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By: Super-early 2010 fantasy football sleepers at Chinstrap Ninjas

Super-early 2010 fantasy football sleepers at Chinstrap Ninjas — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:13:32 +0000

[...] was around this time last year that I was tooting the Matt Schaub sleeper QB horn, and have a group of players that I feel fit into the same mold as guys who could provide some [...]

By: Three sleepers you don’t want to sleep on [FFB] at Chinstrap Ninjas

Three sleepers you don’t want to sleep on [FFB] at Chinstrap Ninjas — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:43:11 +0000

[...] know that I’m obsessed with Schaub as a super QB value. I posted an indepth column about him here. What’s not to like about Schaub? He’s got a young, yet steadily improving defense to [...]

By: ep

ep — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:34:46 +0000

Jay-Mo,
We really appreciate the comment, but this is sports, we gotta debate. I had Schaub on a couple fantasy teams and he put up some good wins along with his fantasy points early in the season:

Week 2 (team record: 0-2): Bye
Week 4 (L, 0-3): 307 yards passing , 3 TDs
Week 5: (L, 0-4) Injured and DNP
Week 6(W, 1-4): 379 passing, 1 TD passing, 1 TD rushing
Week 7 (W, 2-4): 267, 2 TDs
Week 8 (W, 3-4): 280, 3 TDs

Two of those losses in the 0-4 start were by four points and three points, and the other two losses were to Pittsburgh and Tennessee. All four were to playoff teams. Then he led the team to three consecutive wins before getting hurt during the Week 9 game. He missed the next four weeks (team went 2-3 during his absence). When he came back they finished 3-1, including a win over Tennessee…
Week 14, W: 414, 2 TDs
Week 15, W: 284, TD
Week 17, W: 328, 2 TDs

He led the Texans to wins against Miami’s and Green Bay’s solid defenses this year and was 6-4 in games that he started and finished. And 3,043 yards, 17 total TDs despite missing five and a half games? Those are some outstanding numbers to go with a solid record.

I do like Thigpen though, he was impressive on a really awful team at the end of the year. He helped me make the finals in one league.

By: Jay-Mo

Jay-Mo — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 03:17:26 +0000

You’re crazy!
Schaub, really?
His biggest games when Houston was well out of playoff race, so no one cared to defend him. Check out his performances in the first half of the season before the Texans were eliminated from the playoffs.
Also, next year Houston plays the AFC North, so it’s a week against Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cleveland and Cincinnati. Maybe he will have a nice game against the Bungles, but the others, no way. And Schaub plays Miami and Green Bay, both solid defenses, as well as a date with Chicago.
I’d much rather hear that Tyler Thigpen be your sleeper. The dude runs like a deer, so there is more opportunity for touch downs!

By: ep

ep — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:13:18 +0000

Dan,
Thanks for the comment.

By: ep

ep — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:13:03 +0000

Great minds think alike.
When he played this year, Schaub put up very strong numbers. He had 3,043 yards and 15 TDs despite missing five games.
I stole him late in the draft as my starting QB on two ESPN teams and in one of my Yahoo leagues. He took me to one championship game. I made the assumption after 2007 that he was decent, but if he had a weapon like Andre Johnson for a full season (the WR missed seven weeks in 2007) he could be a Top-10 QB, so I targeted him as such. He played up to that expectation when he was healthy. (If only my other long-shot targets would have worked out so well)
I hope he is undervalued next year, because I’d scoop him up again in a second, injury-prone or not.
I also agree with your assumption about the Texans being contenders, their defense — with Mario Williams, DeMeco Ryans, Amobi Okoye, etc. — is young and talented.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:18:12 +0000

I agree that Schaub should be a huge value next year. With all of the weapons around him, I expect him to have as much, if not more potential than guys like Rivers and Cutler, who will go well before him in drafts.

Great essay!