Originally published Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 8:00 PM
A fantasy football perspective
How did you do in your fantasy football draft? Here's a scouting report for this season. Quarterback Tom Brady could be an ace again. About the only thing...
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How did you do in your fantasy football draft? Here's a scouting report for this season.
| Quarterback | |
| Tom Brady could be an ace again. About the only thing to worry about — he turned 35 earlier this month. | |
| Category | Player |
| Going up | Matt Ryan |
| Going down | Tony Romo |
| Riskiest | Peyton Manning |
| Sleeper | Joe Flacco |
| Dump him | Any New York Jet |
| Top rookie | Andrew Luck |
| Running backs | |
| Arian Foster had a slow start because of a hamstring problem, but emerged as one of the league's best backs last season. | |
| Category | Player |
| Going up | Steven Jackson |
| Going down | Frank Gore |
| Riskiest | Adrian Peterson |
| Sleeper | Ryan Williams |
| Dump him | Shonn Greene |
| Top rookie | Doug Martin |
| Receivers | |
| Loving Julio Jones of Atlanta? The Falcons are going to be less run-oriented and nobody on their roster can match Jones in skills and speed. Having Roddy White on the other side is a big help, too. | |
| Category | Player |
| Going up | Julio Jones |
| Going down | Dwayne Bowe |
| Riskiest | Mike Wallace |
| Sleeper | Titus Young |
| Dump him | Randy Moss |
| Top rookie | Justin Blackmon |
| Tight ends | |
| Antonio Gates was not happy to be left off the NFL Network's Top 100 players list and Chargers' defensive backs say he took it out on them in camp. | |
| Category | Player |
| Going up | Jermaine Gresham |
| Going down | Brent Celek |
| Riskiest | Jason Witten |
| Sleeper | Jacob Tamme |
| Dump him | Owen Daniels |
| Top rookie | Dwayne Allen |
| Kickers | |
| Oakland's Sebastian Janikowski went an amazing 7 for 10 on field goals from 50-plus yards. | |
| Category | Player |
| Going up | Alex Henery |
| Going down | Adam Vinatieri |
| Riskiest | Matt Prater |
| Sleeper | Rob Bironas |
| Dump him | Dan Carpenter |
| Top rookie | Greg Zuerlein |
| Top 5 defenses | |
| Green Bay led the league with 31 interceptions last year. As long as Aaron Rodgers and Co. are jumping out to leads, opponents have to throw the ball. | |
| Team | Bye wk |
| 1. San Francisco | 9 |
| 2. Green Bay | 10 |
| 3. New York Giants | 11 |
| 4. Pittsburgh | 4 |
| 5. Baltimore | 8 |
Ed Barkowitz, Philadelphia Daily News
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