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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.

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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.