Official 2014 Fantasy Football Discussion Thread

[MetalMat]

I can't blame people for starting Cousins but you have to remember that chasing points on QBs is much more often than not a bad gamble.

The fact is that Cousins is still essentially a rookie QB and has alot to learn. His mechanics are good, he has weapons to throw to, they have good RBs and their secondary stinks. However Cousins has a ton of room to improve in decision making and his confidence gets shot very quick when things are not going well.

He is going to have some good games and some bad games like this, he has the potential to be a decent QB but he is going to be way too inconsistent this season to be a reliable fantasy option.

 

[SP33Demon]

It's been 3 fucking games, jesus.

Let me guess, you called Donnell when he was playing in 8th grade? OH, I know, you knew about Bernard when he came rushing out of his mom's womb!

Yes only 122 snaps. Still plenty of time to right the ship. But the numbers don't lie, people are giving a pass to Brady when he hasn't shown us a dam thing in 2014. A couple more games like this and I'd start looking for a better option, especially considering Gronk's perennial injury will happen. Brady is wasting valuable Gronk quota time, soon that quote will be met.

From PFF Consensus Rankings Analysis article: It hasn’t been that long since Tom Brady was one of the most valuable fantasy QBs out there, and you could take it to the bank that he was going to get your fantasy team 300 yards and three scores. Lately, the members of the “Tom Brady is an elite QB” club have thinned out. Not a single one of our PFF Fantasy rankers has Brady in the top 10 and four out of six don’t even have Brady as a QB1 in 12-team leagues.

Brady started out the season on the road against two of the better pass defenses and struggled. OK, we can deal with that, but Week 3 at home against the lowly Oakland Raiders was supposed to be when Tommy Terrific got it back on track and showed us the well-oiled machine that the Patriots offense has been for so long. Alas, it didn’t happen. Another clunker. And now fantasy owners across the land are scrambling to find a starting QB.

And for good reason. Through three games, he’s averaging 210 passing yards per game and he hasn’t thrown for more than one touchdown in a single game. Look at fantasy points per drop back, and you find Brady tied for dead last among starting QBs with Ryan Tannehill. And there are names like Austin Davis, E.J. Manuel, Brian Hoyer, and Geno Smith WAY ahead of him on this list. Now I wouldn’t go doing something crazy like dropping Brady for one of those guys, but I couldn’t fault you for seeking other options for Week 4.

 

[Uppsala9496]

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[Inspector Jihad]

what are those fanduel promo codes where they match you? i wanna create an account and get in on these

 

[KeithTalent]

what are those fanduel promo codes where they match you? i wanna create an account and get in on these

I used CBSWIN when I joined. Not sure if that is the best one though.

KT

 

[Uppsala9496]

I think mine was NFL2014. Matches 100% to $200. Be warned that you don't get that 100% match right away. You earn something like $0.04 per $1 wager you make.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

ok thanks. i signed up. i'm going to enter. i think i get how this works. someone wanna give me any tips?


edit: if i set a team, can i still change it before sunday?

edit2: i had just woken up when i made this post and my initial post makes me sound special.

 

[slayer202]

yep, you can edit up until the first game on Sunday I believe

 

[Exterous]

Also have the Giants' Donnell on the bench, but it'd be hard to play him over Graham.

I originally had Pitta on my team but obviously needed to pick up a new TE. Pretty happy I picked up Donnell so far...

 

[BrokenVisage]

Stevan Ridley or Lamar Miller?

 

[Aharami]

Struggling with this decision.
Which two to start out of these three

Arian Foster
Kelvin Benjamin
Cordarrelle Patterson

I'm thinking Foster and Benjamin. Thoughts on why Patterson should start over Benjamin, who's been hot in the past three games?

 

[Away]

Pick three:

M. Colston
M. Crabtree
V. Jackson
A. Johnson

 

[Exterous]

Thank god I have Murray and T. Williams to make up for Nick Foles and Calvin Johnson.

 

[EvilYoda]

Another great game for Murray. Despite a few flops this weekend (Cousins, Crabtree, Maclin), the rest of my team did well enough and my opponent just had a horrible week.

And I was able to take care of 4 bye week players this week...my optimism is growing, albeit slowly.

 

[dougp]

Pick three:

M. Colston
M. Crabtree
V. Jackson
A. Johnson

Hope you started Vjax.

 

[Away]

Hope you started Vjax.

Won my game by 14 today and his TD definitely helped. Feel bad for my opponent though, he had Steve Smith on his bench.

 

[vi edit]

So I'm not terrible at this fan duel thing. Didn't get my money back in the ATOT league this week, but last week I was 15th out of 50 on a head to head and this week I'm 5th out 50 with only a few guys with G-ski's and Edelman playing tonight.

 

[dougp]

Salary Cap is all about buying low on prospects and playing match ups. It can be terribly frustrating to watch someone play horrible against a favorable match up, i.e. Donald Brown against Jax D, but also extremely rewarding watching someone like Matt Asiata do so well. They were both $6,300 this week - very polarizing opposites.

When I joined the AT Salary Cap a few years ago and ended up like being ranked 3rd in the world for a few weeks - injuries hurt the fuck out of me.

 

[digiram]

Alright, I don't really think it's worth it to own P. Thomas from the Saints right now. I won last week, but he did didley for me. Looking at Mckinnon and Crowell. Who woul you guys role with or any other suggestions? I lose Lamar Miller and R. Mathews is still out next week. Should I stick with putting L. Talliaferro in at rb2 or pick up one of the aforementioned backs?

 

[SP33Demon]

Alright, I don't really think it's worth it to own P. Thomas from the Saints right now. I won last week, but he did didley for me. Looking at Mckinnon and Crowell. Who woul you guys role with or any other suggestions? I lose Lamar Miller and R. Mathews is still out next week. Should I stick with putting L. Talliaferro in at rb2 or pick up one of the aforementioned backs?

I also have Pierre but only b/c it's PPR and the guy catches passes. He's a good backup FLEX/RB3 but that's about it. He's not going to score TDs every week, similar to Shane Vereen but with less "boom".

Taliaferro will benefit from the stellar (so far) run blocking of BALT, but I think Forsett has shown more (Tal = slightly negative grade, Forsett = well into positive grading through week 4). Either way, both will benefit from the large holes so I don't see anything wrong with starting him - he is going to get the bulk of the carries as the North/South banger. Pierce *could* play spoiler but Harbaugh doesn't have confidence in him so no worries. I would go so far as to say you should start thinking about dropping Pierce at this point.

McKinnon and Crowell, I like Crowell since CLE's run blocking is in PFF's graded top 5. However, Tate/West throw a monkey wrench into his touches but you have to hope for injuries and/or the cream rising to the top (he's a better talent than both). Also in his advantage is that CLE runs the balls more than Minny. McKinnon had his breakout week but Asiata isn't going away until McKinnon gets his pass blocking down, and Asiata can catch passes just as well (if not better) and pound out short yardage. I like Crowell better if you can get him, he's already proven he belongs and with a better blocking line on a team that runs the ball more.

 

[ghost recon88]

You all still think I should start Cousins over Brees tonight?

Well Cousins over Brees proved to be a fail, Brees put up 2x as many points and if I had started him I would have won :twisted:

 

[KLin]

Well Cousins over Brees proved to be a fail, Brees put up 2x as many points and if I had started him I would have won :twisted:

lol @ starting Cousins over Brees. Epic fail.

 

[Kev]

Well Cousins over Brees proved to be a fail, Brees put up 2x as many points and if I had started him I would have won :twisted:

You started Kirk Cousins over Drew Brees? You deserve to lose every fantasy thing ever.

 

[KeithTalent]

You started Kirk Cousins over Drew Brees? You deserve to lose every fantasy thing ever.

I started Cousins over Romo.

KT

 

[dougp]

I started Cousins over Romo.

KT

Why? Saints D is fucking terrible ...