With a disappointing high of 12 games in the last five seasons, Scott Selwood has had a brutal run with injuries and hasn’t been able to match his consistency to his fantasy scoring ability. Last year, his statistics were similar in all areas to 2017 bar tackles, which took a massive dive from 11.5 to 5.6 resulting in an almost 30-point decrease in fantasy numbers. Selwood’s scoring ability is heavily reliant on his role which changes sporadically, often including tagging duties. The tackling machine is one to watch closely in the preseason as a classic risk versus reward choice, as if he has shown the old ability to rack up tackles then he's due a bounce back season. Take him as bench cover in the later rounds.
Scooter slows down
With a disappointing high of 12 games in the last five seasons, Scott Selwood has had a brutal run with injuries and hasn’t been able to match his consistency to his fantasy scoring ability. Last year, his statistics were similar in all areas to 2017 bar tackles, which took a massive dive from 11.5 to 5.6 resulting in an almost 30-point decrease in fantasy numbers. Selwood’s scoring ability is heavily reliant on his role which changes sporadically, often including tagging duties. The tackling machine is one to watch closely in the preseason as a classic risk versus reward choice, as if he has shown the old ability to rack up tackles then he's due a bounce back season. Take him as bench cover in the later rounds.
Selwood is a tree-hugger
On return from a preseason toe injury in round 9, Scott Selwood only got 32 disposals across the next two weeks... but laid a gargantuan 34 tackles, starting a trend that would see him top the tackle averages for the league by the length of the straight. Unsurprisingly, given his role most weeks was tagging the best opposition midfielder, his ratio of 8:11 was the most inside it has been over ten seasons. Coach Brad Scott obviously had Selwood under instruction to do everything he could to release the Cats' star midfield combo, and the more he cracked in the better that Dangerwood looked. As a fantasy player, the mammoth tackle counts put a pleasing base on his scores; the problem is that he keeps getting knocks. He is a heavy scorer when on the park, meriting a middle-round pick due to durability concerns.
