It's kinda like shooting fish in a barrel, but I need content... badly. :)
Roger Rotter's latest article ranges from the 'no duh' to the 'headscratcher'. He's got a 'Cannot Bench List' containing the usual suspects like Peyton and LT2 and... Cedric Benson??? The same guy who did nothing against a great run D? He's also got Lee Evans, which I'll admit I'm torn on. I've never had the guy, but he seems like the kind of player who'll haul in a 78 yard TD bomb in garbage time, giving JP Losman an even 100 yards passing on the day. Still, I have a hard time looking past Losman being his QB.
A bit further down, he's got some 'projections' and he's got Maroney all the way down there at # 27, behind such notables as Ladell Betts and Brandon Jackson and tied with backup Jesse Chatman. I think Roger and a lot of other 'experts' are forgetting that Kool-Aid only has one real pre-season game under his belt and he ran well during it (I'm guessing he took the final game off). They're also pointing to the Heath Evans TD in garbage time and wondering "why wasn't Maroney in there?". Umm... you just answered your own question; it was GARBAGE TIME!
Mark my words, this Sunday night if a NE WR gets tackled at the 1 yard line (or there's pass interference in the end zone) and the game hasn't been decided yet, Maroney (not Sammy Morris and not Heath Evans) will be in there every snap. He's taking Dillon's role, people! Big players make big plays in big games and this Sunday night is a big game. Contrast this to, say, Travis Henry, who plays at home against OAK (Roger has Henry listed as his #1 RB this week). Call me crazy, but I can envision Henry and the Broncos taking this game a little too lightly and sleepwalking through most of the game. Henry will finish with 20 carries for 87 yards (no TDs) and the experts will be scrambling Monday morning. Meanwhile, Kool-Aid will get a TD early and then go over 100 late as the Pats run out the clock.
Ooooh, here's another one: Alex Smith is #12, meaning Roger thinks he'll do better than Matt Hasselbeck and Jake Delhomme, two veteran QBs. I could go on, but what's the point?
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