As I talked about last week, we didn’t truly know what was going to happen to Percy Harvin until Tuesday. Well, now we know and it’s not exactly the news we all wanted to hear heading into our drafts. Harvin will be out 3-4 months as he has hip surgery to repair a torn labrum. For those of you that drafted, that puts his estimated ‘worth keeping on your team’ time at week 9 if you’re lucky but I’d bank on him being back no earlier then week 13 and by then…well, here’s the scenario. The Seahawks – barring major in season injuries – are a playoff bound team as they were a strong team even without Harvin last year. By week 13, the team will be ready to welcome him but this isn’t a guy who knows his team and their schemes. It’s going to take time to gel, to get acclimated. If you’re holding Harvin for your playoff push, you might want to think about that as a factor in how to handle. If you’re gonna ask me what to do about it, it’s a pretty simple call for me. If he were on my team as of now, I’d try and sell him in a 2 for 1 if someone is willing to wait because in redrafts, I’m not and would be dropping him. I’ve updated Harvin in my 2013 Fantasy Football Rankings as well. Now in theory, he’s returning during a time when he could be useful but he’s nothing more then a pickup when that time comes. I wouldn’t be wasting a draft pick on him. Too many injuries and bye weeks before now and that time frame could happen. Keep abreast (tee-hee) of any news regarding Percy and see if he’s worth a pickup week 9 or 10 if it doesn’t affect your bench too much to do so would be my plan in most leagues. In other 2013 Fantasy Football news…zing! I’m like a broken record here. Since we don’t have 5000 leagues yet, I’m gonna keep badgering you every chance I get about our Razzball Commenter Leagues. Either go join one or create one. If you build it, they will come. It’s totally like Field of Dreams, y’all! Now back to your regularly scheduled post…
Golden Tate – When I did a mock way back when – you know, March – I had this to say about taking Tate with my 14th round pick. ‘Golden Tate is me believing in his last 11 games, including the playoffs where he was on a 16 game pace for 61 receptions, 923 yards and 7 touchdowns. Or as I like to think of it, Torrey Smith without the associated price tag. Yes, I still hold to that even with the Percy Harvin trade.’ Well, now Harvin’s not around. I think Tate gets a shot at 10 touchdowns this year and is a great get as a WR3. I’ve also moved him up in my rankings a bit to reflect how golden I think Tate will be.
Kenbrell Thompkins – Seeing his name just a few days after I talked about Aaron Dobson should be a good reason you don’t give training camp too much attention unless you know there’s a position battle and the names involved. Everyone in Pats nation seems to have a ‘great training camp day’ at some point. Not saying this kid can’t be ‘the guy’ but now I can’t wait to hear about Boyce’s rise to fame.
Kevin Kolb – Is apparently losing step to be the QB1 in Buffalo. As Nicolas Cage would put it, YOU DON’T SAY?!?! Even if Kolb were the better guy, I don’t think he’s really going to get much of a shot with the Bills this year, which is a bit to my chagrin. At best, he probably starts the first 4 games of the year and even if he puts up good numbers, I doubt the Bills stick with him. You don’t draft QBs that early not expecting them to get their feet wet.
Giovani Bernard – The lovefest for all things Gio in Bengals camp continues. Not to go all hipster on you, but I had him in my top 100 and ahead of BJGE when others feared it. At worst, I think you get what people are expecting from Vereen/Woodhead but at less of a premium…for now…
Montee Ball – It’s still early, so I wouldn’t go too crazy about it but it’s not good when a guy with a RBBC history like Fox says ‘we don’t know enough about Montee Ball yet’ regarding your 5th round pick. I was leery of him to start the year, this isn’t doing anything to build confidence for me either. Coupled with the fact that he’s having blocking issues – a major no-no in a Peyton led offense and what gave the job to Moreno over Hillman last year – and you have disaster written all over drafting Montee that high right now. In the argument between whether to Ball or ring the Bell, so far Le’Veon wins.
