Remember earlier this morning when I wrote about the great Rob Gronkowski problem of 2013? Now that his fourth forearm surgery is officially scheduled for next week, there was optimism that he’ll be fine for your fantasy drafts in August. Even though there’s still significant risk that comes with a Gronk pick, it’s balanced by the far more significant reward.
Yeah, about that.
One day when we go about the exercise of looking back on the 2013 draft and which prospects failed to display the requisite levels of goodness on the field, the names of several quarterbacks will likely be in that discussion.
Or maybe they won’t, and Geno Smith, Matt Barkley, and Ryan Nassib will surprise and then taunt us after they were rumored as possible first rounders, and then they fell considerable distances. But the most surprising development was that the only quarterback selected in the opening round received very little attention as a possible first-round candidate, meaning the bust/boom lens through which his career is eventually viewed is magnified that much further.
Mike Wallace sure seems to like this Ryan Tannehill kid. The two teammates are playing catch (or rather, you run really far and I’ll throw it really far) two or three times together after practice every day.
Wallace has been so impressed that he raised the bar to Ben Roethlisberger-ian levels earlier this week:
“Both have strong arms. Ryan has a cannon, can really fling it. Ryan may be able to throw the ball a little farther than Ben. Obviously, Ben is more experienced in game time experience. The way it’s going, it won’t take long for Ryan to be one of the great quarterbacks. I feel like we can make a lot of big plays.”
Mighty high praise for a quarterback whose wife is already worth $1 million, earned through a talent for being easy to look at, and easy to click on. The Miami life is a rough life.
Tannehill is one hell of a drug this offseason, and it’s easy to get pretty high on his growing fantasy aroma. So, here’s the question that lies before us: will Tannehill in 2013 = Andrew Luck in 2012?
Since the moment the Jets traded for Chris Ivory after signing Mike Goodson, I’ve taken every available opportunity to remind you that the combination of those two could be the only part of their offense this season that isn’t horribly depressing.
Their collective open-field speed could quickly lead to quality late round or early season waiver wire fantasy value, with a fine return forthcoming on your minimal investment. That’s especially true since Ivory and Goodson have more than just quicks, and they were first and second in yards after contact last year.
Now all both players have to do is refrain from being complete idiots throughout the rest of the offseason, and avoid discipline of some kind. Last night, Goodson struggled with that concept.
This should be greeted with the proverbial grain or bag of salt, whichever you prefer. But since Michael Vick has made a habit of getting crunched and bent in directions which go against the intended design of the human body throughout his career, the urgent breaking news below is still…interesting.
As part of a story in which the progress of the Eagles’ quarterbacks so far early in the offseason is discussed (because that’s not happening 19 times daily), the Philadelphia Inquirer‘s Zach Berman observed this about Vick:
He’s noticeably bigger and enthused about the offense. For Vick’s critics, it’s easy to say this is excitement he’s expressed in the past.
The bolding is mine, because we have that technology around here.
Last night we were delivered news that feels like good news regarding the fate of Rob Gronkowski’s forearm. It was embraced warmly, because we so desperately need and want the best tight end in the land to be healthy, and to be healthy now.
Make no mistake, friends. This is good news. Maybe, and likely.
To play next year, Randy Moss needs a team that wants to pay him. That’s his major hurdle right now, since he’s currently unwanted and discarded.
The question, though, is whether or not Moss wants to be wanted.
