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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Browns barely on fantasy radar
If a correlation exists between a team’s fantasy rankings and its actual outlook, the Browns are in real trouble.
Just glancing at some of the fantasy rankings makes you think the real fantasy is that this team will win six or seven games.
Running back
Jamal Lewis is No. 1 on the Browns’ depth chart and maybe No. 1 in your heart (although that might be a stretch), but you’ll be hard pressed to find him in the top 20 among fantasy RBs. Saw one list where he’s ranked 37th with this comment: He kind of looked like he’d had it last year, team’s rotten and now he’s 30.
If Lewis is washed up, that should increase the value of Jerome Harrison and maybe even rookie James Davis, who has been appearing on some recent lists.
Quarterback
Nobody quite knows what to do with this position because it remains so unsettled. One list I saw today had Derek Anderson ranked ahead of Brady Quinn, probably based on last week’s exhibition game in which Anderson looked like his 2007 Pro Bowl self more often than not.
Another list lumps Anderson and Quinn together at No. 26, which was slightly higher than Joe Flacco, Marc Bulger and whoever emerges as the Tampa Bay signal-caller.
Receivers
Braylon Edwards generally isn’t cracking the top 20. An Associated Press fantasy writer lists him No. 25 with the comment: “Maybe he’s done a lot of finger exercises or gone to an opposable-thumb-usage clinic or something. Will probably only be drafted by people who did not have him last year.” Ouch.
Edwards is the only Browns receiver mentioned.
Tight ends? None in the top 20 anywhere. Come on, where’s the love for Robert Royal and Steve Heiden? Oh, that’s right. Blocking doesn’t count.
Defense/special teams
Again, not showing up in any top 20s, even with Joshua Cribbs around to return kicks. Of course, Cribbs may not be around to return kicks if he goes through with his threat to hold out for more money once the games start to count.
Kicker
I’m thinking Phil Dawson easily could be in the top 20, but nobody else seems to think so. The feeling, I guess, is that the Browns’ offense will be so anemic that even field goals will be hard to come by.
Anyway, there you have it. No great revelation here, but avoid Browns if you want to do well in fantasy.
