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by Fantasy Maverick
11/3/2010
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Sunk by Bryant and Jones?
Peter McManus: What does the Antonio Bryant to the Bengals and Thomas Jones to the Chiefs mean for Chad Ochocinco and Jamaal Charles – two players who are big parts of my dynasty team?
Maverick:
Peter, there's no doubt that this time of year – while exciting as an NFL fan – can be a nightmare for the nerves of dynasty/keeper fantasy owners. Too often, he or she can only watch helplessly as key players' stock is terminally compromised by new blood brought in through free agency or the draft. Think about what happened to Chester Taylor in the wake of a 1400-yard season for Vikings a few years back (AP was drafted a few months later) or how Terrell Owens went from stud to dud a year ago when he was unceremoniously shunted to the Bills from Dallas.
As a Bryant and Charles owner, you might feel you know exactly what I'm talking about.
But in your case, it's really not as bad as all that.
For one, both players are set to remain absolutely central to their respective offense's output. Ochocinco, for his part, was actually campaigning long and hard for Cincinnati to bring in a deep threat to play opposite so he'd get more single coverage and more opportunities to make plays in 2010. Bryant is the result. Chad is getting older, but there's little doubt – after a comeback season in which he rededicated himself to football and returned to elite form – that he's still got it. Bryant is sloppy with his routes but proved in 2008 with the Bucs that he's a dangerous weapon; Chad should be expected at least to sustain 2009's decent level of play (72/1047/9), if not better it, as a result.
Charles is in a slightly tougher spot – Thomas Jones, when rested, can still play and will be relied upon to punch the ball over the goal line in short yardage situations. Nonetheless, it's up to Charles how good he can be, and like Chris Johnson in Tennessee, he'll stay on the field as long as he's breaking off big plays and moving the chains, even if there is a dependable number two sat ready on the bench. Charles has the skills to be one of the league's best backs – not just in fantasy terms – but it remains to be seen if, physically, he can stand up to a season's worth of hitting.
I expect Jones to get between 5-10 carries a game as a pure reserve/short yardage type in KC – in short, the same kind of role he took on in the final stanza of the Jets' season as Shonn Grenne began to shine.
So Peter, it's good news: for these two the fantasy future still looks, for the foreseeable future, pretty bright.
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