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We're happy to be working with RotoExperts to further promote the NFFC. I'll be appearing on Scott Engel's Sirius Radio fantasy show on Monday morning at 8:30 EST (Sirius Channel 210) and Tom Lorenzo, Senior Editor at RotoExperts.com, will be here on Monday night at 8 p.m. EST to chat with all of you. Tom will be happy to talk all about fantasy football and with a weekend's slate of games in the books there should be plenty to talk about.

Post your questions here in advance for Tom and join the chat Monday night.

[ August 16, 2011, 07:25 PM: Message edited by: Tom Kessenich ]

I'll start with some questions for Tom to get the thread going:

1. Who has stood out after the first weekend of preseason games?

2. Who has been your top sleeper picks in the early going? What about your top overvalued guys?

3. Does Kyle Orton keep the starting job in Denver the entire season?

4. Are you concerned about Peyton's neck injury or Chris Johnson's holdout?

5. Maurice Jones-Drew? Like him in the 7-10 range in the first round or are you avoiding him?

Bumping this up. Let's get some questions going so we keep Tom busy when he stops by tonight.

I have two questions to ask Tom if he has time to respond...

It seems QBS are going earlier than in previous years - in 12 team PPR leagues do you ascribe to the late 1st/2nd rounders (Rodgers, Vick & Brees); 3rd rounders (Brady, Rivers, P.Manning); 4th/5th rounders (Romo, Schaub, Ryan), selecting two QBS between 6th-10th rounds (Ben, Eli, Josh, Stafford, etc) - or not planning and looking for value?

In a 12-team PPR where do you see the line between tier 2 and tier 3? Tier 1 seems to include 6 RBS (Foster, AP, Jamaal, CJ, Rice & McCoy). Clear tier 2 RBS include MJD, Mendenhall, Forte, DMC and Gore). How many others would you include in a tier 2 group before you see a clear break in value?

Hey everyone, I'm here to answer some questions... Fire away... If this is post-8:00pm, I'll do my best to get to the questions during the day on Wednesday!

Thanks Tom. Go ahead and answer the questions already posted if you please. If anyone else has questions for Tom bring them here and he'll be happy to answer them.

Does Jamal Charles start getting 20+ touches a game or is any drop off from Thomas Jones picked up by McClain?

Originally posted by Tom Kessenich:
I'll start with some questions for Tom to get the thread going:

1. Who has stood out after the first weekend of preseason games?

I really like how Matthew Stafford looked. I've said it before, but if he's healthy this season he can be a Top 10 quarterback. I think the "if" is a big IF, but from what we saw this weekend he's off to a good start.

Also like the look from Mark Ingram (think he might be over-valued a bit, but do like him) and think Steven Ridley is a guy to watch in New England.

Finally, have to give Colt McCoy some credit. He might be a nice late-round option in 2QB leagues.

2. Who has been your top sleeper picks in the early going? What about your top overvalued guys?

I've been big on Andre Roberts (ARI). I think slotting him alongside Larry Fitzgerald can do wonders for him--saying that as a Kevin Kolb believer.

Look at Rashard Jennings as someone who might have decent value in deeper leagues. I think he'll be used well as a complimentary back to MJD.

Sam Bradford is my "sleeper" quarterback. I don't necessarily like him as much as I do Stafford, but he has the potential to be a low-end QB1, thanks in part to Josh McDaniels.

Overvalued: I mentioned Ingram earlier, and while I like him, I think we're starting to see him go too early. Some are looking at him in the late-4th, early-5th round. That's just too early for my taste. For receivers, I think Dwayne Bowe is getting to hefty of a bump up. His ADP (37) seems a little too high for my taste.


3. Does Kyle Orton keep the starting job in Denver the entire season?

No, but I don't say that because I think Tebow will take it from him. I think the Broncos are eventually going to give Tebow the job simply because the team will find itself in "let's see what we have for next year" mode, much like we saw this past season. Orton should play well enough to keep the job, at least in the early goings, but will eventually lose it as more of a formality. As you can see, I'm not a Tebow guy, but I can see why the Broncos would want to give him some run.

4. Are you concerned about Peyton's neck injury or Chris Johnson's holdout?

More concerned about CJ, but only because I think in his position--and where he is in his career--these preseason games are more important to him than they are to Peyton. Neither concern me to the point where I shift my draft board, but if I had to choose one I would say CJ. Would love, as an owner, to at least see him get some nice run before the season kicks off.

5. Maurice Jones-Drew? Like him in the 7-10 range in the first round or are you avoiding him?

MJD says he's 100%, and while that's exactly what he's supposed to say, I think the 7-10 range is exactly where you look at him. I would take the Top 6 RBs (with McCoy and Rice in there) over him and possibly even Andre Johnson and maybe even Aaron Rodgers (depending on the scoring system), but that's just about where you look at MJD.