my main hesitation is a combination of sophomore slump and the likelihood that he'll have a drop in statistical value this year as he won't be expected/forced to literally do it all. I think he'll still do really well, but maybe a little worried he's slightly overvalued.

dunno, maybe i'm overthinking it.

8/30/2012 4:42:31 PM

I have a small problem, but its a good problem.

I drafted last night and drafted all skill players. I dont have a K or a D/ST

Someone tell me the two ppl on my roster I need to drop. Im lost as to who I should get rid of.
PPR League btw, 6 points QB td


1. (6) Tom Brady QB
2. (15) Rob Gronkowski TE
3. (26) Roddy White WR
4. (35) Greg Jennings WR
5. (46) Darren Sproles RB
6. (55) Ahmad Bradshaw RB
7. (66) Willis McGahee RB
8. (75) Shonn Greene RB
9. (86) Kenny Britt WR
10. (95) Randy Moss WR
11. (106) Torrey Smith WR
12. (115) Stevan Ridley RB
13. (126) Denarius Moore WR
14. (135) Ben Tate RB
15. (146) Michael Bush RB
16. (155) Coby Fleener TE

8/30/2012 6:23:55 PM

definitely Fleener for one

I think he'll have a good year and be a nice check down option for Luck, but if you kept him, you'd basically only play him during Gronk's bye week

8/30/2012 6:29:46 PM

^^Coby Fleener & Randy Moss but I wouldn't want Shonn Greene either

[Edited on August 30, 2012 at 6:31 PM. Reason : .]

8/30/2012 6:30:45 PM

^agreed. fleener and moss/greene



[Edited on August 30, 2012 at 6:48 PM. Reason : although i wouldn't drop greene. i'd try to trade him. i just don't like shonn greene]

8/30/2012 6:38:59 PM

You've got enough time to make quantity for quality trades to free up roster space also

Try to package Bradshaw & Greene together for a better RB

If you can't do something like that in time, I'd drop Moss & Fleener

8/30/2012 6:46:55 PM

i like that package idea.
have a guy on the team thats a huge jets fan so that may help. Good ideas

maybe for a Run DMC?

[Edited on August 30, 2012 at 7:08 PM. Reason : f]

8/30/2012 7:07:00 PM

If you can get DMC for greene & either bradshaw or mcgahee, take that in a damn heartbeat

hell, offer to throw in fleener too since you'll be dropping him anyways

8/30/2012 7:12:53 PM

just trying to gauge what quality/tier of running back i should be aiming for.

8/30/2012 7:16:54 PM

who do you guys value higher...dwayne bowe or vincent jackson? both on shitty teams with shitty QBs.

0.5 PPR, btw.

[Edited on August 30, 2012 at 8:31 PM. Reason : ppr]

8/30/2012 8:29:47 PM

^bowe

8/31/2012 2:28:44 PM

i like Bowe longterm but I'd play Jackson in week 1

if you're planning on getting rid of one before the season that doesn't really help, but Bowe missed most of the preseason and looked rusty when he did play

8/31/2012 2:31:13 PM

10 team, 5 keeper league w/ .5 PPR

Chances my offer of Welker for Julio is accepted? Other guy also has Roddy on the team

8/31/2012 2:47:02 PM

[Edited on August 31, 2012 at 4:25 PM. Reason : double post]

8/31/2012 4:10:39 PM

11th pick in a 12 team snake draft, 6pts passing TD, PPR for TE's only 0.75--

QB Peyton Manning (3rd/35)
RB Chris Johnson (1st/11)
RB Jamaal Charles (2nd/14)
WR Mike Wallace (4th/38)
WR Percy Harvin (6th/62)
TE Jermaine Gresham (7th/83)
Flex Greg Little (9th/107)
D/ST Jets (13th/155)
K Rob Bironas (14/158)

B/QB Matt Ryan (5th/59)
B/QB Russell Wilson (12th/134)
B/RB Stevan Ridley (8th/86)
B/RB LaRod Stevens-Howling (15th/179, throwaway pick that I will replace via add/drop)
B/WR Sidney Rice (11th/131)
B/TE Owen Daniels (10th/110)

Confident in my starters but my bench is jacked up. The way our league is scored QB and TE carry something of a premium, but there was no need to take RW. At the time I saw it as an investment for later in the season but now I just feel like a bit of a homer since I'm thin at RB and I'd like to have a higher-caliber second TE for flex value. If I were to try to use RW as trade bait (most of my league members are NCSU alums or staff) I wonder if I could get anything useful for him though? RW plus Daniels for a better TE? Ideas on improving my RB situation? In retrospect I should have let the D go past in the 13th and picked up the best remaining RB.

8/31/2012 4:24:45 PM

Should I start Cam Newton vs Tampa or Russell Wilson vs Arizona? I feel like Wilson is gonna go off against Arizona.

Also, Jonathan Stewart, Malcom Floyd or Maurice Jones-Drew in my flex spot?

9/2/2012 5:38:49 PM

I'd say Cam and Floyd

9/2/2012 5:40:16 PM

^ I'd have to go Newton. You drafted Newton to be your starting QB, tough to start playing matchups at this point with only having preseason as an indication of how RWilson is going to perform. And MJD just signed, I'd prob have to go with Floyd until you see MJD actually play.

9/2/2012 5:42:40 PM

Drafted way too many white guys.

9/2/2012 7:39:28 PM

I'd go with Cam and MJD. I've never been a huge Floyd fan, he tends to turn in 2 stellar games a year with everything else being 4-8 points. You should at least get that with MJD on even his worst night. It will interesting to see where Meachem fits in with Rivers.

Drafted tonight:

QB Philip Rivers, SD QB
QB Eli Manning, NYG QB
RB LeSean McCoy, Phi RB
RB Fred Jackson, Buf RB
WR Victor Cruz, NYG WR
WR Julio Jones, Atl WR
TE Jermichael Finley, GB TE
FLEX Vincent Jackson, TB WR
OP Matt Schaub, Hou QB
K Sebastian Janikowski, Oak K

Bench
Ahmad Bradshaw, NYG RB
Jeremy Maclin, Phi WR
Torrey Smith, Bal WR
Robert Griffin III, Wsh QB
Donald Brown, Ind RB
C.J. Spiller, Buf RB
Joe Flacco, Bal QB
Jacob Tamme, Den TE


6 team keeper league (kept Rivers, McCoy, and Cruz for some odd reason). Also draft full defensive team but I'm sure most aren't interested in that. Not seeing a lot of options for RB2 in week 1 with Buffalo facing the Jets which usually shuts the Bills run down, I am thinking of throwing Bradshaw in for RB2. So who would you put at RB2 and FLEX?

9/2/2012 8:47:26 PM

no way in hell i'd play MJD in week 1...not that I'm huge on Floyd, but Stewart is sharing carries with an ankle sprain and MJD is gonna get maybe 15 touches and isn't in football shape

^i'd probably throw Maclin at the flex versus Cleveland...to me Bradshaw vs Dallas and Fred Jackson versus the Jets is a tossup...Jets have had a solid defense in recent years, but they're so bad on offense I expect the Bills to have the lead in the 2nd half and give Jackson plenty of touches

[Edited on September 2, 2012 at 9:03 PM. Reason : .]

9/2/2012 8:59:57 PM

Floyd has the much bigger upside, but MJD is the safe choice (IMO). Rivers and the Chargers have a tendancy to start out slow as well. Plus both match ups are favorable, or as favorable as a match up can be for Jax.

9/2/2012 10:22:29 PM

i think MJD will have a good year, i just wouldnt start him when he's been in training camp for a week before Week 1

9/2/2012 10:25:13 PM

Who to start this week? Peyton Manning vs. Steelers or Matt Schaub vs. Miami?

9/3/2012 12:36:23 AM

Um, Schaub, easy

9/3/2012 12:38:50 AM

yep, gotta play Schaub against that terrible defense

hopefully one of your QBs stays healthy this year!

9/3/2012 12:51:06 AM

lol, yeah, I currently got Schaub in there but yeah I gotta hope my QBs don't get hurt. I'm a little thin on WRs too, especially if Nicks is hurt. I wanted to pick up Matt Ryan in the 4th round or so but someone took him in the second.

12 team snake league drafted 10th, standard scoring league (not PPR)

QB: Peyton Manning, Matt Schaub
RB: Chris Johnson, Doug Martin, Willis McGahee, Evan Royster, Mike Tolbert
WR: Julio Jones, Hakeem Nicks, Reggie Wayne, Titus Young, Randy Moss
TE: Vernon Davis, Jacob Tamme
K: Garrett Hartley
D: Houston

I think I'll be ok but if a few guys get hurt I'm screwed...

9/3/2012 1:24:13 AM

i like your top 3 RBs a lot, McGahee has that Curtis Martin longevity

9/3/2012 1:31:52 AM

Thanks, that makes me feel a little better. I picked up McGahee in the 6th round, I was hoping with Peyton at the helm he would get a little more room to run. Plus, I grew up a fan of the U so it was somewhat of a sentimental pick as well.

I guess we'll see! Should be a fun season.

9/3/2012 1:41:54 AM

hate to make you guys feel inadequate but peep the strategy.

2 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, Flex, TE, K, D. No ppr league, pass td's worth only 4.

QB: M.Ryan, R.Griffin III, A.Dalton, R.Fitzpatrick
RB: R.Rice, A.Foster, D.Martin, S.Greene, J.Stewart
WR: D.Bowe, J.Maclin, V.Jackson, A.Brown, S.Johnson, E.Decker
TE: A.Hernandez
K: R.Gould
D: NY Jets


Ended up with Hernandez in all three leagues, he's my #3 ranked TE and i think the top two went for way too much when you can get Hernandez for practically nothing. Ryan is my #5 QB so glad i finally pulled him in one league. Got Bowe in 2 of 3, he's criminally underrated this year he was sick two years ago. Also have RGIII in both of my 2 QB leagues since he's my #10 QB. I also have Stewart in all three leagues, I think he's in for a fairly big season for an RB that everyone is overlooking. He's an injury risk, but if he stays healthy he's got value. Maclin, Vjax, and A.Brown I have in two leagues because WR is so deep and can be had cheap.

[Edited on September 3, 2012 at 2:20 AM. Reason : a]

9/3/2012 2:18:57 AM

no need to feel inadequate when your league is full of retards

any league where one player can get both Foster AND Rice is a league of morons

9/3/2012 2:29:44 AM

Should I start Michael Turner, Frank Gore or Mark Ingram?

9/3/2012 9:16:15 AM

12 teams 2 pick

10 Teams 9th pick


keeper league (kept Calvin Johnson) 3rd pick


[Edited on September 3, 2012 at 11:01 AM. Reason : df]

9/3/2012 10:59:32 AM

Tree hate to tell you but foster and rice go for under $100 in every league

9/3/2012 11:51:18 AM

Commish of face's league.

9/3/2012 12:01:19 PM

Those two guys go for ~$60-$70 in every league you're just jealous that you are peeping my strategy instead of implementing it.

[Edited on September 3, 2012 at 12:13 PM. Reason : a]

9/3/2012 12:12:42 PM

Um, only a league full of fucking idiots would let you get the top 2 rbs in fantasy. Did everyone else show up with only 5 or 10 bucks? LOL, and I seriously doubt there is more than 8 teams participating.

9/3/2012 12:20:39 PM

^ have you ever played fantasy football before? Ten team league.

I'm in three leagues, one of which is $350 entry that has been going for over ten years. In that league you could have had Foster, McCoy, and Rice if you wanted them.

Have a clue what you are talking about before you post.

Here check the cheat sheet on ESPN for god's sake.http://g.espncdn.com/s/ffldraftkit/12/NFLDK2K12_StandauctionCS.pdf?addata=2012=ffldft_chtsht_standvalues_




[Edited on September 3, 2012 at 12:50 PM. Reason : a]

9/3/2012 12:48:19 PM

Quote :

"Foster, McCoy, and Rice"

lol

9/3/2012 12:51:48 PM

^ i don't get it.

9/3/2012 12:53:18 PM

any league where one owner could have McCoy as their backup is just stupid.

9/3/2012 1:08:30 PM

Crabtree or Meachem?

i got MJD and Ryan Matthews but they are probably not playing week one.

9/3/2012 1:32:35 PM

Quote :

"any league where one owner could have McCoy as their backup is just stupid."

What leagues don't have flex spots?

9/3/2012 1:43:16 PM

first off, flex spots are WR/TE unless its a corny league... no one in the NFL is running the option... if a league has RB flex they probably have two QBs starting too or some other goofy shit.

but, we will go with that anyways just for face:

Quote :

"any league where one owner could have McCoy as their flex is just stupid"

9/3/2012 1:54:43 PM

I'm starting to think face suffers from some sort of autism. Highly functional with average to above average intelligence, but something's just not right. My minimum understanding of Asperger's doesn't seem to fit, so at least we can eliminate that.

9/3/2012 2:00:13 PM

Should I start Michael Turner, Frank Gore or Mark Ingram?

9/3/2012 2:50:49 PM

I haven't played in a single league without a flex spot for rb/wr in at least 5 years. Possibly more. Step into the new millenium Jaybee.

Secondly, I posted the ESPN recommended player values right there for all to see. You can easily fit McCoy, Rice, and Foster under the cap in most leagues. The rest of your team will basically be all $1 players though, so I wouldn't recommend the strategy. Everyone knows in an auction you can get three great players if you want to.



And I'm highly intelligent, period. Possibly the most intelligent person in sports talk, but I can't say with certainty.

You guys can't even add numbers up to $200. Infuriating how retarded the discourse is here.

[Edited on September 3, 2012 at 2:53 PM. Reason : a]

9/3/2012 2:52:25 PM

No one said it wasn't possible, just that it would take a league full of mongoloids to let it happen.

There is no way you're smarter than shoot or The E Man

9/3/2012 2:53:55 PM

Can ya'll answer me instead of bitching at each other?

9/3/2012 2:56:40 PM

Who are you again?

9/3/2012 2:57:43 PM