After a disappointing encore to his other worldly fantasy season in 2010, what's in store for Vick in 2012? Thinking strictly in terms of 2012 I'd have him firmly in the top 6 with outside potential to be the top overall scorer.
Future Outlook: Vick at the age of 32 has his dynasty prospects dwindling. A player that makes a lot of his living off his legs in a way less unstable situation in Philly than people realize (A non contending season could see the end of Andy Reid) getting older is basically playing year to year at this point. Vick probably has 1-2 potential big seasons before falling to a more top 16 middling ground like he was in Atlanta for 2-3 seasons.
HB2 Kevin Smith
MJD is currently flirting with the idea of holding out but I'm pretty sure he'll be with the Jaguars at least by mid training camp. Jones-Drew should have another season of being the focal point of the Jag's offense which should produce HB1 numbers and be top 10 another year. Kevin Smith is just a garbage back to have as your number 2 and shouldn't be anything more than a HB4 on a competitive team.
Future Outlook: MJD is 27 and getting close to the drop off age for runningbacks. He's also had to flat out just carry an offense for a few years. As sad as it is to say MJD really only has 1-2 seasons left of HB1 potential. Normally the fall for runningbacks is quick and swift and I'm sure MJD's will be the same. Kevin Smith will be even worse in the future than he is now.
Garcon is looking likely to be the Skins #1 receiver in 2012, that's the only good news. With a rookie quarterback he won't be a great flex play but he is decent enough.
Future Outlook: Garcon is only 25 and if given the real opportunity to grow as RG3's top receiver, Garcon could morph into a pretty nice flex option. I still don't think he has a WR1 skill set.
WR2 Reggie Wayne
Roddy is still a low end WR1 but he is going to lose more and more targets to Julio Jones. While Reggie Wayne is officially on the decline of his career and paired with a rookie QB which spells low end WR2 numbers for 2012.
Future Outlook: Roddy is on the wrong side of 30 and should be relegated to the 2nd option in the Atlanta offense if he hasn't been already. He'll probably be a nice WR2 in the following years but his days as a strong WR1 option may be ending soon. Wayne probably has a handful of years left as a WR3 before he retires.
Finley should be a top 3 option at tight end behind Gronk and Graham obviously. In that high octane Green Bay offense he has unlimited upside, the only negative is there may not be enough targets to go around.
Future Outlook: As I said previously Finley is a top 3 option and I believe that for the future as well. This is one position this team is rock solid at for now and the future.
Not a great bench of producers or high upside guys. Meachem has a chance to be a high end WR2 with Rivers throwing him the ball and Stephen Hill has the measurables but not great hands and a mess at QB. Titus Young has WR2 at most upside while Quick doesn't really have WR1 potential.
Team 2012 Outlook: This team isn't in horrible shape for 2012 but Vick, MJD, and Roddy are not a good enough trio to be a real competitor for 2012.
Future Outlook: Currently it's not looking good. With Vick, MJD, and Roddy at the tail end of their careers or getting there he's about to have 3 huge holes to fill and will have to hit right on his first round draft picks the next 3 years to build a contender. I might would recommend shipping off these three players in exchange for young potential players and/or picks to contending teams and start the rebuild. While Andrew definitely can't be blamed for the shape this team is in since he didn't draft it, he's still gonna have to try to find a way to build this team into a contender.
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