Matthew Berry's fantasy football top 200

Chrispy · Jul 2, 2012

Updated: June 26, 2012, 5:04 PM ET

http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/football/ffl/story?page=NFLDK2K12ranksBerry200

ThomasTomasz · Jul 2, 2012

I remember six years ago when, if you drafted a quarterback before the 10th pick, everyone thought you were an idiot. Now you've got two QBs who can go before RBs and another QB in the top 10 and one more sitting at 11.

Krebs · Jul 28, 2012

matthew berry is an idiot

ralaw · Aug 22, 2012

LOL, Berry just said he has Nate Washington as a sleeper, because when Locker was in he targeted him the most....he then said Britt and Kendall Wright weren't on the team, but that's besides the point. LOL

Bomberooski · Aug 22, 2012

Ray Rice as the #1 RB. Is that pretty uniform this season?

AND Marshawn at #12 :whoner:

MrBill · Aug 22, 2012

Matthew Berry is pretty good overall as a fantasy news source. Nobody should ever replace your gut feeling though. I only lean on those guys when I am conflicted over a start or roster move.

ralaw · Aug 22, 2012

Bomberooski said:
Ray Rice as the #1 RB. Is that pretty uniform this season?

AND Marshawn at #12 :whoner:

Arian Foster

Senser81 · Aug 22, 2012

Alex Smith over Joe Flacco???

Flacco has consistently thrown for over 3600 yards and 21+ TDs over the last 3 years. Smith has yet to do that once in his career.

I guess I'm underestimating the impact of Randy Moss.

Len B · Aug 23, 2012

Senser81 said:
Alex Smith over Joe Flacco???

Flacco has consistently thrown for over 3600 yards and 21+ TDs over the last 3 years. Smith has yet to do that once in his career.

I guess I'm underestimating the impact of Randy Moss.

He's overestimating it like crazy. You have a championship defense, and three solid running backs, the last thing you're going to want to do is air it out and allow for miscues. There's nothing that separates Matthew Berry from any other knowledgeable fantasy person, he just got lucky and gets paid to do it. It's like predicting the weather.

Glenbino · Aug 23, 2012

This is the guy that convinced me to take Mike Vick #1 overall in all my FF leagues last year. Thanks for nothing Berry.

MrBill · Aug 23, 2012

Glenbino said:
This is the guy that convinced me to take Mike Vick #1 overall in all my FF leagues last year. Thanks for nothing Berry.

That was a great pick at that time :yep:

Len B · Aug 23, 2012

MrBill said:
That was a great pick at that time :yep:

No it wasn't. The way Vick plays is hazardous, and he's always due for an injury. The safer play was Ray Rice.

albidnis · Aug 23, 2012

Have to forgive him for some of these as it was done on June 26th.

I believe Brandon Marshall is going to have a monster season. Better than Gronk or Graham. I also feel like TE's should come down a little. Teams are going to be gearing up to cover those guys this season. NO SURPRISES

Len B · Aug 23, 2012

I just can't buy into this guy -- if I need a random stat that his studying finds, that's one thing. However, in his list above he ranks Ryan Mathews 10th with an injury. Yet in his column last week he writes:

1. According to FootballOutsiders.com, in 32 career games, Ryan Mathews has been on the injury report 15 times, or almost half his games.

2. That includes two games when he was listed as "questionable" and didn't play, and one game (Week 13, 2010) where he was actually listed as "probable," was active for the game but didn't get on the field.

3. This season, the Chargers have just four games that start at 1 p.m. ET.

So you don't trust the guy at all with injuries, you got burned by Vick last year yet you have this guy ranked 10th still?

MrBill · Aug 23, 2012

Len B said:
No it wasn't. The way Vick plays is hazardous, and he's always due for an injury. The safer play was Ray Rice.

He was also coming off of an incredible season that culminated in me winning the Murder Death Kill Bowl and $1,000 :smug:

Tailback U · Aug 23, 2012

I traded the number 1 pick for the number 7th and $20 last year because I didn't want Vick. Guy that traded me took him, I took Philip Rivers which didn't work out all that well but he did better than Vick.

Vick was vastly overrated last season. He's never played 16 games in a season. And he wasn't going to be running and throwing for 5 TDs every game. Come on now.

Berry is good at finding interesting/obscure stats that seem like they could mean something but rarely ever do. I read his rankings because quite frankly, all the other guys are even worse. You can tell he tries too hard to make a bold pick, though, and it gets the best of him every year. He tries too hard to be bold.

This year is going to be interesting though. Pretty much everyone is ranking Julio Jones ahead of guys like Andre Johnson, Mike Wallace, Steve Smith (Carolina) etc.

I've done a few mocks and there's just no way to tell how good the team is going to be by looking at it on paper. There are a ton of good receivers and a lot of backs with question marks. Then there are quarterbacks who are awesome and then who could be awesome. It should be a fun season.

Senser81 · Aug 23, 2012

MrBill said:
He was also coming off of an incredible season that culminated in me winning the Murder Death Kill Bowl and $1,000 :smug:

Was that your Spongebob Scorepants entry?

Glenbino · Aug 23, 2012

FWIW he also gave me the name Jimmy Graham last year and had a lot of people looking at me weird when I made him me first TE selected.. I guess my point is whether you use an "expert" or just the little projected stats shown during the draft, your results aren't going to vary much. FF is all about injuries, match-ups and luck.

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