Saturday NFL Fantasy Football Question: Where Should Michael Vick Rank?

by Jimmy on Jul 2, 2011 11:01 AM CDT in Fantasy Football

Last season Michael Vick was the biggest fantasy football surprise of the year. I am in a league where we get to keep two players. You keep the players as the draft pick of the round you got them in the year before. If you keep a guy that was undrafted the year before, he is kept as a 10th round pick. So there is a guy that gets to keep the #2 overall player from last season as a 10- not a bad deal for him.

That is an easy decision. The tough decision for this season is going to come for guys that are trying to figure out where to draft Vick. He is easily the best quarterback when healthy because he racks up so many points with his legs in addition to his passing numbers, but health is the big question mark. He has only played in all 16 games once in his 8 NFL seasons.

Of course the flip side to that coin is that even though he only played in 12 games last season he still put up more points than any other quarterback.

I pretty much never take a QB in the first round, but if I have an early second round pick it is going to be tough to pass on Vick. I would take Aaron Rodgers over him, but I think he is the only one.

My reason for taking Rodgers over him is that Rodgers has the better chance of staying healthy, and if you look at 2011 projections, like this one from Mike Clay over at PFF, Rodgers is projected for nearly as many points.

What say you?

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nope

I’d rather ride the Philip Rivers Express to my third straight title.

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by 99speed on Jul 2, 2011 11:23 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

Gross

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by Jimmy on Jul 2, 2011 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions

Gross nuthin!

My first 2 picks last 3 years…CJ, then Rivers. And I’ve ridden that all the way to victory. Fortunate to get them year after year.

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by 99speed on Jul 2, 2011 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions

me too

I got him last yr. I wish my league let you pick people to keep because he was great

Screw the lockout. Geaux Tigers.

by trevor2013 on Jul 2, 2011 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions

i´d draft him before Rodgers.

and before Arian Foster, who will be the biggest fantasy bust this season!

by criollo_pcg on Jul 2, 2011 2:45 PM CDT reply actions

No clue

Where Vick should go. I don’t have a QB issue in my league. I’m keeping Rodgers. What I need to figure out is if I’m keeping CJ or DeSean as my second keeper..

And I have the 4th PICK!

by white02slpss on Jul 2, 2011 8:34 PM CDT reply actions

Problem with Vick

He is easily the best quarterback when healthy because he racks up so many points with his legs in addition to his passing numbers, but health is the big question mark. He has only played in all 16 games once in his 8 NFL seasons.

Because of his style of play, health is a HUGE question mark with Vick. You hit the nail right on the head there, Jimmy.

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by titansfan4ever on Jul 3, 2011 8:57 AM CDT reply actions

I wouldn't take him too early.

I wouldn’t take him in say, the first 3 rounds, but I would certainly take a flyer on him in a middle-ish round with the top tier of QBs gone, because you know he’s going to produce. You just don’t know for how long.

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by TennesseeTyrants on Jul 3, 2011 5:26 PM CDT reply actions

Running back

Def pick a running back first round. There is really only 4-5 quality fantasy backs in the league, rather it be CJ, AP, Mjd, foster, or whomever they will all produce good quality points. However there is more of a selection of good quarterbacks too choose from. Even though some qbs are better than others you can rely on them to get their expected fantasy points each week. I mean look at the leagues top guys you got manning, Rodgers, rivers, Vick, Brady, who dat drew brews, and Matt Ryan. Not to mention castle, Sanchez, and guys on the rise like Freeman.
So you should go for a rb and use your second pick to choose one of the several good quarterbacks still left. If Vick does fall tho pick him up, even if he is out a few weeks he will have monstrous weeks where he puts up gaudy numbers.

by BigTreezy07 on Jul 3, 2011 11:51 PM CDT reply actions