teewhy237 Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 I had high hopes for Gaffney this season. I had tempered expectations overall but still thought he'd be a solid possession receiver and anticipated an 80+ catch season. With the reemergence of Eddie Royal and the performance of Demaryius Thomas in only his first game of action, it looks pretty clear to me that Gaffney will be the odd man out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budlitebrad Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Yea, probably safe to drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBroncos Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 The Broncos receiving is a cluster. It seems that one will be a target each week and get you mega points, if you can figure out which receiver is Ortons favorite that week! Now, in one league I picked up Lloyd because I do think Lloyd at least will be somewhat consistent in a pass heavy offense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Quarter Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 I'm starting to wonder if he was a wasted pick too but after just 2 games I'm not quite ready to drop him yet. I'm going to keep him on the bench for another week or two and watch how it plays out. Not sure yet just who the go to guy is. Maybe some Denver fans have some insight? Paging Bronco Billy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBroncos Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Maybe some Denver fans have some insight? Paging Bronco Billy! I think BB went to the dark side and is now a Raider fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Waterboy Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 I was dubious on his sleeper status from the start, now any semblance of it is gone. Gaffney couldn't catch on in Houston with Andre Johnson drawing double coverage and was kind of an afterthought in the Patriots offense- both pre and post Moss and Welker. I think Gaffney in Denver is an example of experts throwing their hands up and saying "Well somebody has to catch the passes"....because without any indication of prior success, it never seems to work out for WRs in their later years like that. Gaffney turns 30 in December. Thomas is the guy to have, no question. Royal maybe finally looks like he might start to click. Should one of those guys get hurt, it still gets no better for Gaffney, I'd expect to see a muddled mess of varying success week-to-week, a fantasy wasteland better known as waiver wire fodder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBroncos Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Don't forget about Decker as well. Granted, never saw action yesterday, but he will be the slot receiver in Denver before long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Quarter Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 I think BB went to the dark side and is now a Raider fan Good for him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Quarter Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 I was dubious on his sleeper status from the start, now any semblance of it is gone. Gaffney couldn't catch on in Houston with Andre Johnson drawing double coverage and was kind of an afterthought in the Patriots offense- both pre and post Moss and Welker. I think Gaffney in Denver is an example of experts throwing their hands up and saying "Well somebody has to catch the passes"....because without any indication of prior success, it never seems to work out for WRs in their later years like that. Gaffney turns 30 in December. Thomas is the guy to have, no question. Royal maybe finally looks like he might start to click. Should one of those guys get hurt, it still gets no better for Gaffney, I'd expect to see a muddled mess of varying success week-to-week, a fantasy wasteland better known as waiver wire fodder. Well Thomas is on the waiver wire. Might have to consider this. Thanks for the input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 this is just the latest in a long line of examples of why you shouldn't pay so much attention to the preseason games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBroncos Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Well Thomas is on the waiver wire. Might have to consider this. Thanks for the input. If you can tuck him away, yeah, I'd get him. He will have great value come next season for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussMan Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Im done with Gaffney -- too many WR's on the team sharing the catches. Took a flyer no big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalhead316 Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Its moments like this though in fantasy that irritate me in general, just reading and hearing so many hypes about Gaffney and like someone said analysts making it seem like the receiving core was Gaffney and a few grandmothers, so of course gaffney has to catch the passes. And then you pick him up thinking you are making a nice sneaky maneuver, and nothing...you sit back and watch Eddie Royal just go nuts and catch passes like nothing, especially after you had him last year and he did absolutely zlich for you...its just irritating, i love fantasy but it has aspects that really bug and annoy me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Quarter Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 If you can tuck him away, yeah, I'd get him. He will have great value come next season for sure. Well, we can only keep 2 and he won't be one of them. I may try to grab him off waivers this week for Gaffney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 I think BB went to the dark side and is now a Raider fan Hey, hey, hey... You don't gotta agree with the guy, but calling him a Raider fan is low.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Waterboy Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 (edited) If you can tuck him away, yeah, I'd get him. He will have great value come next season for sure. This entirely premature, but it does seem like there's one rook WR that seems to come out of nowhere every couple years or so to light it up...or at least provide respectable numbers... I know it's generally a 3 year process for WR development, but there are some recent examples of this...Colston, Boldin, Calvin Johnson...way back Randy Moss....and maybe the most bizarre example, Michael Clayton, went for 1193-7 in year one. to a lesser extent, Hakeem Nicks and Jeremy Maclin were startable in spots last year. If you're looking around for those guys this year, Thomas comes to mind pretty early for me. Who else? Maybe that guy on Chicago? Tampa Bay Mike Williams? Edited September 21, 2010 by The Waterboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myhousekey Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 And then you pick him up thinking you are making a nice sneaky maneuver, and nothing...you sit back and watch Eddie Royal just go nuts and catch passes like nothing, especially after you had him last year and he did absolutely zlich for you... I can relate. But at least I think I've learned from last year and won't hold on to dead weight for too long this season. There appear to be way too many options in the Denver passing game. I'm going to look elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moopyjiggles Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 I think the situation in Denver and Chicago are very similar. If you don't have Knox or Royal you're going to go crazy trying to find which one is going to be the hot hand that day. Knox and Royal won't blow up but they will consistantly get yardage in the 70's and a td every 3 games or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUMbotron Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Gaffney's talented but just can't seem to seize opportunities. I would agree that he's droppable, if you are eyeing an up-and-coming WR then Gaffney should not take up that bench spot. The real story here is that Orton has a bunch of weapons and he's very comfortable in this offense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brg88tx Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 gaffney needs to get his ass in the weight room if he wants to be a dominant wr in the nfl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAUgrad Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 gaffney needs to get his ass in the weight room if he wants to be a dominant wr in the nfl. Well, his ass just found my waiver wire and Thomas is now on my bench. Coach and QB love his potential. We'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teewhy237 Posted September 22, 2010 Author Share Posted September 22, 2010 For what its worth, I just read that Lloyd stands to lose the reps as opposed to Gaffney. I think Gaffney will still have some moments, but pretty much what everyone mentioned, good luck starting him the right game. I think Thomas and Royal are the only reliable options going forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teewhy237 Posted September 27, 2010 Author Share Posted September 27, 2010 I got to watch Denver play for the first time yesterday and looks like they have a full blown receiver rotation going on there. The passing game looks awefully good, except in the red zone, but the recievers just rotate in and out on different series. Looks a lot like the Saints where they are spreading the ball around . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mroban Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 I got to watch Denver play for the first time yesterday and looks like they have a full blown receiver rotation going on there. The passing game looks awefully good, except in the red zone, but the recievers just rotate in and out on different series. Looks a lot like the Saints where they are spreading the ball around . I watched most of the game. Looked to me like Gaffney had the most favorable matchup in the secondary and Orton was going to keep going there. He had man coverage and did a great job over the middle but if he had a bit more separation would have been able to shake loose deep for a few big gains. Overall, he is a nice solid WR that occasionally will have games like yesterday. But I think that is his ceiling and not something you can count on week in and week out. But he has great hands and rarely will draw the defenses best coverage defender. Royal in the slot should be much more consistent and Thomas is going to be a beast of a player. Brandon Lloyd was getting the deep looks mostly (and looked very dangerous as well again with single coverage mostly). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBroncos Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 There has been only one consistent player on that receiver core and that's Lloyd. He was consistent when he was healthy towards the end of last year and has been consistent all of this year so far. Only receiver I would touch or at least start consistently on this roster is Lloyd. Plus, he did mighty fine on my bench this week :\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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