Fantasy Football: Repeating the Magic Season
How often do players like Arian Foster and Michael Vick repeat their massive outputs the next season?
By: Corby Yarbrough | 8/21/11, 9:00 AM EDT
Every once in a while there’s that player who has the “magic” season in fantasy football. But what does history say his next season will look like? Let’s take a look at those players over the five seasons prior to 2010 who led their positions and were at least 30 points ahead of their next-closest competitor in one season, and see how they fared the next season. A repeat is possible. However, it’s also worth noting that the two who did repeat their No. 1 ranking did not increase their points totals in doing so.
| Pts. Next | Next Yr. | ||||
| Year | Player Name | Pos. | Points | Year | Rank |
| 2010 | Michael Vick* | QB | 467.1 | ?? | ?? |
| 2010 | Arian Foster | RB | 358.8 | ?? | ?? |
| 2010 | Jason Witten | TE | 199.2 | ?? | ?? |
| 2009 | Chris Johnson | RB | 365.9 | 250.9 | 6 |
| 2009 | Aaron Rodgers | QB | 395.8 | 360.5 | 3 |
| 2008 | Tony Gonzalez | TE | 213.8 | 164.2 | 5 |
| 2007 | Tom Brady** | QB | 490 | 3 | 59 |
| 2007 | LaDainian Tomlinson*** | RB | 332.9 | 251.1 | 5 |
| 2007 | Brian Westbrook*** | RB | 325.4 | 242.8 | 9 |
| 2007 | Randy Moss | WR | 336.3 | 197.3 | 11 |
| 2006 | Peyton Manning | QB | 369.5 | 335.1 | 3 |
| 2006 | LaDainian Tomlinson | RB | 444.3 | 332.9 | 1 |
| 2005 | Antonio Gates | TE | 214.6 | 181.9 | 1 |
| 2006 | Adalius Thomas | DL | 157.5 | 131 | 2 |
*Vick played in 12 games last season but led in points per game. For the purpose of the chart, his 2010 point total is extrapolated for all 16 games, where he would have outscored Tom Brady by 96.1 points
**Brady tore his ACL in the first game of the 2008 season.
***Tomlinson and Westbrook were 1-2 in 2007, and the next-closest RB competitor scored 254 points.
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