2010 Fantasy Football Busts: Quarterbacks

As much as fantasy football owners hope to find sleepers during the middle-to-late rounds of the draft, the ultimate success of your fantasy season can boil down to how well you avoid the busts - especially among those guys that you draft in the first five rounds. Just because a player makes the bust list, doesn’t necessarily mean you have to avoid him completely on draft day (though we’ll let you know who to avoid altogether). Some, not all busts are overvalued players, while the majority have seen their situations change (e.g., new team, new coaching staff, upgrade or downgrade of players around them, injuries, etc.) or are likely to have a hard time living up to expectations. Use our 2010 Fantasy Football Busts Quarterbacks list as a guide to move some players down your draft board.

Brett Favre, QB, Minnesota Vikings – After much back and forth, Brett Favre finally decided to come back to the Minnesota Vikings for the 2010 season. He already missed camp and some preseason, which is not a surprise for Favre. Last season, his first with Minnesota, Favre led the Vikings to the NFC Championship game. He also had a great season individually, throwing for 4,202 yards with 33 touchdowns and seven interceptions. For those who have followed Favre throughout his amazing career should know that the seven interceptions was an aberration and nothing more. Favre takes risks and gambles a lot, and was lucky to throw just seven interceptions.

Aside from us guaranteeing to you that Favre will throw more interceptions, the Vikings are starting to hurt a bit on offense. Wide receiver Sidney Rice, who, as Favre’s favorite target, caught 83 passes for for 1,312 yards and eight touchdowns, is out for at least half of the season after opting for hip surgery. Wide receiver Percy Harvin, who caught 60 passes for 790 yards and six touchdowns as a rookie last year, is dealing with migraines and is having a hard time getting through practice. Favre may very well still have a good season; however, you can’t expect a repeat of his 2009 performance.

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