Postby Anteaters » Tue Oct 12, 2021 11:07 pm
mild wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 6:09 pm
Anteaters wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:57 pm
Right now, Brown is the WR6 of 2021.
Right now, Bateman hasn't played a game.
Is there really a question about who is the much more valuable fantasy asset?
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I remember the pre-season when Ja'marr Chase had the dropsies and Tee Higgins was the "alpha WR to own in Cincy".
Trust your evaluation of the tape. You can make the case both ways. But we here in the Dynasty business are in the business of future prognostication... and some of us think this Bateman fella might turn out to be alright at football. Lamar being a better thrower of the football in his 4th season is a rising tide that could lift all ships. The answer might even just be "you want BOTH Brown and Bateman in this high-powered Baltimore passing offense" (a shocking statement to our pre-season selves) and that too would be fine.
Time will tell, and we'll check back in with you later. Good luck out there!
I agree. Since Chase was drafted I thought he would easily be the best WR in Cincy. I never thought his preseason drops indicated he was going to have a bad season - you can track my posts here and see that. I never thought Higgins would be the top dog on the same team with Chase, because my opinion is Chase's abilities are far superior to Higgins. I've repeated said that Higgins would have to battle Boyd to see which would be the second to Chase and I've said it's possible Higgins might lose that fight.
I agree evaluating/predicting players' spots on a team's depth chart combines several things. One of those is past usage, of which a rookie wouldn't have any. But another is eye test and personal opinion. My opinion of Chase has always been that he would be a near WR1 for fantasy or better. I've never had that opinion of Bateman. I put Bateman on the same level as Higgins - a guy who will top out in the WR20-36 range.
Even without Hollywood's ascension, I thought he would remain the better WR in Baltimore and Bateman would be a random flex play for at least the first two years. That the "Some of us think" part of your post. I'm not one of the "some of us" who think Bateman will ever be better than what Hollywood was/did last year. Bateman will return soon and if he proves me wrong, I'll be happy to be flogged for my bad judgement.
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WR: Lamb, JChase, Waddle, Pickens, MWilliams, Q Johnston
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