Forward TLAs Group #3

Hi Everybody!

Here is the third batch of forwards. Standard  re-reminding people, this is just my personal guessing, and not anything derived from math. 

 

Luke Dahlhaus

Year	Games	Average	Age	TLA
2011	11	65.6	18
2012	17	83.9	19
2013	22	79	20
2014	21	91.7	21	95
2015	22	104.5	22	95
2016	17	95.7	23	95
2017	22	90.7	24	95
2018	17	77.1	25	83
2019	21	85.1	26	83
		80-88		83

As a cat, he plays little midfield and seems to be a solid low 80s forward. Used to be relevant, not he is maybe a cheap pickup in an emergency.  Still a fine player, just not that useful to Supercoachers.  His great name is still there of course. 

Tom Lynch

Year	Games	Average	Age	TLA
2010	1	10	18
2011	5	52.2	19
2012	6	43.8	20
2013	17	79.2	21
2014	8	61.9	22
2015	21	88.4	23	86
2016	21	87.5	24	86
2017	20	85.7	25	85
2018	17	80.5	26	85
2019	16	84.7	27	84
		80-87		83

Tom is just what he looks like at this point, meaning a forward who averages about 85. If he has a series of bad games and gets very cheap he could be a discount pickup. 

Jack Darling

Year	Games	Average	Age	TLA
2011	20	69.5	18
2012	22	75.9	19
2013	21	76.6	20
2014	22	80.1	21
2015	12	83.8	22
2016	22	75.4	23
2017	21	72.4	24
2018	18	86.9	25	85
2019	22	84.5	26	85
		82-88		85

He went for over 95 a game after Round 7 on, when you could have picked him up for $338,600. I still regret not jumping on him then. At 27 he can be expected to do about what he did the last few seasons. If he gets cheap again, this time, I will no fail. 

Shane Edwards

Year	Games	Average	Age	TLA
2007	16	49	18
2008	16	53.6	19
2009	15	53.8	20
2010	22	75	21
2011	20	62	22
2012	20	80.7	23	83
2013	19	78.2	24	84
2014	22	84.8	25	85
2015	15	91.3	26	85
2016	19	76.4	27	85
2017	17	75.4	28	84
2018	22	86.7	29	84
2019	21	84.3	30	83
		79-86		81

Now playing Frogger. Not too old for a lucky good season, but no reason to take him over so many younger guys. 

 

Jade Gresham

Year	Games	Average	Age	TLA
2016	18	61.3	18
2017	22	66.3	19
2018	22	79.1	20	79
2019	19	84.1	21	84
		85-93		89

One of the guys I’d take over Edwards. Natural growth should give him at least a bit of a bump up. Might only be a bit though, in which case you get a 87 average and not the 95 we would hope for. No way I know of to predict how much better he will get. Some. Well, I predict some. Big help I know. 

 

Mitchell Wallis

Year	Games	Average	Age	TLA
2011	6	54	18
2012	19	87.3	19
2013	18	71.6	20
2014	13	63.4	21
2015	19	98.5	22	89
2016	17	87.1	23	89
2017	12	87.8	24	89
2018	18	91.9	25	89
2019	10	83.7	26	89
		80-88		88

Very much a Bevo type magnet, who should play forward more and more. He may be a smidge underpriced, but does not have enough upside to make him worthwhile. Ok, in draft sure, lots of guys are worth a look in draft, but that is true for just about everyone I will take the time to write about, so not saying it each time. Happened to say it here. “Cause. 

Matthew Suckling

Year	Games	Average	Age	TLA
2009	1	56	21
2010	5	57.4	22
2011	20	90.8	23
2012	22	82.7	24	78
2014	21	77	25	78
2015	21	73.4	26	78
2016	15	76	27	78
2017	22	77.7	28	78
2018	11	91.5	29	78
2019	18	83.6	30	78
		75-83		78

At 31, I suspect he will be on the way down, and I sure would not risk taking him. He has somehow managed to bump his average at 29 to what it was at 20, which I sort of think was luck. Or something happened. I have to admit I was not paying attention to him. 

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Thanks for reading!

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