Official 2014 Fantasy Football Discussion Thread

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In for spot #6. This Fan Duel stuff is kinda addicting lol

In at #7.

 

[slayer202]

gonna get 8 by thursday and last week we couldn't get 10 by sunday? I guess we found our sweet spot.

please post if you are trying to join and the league is already full

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

What does the guy need? That's the real question. Or are you the one in need?

More so me than him. I lost Moreno for the season so I am in rough shape. So I'm willing to give a little more.

Any thoughts on just getting Smith or Ingram?

 

[dougp]

More so me than him. I lost Moreno for the season so I am in rough shape. So I'm willing to give a little more.

Any thoughts on just getting Smith or Ingram?

Any RBs on the waiver wire? Crowell? Storm Johnson? McKinnon? Rainey? Davis?

 

[tontod]

Should I start Justin Forsett or Jonathan Stewart?

 

[dougp]

Should I start Justin Forsett or Jonathan Stewart?

Forsett.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Just got offered Steve Smith Sr (Balt WR) and Mark Ingram (NO RB) for my Jamaal Charles (KC RB)

Kinda tempted by it. Actually ... no not even tempted. Those are the two I want.

 

[dougp]

Just got offered Steve Smith Sr (Balt WR) and Mark Ingram (NO RB) for my Jamaal Charles (KC RB)

Kinda tempted by it. Actually ... no not even tempted. Those are the two I want.

I assume you'll drop CJ0k?

 

[slayer202]

that's a terrible trade imo

you're trading for points already scored, not future points

 

[KeithTalent]

Argh fucking Yahoo app. I know I swapped out Bush for Vereen, but it's now saying I didn't save it and my login expired. So freaking irritated.

KT

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Any RBs on the waiver wire? Crowell? Storm Johnson? McKinnon? Rainey? Davis?

Knile Davis is available but I already have Charles. Might be a wise grab though.

Crowell is available but jags ..... mehh

EDIT: Just grabbed up Knile Davis out of fear that Charles gets hurt.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Is it worth picking up D'Angelo Williams (Car RB) for when he is no longer injured?

Jermaine Gresham is a Free Agent. Might grab him to be my TE. He will be the #2 passiing option this week because of injuries.

For TEs, I have Delanie Walker and Ladarius Green. Eifert should be back in a month. Should I stash Eifert as a 3rd TE? Or should I drop one of my TEs and hope that Eifert comes back healthy? I'll probably wait a few more weeks but it is something that I have to keep in mind.

 

[baoytl]

In at #7.

In at #8

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Here's my roster:
QB Colin Kaepernick
RB/WR Le'Veon Bell
RB/WR Mark Ingram
WR Andre Johnson
WR/TE Pierre Garcon
WR/TE Antonio Gates
D/ST 49ers D/ST
K Steven Hauschka

Bench: Vernon Davis, Malcom Floyd, Alex Smith, Cody Parkey, Lorenzo Taliaferro, Owen Daniels, Davanate Adams
IR: Darren Sproles

Serious trade offer was sent to me: They want Colin Kaepernick. They're going to give me Blake Bortles and Jeremy Maclin.

I am really tempted because though I will take a hit with Kaepernick being traded away I get Maclin and better WR production.

 

[MetalMat]

Is it worth picking up D'Angelo Williams (Car RB) for when he is no longer injured?

Jermaine Gresham is a Free Agent. Might grab him to be my TE. He will be the #2 passiing option this week because of injuries.

For TEs, I have Delanie Walker and Ladarius Green. Eifert should be back in a month. Should I stash Eifert as a 3rd TE? Or should I drop one of my TEs and hope that Eifert comes back healthy? I'll probably wait a few more weeks but it is something that I have to keep in mind.

Unless you are desperate at RB I would avoid the Panthers backfield. Johnathan Stewart is coming back this week and it's going to be a hot mess trying to guess which Panthers RB will have good fantasy value each week.

 

[SP33Demon]

Is it worth picking up D'Angelo Williams (Car RB) for when he is no longer injured?

Jermaine Gresham is a Free Agent. Might grab him to be my TE. He will be the #2 passiing option this week because of injuries.

For TEs, I have Delanie Walker and Ladarius Green. Eifert should be back in a month. Should I stash Eifert as a 3rd TE? Or should I drop one of my TEs and hope that Eifert comes back healthy? I'll probably wait a few more weeks but it is something that I have to keep in mind.

Stewart is a good bet this week if 100% healthy (who knows) against the porous GB run D, Reaves was horrid last game and they are going to give JStew the bulk of the work. Deangelo Williams, I'm not high on him... he's rumored to be out at least 2 more games and by then JStew could be the lead back. But like others have said, unless desperate then I'd avoid Williams and Stewart when both are healthy. Their OLine isn't run blocking like last year which further erodes value.

Gresham is an ok bet since AJ Green is out, and there's a good chance they could be playing from behind in the 2nd half. However, he hasn't scored a TD yet.

I don't see any reason to have 3 TEs unless your league has wacky scoring/rostering that is TE specific.

 

[SP33Demon]

Serious trade offer was sent to me: They want Colin Kaepernick. They're going to give me Blake Bortles and Jeremy Maclin.

I am really tempted because though I will take a hit with Kaepernick being traded away I get Maclin and better WR production.

This is a good idea, although Bortles isn't going to be worth much this year. So it's basically Maclin vs Kap. Do you have a backup QB? QB's are pretty plentiful this year, assuming you're not in a > 12 team league. You can usually find Hoyer or Palmer or Cousins on most WW's which are decent QB2's who I prefer to Kap's feast or famine style. Also, Maclin's arrow is pointing up for around week 10 when Foles gets his OLine back.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Stewart is a good bet this week if 100% healthy (who knows) against the porous GB run D, Reaves was horrid last game and they are going to give JStew the bulk of the work. Deangelo Williams, I'm not high on him... he's rumored to be out at least 2 more games and by then JStew could be the lead back. But like others have said, unless desperate then I'd avoid Williams and Stewart when both are healthy. Their OLine isn't run blocking like last year which further erodes value.

Gresham is an ok bet since AJ Green is out, and there's a good chance they could be playing from behind in the 2nd half. However, he hasn't scored a TD yet.

I don't see any reason to have 3 TEs unless your league has wacky scoring/rostering that is TE specific.

Regarding TEs, the two I have, have disappointed each week. Barely getting to their "projected" points. Usually one gets killed and one does just under what is expected. I don't expect 15 point games but having them do 2 and 5 points each week is getting old. They are almost not worth having.

week 6: Walker=5.7 Green=6.0
week 5: Walker=4.7 Green=0.8
week 4: Walker=14.4 Green=0.0 (bye)
week 3: Walker=5.4 Green=6.4
week 2: Walker=20.2 Green=0.0
week 1: Walker=9.7 Green=2.4

WOW. OK .... I guess Walker isn't doing bad. Maybe I've notice them both as a whole. But walker doing just under expected but on occasion getting 1-2 TDs to pump it.

 

[glenn1]

Unless you are desperate at RB I would avoid the Panthers backfield. Johnathan Stewart is coming back this week and it's going to be a hot mess trying to guess which if any Panthers RB will have good fantasy value each week.

FTFY. Carolina is like NE, nobody is worth owning but 2-3 players and none of them are RBs - you have one elite TE (Gronk/Olsen), a very good WR (Edelman/Benjamin), and a boom-bust QB (Brady/Newton). The rest of both teams are generally weak Flex plays at best, with the jury still being out on Vereen IMHO. Even Cam is like owning one of the Broncos WR corps - any given week you have no idea if you'll get 5 points or 35.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

This is a good idea, although Bortles isn't going to be worth much this year. So it's basically Maclin vs Kap. Do you have a backup QB? QB's are pretty plentiful this year, assuming you're not in a > 12 team league. You can usually find Hoyer or Palmer or Cousins on most WW's which are decent QB2's who I prefer to Kap's feast or famine style. Also, Maclin's arrow is pointing up for around week 10 when Foles gets his OLine back.

Yup. I have alex smith. The quoted part in my post was my roster. I'm just waiting for the person to formalize the trade and send it through ESPN. We'll see what happens.

 

[SP33Demon]

FTFY. Carolina is like NE, nobody is worth owning but 2-3 players and none of them are RBs - you have one elite TE (Gronk/Olsen), a very good WR (Edelman/Benjamin), and a boom-bust QB (Brady/Newton). The rest of both teams are generally weak Flex plays at best, with the jury still being out on Vereen IMHO. Even Cam is like owning one of the Broncos WR corps - any given week you have no idea if you'll get 5 points or 35.

Well with Cam back to his rushing ways, most analysts are saying he's top 5, which is hard to argue with after seeing what he did to Cincy... although that defense is turning out to be bottom 10 overall so maybe not a good gauge. Brady's Oline seems to have magically transformed into protecting him now so I think he can be put back into the top 10 again, especially with new weapons like Tyms/Wright and the emergence of LaFell. Brady now has over 1700 yards passing which puts him firmly in the top 10 there.

 

[SP33Demon]

One guy who is very intriguing to me is Flacco and I'm pondering a trade for him. A couple of stats: Ravens passing 220 vs 169 rushing attempts, Flacco in top 5 in passing attempts and passing yards, arguably the best offensive line in NFL, top 5 in Deep Ball accuracy, top 5 in PFF QB Rating and Accuracy %. He's already thrown for over 300 yards in half of his games (3/6) with a 12:3 TD/INT ratio. In standard league and .5PPR he's #7 in QB points. This is despite his receivers having a league high 17 Drops, if they ever learn how to catch the ball then Flacco could move up even more. Last, only 2 of his remaining 9 games are against top 10 pass defenses and he gets one of them at home.

I have Big Ben and while he's very similar to Flacco (even in offensive scheme, 219/166) in real life (PFF QBR 90.26 vs Flacco 95.83), he's been a worse in fantasy (#18 vs #7) and isn't a big strike threat due to less aerial weapons and worse Oline.

I'm thinking of offering Jordan Cameron for Flacco since he needs a TE (Miller/Ebron lol) and has Brady. I have Kelce who I consider matchup proof so not too worried about losing a stud like Cameron. That may not be enough though since the owner is a Ravens fan. :0

 

[MetalMat]

FTFY. Carolina is like NE, nobody is worth owning but 2-3 players and none of them are RBs - you have one elite TE (Gronk/Olsen), a very good WR (Edelman/Benjamin), and a boom-bust QB (Brady/Newton). The rest of both teams are generally weak Flex plays at best, with the jury still being out on Vereen IMHO. Even Cam is like owning one of the Broncos WR corps - any given week you have no idea if you'll get 5 points or 35.

Really the only Panthers RB I would give even a *remote* shot to being somewhat valuable in fantasy this season is Jonathan Stewart.

I have seen Deangelo Williams being added and dropped to waivers by teams so many times the past two seasons, you simply can't trust him any given week. Fozzy Whittaker and Chris Ogbonnaya are essentially merged into the Mike Tolbert TD vulture roll.

Jonathan Stewart had a slow start to the season but seemed to be rushing rather well right before he got hurt. He is going to start this week against the Packers and is worth keeping on the radar but right now he is nothing more than a bench lottery ticket, even if you get the winning numbers the jackpot will be rather small.

 

[MetalMat]

One guy who is very intriguing to me is Flacco and I'm pondering a trade for him. A couple of stats: Ravens passing 220 vs 169 rushing attempts, Flacco in top 5 in passing attempts and passing yards, arguably the best offensive line in NFL, top 5 in Deep Ball accuracy, top 5 in PFF QB Rating and Accuracy %. He's already thrown for over 300 yards in half of his games (3/6) with a 12:3 TD/INT ratio. In standard league and .5PPR he's #7 in QB points. This is despite his receivers having a league high 17 Drops, if they ever learn how to catch the ball then Flacco could move up even more. Last, only 2 of his remaining 9 games are against top 10 pass defenses and he gets one of them at home.

I have Big Ben and while he's very similar to Flacco (even in offensive scheme, 219/166) in real life (PFF QBR 90.26 vs Flacco 95.83), he's been a worse in fantasy (#18 vs #7) and isn't a big strike threat due to less aerial weapons and worse Oline.

I'm thinking of offering Jordan Cameron for Flacco since he needs a TE (Miller/Ebron lol) and has Brady. I have Kelce who I consider matchup proof so not too worried about losing a stud like Cameron. That may not be enough though since the owner is a Ravens fan. :0

There is a reason why Flacco has never been a reliable QB1 in fantasy, he is wayyyyy too inconsistent. Every time he has a big game it is followed up with a dud. It's a good matchup this week but after years of this happening it is simply hard to trust him, there is a risk that the Ravens just pound the rock against the Falcons and don't need Flacco to do much so he ends up with 160 yards and a TD

 

[SP33Demon]

There is a reason why Flacco has never been a reliable QB1 in fantasy, he is wayyyyy too inconsistent. Every time he has a big game it is followed up with a dud. It's a good matchup this week but after years of this happening it is simply hard to trust him, there is a risk that the Ravens just pound the rock against the Falcons and don't need Flacco to do much so he ends up with 160 yards and a TD

Yeah it doesn't help that Forsett is #1 in the league in FAYE (Front Adjusted Yards Earned), i.e. he's killing it right now, even in unfavorable fronts (a lot has to do with that O-Line). However, it gives me hope that Flacco is throwing it 30+ times a game with weapons. I had the same worries about the Falcons, but I think they're going to keep throwing the rock like with TB. TB has a bottom 3 Run D and they had Flacco attack the air repeatedly. This week could be different, we'll see. If Flacco puts up 3 TDs after last week I think he may have finally turned the corner from the days of inconsistency.