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I doubt that I'll get a trade for him, so what sleepers are probably out there in the free agency?

WRs are the easiest position to fill off the wire. Don't know who's available in your league this week but at least a couple of these guys ought to be...

Antonio Chatman, Bryant Johnson, Courtney Roby
- All filling in for injured starters for at least the next couple of weeks. Chatman and Johnson should get the benefit of opposing defenses doubling Donald Driver and Larry Fitzgerald.

Bobby Engram, Isaac Bruce
- Both due to return from injuries. Engram is the safer play, since he was having a pretty good season until he went down.

David Givens, Amani Toomer, Marcus Robinson, Doug Gabriel; Shaun McDonald
- Toomer's coming on, Robinson may be hot right now, Givens is getting more looks than Branch and Gabriel can be a beast when he gets on the field. Givens probably the safest play, Robinson and Gabriel are risks that could pay off handsomely.

Antonio Bryant and Az Hakim may be available as well and are both decent plays. Antwaan Randle El is probably available too, but I wouldn't jump on him given his occasional stone hands and the Steelers' QB situation.

Charles Rogers will likely be playing the WR1 and may be worth a shot just for that despite Detroit's offensive disarray.

Johnson HAS to play well eventually. Doesn't he?

Like rogermexico pointed out in his thread, surely you can find a better WR.

He can play like Jerry Rice on Scooby Snacks the rest of the way. Last I checked, receivers only put up fantasy points if the QB can get them the ball, and the line still isn't givving Carr time for downfield strikes. (Though to be fair Jabar Gaffney's been consistent pointswise in Johnson's absence. Not helping so much on the field, but not costing anyone fantasy games.)

I'm benching Donovan vs. Washington and playing Eli vs. th' Niners. Lack of faith or right place right time?
YOU MAKE THE CALL!

Has Eli shown us anything on the road yet (erm, no. Unless you count the road game against the Saints). That said, if you take TO's word for it McNabb's not getting any healthier, and Denver may have just showed a pretty good, and pretty pissed off defensive unit how to handle him. Though if he plays there is that whole not-running-the-ball thing...

It's a tough call, but I'd go with Manning. He has to grow up sometime, might as well be now. And even if the Niners are healthy on defense now he ought to be able to chuck it to Shockey, rinse and repeat. Plus, y'know, Amani Toomer sightings have been reported.

Oh, and, uh, so Eli Manning @SF vs. D-Mac @WAS is looking pretty good right now. That roaring sound you hear is LJ Smith owners rejoicing over TO's suspension.

In the WR department, I'm thinking Wilford (JAX WR2) is a decent pickup. Burleson (MIN WR1) too. My league has a very shallow bench, so I'm not big on one-week plays, otherwise I'd be taking a good look at Bryant Johnson (ARI WR2).

RBs: EBennett, DStaley, SGado, GJones, JWells.

Advice: If Jones cannot go this weekend, rookie Cedric Benson will get the starting nod for Chicago, while Adrian Peterson should get a few touches as well. On the season, Jones has 753 yards on 167 carries and six touchdowns in eight games. He also has 17 receptions for 66 yards.

i'm leaning toward domanick but last week ricky did me right. thanks.

holy shit - fredo didn't finish last.

worst possible outcome on that drive. GOD.

-- Pleasant Plains /// (pleasant.plain...), November 13th, 2005 10:59 AM. (Pleasant Plains ///) (link)

GUESS WHAT I GET TO DO IN EIGHT HOURS.

C'mon Chet Taylor. C'mon Chet Taylor.

goddam Kansas City. Hank Stram might be my all-time fave NFL "personality", I watched the Montana MNF game, I cried when Derrick Thomas died ( I really did, only he and Walter have ever evoked that response), always been a fan of every small market NFL team (even despite the fact that Lamar Hunt tried to steal the Turkey - day game from my beloved Lions --- That's *OUR* annual national embarrassment Lamar, you putz ), rooted for ex-Wolverine Elvis Grbac when he was the QB ... but fuck it, I have absolutely HAD IT w/ KC!!! will never root for you fuxx again!! learn how to tackle!!

I lost Priest to injuries and Westbrook to injuries/underusage. I lost Terrell Owens to him being stupid. I dropped Aaron Brooks, who I picked fifth. This was the core of my team. Heartbreaking stuff!

So naturally I led from start to finish and have a great chance to win my two playoff games as well. Go figure.

Here's hoping that he finds "easy livin'" against the Packers D.

So to all you degenirate non-gamblers out there grumbling about what a crummy MNF game this is tonight, FEEL FREE TO WATCH "dEAL OR nO dEAL".

Now just gimme two more Heap!

Gimme one more Heap!

Don't be stealin when you shoulda been buying!

I am going to celebrate by listening to Uriah Heep's Return to Fantasy lp, as Todd Heap has single-handedly RETURNED me to the fantasy playoff picture!

It's the last game of the season. I either win $15 or $265 with my decisions.

I am pretty hyped about this now. Who're the championship games between?

But for what it's worth, I'm up against Wild Bill Ivy.

Good luck.

There's a Carribbean Stud dealer with a glass eye at the Horseshoe that I'm still plotting my revenge on.

I've got Tom Brady, but he's got Clinton Portis ... just need Brady to score 1 more TD than Portis .. should be a fun next 3 hours...

The score was Pleasant Plains - 150.27, PP's Opponent - 151.63.

Vinny Testeverde is going to get the shit knocked out of him if I ever see him. Had New England not allowed that final touchdown on MNF...

Anyway. You'll have to excuse me. Think that I'll go buy a set of steak knives with my lousy fifty bucks.

Don't spend it all in one place!

I had three of these guys, and one of the bum defenses. I'll say it again, lucky lucky lucky.

On the bright side, Heath Miller just caught a TD pass, and I don't ever count on TE points.

I wish I had the TB defense today, damn!!

Brunell's on a bye next week anyway.

Down by over 60 after the early games I storm back to post my best week yet... and lose by one. Oh the fantasy humanity.

BAD NEWS: Team only scored 107 pts.

:( for who!

Any active wideout is a better prospect than an inactive one.

Even more WTF than that, the Raiders are winning now?!

RB2: Kevin Smith @NO or Fred Jackson @NE?

YOU MAKE THE CALL

Detroit had the third-worst rushing attack in football last year, and Kevin Smith played in every game. I hear he's improved, but I'd go with Jackson.

In one league I have Michael Turner, Frank Gore, Larry Fitzgerald and Greg Jennings. Protecting all those left me without a pick 'til the 5th round. Which then left me with Ben Roethlisberger, Chad Pennington and Matt Cassel for QBs.

Fuck. I was kinda happy about that team until I just looked at that roster.

Fred Jackson's O-line is even worse than Smith's. Go with the Lion.

TS: BUF's suspect O-line vs NE's suspect front 7

polyphonic, the problem with the DET rushing game wasn't Kevin Smith, it was having to give up the run after the first quarter. I'm starting the fuck out of Megatron.

milo, QBs went early in my draft too, but Roethlisberger in 5 is wild. I picked up Schaub in Round 6. also wtf you're carrying 3 QBs?

omgwtf ESPN week 1 projection CHALLOPS

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I'm starting the fuck out of Megatron.

Of course. They'll be playing from behind, and have a better QB.

I don't think I took him until 9. There just weren't any decent (fantasy) QBs left at that point so I said fuck it.

Our leagues are either 17 or 18-man rosters (auction leagues require a TE), so I usually carry 3 QB, 4 RB, 5 WR, 2 K, 2 D

Ok, so I need some advice. My current team:

QB: Donovan McNabb, Kyle Orton
RB: Chris Johnson, Brian Westbrook, Fred Jackson, Tim Hightower, Jonathan Stewart, Cadillac Williams, and Chris Brown
WR: Terrel Owens, T.J. Housh, and Devin Hester
TE: Chris Cooley

My league is 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 FLEX, PPR.

At the moment, I've got a surplus of talented RB's. Chris Johnson + Brian Westbrook, unless something goes horribly wrong, will presumably always be starting at the RB position, which means I've got 3 producing RB's competing for the flex. I feel like my WR corps are a bit low, especially considering it's a PPR. So I'm thinking it might be worthwhile trading two of my excess RB's (Maybe Hightower on this huge week - 25 points - that he may not reproduce, with Fred Jackson - who also had a great week, 25 points - but won't be producing two weeks from now) for a first-string WR. Any ideas on who I should target?

Any opinions on who of these guys just had fluke weeks and who I should keep around? My bench scored 86 points this week (my starters only scored 122), so I think I'm in a strong position, but I've really got no idea how to put it together from here.

Btw, lol at that gif challops. Fred Jackson ended up scoring 25 points for me. :P

Look at some of the Colts wr's if Gonzalez's injury benches him for a while. That dude they got out of BYU looked alright last weekend. If you're looking to trade out for someone who's already taken, try Vincent Jackson. He's still under the radar with most people and the person in your league might be a gullible owner.

What's the chance Tim Hightower keeps producing big games? (If he keeps getting receptions, he'll be huge in my PPR league.)

His qb is Warner. He WILL get receptions.

That dude they got out of BYU looked alright last weekend.

Scratch that. My memory was playing tricks on me, because he only had 15 yards.

What do you guys think about offering Fred Jackson (and maybe T.O.?) for Steve Smith? Smith had a bad week with Delhomme sucking it up, but he's gotta be due for an up-and-coming, and the guy who owns him got slaughtered. He might look at Fred Jackson's RB numbers and hit confirm immediately.

(Just wanna make sure I'm not screwing myself trading Jackson with some up-value for Smith if Delhomme really does just disintegrate this season.)

Panthers are about to take on A.J. Feely at qb, so either Jake will start feeling pressure and step up or he will implode and Feely will come in and throw bombs to Steve Smith. I see some upside, but I wouldn't work too hard for it.

Alright. Hopefully he takes Fred Jackson for Steve Smith. Would be a nice coup.

Also, since it's ppr, you might want to think about going for Whitten and put him in your flex spot (if you can put a TE in there). He and Romo are in love.

Flex is just RB/WR, and no way I can pull Witten. He's on a Cowboy-stan's team.

There is such a dearth of QBs in my 2QBs-per-start, point-per-completion money league that my backups are Jeff Garcia and Mark Bulger. Which one do I start? I had McNabb, but he got hurt.

Tim Hightower will keep putting up those numbers with any QB if Ds continue to focus on not getting burned deep. Same with Fred Jackson for the next couple.

I still have the problem of too many players and not enough slots. T.O., T.J. Housh, Brian Westbrook, Chris Johnson, Devin Hester, Fred Jackson, Tim Hightower, and Cadillac Williams. I hate trying to figure out who to start and sit -- I always end up leaving a ton of points on the bench.

I always end up leaving a ton of points on the bench.

Welcome to the thrilling and disappointing world of Fantasy Football!

Some people don't have that problem! Last season I seriously left more points on the bench than any other team in my league. And this weak, I left 84 points on the bench and the next higher was 51.

This week*

I'm sitting on Gonzo and working in Isaac Bruce and or Devery Henderson if I can pick him up off the wire. I think I may have a problem.
Dump gonzo?

listen to me now believe me later: cadillac williams will braek heart all time

cadillac williams will braek heart all time

Yeah, he'll run his ass off until he blows another knee out. No, he doesn't have a third knee, but he'll find one and blow it out.

yahoo is ranking my rb's backwards from my draft :/ think i will sit slatton though

cadillac
marion barber
slatton
forte

kevin smith (v. min)
v.
darren sproles (v. balt)

25y/1 punt return league which makes sproles more valuable than otherwise...still, untested as a starter and v. the ravens? tell me I'm making the right decision w/ playing him.

Sproles might not return kicks tomorrow since he's the featured back, fyi.

one team's RBs:
Michael Turner
Brian Westbrook
Ray Rice
Fred Jackson
Michael Bush

same team's WRs
Colston
TO
Britt
Greg Olsen
Fasano
Kevin Walter

I really need to package Jackson and Bush for a decent WR. Unless Cutler learns how to throw, in which case Olsen might not be completely useless.

PI trades Jonathan Stewart, Car RB to Clowney
PI trades Cadillac Williams, TB RB to Clowney
STC trades Correll Buckhalter, Den RB to Insurgents
STC trades Donnie Avery, StL WR to Insurgents
STC trades Cowboys D/ST, Dal D/ST to Insurgents

I'm PI. Whatcha all think?

I don't see what you gain by doing this.

25y/1 punt return league which makes sproles more valuable than otherwise...still, untested as a starter and v. the ravens? tell me I'm making the right decision w/ playing him.

lol suchhhh a right decision, he got me as many points as drew brees did

Guys, ESPN is predicting Westbrook does 8 points and that Tim Hightower does 22. Westbrook just did 16 + 10, and Hightower did 25 and 18. I'm already starting Chris Johnson (obv. lol) and Fred Jackson at Flex (might as well use him before he's all used up). Can I really possibly start Hightower over Westbrook???

did you see the miami game??? of course you can imo

DeAngelo Williams, Felix Jones, and Ronnie Brown. Who should I drop?????

You have to drop one?

just dropped isaac bruce for johnny knox; do i play knox or Pierre Garcon instead of welker if he's still questionable?

Oops. When I say "drop" I really mean :bench."

Can I really possibly start Hightower over Westbrook???

Westbrook might not play - if he plays, I'd go with him.

DeAngelo Williams, Felix Jones, and Ronnie Brown

Definitely play Ronnie Brown. If Barber doesn't play go with Jones, if Barber plays go with DeAngelo.

Knox or Pierre Garçon

I would think you could do better than either, but Knox is the better choice.

T.J. Housh or Devey Henderson?

"I would think you could do better than either"

3 WR league. I got Vincent Jackson, an injured Anthony Gonzo and Welker, Dev. Henderson and Knox/Garcon. Hard luck to start the season.

mordy i'd play henderson unless you're a seneca wallace fan

henderson is like the ernest givins of the saints, which is to say he might not have huge #1 receiver stats at the end of the season but he'll have a couple of games where he's gonna go off for 180 yds and 2 tds b/c of some long bombs from brees. housh is the #1 in seattle but i feel like he's about = to devery. might be a toss-up?

oh right, hasselbeck is out so def. devery

i mean some ppl are seneca wallace fans--i don't want to hate--but yeah gamble on devery going off

My line for this week is -74. The next biggest line is -37. Assuming ESPN didn't screw up, I think I have this week in the bag.

(Maybe the more telling stat: If I were playing the next highest projected scorer this week, my line would go down to -29.)

yahoo's projected totals are generally WAY off

<T.J. Housh or Devey Henderson>

I kinda think Housh is gonna have a pretty good game with Seneca, but Henderson's the much safer choice. Go with Devery.

PI trades T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Sea WR to Whisperer
PSW trades Earl Bennett, Chi WR to Insurgents
PSW trades Bobby Wade, KC WR to Insurgents

Whatcha guys think? No upside for me, right?

I'd rather have Housh than either of those dudes.

yeah bad trade imo

thirding. always walk with the best player.

Yeah, Bennett and Wade are waiver-wire fodder.

listen to me now believe me later: cadillac williams will braek heart all time

― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, September 15, 2009

oh man... i mean i love to have my genius prognostications fulfilled and all but poor Cadillac...

Sunday. Sep. 25 - 1:11 pm et

The Bucs will start Derrick Ward over Cadillac Williams (questionable, knee) in Week 3 against the Giants, according to Pewter Report.

The rest of the Tampa papers confirmed the report, as Williams' knee is predictably acting up again. Should Ward play well against his former team, this could institute a changing of the guard in Tampa. Williams was unproductive on his seven Week 2 carries and was never going to hold up physically. With Williams and Earnest Graham banged up, Ward is a candidate for 20+ touches

so,
3 wr, 2 rb, 1 flex

I got:
reggie wayne (v. zona), santonio holmes (v. cinci), percy harvin (v. sf), desean jackson (v. kc), donald driver (v stl) , boldin (v. indy)

deangelo williams (v. dallas), sproles (v. miami), mcgahee (v. cleve), kevin smith (v wash)

as mentioned before, playing in a 25/1 punt reception league (which is why I have percy, sproles and desean and the decisions are complicated...)

right now I'm thinking wayne/holmes/desean + sproles/williams/mcgahee but that leaves boldin and driver on the table. dumb?

i'd switch driver for holmes.
you have good problems.

haha yeah I know

fuck, no caddy or barber? i am screwed

I'd play Wayne/Holmes/Boldin + Sproles/DeAngelo/McGahee, I think.

boldin's so unreliable tho! capable of great things, but lowest fantasy numbers of anyone on my roster by a big margin. I remember he was like this when I had him a few years ago.

Yeah, but Desean has Kevin Kolb/Mike Vick/Jeff Garcia "throwing" to him.

he still got 100 yds and a td last week!

(also I am a cal stan so I drafted him unjustifiably high / play him whenever possible)

Kevin Kolb "threw" for 391 yards and 2 TDs last week

yeah he had one of those 'v. big margin between fantasy and real life' days

If San Diego drafts Jahvid Best next year I might explode.

w/ the chargers that mostly makes sense to me if (when?) sproles takes over for good. who knows though, best could end up being a (relative) draft steal like jackson was.

I don't think Sproles will ever be a full-time guy. He's a spot starter at best.

yeah so as long as he's doing what he's doing it seems pointless to take best, ya know? well not *pointless*...

I certainly don't want to lose the lil' guy, that much is certain.

yeah he's a gem! I almost preferred it when he didn't have national attention too.

LDT's out again this week, so hang on to him for a little longer.

PI trades Brian Westbrook, Phi RB to The Pushin
PI trades Jonathan Stewart, Car RB to The Pushin
Gav trades Joseph Addai, Ind RB to Insurgents
Gav trades Eddie Royal, Den WR to Insurgents

Whatcha guys think?

I'd rather have Westbrook and Stewart

none of these trades make any sense unless we know the rest of your team. e.g. this is a bad trade UNLESS you are super hard up for a healthy receiver

not gud trade

I'm pretty hard up for a receiver. I'm in a 2RB/2WR/1FLEX league; Chris Johnson, Fred Jackson, Brian Westbrook, Jonathan Stewart, Tim Hightower, Cadillac Williams are my RB's. My WR's are TJ Housh, T.O., Devey Henderson, and Devin Hester.

you can get a better receiver than royal if you're willing to part w/ westbrook (/those other rbs)

why don't you try to trade him straight up for some tier 1 wr?

someone is trying to trade you scraps for a potential epic player + a solid goal-line type back. what are the other WRs this guy's got?

who are

He's got Calvin Johnson and Santana Moss.

offer westbrook for johnson imo

if he won't do it, WALK

yeah or find someone else w/ a weaker rb corps and a top receiver and offer them a similar deal. adding royal isn't gonna fix your team.

He returned with Hester + Westbrook for Calvin. Should I bite?

Westbrook is a 1-for-1 trade with any WR in the league. Walk.

if you have to offer a WR, only offer devery. he's waiver fodder anyway.

(imo)

Hester has been as good as Johnson so far, and doesn't have a rookie quarterback throwing to him.

yeah, remind me that you're concerned about the stafford situation. btw stafford has a very high-pitched voice, might want to throw that out there too.

drop cadillac and pick up a WR off the waiver wire.

hmm... i'm being offered Cedric Benson for Percy Harvin

current RBs: Matt Forte, Fred Jackson, Kevin Smith, Larry Johnson

current WRs: Calvin Johnson, Greg Jennings, Jerricho Cotchery, Patrick Crayton, Percy Harvin

i might make that deal. benson looks like he's for real, you have at least 3 wideouts i think are superior to harvin, and your RBs all have question marks.

do that trade

jackson's carries are gonna go way down & LJ looks like toast

trade done, plus dumping LJ for waiver wire special of T Choice, R Williams, C Buckhalter, or D Brown depending on who's avail when my #7 rolls around

A lot of good rb's available in your league.

1. 10 team league
2. 2 RB, 3 WR, no flex

i'm gonna pull the trigger on Wes Welker for Cedric Benson.
That gives me Pierre Garcon, Chris Knox and Vincent Jackson with Devery Henderson on the bench and a running corp of DeAngelo Williams, Benson and Steve Slaton.
Should I feel dumb?

actually i think i need to dump henderson and the lame gonzo so that i can pick up a spot K and QB for this week and hope they're available next week.

I dunno man, you seem lighter at WR than RB.

good kicker to pick up this week?

got a 3 o'clock decision b/n marion barber and rickey the chronic williams. :/

I would take Chronic, personally.

But what do I know? I am about to be eliminated from the Survival league.

would you trade Matt Ryan and DeAngelo Williams for Peyton Manning? I have Williams/Ryan, but I also have Slaton, Cedric Benson and Ricky Williams.
I'm presenting the trade, so i'm also curious if you think it's fair on both sides. Deangelo's slow getting started and I'm set at RB, but somewhat worried about Peyton coasting come week 15

I would do that trade in like a second.

on either side?

think i should offer one of my other RBs instead of Williams?

What is the QB scoring in your league? RB scoring?

6pt for touchdowns for either
.5 receptions
.5 completed pass
-.5 incomplete pass
30 yd passing or 15 yd rushing = 1pt.
-2 for fumbles or interception
no bonuses for long games
1 qb, 3 wr, 2 rb

i suppose i could offer him ryan and ricky williams and see, but that's kind of insulting. Dude is 1 and 3 and clearly needs a change. His starting RBs are Leon Washington and Tashard Choice.

Maybe throw in a third player. I don't think I'd do that trade with Williams + Ryan either.

hm, now that i'm looking at his lineup, he's also got westbrook and felix jones. He's gonna need solid red meat to make it work. I think i'm okay doing it with williams and ryan; I love ryan but peyton's looking at a career year and the carolina offense has looked piss poor thus far. Benson and Slaton look okay to me and Williams is a reasonable backup.

Am i foolin' myself?

yes

I mean, manning is possibly the most reliable fantasy player of all time and he's already having a great year - deangelo and ryan are young guys who aren't really looking like top 5 rb/qbs. it would be a big risk on his part.

maybe it's just me, but if I had manning right now, someone would have to offer me something absurd to pry him out of my hands

i don't think he'd go for it because matt ryan strikes me (and probably most other fantasy playas) as a very good real life qb, still an unknown fantasy quantity whose current peak value is closer to a good game manager who will toss 20 TDs rather than an elite guy who will go off for 35-40 TDs. deangelo williams is good but his team sucks and he's not gonna run for 20 TDs again. i say this as a guy who drafted him #1 this year in the ilx league. : /

okay, offer made. will report back, but i think you guys are likely right.

fwiw 13 of deangelo's 2008 TDs came after week 12

Guy in my league is interested in TJ Housh, Devin Hester and/or Brian Westbrook. He's got Portis, Thomas Jones, Ahmad Bradshew, Nate Washington, Mike Sims-Walker, Vernon Davis, Drew Brees, Mark Sanchez, Ryan Grant, Dwayne Bowe, Jerrico Cotchery, and Leon Washington. My team hasn't changed since I posted it above. Anyone have any ideas for some decent trades with this?

who's your qb?

I've got Kyle Orton + McNabb at QB.

fwiw 13 of deangelo's 2008 TDs came after week 12

panters didn't suck as bad too tho

mordy, I'm thinking unless he's willing to include brees in some massive trade, you shouldn't have westbrook on the table, I don't see anything there that would be worth it. maybe see if he'll go for housh and hester for bowe and cotchery? a total rip-off, but if he wants those guys, might as well try and rip him off.

okay folks, pick two to keep as bench players and this week fill-ins: Kenny Britt, Mohammad Massaquoi and Sidney Rice.

I think Minnesota is going to be running the ball a lot against St. Louis, whereas Tennessee is going to be passing a lot against Indy. Buffalo/Cleveland might be a close game and could be a low-scoring grinder.

Kenny Britt is seemingly the #1 guy, and Collins can definitely get the ball to him. Massaquoi is a #1, but maybe he'll start getting covered more now that Braylon is gone. Rice doesn't seem like he's going to be more than a third option, but the Vikings score a lot.

I kinda agree? Britt feels like a long term keeper and Massaquoi looks good for this week against the Bills but Rice is getting better each game.
I think I'm letting Mohammad go to the mountain.

It's never a bad idea to bet against a rookie receiver on a bad offensive team. At least Tennessee can move the ball.

I also love to have a tennessee player on my team and, unless it's Chris Henry, there's not a lot of offensive love to be had there just now.

Unstoppable Eli vs the return of Donovan??? both seem like sweet matchups

Is Eli playing, given his injury?

:o good call, he didn't practice

I believe David Carr is absolutely capable of losing to the Raiders.

That would be so hilarious.

McNabb or Kyle Orton?

Denver @ New England, Philly @ Bucs

Reverse the @s but you know what I mean.

http://www.45-rpm.org.uk/dird/FBEP107.jpg

McNabb

Start two of:
Cedric Benson @BAL
Ricky Williams vs NYJ
Kevin Smith vs PIT
Fred Jackson vs CLE

ceddy and freddy

i an dead last in ilx league so do the opposite

I would play kevin smith, partly cause I have him and everytime I don't play him I regret it. and I'm not playing him, so he's gonna do well.

I've got the #2 waiver spot this week. Think I should drop Jabar Gaffney for Miles Austin?

Note: Lance Moore is also available. Maybe I should grab him before I take Austin?

I certainly would get rid of Gaffney either way.

btw thanks for the advice guys - went with Benson and Smith but it turned out to be moot as I ended up with 2.3 points from my WR1/WR2/WR3 combined. LOL.

So Moore or Austin?

Lance Moore imo. Austin might be the Massaquoi of Week 5, and Brees is a better qb.

good call on moore

Cedric Benson vs. Chicago or Steve Slaton vs Niners? OPO

I'm feeling Slaton is due for a big game.

My turn:
Cadillac Williams vs. New England, Jonathan Stewart vs. Buffalo, or Fred Jackson vs. Carolina? OPO

i'd go stewart

yeah running on buffalo is something that should work--their front is so small and carolina's still a good running team.

i just want you all to think about how bad each of these 11 teams is, btw

Panthers
Seahawks
Bills
Raiders
Lions
Redskins
Chiefs
Browns
Titans
Buccaneers
Rams

wrong thread

I have Drew Brees and Ben Roethlisberger in my money league. Should I try and get a #2 WR (which I desperately need. I've been going with Torry Holt and Hakeem Nicks all season) for Big Ben? Or is the possibility of injury to my boy Brees too great?

I'd def trade Ben away for a #2 WR. First of all, the difference between QB's isn't too high, unless you're maybe talking about the top 1-3 (of whom you've already got one). Hell, I'd trade Brees AND Ben for someone like Orton and grab some superplayers. Top ranked QB's are for chumps.

Trade Big Ben for a #2 receiver + a lesser backup QB

no no, do not trade brees. if you've got a dude who could throw for 40 tds, you keep him imo. maybe you trade him away for an underrated mostly-sure thing like schaub + another first round level guy, but otherwise no.

The problem with trading Roethlisberger is here's the highest-ranking free agent quarterbacks in my league: Trent Edwards, Kevin Kolb, Seneca Wallace, Matthew Stafford, Byron Leftwich, Josh Johnson. So if I lose Brees for the year I am absolutely fucked.

who's the saints backup qb? it's a good system, i imagine whoever is behind him would be at least decent.

Mark Brunell

The problem with trading Roethlisberger is here's the highest-ranking free agent quarterbacks in my league: Trent Edwards, Kevin Kolb, Seneca Wallace, Matthew Stafford, Byron Leftwich, Josh Johnson. So if I lose Brees for the year I am absolutely fucked.

This is why I advocate doing a 2 for 1.

Battle of the Williams:

Ricky Williams at Jets or DeAngelo Williams at Cards?
I'm leaning toward Ricky.

Also, would you take LDT and Mario Manningham for Deangelo? I also have Benson, Slaton and Ricky in a 2RB league, soooo....

I'd go with Ricky, because the Dolphins burned the Jets on the ground last game, and the Giants had shit for ground yards against the Redbirds on Sunday.

Benson will be steady production all season (barring injury), and you can alternate Slaton and Ricky based on matchups. Is someone trying to trade you LDT and Manningham or are you trying to deal them yourself? If you have Deangelo already, keep him.

they're trying to trade for Dangelo. I'm loaded at RB; WR is Vincent Jackson, Johnny Knox, Sidney Rice and Andre Caldwell, which in a 3 WR league is kinda thin... would prefer to deal one top 20 RB for one top 20 WR, but no one is buying. Manningham is meant to answer that but feast or famine Eli has me doubting him.

Dunno I feel about Manningham now that Nicks is back.

(dunno HOW I feel)

i'm going ricky by same reasoning. Little nervous DeAngelo has a blowout game and I end up a schmuck.

in the problems you dont mind having category - start 3 of the following:

Slaton
ricky williams
addai
thomas jones

i'd leave out addai, personally.

it's tuff tho, last stuff i read (a day or 2 ago) said donald brown would be out this wk

Guys, my season is kinda fucked. Cooley is out for the season, Westbrook has suffered a concussion, T.O. was never a good WR pick...

I am starting slaton/ricky/forte. slaton and forte are both vs terrible run D's.

xpost those are good picks for 2007

I'm currently winning 127 to 111. He still has Brees and Saints D to play, I still have Devery Henderson. Any chance I win this one?

no.

if brees tosses a couple TDs to devery, you might be in luck. however devery is feast or famine and he's just as likely to score 2 pts as he is 20. i do not, i hate to admit, like your chances.

i hate to admit it because i'm counting on devery (and curtis lofton) in ilnfl to not only make up 11 pts in deficit but to also score enough pts to cancel out any additional pts michael turner might score. i'm screwed tbqf.

Shockey's been stealing WR touchdowns of late, so yeah... echoing the above negative sentiments.

I'd give you a 20% chance...the saints would have to have a horrible, horrible game *and* devery would have to do pretty well at the same time.

If LeSean McCoy hadn't broken off that big one at the end of the Iggles game, I'd be more like 30 points up. Much more comfortable margin. But I can't exactly be angry for the Iggles kicking ass, right?

Ricky williams(me) for Antonio Gates (him) when I have Benson and Deangelo Williams at RB is a good call, right?

i say yes

i did too; NOW he wants to do Matt Ryan, DeAngelo and Ricky Williams for Gates and Peyton.
I don't think i dare to eat this peach

Don't get rid of DeAngelo in any trade.

NOW he's grasping. pass.

three weeks ago i would've been all over it.

Okay, tough one here and it's important cuz if i win i'm in the playoffs:
Pick two - Cedric Benson OR Larry Johnson vs Detroit, Deangelo Williams vs Tampa Bay and Steve Slaton vs Jacksonville.

I'm leaning to Slaton and Williams because of weird injuries and timesharing but DETROIT

i'd go benson and williams, but keep your eye on the gameday news w/r/t the cincy backfield. they're saying he will start, though.

omar is OTM i think

yeah, i just fear HEARTBREAK

as of today, looks like worst case scenario may be LJ stealin' mop-up carries

yeah, see if i field him and LJ vultures two or three touchdowns and i end up with an 8pt day ahma be FURIOUS

btw I feel u - I'm choosing between Benson, Ricky Williams, Forte @STL, and Kevin Smith

that's tuff! i think Forte is a must, but I dunno about the rest.

yeah tuff choices forte could easily go off for 28 yards on the ground and another 37 through the air!

also fred jackson and jamaal charles are mysteriously still avail in my league

really tempted to bench forte for jackson but the rams defense is too appealing

get jamaal stat

Please help me!!

Brees or Big Ben???

HA HA HA! you migh tsay, but the 'Skins D is much MUCH better than poeple givem credit for.

Forte could also get three touchdowns and 125 on the ground.
but yes lolbears

One of the tools *I* look for in a wide receiver is the ability to catch footballs.

Unlike Matt Millen, apparently!

brandon jacobs just murdered me

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa141/reddotkilla/stab-big.gif

this was the week i finally got done with brandon jacobs and benched him for fred jackson. not my finest decision but looks like i am gonna win anyway.

So...first week of fantasy playoffs. I'm the 8th seed squaring up against the 1st seed. He's 12-1 on the season. I finished 5-9 and somehow made it in. Still, my team is better than my record indicates.

QB BRADY (NE)
RB A. PETERSON (MIN)
RB L. MARONEY (NE)
RB J. JONES (SEA)
RB B. WELLS (ARI)
RB B. WESTBROOK (PHI)
WR R. MOSS (NE)
WR C. OCHOCINCO (CIN)
WR P. HARVIN (MIN)
WR P. GARCON (IND)
WR R. MEACHEM (NO)
TE J. FINLEY (GB)
TE F. DAVIS (WAS)
DST BILLS
K G. HARTLEY (NO)

We start one QB, two RBs, two WRs, one TE, one K & one flex offensive player (QB/RB/WR/TE).
So, here's my question: Who do I start at my flex? And who do I start at RB2? Maroney, Wells or Jones?

I'm leaning towards a lineup of Brady, Peterson, Maroney, Moss, Meachem, Harvin, Finley, Bills D & Hartley. Hate to relegate Garcon to the bench again after so many good fantasy performances in a row. I'm pretty certain about benching Ochocinco, despite his big game (it was against DET, after all). Other than last week, he's been pretty unspectacular. But do I play him or Garcon instead of one of my other WRs? Moss could put up huge numbers any week, but he's been fairly quiet. Meachem, Harvin and Garcon have all been hot for the past month. I seem to always pick the wrong guy in situations like this. Halp!

QB: Drew Brees
RB: Jerome Harrison
RB: Chris Brown (!!!)
WR: Mike Wallace (or Hines Ward, if he plays)
WR: Robert Meachem
TE: Antonio Gates
D/ST: either Titans (v. St. Louis) or Cardinals (v. San Fran). Probably Titans.

Injuries are absolutely killing me. I lost Ronnie Brown, I lost DeAngelo Williams, and now I'm losing Hines Ward. Fuck.

xpost - none of your choices for RB2 are v exciting. maroney was scoring well while the other ne backs were banged up but sammy morris took a lot of touches and a rush td of off him against miami. i would still probably go with him because carolina's run d is injured and leaky of late.

mr. snrub,
definitely go w/ TEN in that one. SF has a pretty good offense this year. so there's nobody better than mike wallace at wr in your league's free agent pool? i find that surprising.

Thanks, I'll go with TEN, then. Nope, nobody better than Mike Wallace. I'm in a 12-team league, and the top projected free agent WRs are Louis Murphy, Brian Hartline, Earl Bennett, Davone Bess, James Jones, and Mohammad Massaquoi. Yuck.

if he didn't have such a great matchup (cleveland), i would be tempted to go with bess instead. he also has a great matchup against jacksonville's soft secondary. however, if ward's out, that'll definitely help wallace get more passes thrown his way.

what i meant to say was if WALLACE didn't have such a great matchup...

Guys, I finished tied for 2nd place overall in my league this year, but because of horrific division rules, I'm not in the playoffs. This is ridiculous :'( Because of me they're eliminating all divisions for next year.

might as well go full retard and use a bowl system

^^ roffle

my ten-team league: with one game left, only three teams are mathematically eliminated!

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/566/picture7vb.png

missed playoffs by .12 points. fuck my life.

put up the second best point-total in my league by a wide margin... but got Rodgers'd out of the title game. in my meaningless consolation battle for third, which pair do I start out of Ricky Williams (vs. HOU), Jamaal Charles (@CIN), and Cedric Benson (vs. KC)?

damn

tbh i would go with williams and charles for the former's more consistent production and the latter's explosiveness. i think any two you choose will be ok in the end though.

that's my call too. i'm unsure about jamaal on the road, but CIN's stud NT is still out and if the bengals get up early LJ will be stealing touches. tempted to start charles and benson just to make the game more fun irl but fuck it i don't even care about winning any more and i love ricky.

more fun call: do i bench megatron in favor of josh cribbs? or maybe even hakeem nicks?

Didn't start Jerome Harrison last week. Fuck the world.

benched ryan grant in the championship game, fml

also benched roddy white, f this g earth

Didn't replace Stephen Jackson in time; didn't get a good game out of Drew Brees. Just take this pen and stab me in the heart.

I swear to God I will never even THINK about drafting Drew Brees or any other quarterback until round three EVER AGAIN.

PPR league, snake draft and I'm drafting second. The guy drafting first already said he's going with Chris Johnson. That means I can either draft AP (super consistent excellent player in every way) or Ray Rice (also excellent plus tons of catches making him especially valuable in a PPR league). What do I do?

rice had 35 more receptions last year so what like 2 pts/week on catches? check the rest of your scoring and see if rice is really offering an appreciable advantage, because ap is the better player.

AP will be even better if Favre doesn't play, but yeah... I'd still pick AP.

What would they have given you in terms of total points in 2009 using your league's current settings?

Ray Rice did 326 and AP did 331. (MJD did 334 and CJ did 405)

Do you have a penalty for fumbles? I think there's a pretty good chance that AP will fumble less than he did last year.

or at the very least, he won't lose 6 of his 7 fumbles like he did last year.

Yes penalty for fumbles.

Ray Rice only had 8 touchdowns last year? Huh.

I think I'd definitely go with AP now that I think about it.

yeah

rice is a good player but i wouldn't be surprised to see him regress

Also, the Ravens will probably feature the passing game more heavily than last year now that they have Boldin and the rookie TEs, whereas the Vikings could hypothetically feature it less if Favre retires (lol).

Now I've gotta figure out if I can take 2 WR's in 2nd + 3rd round (something like Steve Smith, DJax, Miles Austin, Colston range quality probably).

should be fine--how big is the league?

12 teams

hmm. i've never played ppr--is there any valid strategy that involves taking an elite wideout with a really early pick?

Christ, is this something I have to worry about already?

So this is weird: http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/football/ffl/story?page=nfldk2k10mock2

ESPN did a mock-draft in a 12 team PPR league and Ray Rice and MJ-D both got picked before AP.

ppl overthinking the ppr aspect imo

For the curious minded, I drafted today. Got: Brett Favre, Adrian Peterson, LeSean McCoy, Miles Austin, Steve Smith (Carolina), Vernon Davis, Mike Wallace, Lee Evans, Devin Aromashodu, Arian Foster, Eli Manning, Early Doucet, Correll Buckhalter, Laurent Robinson, Steelers D/ST and some kicker -- Tynes maybe. nb not listed in order of draft.

seems like it'll be an all or nothing year for you

Play to win, not to place!

btw, this is for the 12-team PPR.

has anyone tried locking waivers/free agents from sunday-tuesday?

good: means you don't have to watch every second of every game waiting to jump on an injured stars replacement
bad: if your player goes down sunday morning, you won't be able to replace unless there's one on your bench already

So my two really proud drafts this season: I got Arian Foster really deep into the draft and now it looks like he's going to be the #1 RB for the Texans. (I actually grabbed Slaton really late in the draft in his rookie season too -- so maybe I just have good luck with Texan RBs.) I also drafted Favre around the 10th round and now it looks like he's playing -- which actually leads me to my fantasy football advice request.

I've now got Favre + Eli Manning both on my team. Seems like a bit of overkill -- I didn't even want a backup QB, let alone two starters sitting on my roster. I'm thinking about trading Eli to someone but 1) should I wait a week or two into the season and make sure Favre is really back to form (and his ankle isn't really bothering him?) and 2) If I do trade Eli, what do you think I can get for him? I was thinking about trading him and some player with minor upside (like maybe Laurent Robinson or Correll Buckhalter) for a real backup QB (like Vince Young) and a mid-stud RB/WR -- doable? There are some teams with some really shitty starting QBs I think I could target (especially if I wait until week 2 when they start to recognize how shitty their QB situation is).

You should wait unless there is someone who you think is in desperate need of a starter and has someone you want.

have fun with favre or underdog it with eli???

My first thought was that Eli's less likely to get his face pushed in this week, but that's just me being an NO homer.

Even with Sharper out for the Saints, they're still likely to pick him off a couple times. Also, who's he got to throw to besides Harvin?

Eli has, like, 20 good receivers in his arsenal.

for week one? I'd likely go with UNSTOPPABLE

One slot: Brandon Jacobs, Austin Collie or Ricky Williams?

not jacobs

Ricky.

good call on eli, bros. I have hakeem nicks too ^_^

delighted about leaving Hicks on my bench

nicks. conflation.

holy crap
ive never had benching regret 1 min 43 seconds into a game before

Minnesota
(Min - DEF) No new player Notes
DEF @NO L, 14-9 75% 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
BN
Arizona
(Ari - DEF) No new player Notes
BN @StL Q1 13:17, 0-0 18% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

Gonna end up with over 155 points this week and still losing the week's game because the guy I'm playing against scored the unheard of 184! (Top two scores in the league, just my luck to be playing against the very top score.)

ADVICE TIME

in a league w/ two starting QBs, i'm trying to decide between a concussed matt moore vs tampa (i also have steve smith) or a non-concussed jason campbell vs the saints

(for the record this decision is only being made because my second qb drafted was ol rapelisberger)

er, jason campbell vs THE RAMS

Campbell.

I expect mcfadden to destroy rams all day. campbell should get some points in the wake.

hope so. i picked him up this week

In the suckage starting QB loser sweepstakes who do I start this week; Favre or Eli?

I'd go Manning.

Yeah, even though Vikings play the Lions, Favre STILL has no one to throw to besides his tight end.

Johnny Knox or Hakeem Nicks? I like both but I think I favor Knox in the matchups.

I AM NOT GOING TO HELP YOU BEAT ME

by the act of choosing to play me, you are helping me beat you

Whoever's got Larry Fitzgerald might want to consider playing him this week. List of Saints defensive injuries:
Darren Sharper (Safety) Out
Roman Harper (Safety) Doubtful
Pierson Prioleau (Safety) Questionable
Chris Reis (Safety) Out
Tracey Porter (CB) Out
Jonathan Casillas (LB) Out

Is Javier Arenas going to be worth a damn this season?

Looks like he had an ankle injury to overcome. He's a fast corner, but not a shut-down corner by any means. His return yardage will probably be his greatest asset.

Trying to decide whether to give him one more week or not.

off-week terribleness call

W/R: Brandon Jacobs vs Dez Bryant vs Kevin Walter

Based on my team's current record I will not be giving fantasy advice to anyone.

I'd play Dez, but I'm in the same boat as polyphonic.

kevin walter is a solid fantasy wr. if the texans offense is clicking he will get points. kc defense has been tight this year but houston are at home and they will get a lot of the ball.

I say Dez --http://images.chron.com/blogs/askacat/hatcat.JPGis clearly trying to get him involved in the passing attack and he's been targeted a number of times in every boys game I've seen.

dez may be injured tho'?

So, PPR league, the score for this week's game is currently 136-99. I'm winning, and I've played all my players. My opponent still has Chris Johnson left to play. What do you guys think? Am I gonna win this one?

i have 3 fantasy teams and am caretaking 1 for a friend on vacation and 3 of those 4 teams have a decent sized lead but are facing chris johnson. i am hoping that dude slips and breaks his leg getting off the bus.

I have a 7 pt lead, TN's return guy and one of Jax's TEs vs. Johnson. Figure I'll be saying "dammit!" by the end of the night.

I know Johnson is probably gonna have a huge day. I just hope he has a small enough day that I keep my lead.

I think I'm just going to let it autodraft for me next year. I couldn't do any worse.

apparently Carolina Steve Smith is playing this week. What do you guys think -- start Smith at flex or Seahawks' Mike Williams?

i think you play Smith if he's healthy.

moore is starting for carolina right? that makes smith a better play than clausen would, obv

always feel like I get burned not playing a guy who is starting but "banged up" i.e. Gates this week.

the rule is: if you start a guy who is banged-up, he will either not play or barely play. if you bench a guy who is banged-up, he will score 3 TDs.

nicks and gates playing that role :(((((((( giving up on gates already for marcedes lewis.

gotta go with nicks

My team: http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/clubhouse?leagueId=525972&teamId=6

So this point in the season I'm second place in the league, and I've got some killer players (only lack of depth is at QB). Briefly for those who don't want to click the link, I've got Arian Foster, AP, LeSean McCoy, Mike Williams (Sea), Miles Austin, Mike Wallace (Pit), Steve Smith (Carolina), and Lee Evans. (I also have Anthony Armstrong + Nate Burleson.) I feel like I can dish out Lee Evans and maybe someone like Mike Williams or even Anthony Armstrong for a strong starting option, but I stink at doing trades. I'm soliciting any advice. Another team offered DeAngelo Williams for Lee Evans + Mike Williams, but I'm iffy on DW being a legit starter this year. What do you guys think? Any trades you can recommend me pursuing or should I sit on what I've got? I always feel like I blow it around this time of the year, either by making a stupid trade that I didn't need to do (I dished out Steve Slaton two years ago which ended up costing me the league championship) or missing a great opportunity to unload excess decent guys for a real starter.

I had DW in both of my leagues and I finally just dropped him off in one because he's dead weight. I'd keep Lee Evans, actually, because Ryan Fitzpatrick not only likes to throw, but he's pretty good at it.

DW is still a good back but he and Stewart can't do much until they establish a consistent passing game.

braylon edwards vs. gb
crabtree vs den
felix jones vs jac
steve smith (car) vs stl
ronnie brown vs cin

gotta pick one for my flex spot
braylon edwards...right?

Foster > 30 points tnite = I win
Foster < 30 points tnite = I lose

Arian Foster is a fantasy champ.

ug...so my starters were roddy white and moss da boss.

i picked up kenny britt last week off waivers, but now he's fucked...

i got patrick crayton...

any good sleepers i could look at picking up off waivers?

Blount, maybe? Not much of a sleeper anymore but might still be available in your league?

Steve Johnson (Bills) has had a TD in the last five games, and usually gets a fair amount of yards. xp

Mike Thomas?

Bookmark fix (compulsory Arian Foster cheers)

mordy to the bookmark rescue again. forks, stop fucking around with our threads dude.

sry

Miles Austin or Mike Williams (Sea)?

Just flip a coin.

trying to ship them both off for a WR i can trust

i know no one cares about yr fantasy football team but i scored the third most points in my league this season and i'm missing the playoffs bc of my matchup record. so lame.

yeah that is miserable

Seems to be how it goes

drafted tnite. thoughts? i feel pretty good tho yahoo algorithmic analysis weren't huge fans.

QB Matt Stafford
WR Antonio Brown
WR Keenan Allen
RB Lesean McCoy
RB Frank Gore
TE Gary Barnidge
WR/TE Flex Jeremy Maclin
K Hauschka
D Cincinnati

Bench
Larry Fitzgerald
DeSean Jackson
Tyler Lockett
Ameer Abdullah
Charles Sims
Zach Miller

the first time in over a decade i'm not fielding a team

No I Love NFL Fantasy League this year makes me sad. :(

i follow the TV writer shawn ryan (the shield, terriers etc.) who made an open pick 'em for a script-winning contest so i joined that, but yeah would be nice to being going up against ilxors

iirc DJP won the pick 'em last year (which was just me, him and johnny fever i think lol)

i never had enough focus to play two leagues (my rl league of record + ilx league) which wasn't really fair to ilx bc i inevitably dropped out of updating roster midway thru season :(