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by Spark Wonup
Lawrence Sun Times
Our Beloved Phantoms made two rather small but significant roster moves on Tuesday signing 2nd year possession WR Bernie Hanks and rookie pass rushing prospect Omar Dabbs.
Hanks has been on 3 teams so far in 2020 so there are question marks but he appears to have all the physical tools necessary to be a very quality #3, maybe even #2, WR in this league. Team Owner/GM Jester Blaze is pumped!
"These guys aren't usually available for free like this. I'm very excited about today's moves!
Bernie can do everything but do deep... and that's fine. We don't need 5 guys running downfield every play. We've got guys that can spread the field already on the roster. I can see Bernie piling up 4K, maybe 5K yards for us before it's all done.
No way he should be on this roster for less than $1M with all the teams in this league. Thanks for sleeping, guys!"
Hanks steps into a chaotic WR situation where he could quickly become a starter. Of the 8 legit WRs on the team (Bart Shepard is simply a mentor) 5 are in year 2 or less and Hanks seems the most polished.
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On the defensive side of the ball Omar Dabbs provides a raw pass-rushing seedling for DC Rob Shelton to groom into a potential IFL threat. Picking up Dabbs for $390 off the FA market is the blue print of low risk/higher reward moves that if done often enough will pan out. Omar has prototypical pass-rusher size and has all the requirements (tech, str, diag, endur) if not the bells and whistles (pun hitter). Look for him to "arrive" in 2022 as a passing-down DE. Until then he only has All-Pro Willie Bo and past All-Pro Vern Copeland to learn from.
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Jester tells me there are other talents on the FA market right now.
"Teams need to go down there roster position by position, especially the rebuilding teams, and sort through the league by their system needs searching for better talent. I guarantee you the league would see 50 guys signed this week!"
Lawrence Sun Times
Our Beloved Phantoms made two rather small but significant roster moves on Tuesday signing 2nd year possession WR Bernie Hanks and rookie pass rushing prospect Omar Dabbs.
Hanks has been on 3 teams so far in 2020 so there are question marks but he appears to have all the physical tools necessary to be a very quality #3, maybe even #2, WR in this league. Team Owner/GM Jester Blaze is pumped!
"These guys aren't usually available for free like this. I'm very excited about today's moves!
Bernie can do everything but do deep... and that's fine. We don't need 5 guys running downfield every play. We've got guys that can spread the field already on the roster. I can see Bernie piling up 4K, maybe 5K yards for us before it's all done.
No way he should be on this roster for less than $1M with all the teams in this league. Thanks for sleeping, guys!"
Hanks steps into a chaotic WR situation where he could quickly become a starter. Of the 8 legit WRs on the team (Bart Shepard is simply a mentor) 5 are in year 2 or less and Hanks seems the most polished.
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On the defensive side of the ball Omar Dabbs provides a raw pass-rushing seedling for DC Rob Shelton to groom into a potential IFL threat. Picking up Dabbs for $390 off the FA market is the blue print of low risk/higher reward moves that if done often enough will pan out. Omar has prototypical pass-rusher size and has all the requirements (tech, str, diag, endur) if not the bells and whistles (pun hitter). Look for him to "arrive" in 2022 as a passing-down DE. Until then he only has All-Pro Willie Bo and past All-Pro Vern Copeland to learn from.
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Jester tells me there are other talents on the FA market right now.
"Teams need to go down there roster position by position, especially the rebuilding teams, and sort through the league by their system needs searching for better talent. I guarantee you the league would see 50 guys signed this week!"
, it is these kind of tiny adjustment moves that can produce big dividends.
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