Fantasy Football News

The Wrangler's

07/27/2005

Which rookie Wide Receiver will have the biggest impact in 2005?

Scoop Chicos

Troy Williamson – Minnesota Vikings

Just so you know, it’s 2005, I just noticed that when I was handed this question. So the boss says stick to the football on this one and I says you don’t edit me, it’s in my contract, but o.k., I’ll stick to the football. Living here in the Twin Cities and being a long time follower of the Vikings, I must admit it’s been 45 harrowing years, a relationship where we’ve stayed together out of necessity rather than unabashed love; we sleep in different bedrooms, we say few words at dinner. There really has been only one saving grace for Vikings fans the past few years and that’s trying to stand up when the football is thrown into the upper corner of the television set. This all began on a rainy night in Green Bay in 1998, when that whippersnapper Randy Moss became the Packers daddy. The quarterback then was Randall Cunningham and when he’d cock that arm to throw the deep ball, me and whoever was gambling at my house would stand up in anticipation of the most beautiful play in football, the deep ball. I don’t make it to my feet as easily as I did in ’98 but I tell you what with Daunte Culpepper throwing the pigskin, the Minnesota Viking deep ball is still something to be seen, even from a crouched over position leaning on a cane. With the lovable Moss gone the fun won’t stop because fly boy Troy Williamson is going streaking and you ain’t going to have to cover your wife’s eyes because he’s going to be a sight to see hauling in deep ball after deep ball after deep ball after deep ball after . . . (editor’s note: this went on for a while and no other pertinent information was shared, just some gibberish about lady luck and something about letting free the birds)

Houston Harold

Braylon Edwards – Cleveland Browns

If Braylon Edwards were a cowboy he’d be one of those fancy cowboys. As dressed to the nines as a cowboy can in his parade chaps and swashbuckling facial hair but I tell you what, pard, I’d take this s.o.b. on my team any day. On Sunday’s he ain’t going to be afraid to pick a lady’s shoe out of the mud, the man’s got sand. This Big Ten receiver is custom made for Lake Erie football and the grittiest division in the land, the AFC North. He knows what cold weather, fourth quarter, red-zone football is all about. I expect plenty of TD’s and yards from this swashbuckler. There is a premium on top receivers and if you’re in a keeper league he’s someone to snatch up. Not only is this Edwards going to be starting, he’s going to be scoring. As those fans are passing around the spirits to stay warm, Edwards is going to be hauling em’ in and causin’ those fans to wipe their chins because they're going to be pouring whiskey all over their face while watching this cowboy skedaddle up the trail. Edwards is going to make some of those cornerback’s look like a calf at a new gate. The only problem with Edwards is the Cleveland QB situation, Trent Dilfer, are you ready for some football?