Dynasty Sleepers: QB

I received a few friendly reminders here recently about my lack of posting, after vowing to do better this year. I’ve been rummaging through my brain trying to find something worth writing, and decided to divulge some more useless crap that I know about fantasy football.

I’m the type of fantasy gamer that thinks football should be played all year; and since they stop playing games in mid-February, I do my part to ensure that I have plenty of things to keep me going year round. I’m currently in the middle of a startup dynasty draft (yes, ANOTHER dynasty draft, that makes 6 dynasty teams that I run!!) and we are approaching the mid rounds, when teams are truly separated because of their ability to grab key players, before they become household names. Before I start listing off these no-namers, I want to admit that I got alot of this research from other guys, and then looked into these players on my own, and I encourage you to do the same. Nobody gets it right every time, but I found a few people that seem to see things close to the same way I do, so I keep coming back for more insight. I’ll list them for you at the end.

Enough with the introductions, let’s get on to the list making! This “edition” of my dynasty sleepers will focus on the QBs. I’ll catch you after the jump:

1. The guy at the top of my list is Jason Campbell. I believe he’s a playmaker away from being a consistent top 10 QB. With Clinton Portis and LaDell Betts in the backfield to pound the rock, Campbell hasn’t been pressured to carry the load by himself, and has Chris Cooley to dump the ball to. The Redskins brought in Santana Moss a few years ago to be that playmaker, but I’ve never been a big fan of Moss. He had 1 or 2 decent years in New York, and has failed to show me anything else since then, he even went so far as to take himself out of a game this year because he sucked so bad. If they can grab one of the many great WRs in the upcoming draft… Campbell could be well on his way to stardom.

2. Tarvaris Jackson. Jackson started to show some flashes last year, but couldn’t stay consistent enough. One of his biggest problems was that he didn’t have anyone who could actually catch the ball when he’d get it to them. I was watching a game when Troy Williamson (who it looks is finally on his way out of town, good luck with that one Jacksonville!) had his guy beat by 5 or 10 yards and Jackson hit him perfectly in stride, right in the hands, and he dropped it. Sidney Rice showed some potential last year, and I’m sure the Vikings will take a WR in the draft. Adding a passing attack to ADP and Chester Taylor, along with that ferocious defense, could make the Vikings a scary team in the very near future; and Jackson has the skills to make it work.

3. Trent Edwards. The coaching staff saw enough in Trent Edwards to pull the plug on J.P. Losman early last year. Losman’s best ability was to throw the ball deep down field and then have Lee Evans run underneath it. Edwards didn’t get the ball deep to Evans as much as Losman did, so Evans stock fell. If Edwards can figure out how to get the ball to Evans, he’ll rise up the rankings quickly.

4. If you don’t know about the rest of these guys, you just haven’t been paying attention. Brady Quinn (if he can find some time for football in between his gay-bashings), JaMarcus Russell (was officially announced the teams starter at the beginning of the year), and Aaron Rodgers (looked great when he filled in for an injured Brett Fav-ruh this year) all have the makings of tremendous ability, if given the time. Quinn and Rodgers especially, have so many weapons at their disposal, they could easily hit the ground running if given the chance.

5. Old and trusty. While this QB has definitely already had his best days, he may be available late in your draft, and could help your team this year. If he can keep from getting KO’ed again Trent Green could be consistent enough to start for many of the teams in the NFL that currently don’t have a starting QB, it’s only a matter of one of them giving him a chance. Vinny Testaverde proved last year that it is totally possible to still be employed by an NFL team while you are in the process of filling out your AARP registration, and I see no reason why Green couldn’t do the same, again, only if given the chance.

That’s about all I’ve got for QBs that would qualify as sleepers. For some great resources, check out Footballguys.com and Fantasy Football Extreme. Check back soon for sleeper RBs.