Fantasy mid way beasts and busts.

Busts:

Shaun Alexander has killed me in a couple of leagues but luckily I was smart enough to go after guys like Jamal Lewis in the later rounds and even picked Westbrook since he fell down many draft boards early on.

Ronnie Brown has been a huge downer. I took him in a lot of leagues and expected him to have a breakout year. I have watched some of the Dolphins games and they have been horrible blocking up front.

Larry Fitzgerald has been injured for the last few weeks and wasn't exactly lighting it up before that.

Donte Stallworth isn't good enough to hurt you if he goes down for an extended play but my god he has been yanked from the lineup just before the game starts enough to take down the best of teams and coming when he has had the all world match ups.

Palmer to Johnson has been one of the best QB/WR duo's in the NFL the past couple of years. What a major letdown! Luckily I didn't trust either of them and have stayed away in all but a couple of leagues.

Jake Plummer has been exactly what I expected the last 3 weeks. However, in week 1 he manages negative points against the Rams and it didn't get better until the last few weeks. Luckily I stuck with him and I think he will be a key to my success in the playoffs because look at his schedule. Week 15 @ Arizona, Week 16 Cincy, week 17 San Fransisco.

Reggie Bush has been a fantasy bust, however, I don't think it is his fault. I think the people drafting him in the 1st-3rd rounds were crazy.

Lamont Jordan killed me last year. The Raiders were not playing for anything past week 7, their offensive line was horrible, he was always questionable, the passing game couldn't take pressure off him and the Raiders don't know what a drive looks like. Glad he is killing the competition this year. I did snag him in a couple drafts in which he fell to the 3rd round and I stacked up in RB's and took chances on QB's and WR's late.

Edgerin James, the good news is I passed on him in most my drafts, the bad news is I usually took Ronnie Brown instead.

Randy Moss, for some reason he was falling into the 3rd round this year. I thought he was going to have a big year with Aaron Brooks but I could not make myself pick him (thank god).

RB's. Cadillac, Lamont Jordan, Mike/Tatum Bell, Warrick Dunn, Alexander, Bush, Willie Parker, etc. If you didn't pick LJ or LT then your struggling to keep up. Luckily If I was picking 4th -7th I went against fantasy rule and grabbed Peyton.

Neal Rackers: I lauged hard when guy picked him in the 7th round and I am laughing harder now.

Dante Culpepper: He sucked last year and he sucks this year.

Beasts:

Javon Walker, I didn't understand how this guy could last until the 5th or 6th rounds and I didn't care why. I took him in almost every fantasy league I have and usually drafted him in the late 4th or early 5th. This past week he won several games for me all by himself. He is good for 6 catches 90 yards and a TD just about every week. Then of course he has a game like he did Sunday and makes a team hard to beat.

Darrell Jackson, This is another WR that lasted until the 6th round because of injury problems. Well he has done nothing but break bid TD's every week. He has yet to have a huge game but he has been consistent, even with the addition of Branch and even with Alexander on the bench.

LT and LJ: no explaining needed.

Peyton: see LJ and LT

Reggie Wayne has finally started to take over as the Colts #1 WR, not that the #2 WR is a bad spot but you can see that when Peyton needs a big play he is looking for Wayne now.

Vikings defense. I drafted them with the last pick in every single draft. They have got sacks, don't give up a lot of points, force turnovers but most importantly they score TD's when the other teams put the ball at risk. It is hard to lose when your defense is scoring double digits every week.

Colston- no need to explain. Too bad ESPN wouldn't let me play him as a TE after week 5.

Greg Jennings- I can't believe this guy is still available as a free agent in some leagues.

Kitna- saved my season in several leagues

Pennington- nobody drafted him and he has been a very good backup QB. I think that is coming to an end with the next two games against Chicago and New England.

Brian Westbrook, this is a guy that could make both lists. He wowed us in the first quarter of the season, was a game time decision the 2nd, lets see what he can do the 2nd half.

Frank Gore, made a lot of people look smart when they drafted him in the 8th-10th round.

McNabb: was available long after Manning and Palmer were off the board.

Rex Grossman has been like a poison pill when you expect him to do good. When you expect him to fall flat on his face he will throw for 300 yards and 3 TD's. Still a very good pick up that went undrafted in most leagues.




Please add your beasts and busts.