I've seen enough. Who is this guy again? Why does anyone think this guy knows a lick about football enough to listen to his fantasy advice?
Ok, let me give you a back story for anyone that is not familiar with fantasy football and the sort.
Matthew Berry is a columnist at ESPN. He has a website dedicated to fantasy football advice. He also makes weekly columns giving eager readers much needed pointers for the players they might or might not have on their team.
One of his more famous topics is his Love/Hate thread he writes every week. In this article, Berry goes off spouting about junk people skip just to get to the goods stuff. He does not rate players, he just warns people if he thinks people will do well or not so well. The players he loves usually have favorable match ups, while the players he hates have bad ones or are hurt or he has some gut feeling they will stink it up in their upcoming game.
This guy is as useful as a Floridian Meteorologist. He makes some guesses right, but he seems to make WAY more guesses wrong.
Well I've had enough. It's time to put this guy in his place. I am going to go back into his archives and see exactly how smart this supposed fantasy guru is.
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Pre-season
Love
Ryan Williams - Tore his ACL before the season started. Not really his fault. IR
Roddy White - He said he was the number one WR this year...
Anquan Boldin - Eh...
Fred Jackson - Nailed this one.
Matt Forte - And this one too.
Colt McCoy - Average at best.
Tony Romo - Not sold on him....if ever.
Dez Bryant - Both the Dallas Wrs are studs...
Miles Austin - But Miles has been hurt and Dez is not getting enough targets right now.
Felix Jones - Supremely busting it wide open right now. That's a bad thing.
Knowshon Moreno - I thought he'd be good too. It has not happened yet, and it's not looking too likely to change anytime soon.
Calvin Johsnon - Megatron!!!!!!!!!!!
Matthew Stafford - Good pick.
Brandon Pettigrew - Decent TE. Looks to be getting more involved in the offense now too.
Ryan Grant - Uhm, no.
Owen Daniels - Good TE.
Ben Tate - He rated him high before Foster's injury. Tate is never going to supplant Foster.
Joseph Addai - Hahaha. Blame Manning I s'pose.
Delonte Carter - Not gonna happen.
Rashad Jennings - Hurt before the season started. IR
Jamaal Charles - Shredded his knee in week two. IR
Daniel Thomas - Has potential, but is still a rookie learning the game.
Percy Harvin - No receiving TD yet this year. That might change with McNabb gone...
Donovan McNabb - Benched in week 7. Horrible since the start.
Chad Ochocinco - Bust.
Jimmy Graham - Best TE in the game right now.
Mario Manningham - Not playing to hot.
Shonn Greene - Garbage
Ladainian Tomlinson - Not getting enough carries to be that relevant.
Santonio Holmes - Good, but with a bad QB throwing him the ball. he is the clear best target Sanchez has to throw to.
Jason Campbell - Pretty solid up until he got hurt and is not out for the year. IR
Jacoby Ford - Has done nothing. Works as a good kick returner though!
Mike Vick - Good, but not as good as people wanted this year.
LeSean McCoy - Shady is a Stud.
Jeremy Maclin - Seems to have a stronghold on the number 1 WR gig in Philly.
Mike Wallace - He is a speed demon. He's really good.
Emmanuel Sanders - Not that good.
Antonio Gates - Is that foot ever going to be completely healed?
Mike Tolbert - TD vulture.
Phillip Rivers - Consistently inconsistent.
Marshawn Lynch - Hahaha, really? Wait he has had one good game...
Anthony Dixon - Bust.
Sam Bradford - Bust so far.
Legarrette Blount - Hurt, but he was starting to pick up his game up until the injury.
Josh Freeman - Not playing nearly as good as he showed last year.
Arrelious Ben - Sleeper potential here, but still so very raw.
Kenny Britt - He was killing it until he tore his ACL and MCL. Ouch! IR
Jared Cook - One good game so far. Otherwise he has been very invisible.
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Hate
Man it has to suck if you are a player in the NFL and you see your name in the Hate section. Haha
Kevin Kolb - I could have guessed this.
Matt Ryan - Interesting.
Tony Gonzales - He is actually playing very well for his age and shaky QB.
Lee Evans - Been a bust so far.
Jonathan Stewart - The daily show is averaging more points then fellow RB Deangelo Williams.
Jay Cutler - TBD
The Bengals - All of them, he writes. he says they won't score 8 Tds this season. They have more then 8.
Peyton Hillis - The Madden Curse strikes again?
Javid Best - He is a lil concussed right now, but he has not been a bust at all this year.
Arian Foster - Hahahaha. Really?
Peyton Manning - Nailed this one. Not on IR yet, but might as well should be with the way the Colts are playing.
Reggie Wayne - Yup.
Maurice-Jones Drew - Well, he might not be a top ten back this year, MJD is playing very well for a team that only has himself as a threat.
Matt Cassell - I guess.
Dwayne Bowe - No.
Derick Mason - Duh.
Benjarvis Green-Ellis - He is still the lead back.
Reggie Bush - Has has shone some flashes, but just can't stay consistent or healthy.
Marques Colston - Started out hurt, but has come back healthy and as good as new.
Ryan Matthews - Is making Mike Tolbert lose some rushes. He looks good this year.
The eagles Defense - Yeah, they were extremely overrated.
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So there you have it. He got some picks right before the season started to be fair, but a lot of his picks are huge disappointments or all-around busts.
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