Keepers for '08

[onetwo]

lol black i was doing the same thing black. hackett huh?

[black19]

It's that time of year again people. Here's the current version of my roster. Let's have some input! The bolded selections are my preliminary picks.

QB
Carson Palmer
Chad Pennington
Joe Flacco

RB
Clinton Portis
Ryan Grant
Justin Fargas
Mewelde Moore

WR
Steve Breaston
TJ Houshmandzadeh
Brandon Marshall
Roddy White

TE
Jason Witten

PK
Neil Rackers

DE
Jared Allen
Kalimba Edwards
Dewayne White

LB
Patrick Willis
Will Witherspoon
Chad Greenway

DB
Charles Tillman
Adrian Wilson

DEF
Tennessee

[NYJets30]

Everything looks good except I would probably keep Carson over Flacco, depending on how the off-season goes. Plenty of time though

[black19]

Just wanted to see if anyone had any additional input on my keepers since some things have changed over the last 6 months. I'm due to submit my keepers here in a week or two and have had some issues as to whom I should keep, particularly on offense. I'm pretty sure my defensive choices are in stone but on offense, I'm having a hard time choosing 4 to keep!

Witten has some increased value with Owens gone. Houshmandzadeh looks more attractive. Marshall has some serious ?'s but he's still a stud, which makes it hard to overlook him. Reports on Carson appear to be very positive, but again, more question marks with him too. Who would have thought that the one keeper I have 0 questions about would be Roddy White!!!

[RiceBowl]

For offense I think I would drop the QBs and keep:

Portis
Grant
White

plus either Witten, Housh, or Marshall. the latter is very high risk/reward and its hard to predict housh productivity in seattle. witten's a pretty safe bet with a high ceiling this year.

[black19]

Originally Posted by RiceBowl For offense I think I would drop the QBs and keep: Portis Grant White plus either Witten, Housh, or Marshall. the latter is very high risk/reward and its hard to predict housh productivity in seattle. witten's a pretty safe bet with a high ceiling this year.

I have the option of trading Palmer and/or White for Steven Jackson. What are your thoughts on that?

[RiceBowl]

I'd trade Palmer for Sjax in a heartbeat if they'll go for that...in which case you'd keep:

Portis
Sjax
White
One of the others (can you trade grant and/or one of your others for an upgraded wr or qb?)

White for Sjax is also a fair trade but that might leave you too thin at wr.

[black19]

OK, I'm down to the 11th hour here. I've been mulling over a bunch for weeks and when it came down to it, I couldn't pull the trigger on a few trades. All I have in stone right now are Willis, Allen, Portis, White, and Witten. That gives me Two top 3 (at their position) players on D, a #1 RB, a top 5 WR and arguably the highest rated TE in the league right now, who also counts as a WR. That gives me two of my three starters at WR.

Now, I've decided to let Housh go so I'm on the fence right now between Palmer, Marshall, and Grant. Palmer has a ton of Q's (will he return to form? will the loss of Housh matter? can he stay healthy...), Marshall could be facing suspension again and the loss of Cutler hurts his value, and Grant is a solid guy but will Brandon Jackson steal some carries? Will Grant's fumble-itis return and cost him some playing time? I'm really stuck here!

[onetwo]

did u get sjax for palmer? if not, do that immediately and keep portis, sjax, white and witten.

if u didnt make that trade and u cant anymore then its tougher. i think its a toss up between marshall, housh and grant (portis, white and witten are locks imo). i would lean toward grant tho with a healthy packers team and a more experienced rogers. i think brandon jackson may play a similar role as norwood in atlanta but he's too small to take too much time from grant...some may argue sproles takes time from lt and he's small but bjax doesnt have sproles moves

[black19]

At the eleventh hour I decided to make my keepers Willis, Allen, Portis, White, Witten, and Marshall. At the time I made my selections, only two other teams had not made theirs so I could see who is going to be available. Slaton, Grant, Gore, Addai, and Hightower are going to be available in addition to the rookie class. Throw in Warner, Cassel, Campbell, Orton, Flacco, Edwards, and Palmer at QB available as well as Moss, Evans, Driver, Edwards, Jackson, Clark, and Ginn available at WR, I think I have a good shot at getting a solid first pick (I pick 10th). So, with the 10th and 15th picks I should be able to land a solid RB & QB based on who is available.