So Westbrook has officially gone "under the knife" once again. This time, it is to remove bone spurs from his right ankle. He is not expected to return before preseason starts, and probably won't be back until the start of the season. This is great news for L McCoy and his value in any fantasy league format. Watch how McCoy performs throughout the OTAs, training camp, and preseason and see if there is a threat of L Booker cutting into any of his time with the first team. So far, the first-team reps have been split between McCoy and Booker with Westbrook sidelined, but I don't think Booker has a chance of being anything more than a 3rd down RB and a role player. It is safe to say that barring any freak occurrences, McCoy is the primary backup to Westbrook.
Westbrook will now be looking directly at the end of his career. If McCoy does really well this season, it appears that this season will be the last opportunity for Westbrook to be a featured RB, and after having this surgery, Westbrook will be giving up a lot of his reps for at least the first half of the season.
McCoy is certainly a sleeper now, but by the time preseason rolls around, everyone who pays attention to the NFL news before their drafts will have heard about him. Given Westbrook's injury history, his age of 30, and also this surgery, Westbrook will fall on draft boards everywhere and McCoy's value will sky-rocket everywhere. It's tough to say how everything will pan out up until the season starts, but I can see McCoy being as high as a sixth or seventh round pick in 12-team redraft leagues, if Westbrook does indeed get back into the starting lineup early season. If Westbrook is to miss games during the beginning of the season, McCoy could be drafted as high as the forth round.
No comments:
Post a Comment