Low Buy Low
This is a list of five dynasty players to buy low that I don’t totally buy into from Ken Clein.
Kyle Rudolph? Sure, has a lot of potential and probably can be acquired relatively cheap. Kelvin Sheppard? Ok, I’ll bite on that one, too. Andre Roberts? Has the talent and after a disappointing 2011, can be had cheap. I do question whether he will have a capable quarterback throwing the ball, but if you have hope that a healthy Peyton Manning lands in Arizona or Skelton or Kolb finally wakes up, then he makes a lot of sense to target.
But Ken completely loses me on his two Texans picks.
Ben Tate is certainly a good target, but he had a very nice 2011 campaign (by Ken’s own admission). So I have major doubts as to whether he can be acquired cheaply. Perhaps, if by cheap, you are comparing his price tag to later if Adrian Foster signs elsewhere this off-season. Fact is, most owners aren’t going to be itching to part with a guy of Tate’s caliber for peanuts, especially with Foster’s injury history, his age, and his potential to start in a year or two.
Matt Leinart?! Will be cut by the Texans or the no. 3 quarterback. Yates showed too much not to be the primary backup in Houston. Unless you have hopes he finally reunites with his old ball coach in Seattle, I wouldn’t bother.1
But who knows, I might be proven wrong on all counts.2
