2012 Fantasy Football Gambles
Gamble: A player with both high potential and high risk. Players in this category are usually injury-prone, have a high probability for being suspended, or are approaching the end of their career. From our Fantasy Football Dictionary
We have classified the following 12 players as gambles for 2012. We will be updating this list throughout the pre-season.
| Name | Pos | Team | Age | Yrs Exp. |
Pos. Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Baldwin | WR | KC | 23 | 1 | WR - #71 |
| Last season was Baldwin's first year in the NFL. In 11 games Jon only managed to pull down 21 receptions for 254 yards. This year finding time on the field may an issue. With so much talent on this team players further down on the depth chart are going to find it difficult to post good numbers. In most cases when Baldwin steps on to the field he will be the third... Read More | |||||
| Kenny Britt | WR | TEN | 24 | 3 | WR - #28 |
| The 23 year old WR from Rutgers was showing signs of a true breakout year in 2011 (3rd NFL season) after totaling 271 yards and 3 TDs in his first two games, but a torn ACL in week 3 knocked him out for the remainder of the season. In 2010 (12 games), he averaged 65 YPG with nine touchdowns. Britt is a world class talent as well as a world class idiot (numerous arr... Read More | |||||
| Dez Bryant | WR | DAL | 24 | 2 | WR - #18 |
| The two sides of the enigmatic playmaker: Bryant topped 900 yards and hauled in nine touchdown passes with five clutch fantasy scores coming in a six-game stretch during the second half of the season. The 6-foot-2 target with blazing speed also failed to top 90 receiving once all season. Entering year three, Bryant's potential remains immense, but the inconsistenc... Read More | |||||
| Braylon Edwards | WR | --- | 30 | 7 | WR - #74 |
| Edwards seems to have outlasted Terrell Owens in a battle of veteran receivers trying to cling to NFL viability. After offseason surgery, health remains a concern...as do the drops and off-the-field concerns that have limited Edwards throughout his playing career. ... Read More | |||||
| Jacoby Ford | WR | OAK | 25 | 2 | Unranked |
| Hobbled by a foot injury early in Week 10 last season, Ford didn't see the field again. He may not regain the starting job he had won from Heyward-Bey after Week 8. Still, he is too talented to ignore altogether. Worth a late round roll of the dice in most fantasy drafts.... Read More | |||||
| Stephen Hill | WR | NYJ | 22 | R | WR - #61 |
| With Burress no longer under contract, the Jets needed to find someone to play opposite Holmes this season. New York filled that void in the second round of the draft when they selected Georgia Tech's Stephen Hill. The 6'4" speedster has impressive speed, length and leaping ability. The drawback here of course is that Hill is a rookie and he is very raw. H... Read More | |||||
| Josh Morgan | WR | WAS | 27 | 4 | WR - #92 |
| Part of the Redskins' receiver overhaul plan involved adding the speedy Morgan. Injured much of last season, his numbers suffered in the 49ers' run-heavy attack. Morgan could vie for the starting role opposite Pierre Garcon - or wind up as the fourth WR and return specialist. Interesting, but risky potential.... Read More | |||||
| Randy Moss | WR | --- | 36 | 14 | WR - #45 |
| It would be foolish at this point to call him over the hill. With Moss it seems always and only to be a simple matter of motivation. If he wants it, he can still be an impact receiver in the NFL. But will he have the drive to work himself back into shape, develop chemistry with a new QB and play second-fiddle to Michael Crabtree? The odds seem mighty long.... Read More | |||||
| Laurent Robinson | WR | --- | 28 | 5 | Unranked |
| After years of promise that always ended in disappointment, Robinson finally flashed the game many have talked about for so long. In only 14 games with Dallas last year, he set career highs in all categories: receptions (59), yards (858) and touchdowns (11). Then Robinson took those numbers and parlayed them into a big contract with Jacksonville where he becomes a ... Read More | |||||
Jerome Simpson  |
WR | MIN | 27 | 4 | WR - #59 |
| If your league awards bonus points for arrests then Simpson would be a first round pick. The former Bengal signed a 1-year prove it contract with Minnesota and will be suspended for the first 3 games of the season on a Marijuana arrest. Simpson was a non factor in his first three NFL seasons, but emerged as the starter opposite AJ Green in 2011 finishing with 50 ca... Read More | |||||
| Steve Smith | WR | --- | 28 | 5 | WR - #70 |
| Knee problems may ultimately curtail Smith's career. He has landed in St. Louis on a one year deal and will need to capitalize on what could be his last chance in the NFL. The Rams need help at receiver and anything Smith provides will be a gift. If his surgically repaired knee doesn't serve him better than it did during his disastrous stint with the Eagles, Smith ... Read More | |||||
| Mike Williams | WR | TB | 26 | 2 | WR - #48 |
| Fantasy owners expecting Mike Williams to follow up his outstanding rookie campaign were extremely disappointed last season. Williams put up nearly identical numbers to his rookie season in both catches (65) and receiving yards (771), but his touchdown total fell from 11 as a rookie to just three last season. With former Charger wideout Vincent Jackson signing with... Read More | |||||
