The Five Minute Drill Episode “Drafting Wide Receivers” Cecil Lammey: Wide receiver is the most difficult position to predict in fantasy football. Sigmund Bloom: Today on the drills wide receiver draft special. We will tell you the franchise wide receivers, the sleepers and the busts. Cecil Lammey: You know the drill. Announcer: Its time for fantasy footballs Five Minute Drill. Quarter backed by Cecil Lammey, and Sigmund Bloom. Cecil Lammey: Torry Holt was quoted earlier this month saying that his knee is only at 70%. This is six months after the surgery to repair it. Torry is a great wide receiver in the NFL, but he has only been a top five fantasy receiver, once. In Saturday’s press conference Mike Shanahan said that his Brandon Marshal had earned his reps with the first team clearly Marshall is out of the doghouse in Denver. They gave him some tough love to get over that quad injury. But now Marshall is the type of player that should be on your fantasy radar. He is not a wide receiver but we have to bring up Travis Henry, especially since we told you to draft him last week. He is going to be ok against the cowboys; he had a first degree MCL sprain, which means it is not very serious. Eh could start this weekend’s preseason game. More than likely he will just rest and be the week one starter for the Broncos. Love him or hate him Terrell Owens needs to be on your fantasy team. Despite getting off to a slow start with Drew Bledsoe at the helm, he bounced back to be the #2 fantasy receiver in 2006 this year Tony Romo loves him and will give him the ball early and often. New head coach Wade Phillips has also made him the center point of that offense. I am falling for Lee Evans. Why? Because he falls way too far in most fantasy drafts, unless you live in upstate New York, you just don’t know how good this kid is. He is one of the best deep threats in the game but that’s jus the tip of the iceberg. He can do it all. Last season he was over 40% of the Bills passing offense. This year expect more. There is no Randy ratio in New England because Bill Belichick and Tom Brady love to spread the ball around to whoever is open, basically. You look at Randy Moss he hasn’t even had the time to develop chemistry with Tom Brady, because he has been hurt since the beginning of training camp. Wes Walker has a better chance to lead that team in receptions. New offensive coordinator for Pittsburg Bruce Arians is opening up the playbook which means Santonio Holmes will become an even bigger part of that offense. Already in the preseason he is making big plays all over the field and averaging twenty four yards in a catch. Santonio Holmes will more than likely pass Himes Ward as the best Steeler receiver to have on your fantasy team. It is no secret the New York Giants are on the edge of disaster. And Plaxico Buress could go to the cliff with the team. Why? Because this guy loses focus anytime things don’t go his way. He is already battling two injured ankles, one causing him to miss most of training camp. And the ultimate reason to avoid Plexico is Eli Manning. Derrick Mason is in the twilight of his career which will open the door for Demetrius Williams. Brian Bilacus said there will be no sophomore slump for this kid. Malcolm Floyd has been given more opportunity with the injury of Aaron Parker. We think he has been outplaying Vincent Jackson and he is the perfect last round pick. Sigmund Bloom: Even if you’re new to fantasy football you have probably figured out that the first round is for running backs. While there is no wide receiver with a first round pick, there are plenty worth a second. The later your pick is in the second round, the more likely it is that a rock solid franchise wide receiver is a better pick than a risky running back. If you do go for a running back in the second round, you have to get a wide receiver in the third or fourth round to anchor your core. Even if you do take your number one in the second round, Lee Evans and Jamal Walker are absolute steals in the second round. They will give you the best wide receivers in your league. Fifth and sixth round is the great time to get running back depth in your starting quarter back. But the seventh and tenth round is the time to get breakout wide receivers. Make sure you take at least one more wide receiver than the number you start with each by the end of the tenth round. If you are trying to figure out the wide receiver mess in the Tennessee, Jacksonville, Minnesota stop. These teams love to run the ball and there is not a go to guy in the bunch. If you have to throw a pick at one of these messes, Troy Williamson might be your guy. He seems like he figures out how to catch the ball this preseason. Buy a few lottery tickets of wide receivers late in your draft. Every year afterthoughts turn into key parts of fantasy championship. The word out of Tampa Bay is that David Boston is back and you should also put a chip on Arnes Battle, because he is the most reliable receiver in San Francisco. Thanks for watching The Five Minute Drill. Cecil Lammey: Joe Theismann wants me to change my hair. Sigmund Bloom: We will be back next week with the quarter backs and tight ends.