Early birds fantasy football discussion

[BionicBrah]

Alright guys, i kno the season is far away, but i can't wait anymore, lets get a good discussion going for those of us early birds that have been keeping up with latest around the NFL.

Some notable moves that have taken place

-Knowshown Moreno to the Dolphins
-Toby Gerhart to the Jaguars
-Desean Jackson to the Redskins
-Ben Tate to the Browns
-Erick Deck to the Jets
-Chris Johnson to the Jets
-Rashad Jennings to the Giants
-Golden Tate to the Lions
-Emmanuel Sanders to the Broncos
-Darren Sproles to the Eagles
-Maurice Jones-Drew to the Raiders


It's actually been a pretty busy offseason and some interesting landing spots for those guys, feel free to mention any that i missed.

What are your guys thoughts/Draft Strategies looking like going into the new season?


EDIT:

Coaching Changes that have taken place

Team/2013 Coach /2014 Coach
Cleveland Browns/Rob Chudzinski/Mike Pettine
Detroit Lions/Jim Schwartz/Jim Caldwell
Houston Texans/Gary Kubiak/Bill O'Brien
Minnesota Vikings/Leslie Frazier/Mike Zimmer
Tampa Bay Buccaneers/Greg Schiano/Lovie Smith
Tennessee Titans/Mike Munchak/Ken Whisenhunt
Washington Redskins/Mike Shanahan/Jay Gruden

[yuja]

QB: RG3

Team added DeSean, offseason reports have him looking as good as he's ever been, new coach

I think he could have a bounce-back season

WR: Emmanuel Sanders

Could end up being overvalued in drafts...but any WR in Denver's offense (*starting) is definitely worth owning

WR: Golden Tate

Excited to see him in a pass first offense next to Megatron, almost never drops any balls

WR: Hakeem Nicks

worth a flier, one of my sleepers this season

WR: Michael Crabtree

healthy now, should have a great season. could possibly be undervalued

others
WR: Reuben Randle
WR: whoever ends up #1 in CAR
WR: Corderelle(sp?) Patterson
WR: Jeremy Maclin
WR: Markus Wheaton

RB: Montee Ball

Feature back now, I'm on the fence about this guy...dont' want to get burned again

RB: Ben Tate

*If he can stay healthy*, CLE boasting solid O-line and an actual passing game..could be undevalued


TE: Kyle Rudolph if the team drafts a QB...didn't really read too much into TEs...maybe whoever gets drafted by GB or ATL (Amaro, Ebron, etc)

just off the top of my head


Bounceback season candidates:
Doug Martin
????

basketball just ended so I don't have much to look forward to except baseball atm

[BionicBrah]

agree on rg3 yuja, desean is also in for a huge year, and his defense is terrible, they're sure to be in alot of shootouts.

Golden tate seems like he could get 1000/10 line opposite calvin.

hype is picking up steam on ball, i've seen him go rd1 in mocks.

Some must have handcuffs imo

-Andre brown on texans squad backing up injury prone foster. And we've seen that brown is no slouch
-j bell i think he will be better than bush this year
-B.pierce could be interesting aswell
-F.jackson can be had really late if u go the spiller route

[Iceman1800]

Inn

[yuja]

agree on rg3 yuja, desean is also in for a huge year, and his defense is terrible, they're sure to be in alot of shootouts.

Golden tate seems like he could get 1000/10 line opposite calvin.

hype is picking up steam on ball, i've seen him go rd1 in mocks.

Some must have handcuffs imo

-Andre brown on texans squad backing up injury prone foster. And we've seen that brown is no slouch
-j bell i think he will be better than bush this year
-B.pierce could be interesting aswell
-F.jackson can be had really late if u go the spiller route

Weary of any back behind Foster...we waited on Tate for years and that ship never sailed. Could be a decent RB3/4 or so on draft day.

Neither Pierce nor Rice got anything going last season, I think I read somewhere about their o-line struggling (not sure)

Bell in dat der 50/50 timeshare, not sure how high i'd pay for him

Very "eh" on FJax lol


other RBs
-Rashad Jennings if Wilson flops again
-Sproles in Eagle's high powered offense and slight lack of WRs (Cooper, Maclin, lawl)

late/deep league
-Marcus Lattimore, Gore getting old and Hunter not that impressive
-Christine Michael, Lynch entering his age 30 season
-PT/Khiry/Ingram with the departure of sproles...still a bit muddled for my liking


more bounce back candidates
-Stevan Ridley (or draft Shane Vereen), one of them should have value with Blount gone. Worth a shot at RB3
-Trent Richardson, maybe he'll find his magic...maybe not. handcuff with Donald Brown/Bradshaw

[Impurityz]

lol way too early

[yuja]

lol way too early

go play pokemon *******

[Impurityz]

go play pokemon *******

Go play the dungeon and dragon game...


Phgt

[yuja]

Go play the dungeon and dragon game...


Phgt

quit last year

tymen

u bitter over desean leaving?

[Impurityz]

quit last year

tymen

u bitter over desean leaving?

I really couldn't care less.
This year I am putting all my money in daily NFL

I will prob run a league or two for the misc with the high score format though.

[Saxbro]

I really couldn't care less.
This year I am putting all my money in daily NFL

I will prob run a league or two for the misc with the high score format though.

In.

[cellshot]

whats good monicas


also in for DFS as well as season long league play info

[yuja]

I really couldn't care less.
This year I am putting all my money in daily NFL

I will prob run a league or two for the misc with the high score format though.

whats there to do in daily NFL besides bet weekly on games?

brb $50 on whether or not the kicker makes all his FGs in practice

brb $20 on whether or not Megatron practices Wednesday


in tho.

[Impurityz]

whats there to do in daily NFL besides bet weekly on games?

brb $50 on whether or not the kicker makes all his FGs in practice

brb $20 on whether or not Megatron practices Wednesday


in tho.

You dont get stuck with injuries
and much more money up for grabs

[yuja]

You dont get stuck with injuries
and much more money up for grabs

draftkings?

sounds interesting, and i made a decent amount off of nba daily..football should be 10x easier

[Impurityz]

draftkings?

sounds interesting, and i made a decent amount off of nba daily..football should be 10x easier

FD,DK, w/e it doesnt matter
I play on a few

Well .... NBA is more profitable IMO if you know what you are doing.
The NFL is so volatile week-to-week that sometimes it can get frustrating, but it is a lot of fun.
Alot of guppies are out there in the NFL season

[BionicBrah]

^supposed fantasy football addict....says it's too early.


Daily is wack imo. (but easy money)

rather play high stakes season long fantasy football..


Iceman, u playing from iceland? lol must be tough to catch games




On Topic Though.

Love C.Patterson this year he's going early 4 to mid 5 in mocks, but i'm worried by august the hype will bounce him up to late 3rd. Rather have cobb/v jack type of players for that price....your thoughts?

[cellshot]

Aware me on why you guys think C. Patterson gonna ball hard? Christian Ponder still playing QB right?

[Impurityz]

(but easy money)

which is the only thing that matters

[BionicBrah]

Aware me on why you guys think C. Patterson gonna ball hard? Christian Ponder still playing QB right?

they will draft one most likely, and last year down the stretch patterson was one of the top WR's. If ur league rewards return yardage he does that aswell.

[yuja]

they will draft one most likely, and last year down the stretch patterson was one of the top WR's. If ur league rewards return yardage he does that aswell.

375 yards and 6 tds over the last 5 games (both rec and rush yards)

starting split end, jennings relegated to slot

norv turner at OC (see gordon last season)

4/5th rounder is way too steep a price though...especially if they don't draft a QB

WR is deep and i'd rather draft a proven guy

[BionicBrah]

that an average of 14.5 ppg standard. I'll take that in the 5th round all day.

I guess it just comes down to personal prefrence, i like having a guy like v jack as a wr2, as opposed to a scrub wr3 or a guy like james jones, that i have to try and squeeze 7-10 points out of...

I think i'm buying on C.Pat this year at the right price, even with cassel the guy was pretty good.

[yuja]

that an average of 14.5 ppg standard. I'll take that in the 5th round all day.

I guess it just comes down to personal prefrence, i like having a guy like v jack as a wr2, as opposed to a scrub wr3 or a guy like james jones, that i have to try and squeeze 7-10 points out of...

I think i'm buying on C.Pat this year at the right price, even with cassel the guy was pretty good.

lil worried about his consistency, but wouldn't mind him as a WR3 or low WR2...idk i haven't looked at rankings yet for this season

[BionicBrah]

u cannot get him as a wr3 unless ur stacked on wr. He goes mid rd 5 latest early 4th at the earliest. And thats just now, his hype will put him up the late 3rd i think. And i can't/won't take him over cobb/v jack types even though i'm so high on him this year

[yuja]

u cannot get him as a wr3 unless ur stacked on wr. He goes mid rd 5 latest early 4th at the earliest. And thats just now, his hype will put him up the late 3rd i think. And i can't/won't take him over cobb/v jack types even though i'm so high on him this year

rb1 rb2 wr1 wr2 wr3 first 5 rounds

i've done it before and ended up with like vjax at wr3..was interedasting

could get him at wr3 if he drops. Agree that I would rather have cobb or vjax over him for sure

[GingerBrah84]

IN.

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lil worried about his consistency, but wouldn't mind him as a WR3 or low WR2...idk i haven't looked at rankings yet for this season

IDK if any of you watched Minnesota last year but Patterson's potential is insane. I'm really hoping Minnesota gets lucky and drafts a good QB. He will definitely be inconsistent but if him and whatever QB they end up starting get on the same page he could light it up.

[Impurityz]

If ponder is still the QB I would loveeee people to draft Patterson in the third. Lol

[BionicBrah]

your right about his consistencey yuja, but last year was his rookie year and with terrible qb play. Now he's got a year under his belt, and possibly a decent qb incoming.


Lets talk about some less exciting players that can anchor ur team in the later rounds if they pan out. These are all Mid round rbs with question marks surrounding them.

S-jack-getting old but can be had late, RB2 numbers would be a great return on investment

T-rich- Going same tier as S-jack, is he going to turn it around or are we all still chasing his rookie year

Gore-every year ppl say he's getting old and that he'll break down....every year top 15 rb

Ray rice-i don't even kno wats up with this guy, u can get him in the 4/5 rds, could be huge or bust again

Vereen/Ridley-I'm not gonna bother with NE Rb's, but both could have value especially ridley going in rd 8

Rashad Jennings- did good last year as bell cow, and giants like to run

Chris Johnson-could be okay, but imo jets is where fantasy players go to die

Knowshown Moreno- Did well in denver, was it the offense or him?

P.thomas - sproles is gone, but there is talk of an RBBC, he was solid last year even with sproles there

Mcfadden/Mojo - these guys are intriguing cause u can get them round 7 and 8 back to back, and WHEN one gets hurt, u might have a stud.

[victor_maximus]

I really couldn't care less.
This year I am putting all my money in daily NFL

I will prob run a league or two for the misc with the high score format though.

I'm not joining any leagues to avoid any potential bias.

[HughBMyron]

In on this thread

Question. my keeper league i can pick two players to keep. I have 3 good players (Jimmy Graham, CJ Spiller, Cam Newton)

Obviously im keeping Jimmy, What about the other keeper? Do i take my QB with that spot and draft RB/RB (i'm 4th pick non snake ladder).

Thoughts?