Fantasy Football discussion 2021

[Murph0408]

If Lamar is out what do you guys think about starting Huntley over Brady? With his WR core depleted and Lenny out they need a win to clinch playoffs and division. Play defense and run the ball is what I see happening in this game. I really don't see Brady slinging it around for 300 and 2-3 TDs. Feel like there is more upside with Huntley?

i cannot endorse this. leave brady in there. he's tom brady.


also lol at me benching jeff wilson and he scores first thing. of course.

[djansen]

Tyler Huntley or Dak?

Dak has been killing me as of late.

[WHChampion]

Tyler Huntley or Dak?

Dak has been killing me as of late.

Huntley just went on covid list.

[djansen]

Huntley just went on covid list.

lmao well that answers that. this **** is bananas

[Mj-drewfan32]

Pick two RBs and one flex. PPR.

Swift, Ronald Jones 2, Singletory, devonta freeman, damien harris, michael gallup, sony michel.

[BearyManilowe]

Pushing 200 in my semifinal and I'm still worried it's going to be a close game...

[2010JW]

Barely won my semifinal by less than a point. Was losing by 2 the whole time and at the end I pulled through. Started 1-6 now i'm 9-7 and won the semifinal. Feels good man!

Murray
Lamb
Samuel
Taylor
Dillon
Schultz
Higgins
Zuerlain
Tampa Bay

[Miscbob]

I just made the ship...

I have done so in the last 3 years but have fallen short each time...

Don't **** me now fantasy gods

Mahones
JT
Eckler
Deebo
Lamb
Penny
Gronk/Knox
Dallas

Standard scoring

[bullybreed]

Lost both of mine. Had no chance going up against Justin Jackson, Damien Harris, Adams and Josh Allen in one of them. The other I needed 19 from Lamb and it was the Cooper show of course. Things just didn't go my way. Set my lineups perfectly just didn't score enough. Ah well, tough year this year.

[SmashinYoungVag]

In the finals. Probably gonna lose

Stafford
J taylor
James robinson
Tyreek
Higgins
Kittle
Patterson
Dallas
Joseph

[Murph0408]

on my way to the finals. Dak came up big and after sitting on chase edmonds for 16 weeks he finally came through for me. Lineup for the finals as we speak (hopefully avoiding covid/injury etc)

QB Prescott
RB1 Montgomery
RB2 Eli Mitchell (or Jeff Wilson)
WR1 Devante
WR2 Tyreek
TE Mark Andrews
FLX Ronald Jones
DEF Saints or 9ers
K Prater......maybe.

pretty loaded team on paper but it wasn't always like that. Ronald i grabbed a few weeks ago when Fournette missed a practice; Lenny played that week and got hurt later on. Andrews has probably been the MVP as he has really outplayed his draft price. Devante has been Devante. Hill has been rocky as expected. fun team especially because I've had to work hard on waivers to make the RBs happen since I did not draft one of the big guys (went WR/WR as you can see)

despite making my Christmas merry i do not see Edmonds getting back into that lineup unless Connor is out again

[PotKettleBlack]

Relied on waiver wire and COVID list to scrape myself into the playoffs - big contribution in the semi-final by guys like Justin Jackson and Chase Edmonds but agree need Connor not to play for a big impact...

your team is better than mine - i need to rely on Tyler Lockett deciding whether he's going to score any points or not..

[Murph0408]

Relied on waiver wire and COVID list to scrape myself into the playoffs - big contribution in the semi-final by guys like Justin Jackson and Chase Edmonds but agree need Connor not to play for a big impact...

your team is better than mine - i need to rely on Tyler Lockett deciding whether he's going to score any points or not..

it is kinda wild how you have to pivot off of guys so quickly in the playoffs. last week the miami defense, justin jackson, chase edmonds all won games for people. this week you probably aren't using any of them. for all we know a new wave of virus absences is on its way and you have to find the next justin jackson, the next chase edmonds etc.

might wanna just grab a guy like Hines for the hell of it. i haven't heard a word about taylor but anything can happen w/ the virus stuff.

[Jayarbie]

it is kinda wild how you have to pivot off of guys so quickly in the playoffs. last week the miami defense, justin jackson, chase edmonds all won games for people. this week you probably aren't using any of them. for all we know a new wave of virus absences is on its way and you have to find the next justin jackson, the next chase edmonds etc.

might wanna just grab a guy like Hines for the hell of it. i haven't heard a word about taylor but anything can happen w/ the virus stuff.

The irony here is that, while of course you are right, the one team I do have in the finals, if not for Miles Sanders injury, all of my skill players (i.e. non kicker/DST positions) in my starting lineup for the finals would be players I originally drafted and held all year. There were a lot of moves in the interim, but this was my starting lineup in the semis, all drafted players, and thanks to Cincy's demolition of the Ratbirds, an easy win:

QB: Burrow
RB: Kamara, Mixon
WR: A. Brown, D. Smith
TE: Kittle
Flex: Sanders

I'll have to replace Sanders, and the only draftee I have left to do that is Mooney, but if I decide on him, it will be an all-draftee lineup in the finals as well.

[BearyManilowe]

In PPR if you're rolling Hines over Edmonds you're insane.

[Murph0408]

In PPR if you're rolling Hines over Edmonds you're insane.

i'm not saying roll hines at all, i just mean stash him incase the worst happens and taylor gets yanked for a virus check. hines is one of the only guys i can think of at the moment that is widely available and would suddenly be big money if the lead guy gets pulled.

[PotKettleBlack]

it is kinda wild how you have to pivot off of guys so quickly in the playoffs. last week the miami defense, justin jackson, chase edmonds all won games for people. this week you probably aren't using any of them. for all we know a new wave of virus absences is on its way and you have to find the next justin jackson, the next chase edmonds etc.

might wanna just grab a guy like Hines for the hell of it. i haven't heard a word about taylor but anything can happen w/ the virus stuff.

Ekeler already been activated so Jackson is done probably. Edmonds is interesting though - think he could still be a big factor.

[Miscbob]

Final matchup boyos and I need your help. Standard scoring, 1 flex spot.

Mahones
Deebo, Patterson
Taylor, Eckler
Penny (flex)
Gronk

Lamb, Odell, Knox

My main question is who do I give my WR2 spot to out of Patterson and Lamb. I currently have Lamb benched, hasn't seen a TD for while now but has a good matchup (6th most). Patterson has been flat but still getting targets has neutral matchup Bills (12th most).

Also DEF out of Dallas (Ari 8th fewest) and NO (Car 2nd most). Dallas has been murdering it recently but NO the juicy matchup.

To think I threw a tantrum with my draft order thinking I missed out on the gun RB's only to draft JT and Eckler to murder it. RB RB 4lyfe.

Any help appreciated.

[BearyManilowe]

Final matchup boyos and I need your help. Standard scoring, 1 flex spot.

Mahones
Deebo, Patterson
Taylor, Eckler
Penny (flex)
Gronk

Lamb, Odell, Knox

My main question is who do I give my WR2 spot to out of Patterson and Lamb. I currently have Lamb benched, hasn't seen a TD for while now but has a good matchup (6th most). Patterson has been flat but still getting targets has neutral matchup Bills (12th most).

Also DEF out of Dallas (Ari 8th fewest) and NO (Car 2nd most). Dallas has been murdering it recently but NO the juicy matchup.

To think I threw a tantrum with my draft order thinking I missed out on the gun RB's only to draft JT and Eckler to murder it. RB RB 4lyfe.

Any help appreciated.

Personally I like Lamb over Patterson this week.

And then I like NO D over Dallas this week.

[PotKettleBlack]

Final matchup boyos and I need your help. Standard scoring, 1 flex spot.

Mahones
Deebo, Patterson
Taylor, Eckler
Penny (flex)
Gronk

Lamb, Odell, Knox

My main question is who do I give my WR2 spot to out of Patterson and Lamb. I currently have Lamb benched, hasn't seen a TD for while now but has a good matchup (6th most). Patterson has been flat but still getting targets has neutral matchup Bills (12th most).

Also DEF out of Dallas (Ari 8th fewest) and NO (Car 2nd most). Dallas has been murdering it recently but NO the juicy matchup.

To think I threw a tantrum with my draft order thinking I missed out on the gun RB's only to draft JT and Eckler to murder it. RB RB 4lyfe.

Any help appreciated.

Even with being able to play Cordarelle at WR when he's technically an RB, I still don't like it against Buffalo - just don't trust their offense... So I'd lean with Lamb - are you keep OBJ on the bench?

DST-wise, think it's close, but if you can have a matchup against a Matt Rhule coached team I think you take it so go NO.

[Jayarbie]

The irony here is that, while of course you are right, the one team I do have in the finals, if not for Miles Sanders injury, all of my skill players (i.e. non kicker/DST positions) in my starting lineup for the finals would be players I originally drafted and held all year. There were a lot of moves in the interim, but this was my starting lineup in the semis, all drafted players, and thanks to Cincy's demolition of the Ratbirds, an easy win:

QB: Burrow
RB: Kamara, Mixon
WR: A. Brown, D. Smith
TE: Kittle
Flex: Sanders

I'll have to replace Sanders, and the only draftee I have left to do that is Mooney, but if I decide on him, it will be an all-draftee lineup in the finals as well.

Ok, so Sanders is out, and I need a flex (1/2 PPR). Here's the full roster:

QB: Burrow
RB: Kamara, Mixon
WR: A. Brown, D. Smith
TE: Kittle
Flex: ?

Bench: Lance, Mattison, Amon-Ra, Mooney, Stevenson, Ingram, Freiermuth, Akers (just added him as a flyer this week just in case), MVS (currently in an IR spot, but can drop anyone above (likely Mattison since Cook is back) to activate him if I want).

I drafted Lance and have been holding him all season thinking Jimmy GQ would be benched eventually and Lance would be an easy QB1 with his rushing stats, but now that this is happening in the championship week and Burrow is coming off a 50 point game that won me the semi matchup, I'm thinking I have to stick with Burrow.

For RB, Ingram is obviously just insurance against a Kamara covid list addition. Otherwise, I won't play him, and Mixon is a must-start, so RB is set. For WR, AB is a must start, and Devonta is finally emerging as the #1 option, so I'm not benching him.

For flex, I was really hoping to have Sanders as the lead back in the #1 rushing offense to use in flex, but he's out. Who is next man up? Leaning towards Amon-Ra. He's been fire on my bench for a month now, but I've been waiting for him to fall back to earth in that dreadful offense. But even with a no-name scrub QB last week, he got his numbers, so I'm thinking he is actually getting QB and matchup proof. MVS is a hail mary play with very high ceiling and zero floor. I'll consider him as a higher ceiling than Amon-Ra if my early games flop, but I'm scared of the zero with him, too. I think Stevenson is better than Harris and there is a chance RB-Belichick will fool everyone again and run him 25 times instead of Harris, but you can't count on anything with Pats RBs. For LAR, Henderson is out, so if Michel gets the Wu flu, would Akers become a must start? Or would he still just have a bit role in his first game back. He's obviously not startable if Michel is active.

Thoughts?

[PotKettleBlack]

Ok, so Sanders is out, and I need a flex (1/2 PPR). Here's the full roster:

QB: Burrow
RB: Kamara, Mixon
WR: A. Brown, D. Smith
TE: Kittle
Flex: ?

Bench: Lance, Mattison, Amon-Ra, Mooney, Stevenson, Ingram, Freiermuth, Akers (just added him as a flyer this week just in case), MVS (currently in an IR spot, but can drop anyone above (likely Mattison since Cook is back) to activate him if I want).

I drafted Lance and have been holding him all season thinking Jimmy GQ would be benched eventually and Lance would be an easy QB1 with his rushing stats, but now that this is happening in the championship week and Burrow is coming off a 50 point game that won me the semi matchup, I'm thinking I have to stick with Burrow.

For RB, Ingram is obviously just insurance against a Kamara covid list addition. Otherwise, I won't play him, and Mixon is a must-start, so RB is set. For WR, AB is a must start, and Devonta is finally emerging as the #1 option, so I'm not benching him.

For flex, I was really hoping to have Sanders as the lead back in the #1 rushing offense to use in flex, but he's out. Who is next man up? Leaning towards Amon-Ra. He's been fire on my bench for a month now, but I've been waiting for him to fall back to earth in that dreadful offense. But even with a no-name scrub QB last week, he got his numbers, so I'm thinking he is actually getting QB and matchup proof. MVS is a hail mary play with very high ceiling and zero floor. I'll consider him as a higher ceiling than Amon-Ra if my early games flop, but I'm scared of the zero with him, too. I think Stevenson is better than Harris and there is a chance RB-Belichick will fool everyone again and run him 25 times instead of Harris, but you can't count on anything with Pats RBs. For LAR, Henderson is out, so if Michel gets the Wu flu, would Akers become a must start? Or would he still just have a bit role in his first game back. He's obviously not startable if Michel is active.

Thoughts?

After his stretch of recent games, I don't think you can overlook Amon-Ra, and as ever, Detroit are going to have to throw.

[BearyManilowe]

Ok, so Sanders is out, and I need a flex (1/2 PPR). Here's the full roster:

QB: Burrow
RB: Kamara, Mixon
WR: A. Brown, D. Smith
TE: Kittle
Flex: ?

Bench: Lance, Mattison, Amon-Ra, Mooney, Stevenson, Ingram, Freiermuth, Akers (just added him as a flyer this week just in case), MVS (currently in an IR spot, but can drop anyone above (likely Mattison since Cook is back) to activate him if I want).

I drafted Lance and have been holding him all season thinking Jimmy GQ would be benched eventually and Lance would be an easy QB1 with his rushing stats, but now that this is happening in the championship week and Burrow is coming off a 50 point game that won me the semi matchup, I'm thinking I have to stick with Burrow.

For RB, Ingram is obviously just insurance against a Kamara covid list addition. Otherwise, I won't play him, and Mixon is a must-start, so RB is set. For WR, AB is a must start, and Devonta is finally emerging as the #1 option, so I'm not benching him.

For flex, I was really hoping to have Sanders as the lead back in the #1 rushing offense to use in flex, but he's out. Who is next man up? Leaning towards Amon-Ra. He's been fire on my bench for a month now, but I've been waiting for him to fall back to earth in that dreadful offense. But even with a no-name scrub QB last week, he got his numbers, so I'm thinking he is actually getting QB and matchup proof. MVS is a hail mary play with very high ceiling and zero floor. I'll consider him as a higher ceiling than Amon-Ra if my early games flop, but I'm scared of the zero with him, too. I think Stevenson is better than Harris and there is a chance RB-Belichick will fool everyone again and run him 25 times instead of Harris, but you can't count on anything with Pats RBs. For LAR, Henderson is out, so if Michel gets the Wu flu, would Akers become a must start? Or would he still just have a bit role in his first game back. He's obviously not startable if Michel is active.

Thoughts?

You gotta go with Burrow at QB. Lance is enticing but I feel like that KC/CIN game is going to be 42-38 or something absurd.

I'm rolling Amon-Ra in all leagues, and have been since week 14. Dude is eating up targets now that Goff realized he's the only option to throw to.

[Mj-drewfan32]

Finals line up. PPR.
RB1: Ronald Jones
RB2: Michel
WR1: Jefferson
WR2: AJ Brown
TE Higbee
Flex: Damian Harris


Bench: Brandin Cooks, Swift, Dillion, Devonta Freeman, Landry, Gallup.

Would you change anything?

[BearyManilowe]

Finals line up. PPR.
RB1: Ronald Jones
RB2: Michel
WR1: Jefferson
WR2: AJ Brown
TE Higbee
Flex: Damian Harris


Bench: Brandin Cooks, Swift, Dillion, Devonta Freeman, Landry, Gallup.

Would you change anything?

In PPR I might swap Harris with Michel, and then swap Michel with Cooks.

The Ravens run D is pretty solid, mostly because their Pass D is so abysmal. I see Michel/Akers not really doing much more than 50-60 yards and maybe a TD.

Cooks has been matchup proof these last few weeks.

[Jayarbie]

You gotta go with Burrow at QB. Lance is enticing but I feel like that KC/CIN game is going to be 42-38 or something absurd.

I'm rolling Amon-Ra in all leagues, and have been since week 14. Dude is eating up targets now that Goff realized he's the only option to throw to.

Thanks. Raymond and J. Reynolds both went on the sniffles list since I wrote that, so with Hockenson also out, Amon-Ra really is the only person to throw to at all in Det, so I think he's an even more obvious play now.

[Jayarbie]

Finals line up. PPR.
RB1: Ronald Jones
RB2: Michel
WR1: Jefferson
WR2: AJ Brown
TE Higbee
Flex: Damian Harris


Bench: Brandin Cooks, Swift, Dillion, Devonta Freeman, Landry, Gallup.

Would you change anything?

Swift is practicing in full and Campbell said they are going to "cut him loose" this week. Combined with the fact that they have exactly one receiver worth throwing to, I think Swift is a must play. I'd bench RoJo. Even with Fournette out, RoJo has been pretty inconsistent over his career even when the starter (although odds are high he'll at least get a couple cracks at the goal line). Michel is the NFL leading rusher in December. He can't be benched, and Harris went ham last week, although Stevenson is back this week, too, which limits him a little.

[BearyManilowe]

Swift is practicing in full and Campbell said they are going to "cut him loose" this week. Combined with the fact that they have exactly one receiver worth throwing to, I think Swift is a must play. I'd bench RoJo. Even with Fournette out, RoJo has been pretty inconsistent over his career even when the starter (although odds are high he'll at least get a couple cracks at the goal line). Michel is the NFL leading rusher in December. He can't be benched, and Harris went ham last week, although Stevenson is back this week, too, which limits him a little.

I didn't see that Swift was back to practice.

If Swift plays, you've got to have him in your lineup for sure.

[PotKettleBlack]

Swift is practicing in full and Campbell said they are going to "cut him loose" this week. Combined with the fact that they have exactly one receiver worth throwing to, I think Swift is a must play. I'd bench RoJo. Even with Fournette out, RoJo has been pretty inconsistent over his career even when the starter (although odds are high he'll at least get a couple cracks at the goal line). Michel is the NFL leading rusher in December. He can't be benched, and Harris went ham last week, although Stevenson is back this week, too, which limits him a little.

RoJo has such a great matchup though by the numbers - I'd rather start him than Harris even though he played well last week. Can't consistently trust a Patriots RB.

[djansen]

Need a TE for the championship game, full PPR

-gerald everett
-pat freiermuth
-cole kmet