Whew, Favre’s Back, and his First Five Opponents are Creampuffs.
As my other blog post with the picture of Favre crying below suggests, I had a lot riding on Favre in the early fantasy drafts. He was my backup in two leagues that drafted pre July 29th. I’ve been singing his praises here, in forums, and on Twitter as well, so I had to eat crow when he rererereretired. Now I’m back to sort of looking like I know what I’m talking about again!
Some interesting new material for Favre fantasy analysis came to my attention today. Thanks to StilettoNole on FantasyFanatics.com for posting this note on his easy early schedule: http://fantasyfanatics.com/forums/thread/656
He’s officially huge trade bait now that I’ve been made aware of his first five opponents – Cleveland, Detroit, San Fran, Green Bay, and St. Louis. Favre could easily be a top five QB at the end of those five games. He may even be able to avoid reinjuring his gimp rotator cuff for that long. QBs can become overvalued quickly during the season when an owner panics after losing his starter to injury. Shop Favre early and often and you may land a starting WR or RB.
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StilettoNole also points out that Favre’s schedule clears up nicely down the fantasy stretch:
Week 10 vs DET
Week 11 vs SEA
Week 13 @ AZ
Week 14 vs CIN
Favre is panning out to be a big factor in this fantasy season.
August 18th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
I guess drafting Favre to trade for him as fine as long as you don’t have to spend more than a 10th rounder on him. I think he knows his shoulder injury is too serious to play and that it will drag him down by week 10. He just can’t give it up, though. At any rate, I wouldn’t factor those week 10-14 games into my plans.