The official 2018 Plant Your Flag thread

[motherlode]

Cordarrelle Patterson will score double digit touchdowns.

[cornhole2412]

I'll do one for each position

QB: Watson top 3 QB
RB: J. Howard near 2000 all purpose, double digit TDs, top 5 back.
WR: Nuk WR1 (not a hot take)
WR: Cooks 85/1300/8 top 10 WR (hotter take?)
TE: Kittle top 5 TE
K: Greg the leg scores like a WR3... yes I planted my flag on a kicker. No I'm not ashamed.

[Kurt G.O.A.T.]

Defenses key in on Gurley finally, shutting him and the Rams down (like the Falcons did in the playoffs)

haha, keep dreaming.

gurley will have even better numbers this season.

[Kurt G.O.A.T.]

RB:
By injury, Wilkins takes over starting duties for the Colts.
McKinnon gets hurt, doesn't make top 20.

bravo. 100% so far.

[Kurt G.O.A.T.]

Everyone is SF will disappoint. Spearheaded by a small sample size, porn star dating QB, the Niners with a backfield devoid of any real talent behind McKinnon, who won't stay healthy, and a no proven talent at TE, WR and a porous OL, will fail to live up to the FF "dream state", and everybody owning 49ers will be sour, except, perhaps those who bought early on Goodwin.

this post wins the thread hands down.

[notweswelker]

Lenny Fournette finishes outside the top ten running backs.
Tyreek Hill thoroughly outplays Watkins, forcing Watkins truthers to come up with another dozen excuses that aren't backed by any statistics or analysis whilst crying themselves to sleep.
Josh Gordon finishes as a WR3 or worse.
Aaron Jones is the Green Bay back to own by seasons end as Jamaal Williams continues to rush for under 4 ypc.

Pretty decent looking so far. 3.5/4, I don't think I can give full credit to the last one yet, though JWill the pass blocking ace is sitting at 3.7 ypc as of Monday morning.

[M-Dub]

Players:

QB - Mahomes Nailed it
RB - McKinnon Wish he’d had the chance to prove me right
WR - Funch Probably too early to call this a hit, but looking good so far
TE - ASJ Was looking like a miss even before the season-ending injury

Hawt taekz (assuming regular PPR scoring):

Jordan Howard will not finish in the top 18 RBs
Kenyan Drake will not finish in the top 24 RBs
Amari Cooper will not finish in the top 15 WRs (again)

So far so good on these. Drake might have a chance to prove me wrong.

James Conner will still have an inspiring, feel-good story and will still be completely irrelevant as a fantasy asset

Pretty big whiff on this one. Still think he’s a JAG, but obviously underestimated the Steelers’ bitter determination to make him “a thing.”

Dez will outscore every Cowboys WR

I don’t know what’s sadder: that Dez still hasn’t signed anywhere, or that if he does, this is still a very real possibility.

Jeremy McNichols will outscore Matt Breida and Joe Williams

Batting .500 on this one. Haha.

Royce Freeman and Phillip Lindsay will be the two highest scoring Broncos RBs

Nailed it, and in April, no less.

Josh Gordon won’t fail a drug test

[ColdZealDonkeyStrike]

1.Taywan Taylor outscores one of Matthews or Davis and is a top 25 WR
2. Geronimo Allison is a WR2
3. Gerald Everett is a top 10 TE
4. LeVeon Bell has the highest YFS season of all time
5. Royce Freeman is a top 3 scoring rookie RB

Woof!

[ColdZealDonkeyStrike]

Rex Burkhead is top 10 ppr rb this season
Dion Lewis and Derrick Henry combine for the most lethal backfield in the nfl
Leveon Bell falls off one way or the other (play/injury) and finishes outside of the top 10
D'onta Foreman overtakes Lamar Miller and Miller's value finally takes a big plummet
Gerald Everett becomes fantasy relevant and a top 10 dynasty te

So top scoring duo? Can you quantify most lethal?

Apparently, it was for owners of any part of the TEN backfield

[notweswelker]

Players:

QB - Mahomes Nailed it
RB - McKinnon Wish he’d had the chance to prove me right
WR - Funch Probably too early to call this a hit, but looking good so far
TE - ASJ Was looking like a miss even before the season-ending injury

Hawt taekz (assuming regular PPR scoring):

Jordan Howard will not finish in the top 18 RBs
Kenyan Drake will not finish in the top 24 RBs
Amari Cooper will not finish in the top 15 WRs (again)

So far so good on these. Drake might have a chance to prove me wrong.

James Conner will still have an inspiring, feel-good story and will still be completely irrelevant as a fantasy asset

Pretty big whiff on this one. Still think he’s a JAG, but obviously underestimated the Steelers’ bitter determination to make him “a thing.”

Dez will outscore every Cowboys WR

I don’t know what’s sadder: that Dez still hasn’t signed anywhere, or that if he does, this is still a very real possibility.

Jeremy McNichols will outscore Matt Breida and Joe Williams

Batting .500 on this one. Haha.

Royce Freeman and Phillip Lindsay will be the two highest scoring Broncos RBs

Nailed it, and in April, no less.

Josh Gordon won’t fail a drug test

Haha come on give Conner some credit, he's been pretty effing good. I say this as someone with literally ZERO shares and I am very bitter about it.

[M-Dub]

Heh. Never. I own zero shares of Conner as well and I’m bitter too. Partly because he’s a fantastic sell-high opportunity, but mainly because I have one share of Jaylen Samuels as an 18th round flier in a 3-keeper league.

[JoshGordonsDealer]

1. Jarvis Landry is going to continue to be a beast
2. Crowell will be a high-end RB2
3. Keenum proves that last year wasn't a fluke, Denver goes 12-4

1.5/3?

[notweswelker]

1. Jarvis Landry is going to continue to be a beast
2. Crowell will be a high-end RB2
3. Keenum proves that last year wasn't a fluke, Denver goes 12-4

1.5/3?

That sounds right. I am pretty shocked Landry hasn't done more. I think his 2nd half could be monstrous as Baker and him work on the connection, as Hue Jackson gave most of the QB1 reps to bleep Tyrod Taylor all summer. How in the bleep does Hue Jackson have a job

[Jigga94]

1. Jarvis Landry is going to continue to be a beast
2. Crowell will be a high-end RB2
3. Keenum proves that last year wasn't a fluke, Denver goes 12-4

1.5/3?

Fair. Not as good of a start for Landry as youd like. Definitely not beast like. Love the Crowell call. He never gets any love

[JoshGordonsDealer]

1. Jarvis Landry is going to continue to be a beast
2. Crowell will be a high-end RB2
3. Keenum proves that last year wasn't a fluke, Denver goes 12-4

1.5/3?

That sounds right. I am pretty shocked Landry hasn't done more. I think his 2nd half could be monstrous as Baker and him work on the connection, as Hue Jackson gave most of the QB1 reps to bleep Tyrod Taylor all summer. How in the bleep does Hue Jackson have a job

Yeah. He opened really strong, but the passing game with Baker is still getting settled. I love how we're using Landry, the numbers just aren't there yet.