pause here for just a moment of rational thought. Fantasy football is, at the end of the day, a game of numbers, right? Therefore, wouldn’t it make sense that your fantasy football advisor should give you – oh I don’t know - numbers? After all, anybody can say that a player is going to have a “break out year”, but what exactly does that mean? That’s why we here at Fantasy Football Search give you what you need – numbers. We project rushing yards, receiving yards, passing yards, TDs, and even INTs for hundreds of skilled position players. Below you will see some of our projections for last season along with the players final stats. After all, numbers are only valuable if they’re accurate.
QBs – Tom Brady: There were a lot of unanswered questions about Brady heading into last season but we were confident that he would rebound and projected that he would finish with 4,423 passing yards. His final total was 4,398.
Jay Cutler: After his trade to Chicago there was a mad rush by many experts to make Cutler a Top 10 fantasy QB. We never bought it projecting a total of 3,559 passing yards for the “rarely accurate wonder”. He was true to form finishing with 3,666 passing yards. Oh, by the way, we also said that his tendency to force the ball downfield would result in a big drop off in Matt Forte’s production as well. Ask anyone who drafted Forte in the 1st round how often they regretted that decision.
Donovan McNabb: For some reason that I’ve never understood, many experts insist on over-rating McNabb. Without T.O. he has never been as good as his reputation. As a result, we projected him to finish with 3,701yds. – 23TDs – 10INTs. His final numbers? 3,553yds. – 22TDs – 10INTs.
RBs – Cedric Benson: Where else would you have heard that Benson was going to put up solid fantasy numbers? We ranked him higher than anybody else in the industry and projected him to finish with 167 fantasy points. He finished with 172.
Frank Gore: We only missed his rushing total by 22yds. (1142 projected, 1120 actual) and did even better with his receiving yards – missing by a measly 4yds. (402 projected, 406 actual).
Kevin Smith: We said he would put up decent yardage, but his lack of scoring opportunities would make him a fantasy afterthought. As a result, we projected him for 1,160 total yards and 5TDs. His final stats were 1,162 total yards and 5TDs. Now you gotta admit, that’s pretty good.
Julius Jones: Believe it or not, there were actually people going into last season calling Jones a “sleeper”. Our thoughts were that he would bore you to sleep. Our projection was for 898 total yards and 3TDs. When all was said and done, he finished with 895 total yards and 4TDs.
Beannie Wells: Opinions were all over the board on Wells last year but our projection of 972 total yards and 6TDs looks pretty good when you look at his final numbers of 936 total yards and 7TDs.
We also said that Knowshon Moreno would finish with 892 total yards (he finished with 947) and Felix Jones would end up with 818 total yards (his final total was 804).
WRs – Reggie Wayne: While everybody wondered about the effects of the departure of Marvin Harrison, we were confident in our projection of 1,213yds. And 10TDs. That confidence was well placed, as Wayne finished with 1,264yds. And 10TDs.
Randy Moss: Never an easy guy to figure out, we were one of the few that thought Moss would have a big year projecting him for 1,277yds. and 15TDs. Not far off of his final stats of 1,264yds. And 13TDs.
It’s also worth pointing out that many of the projections listed here were for players that had serious fantasy questions surrounding them as they headed into the season. (After all, do you really need to pay somebody to tell you to draft Peyton Manning?) So we didn’t dodge the tough questions – we never do. So there you have it, numbers for a game based on numbers – that’s what we do, and we do it well. Why would you want to go anywhere else?
