We've reached the middle of the fantasy football season, and some of you might be looking at your beautifully-drafted team with disgust. More than one "stud" from last year has left teams hanging in the wind when they needed points.
Drafting guys like Braylon Edwards, LaDainian Tomlinson, or Peyton Manning high hasn't paid off for owners. If these guys continue to disappoint on your roster, they'll lose even more games for you. That said, you don't want to give up on them just before they get back to their old ways.
So who is going to turn it around?
The Bleacher Report fantasy football community weighed in on which former studs will escape their "dud" performances in the first half of the season.
Don't worry, Torry Holt owners. Barrett Harger put his faith in Holt, now that the team has started to move in a less winless direction:
He's been a model of consistency in years past but hasn't been featured much in the passing game so far. Jim Haslett wants to utilize Holt more, and I think the team will come out and play harder after the bye week.
Holt wasn't the only Ram that got some love from the fantasy footballers. Jamal Collier picked Steven Jackson as his comeback kid to start dominating in the second half.
Injuries have turned Seattle into a miserable shadow of their former self, but Buddy Smith predicts Seahawks fans and Matt Hasselbeck owners will like what they see to end the season:
People in Seattle are starting to give up on the Seahawks, and some fantasy owners have lost hope that Matt Hasselbeck will ever return to form. Let's not all jump off the Ship Canal bridge just yet. There is a glimmer of hope for the Seahawk's signal caller.
The injuries Seattle has sustained at wide receiver are well known at this point. Branch, Engram, Obomanu...Even guys from the practice squad got hurt.
Weeks ago, Billy McMullen and John Carlson were the primary targets for Matt Hasselbeck. One year ago, neither of those guys was in the NFL. If McMullen is your No. 1 receiver, there's going to be an adverse effect on your point production.
But off in the distance, I see green gloves clapping. Deion Branch is wearing them, and he'll be back on the football field for what seems like the first time in decades with Hasselbeck soon. Bobby Engram is already back and posted eight receptions in his return.
I'm looking for Matt Hasselbeck's numbers to dramatically improve over the last half of the season. He's not going to set any records, but he should play much better now once he has a few weapons again.
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