If there’s one thing we all know about Torry Holt, it’s that he’s been just about the most predictable fantasy football wide receiver the league has had since the new millennium broke. You draft him, you know what you’re getting. 90 catches, 1,300 yards, and around eight TDs. Last year he played through injuries and constant double-teams due to the lack of coaching and talent around him, and his numbers suffered accordingly. Otherwise, his year-to-year output has been just about as dependable as finding Kirstie Alley going for thirds at the dessert buffet at a Vegas casino.
Holt is the only WR in history to post six consecutive 1,300+ yard seasons. He also carried with him (before last year) an eight-year streak of posting 80+ catches and 1,100+ yards. You get the point.
He, like another Pro-Bowl wideout we know and love (TJ Whosyourmomzda) has been freed from his previous prison sentence (Rams), and signed up with a team who is likely on the rise. The Jags have a lot to look forward in ’09 with Garrard, MJD, and a young and healthy Mike Walker. Their offensive line issues from ‘08 are well documented and play a big reason into why this team struggled so mightily. The Jags haven’t had a Holt-caliber fantasy football WR since Jimmy Smith opted for retirement (and the pipe).
Garrard has never had even a decent WR to play catch with. Take a look at his leading WRs since he took over in 2006:
We remain highly intrigued by the potential that Holt brings to Garrard and the Jags. Garrard is a good QB that is improving each year. He struggled last season a bit when they were passing more than normal due to trailing for much of the season, but that was throwing the ball to fellow coke-heads Matt Jones and Reggie Williams, neither of which is still in the league (coke gets you places, we tell ya) and then Dennis Northcutt who was cut and not in the league until he was swept up recently by that high octane offense in Detroit.
