Most Overvalued Modern FB RC = Mike Vick
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I watched the GB/ATL game this Sunday. Vick is a good player, but I'm not sure what position he plays. The Falcons should just line up Vick as a RB or WR and play Matt Schaub. Vick is painful to watch as a passer and I'm pretty sure he will sustain is huge knee injury if he keeps running.
His RCs aren't garbage, but IMHO they are about 30-50% overvalued. There is no way Tomlinson's rookies should be less than Vicks.
On the flip side I think Shaun Alexander is the most undervalued RC. At 28 he already has over 7000 yds and almost 80 TDs. That puts him on pace to crack the top 10 all time RB in both stats. If the Seahawks make it to the Super Bowl, we could see a big jump in his cards.
His RCs aren't garbage, but IMHO they are about 30-50% overvalued. There is no way Tomlinson's rookies should be less than Vicks.
On the flip side I think Shaun Alexander is the most undervalued RC. At 28 he already has over 7000 yds and almost 80 TDs. That puts him on pace to crack the top 10 all time RB in both stats. If the Seahawks make it to the Super Bowl, we could see a big jump in his cards.
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Saw a stat that with yesterday, he's the first player to get 15+ TDs in 5 consecutive years...and this was game 9!
The big knock on Alexander is that he piles up his stats in a few games per year against soft defense and disappears in the big games. A couple of years ago I think he got like 10 TDs in 3 games and 6 in the remaining 13. This year he seems to be more consistent.
It should be fun watching Tomlinson and Alexander go for the TD season record this year.
field. I think we all know about the hype factor. It can last for a long time in baseball, and a few months to a few years in football.
In football it starts with the draft. The premiums are put on the high draft picks, especially #1 as Vick was.
Now look at what Vick has done..his rookie year he beats the Pack in the playoffs, and last year he took his team to the
championship game......that is what collectors remember. There is still potential for Vick.
The brand and numbering of the card is critical too. That SPA Vick was very very limited, and it was one of only 3 autographed
patch rookies. 250 even today , is very limited. LT was a non-autoed rookie in that set. If you want to see that Vick really
isn't priced that much over LT, look at contenders...LT has twice the number of cards, but is valued around the same price
as the much rarer Vick.
Shaun Alexander suffers in that he was part of a bad 2000 rookie class. That has never been a popular set, whats worse is that
Tom Brady's cards make 2000 packs expensive...its either you pull a 400 dollar Brady or a 10 dollar common.....that isn't fun.
I also think that Shaun's soft spoken-ness makes him less collectable. You can add Marvin Harrison in that group!
Its all about the hype....once these guys win a super bowl the value of their cards will level off..it happens every year.
Kevin
His contract situation keeps his future uncertain.
If the Colts and Seahawks make it to the Super Bowl, I doubt either will be moved. However both player's success is tied to their offense. As a suffering Lions fan, those guys ain't no Barry Sanders!
So the question for the seattle seahawks is pay the man. Keep the statistics and big smile guy who's good at PR. Or just keep the rb spot filled with fresh legs behind your nfl best offensive line. It works for DENVER.
If shaun alexander is trade he will be a NFL Ken griffey JR.
If he stays he will be a seattle legend and a Hall of famer if he stays healthy along with his lineman and hassleback. He may beat Priest holmes #'s who ran behind the KC O-line because the seattle O-Line Is built for a long time to come.
I think since the mariners traded away all there Allstars, Ken griffey jr, Randy Johnson,Alex Rodriguez with awesome career HOF stat potential. That I might prefer to pay alexander so that My favorite team can have a possible nfl legend. Super bowl or not.
Vick's RC are high because he makes crazy plays, so people think he's a great player. His team also wins, so I don't know. There often isn't much of an on field correlation to RC pricing. I mean Bo Jackson is still booked at $5, the most in the set, and he doesn't even have 3,000 yards career rushing. However, people can still see Bo running over people in highlights, and his MNF run against the Seahawks. So I would say that image is everything in this hobby.