2011 Fantasy Football Solid/Safe Picks
Solid/Safe Pick: A player with good potential and low risk. Players in this category are statistically consistent from year to year. From our Fantasy Football Dictionary
We have classified the following players as Safe Picks for 2011. We will be updating this list throughout the pre-season.
| Name | Pos | Team | Age | Yrs Exp. |
Pos. Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Bradford | QB | STL | 24 | 1 | QB - #21 |
| Even under a new coordinator and with a new offense to learn, Bradford has nowhere to go but up after an impressive rookie season during which he managed to squeeze 18 touchdowns into the unwilling hands of some awful St. Louis receivers. The front office made it a priority to address Bradford's supporting cast and brought in pass-catching TE Lance Kendricks, wide ... Read More | |||||
| Jay Cutler | QB | CHI | 29 | 5 | QB - #14 |
| I am going to go ahead and give you the green flag for Cutler this season. Cutler did not have the touchdowns we would have liked last season, but he did take his team into the playoffs with a chance. I assign Cutler a safe/solid pick for 2011 and justify this by his ability to connect with a solid receiving corps (if provided the chance to get the ball downfield) ... Read More | |||||
| Joe Flacco | QB | BAL | 27 | 3 | QB - #18 |
| Three years into his career and the strong-armed Flacco's numbers -- touchdown passes and yards -- have increased each season and his interceptions dipped to a career-low in 2010. And he still hasn't scratched the surface of what he can do on the pro level. That should change in 2011 as the Ravens seem willing to open the entire playbook to the fourth-year pro, who... Read More | |||||
| Eli Manning | QB | NYG | 31 | 7 | QB - #6 |
| Eli Manning has finally moved himself into the category of quarterbacks who should be started every week. Since becoming a full time starter midway through the 2004 season, Eli has never missed a game and his numbers have risen pretty consistently year by year. Last season was the 2nd year in a row that Manning passed for over 4,000 yards and set a career high in T... Read More | |||||
Kyle Orton  |
QB | DAL | 29 | 6 | QB - #49 |
| Orton has become a safe pick for many at this stage. He has been named the starter and has weapons that will assits his productivity. Look for Orton to produce on a weekly basis as long as he starts and maybe even surprise during a few weeks with star performances.
Denver has said Orton will retain his starting gig, despite being benched for fan-favorite Te... Read More | |||||
| Ben Roethlisberger | QB | PIT | 30 | 7 | QB - #12 |
| As the lockout continues, Steeler nation has to be praying that Big Ben is able to avoid joy riding on his motorcycle and beer pong tournaments with sorority girls -- two events that have derailed the start of his last two seasons. Despite missing the first four games of 2010 (suspension), Roethlisberger was able to top 3,000 yards for the 5th straight season. With... Read More | |||||
| Matt Ryan | QB | ATL | 26 | 3 | QB - #9 |
| Is this the year that Ryan takes the next step and becomes an elite fantasy quarterback? Ryan has an elite skill set mentally and physically and now (in his fourth season in the league) may be ready to join the elite tier. Last season, Ryan took a big step forward starting all 16 games, setting career highs across the board. Ryan completed 357-of-571 passes (62 per... Read More | |||||
| Matt Schaub | QB | HOU | 30 | 7 | QB - #13 |
| For the second year in a row, Matt Schaub finished the season without missing a game. For fantasy owners this is big news because it seems that maybe we can finally rely on Schaub to be there for our teams. From a numbers perspective, Matt's performance in 2010 was pretty much on par for what we saw in 2009. Yes, I know he threw for 400 fewer yards and 5 fewer touc... Read More | |||||
