Usually I don't like to ask advice in a public forum about my fantasy team. However due to work and family obligations I am getting dumber and dumber about the NFL every day. Despite having 24 access to news and commentary.
In my keeper league we must keep 4 players. So far I am keeping Phillip Rivers, Frank Gore and Owen Daniels. For my fourth keeper I am a bit stumped. I have the choices narrowed down to running backs Knowshon Moreno DEN or Kevin Smith DET, wide receivers Joshua Cribbs CLE (return yards count in my league and he gets a pile of them) or Mike Sims-Walker JAX or Michael Crabtree SF or Hakem Nicks NYG.
I have always tried to get two stud RB's for my team. With the keeper system that is much tougher to do. If you don't have two great RB's you need to either trade for one or draft one (usually a rookie since all the good RB's are kept). Or get lucky and pick up the Ray Rice's or Jamaal Charles of the world.
Now Moreno could be a great keeper, but I have read that he is hurt. Kevin Smith looks like he will be bumped for the rookie RB so that probably won't be a good move. For the receivers, Mike Sims-Walker was lights out when he was healthy. Michael Crabtree I drafted last season hoping he would turn into a stud that I could keep year in and year out. Will he live up to that potential? Hakem Nicks came up strong at the end of last season. In the Yahoo rankings Nicks is ranked just ahead of Sims-Walker and Crabtree ( they are all pretty close). Cribbs won't catch many balls, but he will churn up the return yards like a machine. He is 27 and guys like that only seem to last a couple of years, see Devon Hester and Daunte Hall. Also he was playing for a contract last year. Now that he has one will the hunger still be there?
For me the decision comes down to Nicks or Crabtree for longevity. Maybe Moreno would be a good option, but I hate to waste a keeper spot for him if he is going to be unhealthy this season.
Any opinions out there?
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