The Rookie Blitz – Preseason Week #2
Posted on 26. Aug, 2009 by Bryan Fontaine in Columns
More random thoughts about the 2009 draft class in Week 2 Preseason action:
Hakeem Nicks will start the season as a reserve with the anticipated news out of New York that Domenik Hixon and Steve Smith are atop the Giants depth chart at WR. Nicks will supplant Hixon at some point this season because he is too talented to keep off the field, and Hixon will have to prove that he can get open against top flight defensive backs now focused on stopping him.
Mark Sanchez had a much different result in his first preseason start than the success he enjoyed against the Rams a week earlier. Sanchez had a deer in headlights look about him when the cameras zoomed in for a close-up as he faced the vaunted Baltimore defense. Sanchez bounced back nicely with a touchdown pass to Leon Washington on a wheel route in the second quarter. Sanchez didn’t appear to be as upbeat and confident in his first start, but he locked down the starting job with his effort and won over the locker room. Coach Rex Ryan is going all in with the rookie, and now the team will get behind him and grow as a team. Clemens proceeded to beat up on the Ravens 2nd unit, and is better suited as a backup QB in the NFL. I am looking forward to Sanchez’s next start after he has had time to review the game tape from this one.
Former Ravens and Browns scout Daniel Jeremiah has been high on Cleveland running back James Davis this preseason. Davis won’t pose a threat to Jamal Lewis’s job yet, but he likely has vaulted himself past Jerome Harrison on the depth chart. Davis could have decent fantasy value this year with 5-10 carries per game if Cleveland isn’t playing from way behind.
Kenny Britt is taking full advantage of Nate Washington’s injury and is likely one of the starting WR’s on opening day for the Titans. Temper your expectations of Britt because of the conservative approach of the Tennessee passing attack, but Britt is now a viable fantasy option in the last rounds of your draft or as a priority free agent off the waiver wire.
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