Bruno Boys Fantasy Football

As much as fantasy football owners hope to find sleepers during the middle-to-late rounds of the draft, the ultimate success of your fantasy season can boil down to how well you avoid the busts - especially among those guys that you draft in the first five rounds. Just because a player makes the bust list, doesn’t necessarily mean you have to avoid him completely on draft day (though we’ll let you know who to avoid altogether). Some, not all busts are overvalued players, while the majority have seen their situations change (e.g., new team, new coaching staff, upgrade or downgrade of players around them, injuries, etc.) or are likely to have a hard time living up to expectations. Use our 2010 Fantasy Football Busts Tight Ends list as a guide to move some players down your draft board.

Jeremy Shockey, TE, New Orleans Saints – As mentioned in our tight end sleeper article, Shockey is now entering his ninth season in the NFL and has yet to play a full 16-game season. For such a big name, Shockey has also never had more than seven touchdowns and 900 yards receiving in a single season, so he has always been relatively overvalued. This season could prove to be the year that Shockey slips into obscurity because the Saints now have two tight ends, David Thomas and rookie Jimmy Graham, who can push aside the veteran.

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As much as fantasy football owners hope to find sleepers during the middle-to-late rounds of the draft, the ultimate success of your fantasy season can boil down to how well you avoid the busts - especially among those guys that you draft in the first five rounds. Just because a player makes the bust list, doesn’t necessarily mean you have to avoid him completely on draft day (though we’ll let you know who to avoid altogether). Some, not all busts are overvalued players, while the majority have seen their situations change (e.g., new team, new coaching staff, upgrade or downgrade of players around them, injuries, etc.) or are likely to have a hard time living up to expectations. Use our 2010 Fantasy Football Busts Running Backs list as a guide to move some players down your draft board.

Brandon Jacobs, RB, New York Giants – Jacobs played through a torn meniscus in his left knee in 2009, and that led to a disappointing season despite a career-high 224 carries.  The workload seems to have hurt him, as he averaged just 3.7 yards per carry and scored just five touchdowns, after scoring 15 touchdowns and rushing for 1,089 yards in 2008.  Jacobs’ size (6’4”, 264 pounds) and bruising running style has made him injury prone throughout his career, and the fact he signed a sizable contract extension prior to last season may have affected his general assertiveness or “edge” as a runner (see Shaun Alexander, 2005-2006). 

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As much as fantasy football owners hope to find sleepers during the middle-to-late rounds of the draft, the ultimate success of your fantasy season can boil down to how well you avoid the busts - especially among those guys that you draft in the first five rounds. Just because a player makes the bust list, doesn’t necessarily mean you have to avoid him completely on draft day (though we’ll let you know who to avoid altogether). Some, not all busts are overvalued players, while the majority have seen their situations change (e.g., new team, new coaching staff, upgrade or downgrade of players around them, injuries, etc.) or are likely to have a hard time living up to expectations. Use our 2010 Fantasy Football Busts Quarterbacks list as a guide to move some players down your draft board.

Brett Favre, QB, Minnesota Vikings – After much back and forth, Brett Favre finally decided to come back to the Minnesota Vikings for the 2010 season. He already missed camp and some preseason, which is not a surprise for Favre. Last season, his first with Minnesota, Favre led the Vikings to the NFC Championship game. He also had a great season individually, throwing for 4,202 yards with 33 touchdowns and seven interceptions. For those who have followed Favre throughout his amazing career should know that the seven interceptions was an aberration and nothing more. Favre takes risks and gambles a lot, and was lucky to throw just seven interceptions.

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In every aspect in life there is sexy and then there is not-so-sexy. Well my friends, the defensive side of the ball in fantasy football is the not-so-sexy part of the game. But that doesn’t mean you should blow it off. No way, no how! In fact, every year such teams as the 2008 Tennessee Titans and Chicago Bears come bringing either a platter full of goodness (Titans) or one that has you grabbing for the infamous bottle of “Pepto”, (Bears). 

In this article we will be exploring three teams, the New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Tennessee Titans, bringing to you reasons that we feel all three will not produce as well as players that draft them will hope. With that in mind we bring you the 2009 Bruno Boys “Bring out the Pepto” Defense/Special Teams Rankings.

Ranking System: The higher the “Bring out the Pepto” ranking, the more likely a player is to bust.

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Let’s face it, in the world of fantasy football kickers are the last thing any fantasy owner wants to worry about. If you want proof just look at the results of any fantasy draft, and you’ll quickly notice that the majority of owners wait until the very last round to grab their kickers. They’re almost an afterthought.

With that in mind, the Bruno Boys can’t think of anything worst than suffering through a season filled with grief thanks to blown opportunities by your kicker. To help you avoid such a horrendous ordeal, we present to you, Bruno Boys Nation, our busts for the kicker position in our 2009 Bruno Boys Kicker “Bring Out the Pepto” Rankings. .

Ranking System: The higher the “Bring out the Pepto” ranking, the more likely a player is to bust.

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No one is ever going to tell you that tight end is the most important position on a fantasy football team, but just like any other position a good one can make your team and a bad one can really hurt your team. Tight end is not a very deep position by fantasy football standards. Once you get past the obvious studs drafting a tight end can be a bit of a crap shoot. Because there is such a thin crop of good tight ends to choose from it tends to be a position that is very easy to overvalue. So in order to make sure that you don’t overvalue a tight end and end up with this years bust which will surely cause some serious heartburn, we bring to you the 2009 Bruno Boys Tight End “Bring Out the Pepto” Rankings. .

Ranking System: The higher the “Bring out the Pepto” ranking, the more likely a player is to bust.

Vernon Davis (San Francisco 49ers) — Vernon Davis may be the definition of the term “underachiever”. He was very highly touted as a rookie coming out of the University of Maryland, but has never really lived up to expectations. He seems to have all the physical tools to be the next great tight end. He has speed, size and agility that usually makes for a very productive tight end, but in three NFL seasons he has never lived up to the hype.

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Every football season, there are a handful of players who fail to live up to their expectations, aka BUSTS. One of the (many) keys to success for fantasy owners is identifying those individuals who will fall off the proverbial wagon and take a step back in statistical output. Draft a player too high who doesn’t perform, and chances are you’ll be staring up at your fellow owners in the standings. To help you avoid that situation, we here at the Bruno Boys have done our best to analyze who those BUSTS could be for 2009. With that said, we present to you the 2009 Bruno Boys Wide Receiver “Bring Out the Pepto” Rankings.

Ranking System: The higher the “Bring out the Pepto” ranking, the more likely a player is to bust.

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There are many harsh words in the English language. Words that can make you cringe! Words that can even make you cry! But, to the Fantasy Football Fanatic, BUST is the worst word of all! BUST, defined by Dictionary.com is, “A state of bankruptcy.” A state of bankruptcy, they say?  A state of panic and grief more like it! Do you really want to go bankrupt on your draft picks? The Bruno Boys are sure that you don’t. So instead of winging it, flipping a coin or doing a wasteful game of Eeny-Meeny-Miny-Moe, why don’t you do what you know is right? Why not do what you know is best for your team? Trust on the Bruno Boys!

We are about to provide you with vital information so you know who will be the busts at the running back position for the 2009 season of fantasy football.  This is information that can help you out immensely on your way to dominating your draft! After all, this is a position that you really can’t make a flub on. And that is why we are proud to present the 2009 Bruno Boys Running Back “Bring Out the Pepto” Rankings. 

Ranking System: The higher the “Bring out the Pepto” ranking, the more likely a player is to bust.

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Every year as we begin to look towards the upcoming fantasy football season, we see players who we believe are headed for great years. Unfortunately, not all of them make it there. These players are known as BUSTS.

Some of these players have good, and sometimes even breakout, seasons the year before only to falter the next. The most notable quarterback from last year who fits this description is Cleveland Browns’ quarterback Derek Anderson, who the Bruno Boys featured in last year’s version of our bust rankings, or as we like to call them, our Bring Out the Pepto articles.  Anderson had a Pro Bowl season in 2007, throwing for 3,787 yards with 29 touchdowns and 19 interceptions. However, he started the 2008 season with six interceptions and three touchdowns in the first four games before finishing with 1,615 passing yards, nine touchdowns and eight interceptions with a 50.2% completion percentage.

The list this year features some big name quarterbacks, two of whom are on new teams, whose play will do nothing but make your stomach turn and make you want to reach for that pink bottle of stomach-settling goodness. Here are the 2009 Bruno Boys Quarterback “Bring Out The Pepto” Rankings.

Ranking System: The higher the “Bring Out the Pepto” Ranking, the more likely the player will be a bust.

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