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Quarterbackin' With FantasyFitz (Tiers/Rankings)

I am a member of the very popular, and very crowded, 'wait on quarterback' church. So based on ESPN ADP, chances are that you won't see Luck, Cam, A-Rod, Big Ben, Russ, or at this point, even Brees, under center for my fantasy teams. Now don't get me wrong, I love Versace. I just don't buy it till it hit the racks at the outlets. So if one of these six stud signal callers falls well past their ADP, I'm pouncing on them like a fresh Versace suit at Nordstrom Rack.

For what it is worth, Andrew Luck is my top-rated quarterback heading into the season. Cam and A-Rod are not far behind, but I am all-in on a healthy Luck as this season's top fantasy quarterback. The o-line is improved, and I think Luck's receiving options are slightly underrated. Hilton and Montcrief can be as good as any duo in the league with Luck slinging it to them, and Philip Dorsett is going to be a name that we all get more familiar with. Luck's ADP is QB4, so I might be able to find a place to draft him. 

It always depends how the draft falls, but if you are picking early and grab Antonio Brown, I am comfortable paying the Big Ben draft price for that stack. A Jordy-Rodgers double-team would also be fun, but the draft will really need to fall to you for that to happen. If you told me Ben plays 16 games, I can convince myself that he finishes the year right behind Luck. 

The suspended Tom Brady is my 6th ranked QB, and he is the 7th QB being drafted. I can fox with the Brady and a five-week fill-in strategy. I can fox with it even more if I draft Gronk. I promise to stop suggesting stacks.   

The name to really keep an eye out for in this group is Tyrod Taylor. He is the 14th QB off the board right now, and he is my 8th ranked QB. With all due respect to Cam, he will be the top rushing QB this year. He won't be the other guys in this group through the air, but he'll be better than most people are projecting. Tyrod and his new deal are a situation you want to invest in. The price is too right. 

Eli is going right where I have him. My overall rankings haven't dropped yet, so spoiler alert, OBJ is numero uno for me. Guess what I'm doing if I end up with OBJ? Did you guess that I'll be dancing like OBJ? Good, because I will be. But yes, I'll also move Eli up my board a little to stack the Big Blue duo. Head Coach Macadoo and Eli are going to go together like lamb and tuna-fish. Or like Macadoo and an over-sized suit. We haven't gotten to Kirk Cousins yet, so that won't be the last played-out joke of this blog. 

The former Duck Mariota quacked his way into my top 10. Okay, maybe he ran his way into my top 10, but you get what I was doing there. He is not going to cost you a top 10 price on draft day either. He is currently coming off the board as QB18, which means he is own-able for anyone showing up to the draft. You don't even need to buy him an appletini! If you are the last one to draft your quarterback, he should be your man. The Titans WR situation is looking more and more interesting to me too with Matthews and Sharpe show some flashes.  

CP3 is a fine option. My love for Tyrod and Marcus drops him below his ADP in my rankings, but that doesn't mean he's not serviceable. I guess you can say that I am into guys who run...as a starting fantasy quarterback. 

I blame this group. This group just screams "Hey Fitzy! Wait for me!" At the end of the year, you could very well find three of these guys inside the top 10 of the scoring leaders for the position. Heck...Staff, Kirk, and Bortles did it last year! Can I tell you today which three they will be this year? Hell nah. Which is why they're ranked 12 to 23 for me.  

ADP has Bortles, Rivers, and Kirk going just before Carr and Staff at the moment, but my preference is the latter two. The talent at the skill positions is around Carr more than the rest of the group, and that o-line in Las Vegas Oakland is one of the best in the league. Stafford is still worthy of his real football 1st overall selection, and Cooter started to show us that when he took over last year. A full off-season together, and the departure of that Megatron guy should help. Okay maybe not the departure of that Megatron guy, but you get it. I like the Cooter, and I like the Bulldog. 

I also have to like Kirk. Not because he said "you like that," but because I really really like Jordan Reed. Washington as a whole might have it going on this season. My QB15 can start for me. 

Sometimes I am into redheads, but for some reason I am never into Andy Dalton. With that being said, when need be, I won't feel terrible rolling him out at some point this fantasy season. 

Jameis will finish inside the top 15 this year, and within the top 5 in two years. So keeper or new dynasty league pick I guess?

He was worth the wait for Gang Green, and he can be worth the wait for you too. You can do worse than Decker and Marshall's thrower. ADP24, FITZYDP19.

Joe Flacco is elite, and he is being drafted as QB28. My QB20. Period. Stop. 

Matt Ryan has fallen so damn far, but is still so damn close to becoming a top-tier quarterback. If that makes any sense. It doesn't? Whatever. He has Julio Jones. Wait, they signed Sanu? He might vulture some passing TDs on trick plays. LOL. 

Michael Bennett may think he is the "worst quaterback in the NFL," but as for me and grandpda, we believe in Kristin Cavallari's hubby. Jay Cutler with Alshon Jeffrey and Kevin White is going to be better than his QB29 ADP. You're embarrassing yourself average draft positioners. 

Because of RG3's past performances, and present pre-season performances, we have to pay attention. I think he works as a Brady week 1 to 5 fill-in, at an EXTREMELY cheap price.  

Brock got a bunch of dough from the Texans, and that might work out for them, but I am not about the pay the price for him to start under center for my team. It won't shock me if NUK's quarterback finishes the year inside the top 20, but I can't put him there right now. 

I am intrigued by the Ealges. I am buying into Doug Pederson. So I have to give Bradford a shoutout. 

Dak Prescott's ADP is QB16. Romo hasn't been hurt for a week. #AMERICASTEAM

Kap would have value if he could win the job. But he can't, and I don't want to keep going on him, because I don't want to have to comment on his current situation. But this did make me LOL...

I really need to let go when it comes to Mark Sanchez. A little more than a week back I was trying to find a way to make him a top20 QB...then some guy Siemian passed him on the depth chart. It also looks like the Broncos might cut him at this point.

Hot take...Romo returns in week 11 to lead Dem Boyz, and your fantasy Boyz, into the playoffs. 

-FantasyFitz

    

The Metsies Blog - YoAnus Woods

Photo Credit-Howard Simmons (NY Daily News)/Filter-NYMWS

Rule number one of golf is that nobody wants to hear about your round of golf. Rule number whatever comes before one is that nobody especially wants to hear about your round of golf, if your name is Yoesnis Cespedes and you have been out the lineup for the past three games. 

Yoenis Cespedes officially landed on the 15th hole day DL yesterday due to his right quadricep injury. While the last thing this struggling squad needed was a Yo-Anus trip to the DL, the real last thing they needed was YoAnus trip to the DL; following a morning threeball with Kevin Millar, and some other name I can't read on their scorecard. 

Is it possible that Cespedes put the finishing touches on his inevitable disabled list trip on the course yesterday? Sure. Is it likely? No. But that doesn't get the $27.5 Million Dollar Man a pass. He is so lost. For him to sit there for this picture, with his scorecard, and his shit-eating grin on his on  face, puts the finishing touches on my beliefs, that YoAnus, will always be an anus. 

Why would he take this picture? Why would he let Kevin Millar post this picture? Why would Kevin Millar do Yoenis like this? Did D'Angelo Russel hack into Kevin Millar's phone, and twitter, and post this? 

The worst part about this, is that in a sport like golf, this can all be avoided. There a plenty of private clubs in the New York Metro area that are some of the most exclusive joints in the world. No phones, no photos, no farting. Show up, golf, play grab-ass with Millar, and then you wind up on the DL because "the last at-bat, the second swing, I felt."

Rest up Yoenis. Get healthy. Come back mashing, and we'll give you a mulligan...till your next move finds you back in a hazard. 

-Fitzgerald