Survivor I - Moe Williams Commentary

NOTE: this draft was completed on 7/24

Recent Stats

YR	RSH	RSHYD	RSHTD	REC	RECYD	RECTD	FPT	RANK
2002	84	414	11	27	251	0	132.5	29
2003	174	745	5	65	644	3	186.9	13
2004	30	161	3	21	233	1	63.4	52

Positives - OK, what am I missing here? Moe Williams is the projected #57 RB with an ADP (19.03). Yet, Michael Bennett is the projected #27 RB with an ADP (4.09) and Mewelde Moore is the projected #42 RB with an ADP (9.10). Do last year’s stats justify this? Bennett finished with 276 rush (1 TD) and had receiving stats of 21/201/1. Moore finished with 379 rush (0TD) and had receiving stats of 27/238/0. M. Williams finished with 161 rush (3TD) and had receiving stats of 21/233/1. These stats in this Survivor League would equate to Bennett = 80.7, Moore = 88.7, and Williams = 84.4. So what’s different? Onterrio Smith is gone – that’s about it unless you count on Bennett staying healthy. Regardless, Moe Williams is an experienced back who gets a lot of goal line touches and third down looks. Bennett is injury prone, Minnesota has a decent OFF line, and Moe is a sturdy RB. Between Williams and Moore - Williams (I feel) would be the more dependable back.

Negatives - The only negative I see here is that the best situation Williams owners could expect would still be a RBBC (although Moe still gets his projected stats in this situation) unless both Bennett and Moore got hurt.

Draft Strategy - The positive remarks above pretty much say it all. William’s ADP is (19.03) so I actually got him cheap at (21.04) – and that for an RB that could potentially see as much time as Bennett and Moore when all is said and done, or could see considerably more playing time if the injury bug hits Bennett as it seems to have every year.