Ladarius Green...?

[JoshGordonsDealer]

I haven't seen much on the forums, but Green has been a darling for a while and he just had a massive coming out party... do we think he can keep it up?

[Phaded]

As an owner who has had him stashed in both of my leagues - I sure hope so.

[kasermap]

If he can stay healthy. Sold him before the season for what turned out to be the 9th pick in a 16 team league. I'm still happy with it.

[jcc6fd]

Was nice to see the big game. At least that establishes he is capable of doing so. I'll definitely be watching closely for the remainder of the season to see if he can replicate his recent success. I don't have any insight into his capability other than we know his talent offers upside, but I will say that the receiver situation in PIT is certainly murky. No one knows if Bryant will be able to stay clean, Wheaton is a bust and probably gone. Coates can't catch, and though he's dealt with injury he is certainly a bust candidate. The rest of the options (Heyward-Bey, Rogers, ect.) aren't anything special. I'd say the most intriguing thing about Green now is that he's got a good chance of being the number two target behind Brown, which combined with his legitimate talent makes him a potential high end TE1. Other than Bryant Green's biggest threat to productivity probably lies in the draft.

[Novacane]

I have been holding him everywhere so it was nice to see. That said, I watched a bunch of his catches in that game and got the sense that they did not really game plan for him. It will be interesting to see how he does these next few weeks. He certainly has the talent to put up serious numbers. At a minimum, he is a real threat to score anytime they are in the red zone.

[balaberda]

I have been holding him everywhere so it was nice to see. That said, I watched a bunch of his catches in that game and got the sense that they did not really game plan for him. It will be interesting to see how he does these next few weeks. He certainly has the talent to put up serious numbers. At a minimum, he is a real threat to score anytime they are in the red zone.

I do agree with this but at the same time they have to stop bell and brown first. Green will always have nice matchups. I want to keep seeing ben look for him.

[REPTAR]

I'm an owner and was ecstatic to see him have a breakout game, but I did notice that he seemed a step slower and a little more lumbering. I think he's still favoring his ankle and even said after the game that he wasn't all the way back and was running slower because of it. His catches seemed pretty open. I'm concerned he may be less effective with a little more attention, but still very excited about his upside in that offense, especially next year when he's (closer to?) 100%.

[KCLep20]

With Gronk out and Reed hurting I sure hope he continues producing....

[captain howdy]

Heath Miller was the trusted target of Roeth. As was Hines, and is AB.

What we know is that if Roeth trusts you, he will feed you. Hopefully Green does his homework, is where hes supposed to be, and catches what comes to him.

Im confidant if those things occur, Greens natural athleticism can propel him to some great games and tremendous years

[ninotoreS]

By typical fantasy TE1 standards, the sky is the limit for Green in Pittsburgh's offense. It's a great situation for him. While he doesn't have the hips or Gronkian play-strength to be a TE that can shake / bully double-teams, with Brown on the field obviously Green's unlikely see many of those. Bell also just about requires a linebacker or strong-safety to spy him in coverage, further creating space for Green in the middle of the field. Four of Green's six catches were 3rd down conversions. That's no fluke; Brown draws safety help on the perimeter, Bell maybe runs a short route into the flat drawing the strong-safety or one of the linebackers, and then who's left to stay on Green's hip? Most of the time it's only gonna be some physically out-matched, late reacting cornerback, if anyone at all.

Green has the ball-skills of a (good) wide-receiver, together with an exceptional catch-radius and elite speed-score. He did seem a bit slower than usual last week, though; more like a 4.65 40 guy than the 4.5 flat guy I usually see on his tape. Fortunately, he remains a 6'6" monster with 10+ inch hands and 34.5 inch arms, so he's still easy to throw open for a good QB.

But as others have said, health's the key. He's yet to prove he can stay healthy as a featured, high snap-count player. Even if he finishes this year strong, doubts will persist until he does it for 15-16 games. We'll see.

[balaberda]

I hope that Green finishes the year super strong. Maybe helps the Steelers make a deep push in the playoffs.

He will then be my #1 sell pre-draft next year. I don't trust his health or his concussion situation.

[Johnny Canuck]

I hope that Green finishes the year super strong. Maybe helps the Steelers make a deep push in the playoffs.

He will then be my #1 sell pre-draft next year. I don't trust his health or his concussion situation.

^This. Esp if Martavis manages to get back on the field next season.

[dm1129]

Has anyone seen anything definitive on why Green was out? I know it was initially rumored to be concussion related, but Green categorically denied that. I have also read that it was his ankle, but I simply have never seen anything confirmed.

[HawkeyeState]

I've been holding him for so long, it's very satisfying to see him produce.
But if any of this concussion/retirement talk was semi real, it's scary because he's 1 hit away from me holding him this long and then retiring and being worth nothing.

I'd be selling if the right offer came my way, but in the offense he's in and athletic profile, he's a nice player to have that's for sure

[REPTAR]

Has anyone seen anything definitive on why Green was out? I know it was initially rumored to be concussion related, but Green categorically denied that. I have also read that it was his ankle, but I simply have never seen anything confirmed.

It's said to be his ankle and healing from offseason surgery. The headaches were a rumor that I believe Green denied, which certainly doesn't mean they weren't true, but there's been nothing conclusive on that. Otherwise he's just been working his way back from ankle injury, and according to him he is still not all the way back - said he still doesn't have all his explosiveness back yet.