Comments on: Moving Up, Moving Down – Week 8

By: Darren McFadden

Darren McFadden — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:53:44 +0000

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By: Jerry

Jerry — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:40:56 +0000

@ Steve (#1)

Nothing strange about that analysis at all. Before Romo got hurt, Kitna’s value was zero…now he’s a starting QB on a decent offense. His stock has gone up quite a bit.

On the other hand, before Romo got hurt, the Cowboys’ receivers had a top 10 QB throwing to them, so their value was fairly high. Now, they have Jon Kitna throwing to them, so their value has gone down.

I’d say that analysis is dead on.

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:23:20 +0000

Kitna and the Cowboys WR makes perfect sense. Kitna goes up because he had ZERO value prior to Week 7, but he isn’t as good as Romo so the receivers are downgraded.

Think about it from another standpoint, Chris Johnson goes down and Javon Ringer suddenly becomes a hot commodity, but it’s likely that the QB/WRs suffer a bit because teams don’t have to worry about Chris Johnson anymore.

What wouldn’t make sense is if the backup QB comes in and the WRs get a bump up.

By: Trent

Trent — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:12:16 +0000

I believe that Pierre Garcon warrants a move up considering all the injuries as of late. As far as D. Bowe is concerned, I would sell high on this guy. Johnny Knox too.

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By: G

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:01:51 +0000

You say Quarless should have had another 30 yards, but he also should have had his TD catch waved off as incomplete. He got fewer targets the last two weeks combined (one more than Donald Lee) than he did in relief the week prior. I still have him moved down from initial expectations. Good call on Heap, though.

I think you have to include Lee Evans moving up with Steve Johnson; basically, the entire Bills passing game.

Suprised Dwayne Bowe didn’t get a mention, with back-to-back 20s after many gave up on him.

I’d include Matt Forte among those moving down.

By: TangoAlphaLima

TangoAlphaLima — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:58:07 +0000

@Steve

Kitna before Romo’s injury: no value.
Kitna after Romo’s injury: some value.

Dallas WRs before Romo’s injury: high value.
Dallas WRs after Romo’s injury: some value.

That’s why Kitna is “moving up” and the Dallas WRs are “moving down.” It’s all relative to where they were before Romo’s injury.

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:57:36 +0000

Kitna can move up from his prior week’s position, by virtue of his starting position. The Dallas receivers move down by virtue of a “lesser” QB at the starting position.