Note on Burress, though. Maybe it's just me and my prejudices, but I am not high on Burress. This might be as a mistake on my part.
On the Plus side, he has ranked 11, 12 and 10th on the fantasy WR list the last three years and he is pretty much a lock for 1000 yards and 7 TDs with potential upside. He had 10 and 12 TDs the last two years and has logged as much as 1300 yards. 1300 and 12 is a tier or two above 1000 and 7. That's a 60 fantasy point swing. He also had just 6 games with 3 or fewer receptions and had at least one every game last year. And that was on a bum ankle. He scored a TD 6 games in a row to start the year, including a 3-TD performance against Dallas in week 1.
On the downside, he does put up some clunkers in terms of yardage. 32, 24, 14, 24, 36, 35, 6. Put one of those yardage totals with a goose egg in the TD column and that's easily enough to make you wish you'd drafted a different WR. Burress also put up a 6 yard game and 0 TDs during week 16 last year. He was probably resting his ankle, which as the title of this article points out, is hurting again. One has to wonder if this guy has weak ankles.
Other stuff to consider is that he's having contract issues.
The Mustard: Burress is probably worth his ADP of 11. I'd like to see him drop some, but apparently no one else is concerned about his ankle of a year ago. I am, so I'll likely pass in pick'ems. On the plus side, his name doesn't carry the cachet of other top 12 WRs, so at auction, you can probably snag him pretty cheaply compared to a Steve Smith, Torry Holt or Houshmanzadeh. Id rather have Burress than Holt and Smith. I go back and forth on Housh.
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