Fantasy Football: Quick Hits

Fantasy Football: Quick Hits- DC

Matt Cassel – QB, Chiefs
Beat writer Kent Babb observed that the Chiefs didn’t practice many plays out of the spread formation in OTAs= Cassel doesn’t have the same weapons that he did in New England and will really need to learn his place in this much more toned-down offense. Cassel has very little fantasy value in KC, but should not be forgotten about, tier 3 QB

Trent Edwards – QB, Bills
Chris Brown of Buffalobills.com believes the Bills will use the no-huddle offense 50 percent of the time “at best.”= A fast paced offense does one of two things: either score fast or create turnovers….hard to see this style really catching on with Edwards under center.

Marvin Harrison – WR,
Talent evaluators around the league are reportedly rating free agents Amani Toomer and Joe Horn higher than Marvin Harrison= Toomer maybe, but Joe Horn hell no. Harrison is as good as done, don’t fall trap to a late season signing as Harrison is like Jerry Rice when he went to Seattle.

Chris Perry – RB,
Police have issued a warrant for free agent Chris Perry’s arrest on failure to pay taxes to the City of Wyoming in 2006

New York Jets
NFL suspended Jets OLB Calvin Pace four games for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances. According to Adam Schefter’s Twitter page, “signs from OTAs were not encouraging” for Jets 2008 first-round pick Vernon Gholston= Jets are in for a long hard season on defense, consider them a re-building team despite the addition of Rex Ryan.

Steven Jackson - RB, St. Louis Rams.
Not many running backs coming off consecutive injury-marred seasons for a team that has won five of its past 32 games still would be considered a top-shelf player, but there aren’t many running backs who offer Steven Jackson’s ability to blast between the tackles and out-race defensive backs. His performance

against the Falcons in the season finale — 161 yards rushing, 54 yards receiving — was a reminder to not downgrade Jackson yet. With good health and better blocking, he can at least come close to duplicating the 2,300-plus total yards he posted in ’06. Jackson had 90 catches that season, but he has just 78 in two years since. That’s partly because of injuries and partly because he had to help with pass protection. With a big investment in the line and with the team moving to the short-passing West Coast offense, Jackson’s receptions should increase. Time shares at running back have become increasingly popular around the league, but new Rams coordinator Pat Shurmer wants Jackson on the field as much as possible.

Edgerrin James – RB,
Agent Drew Rosenhaus writes on his Twitter page that free agent Edgerrin James is “in great playing shape” and “excited about this season.”

Percy Harvin – WR, Minnesota Vikings
Former Vikings receiver Cris Carter reportedly unleashed on a player he caught dozing off during Carter’s speech at the Rookie Symposium

Jared Cook – TE, Tennessee Titans
Beat writer Jim Wyatt calls Jared Cook the most impressive Titans rookie thus far= we like this kid

T.J. Duckett – RB, Seattle Seahawks
There’s nothing sexy about Duckett, but he could be a cheap source of TDs this season. He should have a bigger role in the Seahawks’ new zone-blocking scheme and is poised to benefit from goal-line touches= late round steal, if you’re hating your RB situation.

Glen Coffee – RB, San Francisco 49ers
The 49ers apparently wanted a more standard running back than Michael Robinson to give Frank Gore some rest. Enter Coffee, who is not a big-play guy, but could provide some tough running inside to further soften up the defense for Gore.= Deep sleeper