★ Early bird fantasy football discussion - 2017 ★

[Iceman1800]

Can't start both? Thielen has had at least 5 catches in every game this year. He's been my savior in my big cash league. Crabby has a great matchup with NE's swiss cheese D

I can start 3. Baldwin, Tate, Thielen, Crabtree and Sanu are my wr's

[dhawkeye1980]

Brahs need some waiver wire hems at QB, WR and RB this week........ lots of byes

Westbrooke? Hurns hurt last week

[JayDubbs932]

I can start 3. Baldwin, Tate, Thielen, Crabtree and Sanu are my wr's

I would go with Baldwin, Tate and Thielen.

Fantasypros has Crabby ranked ahead of both Thielen and Tate as an fyi. Tough call

Edit: ^^That's for standard. In PPR, Tate and Thielen are both ahead of crabby

[Malfa]

PPR - Pick 2 WR's, 2 RB's and 1 FLEX (dashes by who I'm thinking of starting)

-Mark Ingram
Jerrick McKinnon
-Kenyan Drake
James White
Ty Montgomery

Mike Evans
-Micheal Thomas
-Micheal Crabtree
Corey Davis
Agholor
-Devante Parker

[Twerk4it]

I would go with Baldwin, Tate and Thielen.

Fantasypros has Crabby ranked ahead of both Thielen and Tate as an fyi. Tough call

Must be because they expect Oakland to be playing catch-up the whole game, and throwing a lot.

[JayDubbs932]

PPR - Pick 2 WR's, 2 RB's and 1 FLEX (dashes by who I'm thinking of starting)

-Mark Ingram
Jerrick McKinnon
-Kenyan Drake
James White
Ty Montgomery

Mike Evans
-Micheal Thomas
-Micheal Crabtree
Corey Davis
Agholor
-Devante Parker

You're not benching Mike Evans

[weightsb4dates]

PPR - Pick 2 WR's, 2 RB's and 1 FLEX (dashes by who I'm thinking of starting)

-Mark Ingram
Jerrick McKinnon
-Kenyan Drake (flex Option)
James White
Ty Montgomery

Mike Evans
-Micheal Thomas
-Micheal Crabtree
Corey Davis
Agholor (flex option)
-Devante Parker

see bolded.

edit: Parker is a flexable guy as well, i think agholors chances of a long td better tho

[.aeterna]

Thielen was my favorite draft choice of this year. really consistent performer for PPR with a high ceiling.

[weightsb4dates]

Also am i the only one who isnt surprised that the rbs in dallas couldnt do anything like zeke? i feel like evryone was claiming you would have an rb1 if you picked one of them up and severely disrespecting zekes talent and athleticm

[weightsb4dates]

Thielen was my favorite draft choice of this year. really consistent performer for PPR with a high ceiling.

someone offered me julio for him straight up 2 weeks ago, obvi that was an auto accept, only now im not sure it was the right move lol

[Murph0408]

Also am i the only one who isnt surprised that the rbs in dallas couldnt do anything like zeke? i feel like evryone was claiming you would have an rb1 if you picked one of them up and severely disrespecting zekes talent and athleticm

let's see how they do with the O-line back. they were missing a key piece last wk

[.aeterna]

Also am i the only one who isnt surprised that the rbs in dallas couldnt do anything like zeke? i feel like evryone was claiming you would have an rb1 if you picked one of them up and severely disrespecting zekes talent and athleticm

i was surprised b/c i thought Cowboys O-line would be able to make anyone look like a stud. Definitely a case of underestimating Zeke's abilities.

someone offered me julio for him straight up 2 weeks ago, obvi that was an auto accept, only now im not sure it was the right move lol

Julio's been pretty disappointing, without a doubt. But the Falcons as a whole have been weak

[yuja]

i was surprised b/c i thought Cowboys O-line would be able to make anyone look like a stud. Definitely a case of underestimating Zeke's abilities.

underestimating the impact of Tyron Smith as others have said

[JUGGERNAUT1333]

underestimating the impact of Tyron Smith as others have said

This is the real reason Dallas's offense was out of sync. They made no adjustments to help the left side of the line despite Chaz Green getting blown up every play.

Combined with Sean Lee being out, the defense couldn't stop a team of paraplegics.

[Murph0408]

ROS i have a bit of a dilemma at WR although I'd rather have too much talent vs not enough.
Alshon Jeff
Adam Thielen
Deandre Godkins
Sterling Shep

it's a 3 WR league. i love shep's situation. honestly the guy of the group with the least targets and maybe lowest floor is Alshon

quoting myself for help cuz i dunno mannnnn

[Iceman1800]

quoting myself for help cuz i dunno mannnnn

ppr or std

[dhawkeye1980]

quoting myself for help cuz i dunno mannnnn

Whats your question? Thiel and shep are must starts for you, you could probably swap hopkins/jeff based on matchups ROS but most id lean hop

[Iceman1800]

quoting myself for help cuz i dunno mannnnn

Alshon should be the odd man out imo

[Murph0408]

ppr or std

half-PPR

thanks for above guys

i legit see all 4 as musts right now. hard to sit Alshon. Wentz is my QB too and i usually don't let that sway me but last couple weeks they've been red hot together. you figure Alshon is building chemistry with the guy.

[weightsb4dates]

Alshon should be the odd man out imo

so signed here, alshons greatest attribute in philly is that wentz throws the ball regardless of gamescript

[EBarbz]

Fuarrk lost this week by 10pts. Put up 3rd highest pts. Had the Tyrod disaster.
Now I am 5-5 playing against a 6-4 team for the 3rd playoff spot in my division.
I NEED THIS WIN!

Should I start Doug Martin?
I have been looking at Jamaal Williams, Dion Lewis, Latavius Murray, Ekelar, Rex Burkhead and Perine all on waivers.
Any of these guys better option than Martin?

Also pretty sure I should bench Tyrod.
Who should I pick up on WW. I was thinking Rivers.

[GingerBrah84]

quoting myself for help cuz i dunno mannnnn

I'd play matchups between shep and alshon, but lean alshon based on talent and QB play

[squirrell751]

Pick 4:

Darkwa vs KC
Martin @ MIA
Diggs vs LAR
JuJu vs TEN
Evans @ MIA
Dez vs PHI

Talked about a good problem to have

Darkwa: avg 5 YPC, that's hard to turn down against a defense giving up 130 yards a game. I've basically been a KC fan this season with how many games I've watched, and they all seem to be blow outs with that explosive offense and defense not tackling (see Tony Romo joke)

Martin: CAR just walked over them this week, and Doug has had near 20 attempts per game. Draw back is the discombobulated Buccs team as a whole, offense has gone to chit, defense has never been able to get it together, looks like their season is over/chance for playoffs is gone, players are getting banged up or injured. This feels like a boom or bust candidate.

Diggs: How does anyone sit this man? He's great fun to watch play as well for anyone that has him on their team. It looks like his injuries are behind him. MIN WR duo reminds me of the Mike Wallace and Antonio Brown combo back in the day. Antonio would take majority of the catches, but Wallace was the home run ball. Keenum is playing hot as well, but the LAR has been decent with more INTs than TDs (12-11).

JuJu: Going up agaisnt TEN secondary on a short week after this havoc lately? Can't find a reason to say anything bad about this guy, equating to can't find a reason to sit this guy.

Evans: similar situation with Martin, and having Fitz in over Winston is a definite downgrade. But he had a week rest and the ever so famous motto in FF is, "start your studs."

Dez: Cowboys looked terrible last week, as they lost two big key players: Zeke and Tyron Smith. ATL is a lot better against the pass than people think, but not so much the sacks, which they got a lot of last weekend. There doesn't seem to be a lot of talks about Dez injury, but surely that plays a factor in it as well. Perhaps it'd be smart to sit Dez until the Cowboys offense can find a way to function without Zeke and see how their line holds up? Otherwise, PHI pass defense is a nice match up and it's hard to believe Wentz and PHI won't be out there leading for most of the game against this DAL defense with Sean Lee out, so it could mean lots more aerial attack from Dak.

[Murph0408]

Pick 4:

Darkwa vs KC
Martin @ MIA
Diggs vs LAR
JuJu vs TEN
Evans @ MIA
Dez vs PHI

i'll go the safe route here and say
Dez
Evans
Diggs
Martin

all the big names which is the boring choice but i think Martin puts up #s vs Miami. Dez i can't sit, ditto Evans. Fitzpatrick will gun for Evans all day. Diggs is a superstar I'd never sit.

Darkwa has been having nice games but I don't like the game setup. bad team + facing KC coming off their bye. I think the KC defense bounces back huge after having a pretty bad year so far.

[EthanHun]

Any good waiver pickups this week.

What do we think about Jamal Williams. Austin Ekler. Crowder. Brida

[yochrisss]

How close is everyones league?

Im sitting at 5-4-1 right now with the 4th seed and everyone is either 4-6 or 5-5 with with 2 ppl at 7-3. Gonna be a tight couple games

Luckily I have no BYEs left and I have my studs.

[Funk7632]

Would you burn #1 waiver on the following:
Ty Montgomery
Dion Lewis
Lat Murray
Jamal Williams
Rod Smith


Current RBs are:
Hunt, Crowell, Darkwa, Zeke, Rawls

[squirrell751]

Would you burn #1 waiver on the following:
Ty Montgomery
Dion Lewis
Lat Murray
Jamal Williams
Rod Smith


Current RBs are:
Hunt, Crowell, Darkwa, Zeke, Rawls

Dion Lewis is the new Mike Gillislee

i'll go the safe route here and say
Dez
Evans
Diggs
Martin

all the big names which is the boring choice but i think Martin puts up #s vs Miami. Dez i can't sit, ditto Evans. Fitzpatrick will gun for Evans all day. Diggs is a superstar I'd never sit.

Darkwa has been having nice games but I don't like the game setup. bad team + facing KC coming off their bye. I think the KC defense bounces back huge after having a pretty bad year so far.

Should I overpay for Fournette? Darkwa + Evans for Fournette?

[kids.got.soul]

How close is everyones league?

Im sitting at 5-4-1 right now with the 4th seed and everyone is either 4-6 or 5-5 with with 2 ppl at 7-3. Gonna be a tight couple games

Luckily I have no BYEs left and I have my studs.

7-3 (3 seed, 12 teams/6 team playoffs)
9-1 team has been ravaged by injuries so while their record is good they probably won't make a strong push in the playoffs. 2 seed is 8-2 and then I have a slight point edge on the 4 seed that's also 7-3. Then there are four 5-5 teams that will battle out the remainder of playoffs spots. Feel good about this team going forward.

6-4 (3 seed, 10 teams/4 team playoffs)
First place is 8-2. Second place is also 6-4 and has 4 more total points than me. Fourth seed if also 6-4 but has about 250 points less than me or the 2 seed. Will pretty much be the other 6-4 team and then two 5-5 and two 4-6 teams for that 4 seed. This is probably my best roster among all of my leagues. Have the most points against and would be at least 7-3 if I didn't run into the top scoring team a few weeks ago when I put up the second most points that week.

6-4 (6 seed, 12 teams/6 team playoffs)
9-1 team is incredibly lucky and will prob lose in their first matchup. There are two 7-3 teams so really the main battle will be the four of us that are 6-4.

[Funk7632]

Dion Lewis is the new Mike Gillislee

Is this a good thing?