2014 Fantasy Football Advice Thread

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Petrie said:
Would you guys target Rainey or Donald Brown on the wire this week? Both are available, but can't decide who to give priority.
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Do you need more short-term help or long-term help? Donald Brown gets the job immediately, whereas I suspect Rainey will get the job outright eventually, but it may take a while if Doug Martin isn't out injured.

Donald Brown is also on the better offense, so he's probably going to be more productive even if both he and Rainey are the primary RB on their respective teams.

So I guess my recommendation is Donald Brown, but Rainey isn't a bad option either.
 
.GqueB. said:
I'd get kniles as a stash to trade to the Jamaal Charles owner. It's unlikely youre getting him unless you're high on the waiver wire though.
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How long is he even supposed to be out for though? Davis has some talent but he's really worth nothing if Jamaal Charles is playing.

Trying my luck picking up like 3 guys, see who I get and then improvise from there, because I really only stopped making waiver claims because I didn't want to drop anyone else. Is Danny Woodhead getting a value increase with Ryan Mathews gone? He's one of the guys I'm dropping, maybe not if he's getting some value. I'm pretty happy I picked up Brian Quick, guy seems to be the dude in St.Louis.
 
Crazymoogle said:
You crazy.

Stacy (wtf, why is he even on waivers? Is this a 4 team PPR league?) should be owned. The Rams are bad right now but the fantasy season is longer than two games. And his last game (71yds+TD) sound good to me given all of the injuries everywhere else.

Only prioritize old man smith if you literally lost all of your WR options.
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Ha, thanks for calling me on my nonsense. I was merely stating that I don't like Zac Stacy outside of his volume. He'll hover around or under 4.0 ypc. But you're right, if he's available on the wire, pick him up ASAP, over Steve Smith.
 
Choomp said:
How long is he even supposed to be out for though? Davis has some talent but he's really worth nothing if Jamaal Charles is playing.

Trying my luck picking up like 3 guys, see who I get and then improvise from there, because I really only stopped making waiver claims because I didn't want to drop anyone else. Is Danny Woodhead getting a value increase with Ryan Mathews gone? He's one of the guys I'm dropping, maybe not if he's getting some value. I'm pretty happy I picked up Brian Quick, guy seems to be the dude in St.Louis.
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Early reports are saying high ankle sprain but they're not saying how long he'll be out.
There's some speculation, though, that he'd still be useful even when Charles is back. He showed great promise and I know it's early but Charles wasn't the same Charles he was last year and everyone knew there would be regression. Some are saying he may not be an every down back when he gets back.

This probably doesn't help a TON but he might be worth the stash. I'm going after him but I'm like 11th on the wire. No chance there. I'm playing with some smart dudes.
 
need some advice
first time playing Fantasy so forgive me

My WR are totally killing me so far, I have:

Dez Bryant, Larry Fitzgerald, Reggie Wayne, Kendall Wright and Vincent Jackson (Bryant really has been the only one producing)

I understand these are all pretty good players, but they ain't getting no points, mind you, I'm 1-1, but the win was by less than a point and they were against not so stellar team.

My question: Should I try to pick up another WR, I see Sanu, Avant, and James Jones are available and I'm 1 on the waiver wire, so I could pick one of those up, but I could also pick up Kniles just so others don't get him. (I have Gore, Foster, Woodhead and McKinnon as RBs, so I guess I could drop Mckinnon for Kniles as a back up, but really I don't NEED him) Or should I just stick with the players I have?

Thanks
 
Badosh said:
My question: Should I try to pick up another WR, I see Sanu, Avant, and James Jones are available and I'm 1 on the waiver wire, so I could pick one of those up, but I could also pick up Kniles just so others don't get him. (I have Gore, Foster, Woodhead and McKinnon as RBs, so I guess I could drop Mckinnon for Kniles as a back up, but really I don't NEED him) Or should I just stick with the players I have?

Thanks
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Avant: ???
Sanu: Will see more targets for a few weeks, but they have a week 4 bye
Jones: Seeing WR2 production but Derek Carr is not giving him much of a ceiling

I could see taking Knile Davis because you could easily start him at flex this week over Woodhead AND it would stop somebody else from taking him. But none of the receivers is exciting enough to burn #1 waiver priority. McKinnon is basically worthless; to have real value AP needs to have a huge suspension AND Asiata has to be exposed or injured. That's a lot of ifs to stash a rookie.
 
Someone offered my Kevin Benjamin for Trent Richardson. I have Arian Foster, Steven Jackson, Bobby Rainey, Khiry Robinson and Ryan Mathews as well. With AJ Green up in the air, I'm down to 3 WR's.

Make the trade or wait for the price of RBs to go up?
 
GK86 said:
Someone offered my Kevin Benjamin for Trent Richardson. I have Arian Foster, Steven Jackson, Bobby Rainey, Khiry Robinson and Ryan Mathews as well. With AJ Green up in the air, I'm down to 3 WR's.

Make the trade or wait for the price of RBs to go up?
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So you'd get KELvin Benjamin, and give away T-Rich?

That is a deal I'd make in a Hollywood minute. Richardson had every opportunity to make it work and has failed. He's in a RBBC now with Bradshaw who's looking good , being productive, and thus getting more snaps..I think by Week 6 it'll be Bradshaw's main role by a significant portion..ATM it's only splitting time 50/50..

So yeah, getting rid of T-Rich for something is worth it..especially probably the #2 useful rookie WR in the draft this season..I look at losing T-Rich as absolutely meaningless.
 
Maklershed said:
I'm #1 on waivers and need an RB. Should I go with Ahmad Bradshaw or Knile Davis?
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Bradshaw, if the cards fall right, has a chance to have the job to himself for the rest of the year...Davis, once Charles is back, is just a backup and nothing more.

So between those two, gotta go Bradshaw..
 
.GqueB. said:
Early reports are saying high ankle sprain but they're not saying how long he'll be out.
There's some speculation, though, that he'd still be useful even when Charles is back. He showed great promise and I know it's early but Charles wasn't the same Charles he was last year and everyone knew there would be regression. Some are saying he may not be an every down back when he gets back.
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I'm no expert but isn't a high ankle sprain pretty serious? I'm going after Davis anyway but maybe I'll end up keeping him a little longer.
 
OJdaKiller said:
So you'd get KELvin Benjamin, and give away T-Rich?

That is a deal I'd make in a Hollywood minute. Richardson had every opportunity to make it work and has failed. He's in a RBBC now with Bradshaw who's looking good , being productive, and thus getting more snaps..I think by Week 6 it'll be Bradshaw's main role by a significant portion..ATM it's only splitting time 50/50..

So yeah, getting rid of T-Rich for something is worth it..especially probably the #2 useful rookie WR in the draft this season..I look at losing T-Rich as absolutely meaningless.
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Yes, sorry for the typo. I would be getting Kevin. Thanks for the advice. I'm taking it.
 
GK86 said:
Yes, sorry for the typo. I would be getting Kevin. Thanks for the advice. I'm taking it.
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I don't know if there's a KEVIN Benjamin in the NFL, but just for clarification you're looking for

KELVIN Benjamin.

Just don't want there to be any confusion.
 
DarkFlow said:
Hey OJ, who should I start? :p
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Well....Pick up Adrian Peterson..the one that used to play for Chicago...

Matt Cassell is gonna go off. Jermichael Finley has a great matchup this week.

And round it out with picking up David Akers.

Game, set and match for you. Just check the projected standings if you don't believe me.
 
Steven Ridley or Shane Vereen as my RB2?(Forte is my RB1)

PPR league, or else it'd be Ridley easily. Currently going with Ridley since I think Pats will run a ton against Raiders as they'll be up big like this past weekend. Only thing that makes me nervous is a potential Ridley fumble and him being benched.
 
OJdaKiller said:
Well....Pick up Adrian Peterson..the one that used to play for Chicago...

Matt Cassell is gonna go off. Jermichael Finley has a great matchup this week.

And round it out with picking up David Akers.

Game, set and match for you. Just check the projected standings if you don't believe me.
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I think Johnny Football is going to go off this week. I have a hunch.
 
Is it safe to go with Gore again? I can use Khiry Robinson instead, and in another league Brian Quick. Also, if Jordan Cameron plays, should I use him over Delanie Walker?
 
Should I drop Asiata and pick up Ben Tate and drop Steven Jackson for Mathews?


Only start 2 RB and I already have Foster, Ellington and Vareen so I'd rather have high upside guys on my bench.
 
Have a dilemma with a RB2 (non-flex) decision to make before tomorrow. Frank Gore, Doug Martin or Rainey? Drafted Ball in the 1st, so he's starting on principles despite his crappy Seahawks matchup.
 
Grrr....

I put in a 50 dollar bid (70% of my remaining 70 dollar FAAB budget, starting is 100), and someone got him for 51 dollars.

GK86 said:
Someone offered my Kevin Benjamin for Trent Richardson. I have Arian Foster, Steven Jackson, Bobby Rainey, Khiry Robinson and Ryan Mathews as well. With AJ Green up in the air, I'm down to 3 WR's.

Make the trade or wait for the price of RBs to go up?
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Are you EVER going to start Trent Richardson, and feel OK about it?
You should make the trade. Any of the backups to the guys you have will probably produce on the same level as Richardson. He's only got value in really deep leagues where 30 or more RBs are started on a weekly basis, and just having warm bodies has value.

Red_taiyaki said:
Have a dilemma with a RB2 (non-flex) decision to make before tomorrow. Frank Gore, Doug Martin or Rainey? Drafted Ball in the 1st, so he's starting on principles despite his crappy Seahawks matchup.
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Rainey. Gore has a bad matchup (and didn't go crazy in his best matchup of the season last week). Even if Doug Martin is announced as the starter, i'd bet Rainey has a better day.
 
TangoAlphaLima said:
If Martin is active, then Gore. If Martin is inactive, then Rainey.
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Factually correct.

Rbk_3 said:
Should I drop Asiata and pick up Ben Tate and drop Steven Jackson for Mathews?

Only start 2 RB and I already have Foster, Ellington and Vareen so I'd rather have high upside guys on my bench.
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Why are you dropping Asiata? Depending on how their team looks, you should try and trade him to the Peterson owner. Especially if they aren't 2-0. Or try to trade him in general. Dropping him is kind of a waste.
 
I feel like I need a productive back right now, and Donald Brown is available on the wire.

My other backs are Shady McCoy, the handcuffed Doug Martin and Bobby Rainey, and thinking of dropping the stashed Carlos Hyde or Bishop Sankey. I really need more of a sure thing from my RB2 and the Tampa Bay potential RBBC is too messy, and Hyde and Sankey aren't going to be useful until much later.

Would you drop Hyde or Sankey for Donald Brown? Alternatively, I can drop Sanu or Kendall Wright. Half-PPR.

Edit: Screw it I'm dropping Sankey.
 
.GqueB. said:
Factually correct.



Why are you dropping Asiata? Depending on how their team looks, you should try and trade him to the Peterson owner. Especially if they aren't 2-0. Or try to trade him in general. Dropping him is kind of a waste.
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I tried to trade him to the Peterson owner for Golden Tate. He declined.
His other backs are Le'Von Bell, Joquie Bell, Jeremy Hill & Jerick Mckinnion.
 
Ah man, wish I would have seen this thread last night. I had the toughest time ranking the RBs. Plus they throw that Asiata wrench at 2 in the morning just to mess with fantasy owners.

Knile Davis/Ahmad Bradshaw/Donald Brown/Kyrie Robinson/Bobby Rainey

That was my order I decided for the most part.

1)Kniles Davis: If you can have essentially Jamal Charles for 2-4 you take that first in my mind. They have a week 6 bye and SF right before the bye so I expect at least 3 games.

2)Ahmad Bradshaw- Not available in too many leagues but if he was I had him behind Kniles even though he's probably the better option until you factor in the coaching regimes inexplicable faith for T-Rich. How even though Brown was clearly the better back last year he still split time with Richardson and Bradshaw could be on the wrong side of a 60-40 split with that coaching staff. Plus how long does his body hold up if they do suddenly lean on him for the majority of shares.?

3)Donald Brown- He has a month plus from an injury prone RB that has a knee injury. He has some juicey matchups with JAX and OAK. They spent some dough bringing this guy in; they saw what the Colts refused to admit last year.

4)Khiry Robnison- May also have a month but with Ingram out with a hand injury will come back fast than from a knee injury. But with a week 6 bye that could only mean 3 games. And I don't see him translating into Ingram numbers. He may prove himself but I would guess they lean more on Thomas and reserve Khiry for goal line duties.

5)Bobby Rainey- This one was the toughest. It seems like most "experts" love this pick out of these guys. Sure he looks better than Martin but I have a hard time believe he'll take the job away from Martin completely. Splitting time the rest of the season seems like a headache guessing when he'll put up value. Maybe I just don't want to admit it's time to throw in the towel with Muscle Hamster.

Not really sure where I would place Asiata in this list. Maybe behind Brown and ahead of Khiry?

Trends
ESPN= Bradshaw/Davis/Rainey/Asiata/Brown/Robinson
Yahoo=Davis/Brown/Rainey/Bradshaw/Robinson/Asiata
NFL.com=Davis/Bradshaw/Rainey/Brown/Robinson/Asiata


It's funny how literally every league had a different seemingly random order of value between these guys. Of course handcuffs and one week match up changes your priorities.



How did you guys prioritize these RBs?
 
Caddywompus said:
Knile Davis/Ahmad Bradshaw/Donald Brown/Kyrie Robinson/Bobby Rainey

How did you guys prioritize these RBs?
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Hmmm...

I'd place them in this order from best value to least value:

Bradshaw, Brown, Rainey, Robinson, Davis


Very simply...Bradshaw is the RB1 in Indy..He's produced more and straightup received more snaps than T-Rich..He's on a good offense..Good offenses help less than great RBs appear great...Look at Knowshon..lol

Brown..He's got a good opportunity to play for at least 3 week (as Mathews injury is 4 weeks at max)..Brown has never been a star player (as opposed to Bradshaw who only a couple of years ago ran for 1200 plus yards)..But SD won't ask much, he'll get the carries Mathews would have received...Assume 12-15 carries and a couple of receptions for the next 3-4 weeks..that's decent.

Rainey. Between him and Robinson it's really a tossup...Martin hasn't looked good, got injured but he's a top 5 RB in 2012..Martin looked good in preseason too..Rainey may or may not be in a RBBC with Martin...I personally can't imagine why TB would place Rainey in a committee with Martin unless Martin was hurt..I don't see any long term value here, and I don't see TB just benching Martin for Rainey no matter how good Rainey plays.

Robinson..Another 4 week window to show what he can do...Upside is only so high on a team with Thomas and an offense that prioritizes throwing the ball..But he's young..If he plays well, I'm not sure Ingram gets the job back when he returns...a good preseason and two season games doesn't erase 3 years of poor play by Ingram..Nice potential upside here, but seems unlikely.

Davis..Sorry..Once Charles is back, he's a bench guy..Not worth much imo..The guys above him have outside chances to start full-time for the rest of the season if they play well..Davis could set NFL records and when Charles returns, he goes back to the bench.
 
DarkFlow said:
Stay away from Gore this week. AZ eats up the run.
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Going to go with Quick against Dallas on one team and I have several options in the other league over Gore, was thinking Cameron but not sure if I should even play Delanie over him again, or if he's going to play at all. Khiry Robinson is a possibility at my FLEX as well, but Saints RBs are always shaky. Maybe I just play it safe and keep Gore in, got a long time to decide.
 
Choomp said:
Going to go with Quick against Dallas on one team and I have several options in the other league over Gore, was thinking Cameron but not sure if I should even play Delanie over him again, or if he's going to play at all. Khiry Robinson is a possibility at my FLEX as well, but Saints RBs are always shaky. Maybe I just play it safe and keep Gore in, got a long time to decide.
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imo you prioritize talent over matchup as a general rule. If talent is roughly equal, then look at matchup.

Quick and Robinson over Gore would be a mistake.

Yes the matchup sucks against AZ, but SF runs the ball, and they run it well..Also, remember that all the Defense stats, or more like defensive memories are heavily weighted in what a team did last year at this point. AZ lost some starters from last year..they've looked good and it's at home for AZ, but still I think playing quick or robinson over Gore is being too cute.
 
OJdaKiller said:
imo you prioritize talent over matchup as a general rule. If talent is roughly equal, then look at matchup.

Quick and Robinson over Gore would be a mistake.

Yes the matchup sucks against AZ, but SF runs the ball, and they run it well..Also, remember that all the Defense stats, or more like defensive memories are heavily weighted in what a team did last year at this point. AZ lost some starters from last year..they've looked good and it's at home for AZ, but still I think playing quick or robinson over Gore is being too cute.
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Eh, I don't know. I'm definitely going to play one of them, probably going to be Quick, with Tavon Austin hurt Quick seems to be one of the top guys there. I don't know, I actually have quite a few decisions to make, I'll put some thought into it.
 
OJdaKiller said:
Hmmm...

I'd place them in this order from best value to least value:

Bradshaw, Brown, Rainey, Robinson, Davis
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I agree logically Bradshaw should be the obvious option in Indy. It's that injury history and that coaching staff that has me doubting his long term value. But he should be only long term solution on this list.

I had Khiry higher for that same reason. Better opportunity to produce points and could potentially earn the trust for more PT and be a permanent cog in the best offense between this group. He's the one I could regret the most if everything breaks right. EDIT: plus he might have the best one week value.

High ankle sprains are a pain to judge. Charles could be rushed back in a week for all we know but then the risk for re-injury is greater. He's definitely a short term solution but the most talented in the bunch in my mind. I took Knile in one league just so the Charles Owner with only MJD on the bench couldn't have him.
 
First year playing fantasy. Opinions are very welcome on my team. 10-team ppr league:

QB - Drew Brees
RB - DeMarco Murray
RB - Rashad Jennings
WR - Antonio Brown
WR - Jeremy Maclin
TE - Vernon Davis
W/R/T - Bernard Pierce
K - Dan Carpenter (Buffalo)
DEF/ST - Indianapolis

Bench: Phillip Rivers, Donald Brown, Isiah Crowell, James Jones, Torrey Smith, Josh Gordon (lol), Niles Paul.

Have a waiver in for Joique Bell. My biggest question atm is who to start at TE this week, Davis or Paul.
 
Mudcrab said:
First year playing fantasy. Opinions are very welcome on my team. 10-team ppr league:

QB - Drew Brees
RB - DeMarco Murray
RB - Rashad Jennings
WR - Antonio Brown
WR - Jeremy Maclin
TE - Vernon Davis
W/R/T - Bernard Pierce
K - Dan Carpenter (Buffalo)
DEF/ST - Indianapolis

Bench: Phillip Rivers, Donald Brown, Isiah Crowell, James Jones, Torrey Smith, Josh Gordon (lol), Niles Paul.

Have a waiver in for Joique Bell. My biggest question atm is who to start at TE this week, Davis or Paul.
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You're starting Vernon Davis if he's active. The cardinals are just about the best possible matchup for a TE.
 
Mudcrab said:
First year playing fantasy. Opinions are very welcome on my team. 10-team ppr league:

QB - Drew Brees
RB - DeMarco Murray
RB - Rashad Jennings
WR - Antonio Brown
WR - Jeremy Maclin
TE - Vernon Davis
W/R/T - Bernard Pierce
K - Dan Carpenter (Buffalo)
DEF/ST - Indianapolis

Bench: Phillip Rivers, Donald Brown, Isiah Crowell, James Jones, Torrey Smith, Josh Gordon (lol), Niles Paul.

Have a waiver in for Joique Bell. My biggest question atm is who to start at TE this week, Davis or Paul.
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I'd take out Pierce and put in James Jones are Donald Brown.
 
So I think this is about the best I can put out for the week. Anyone other then OJ can comment since I play OJ this week lol. This is a half PPR league btw.

QB - Nick Foles
RB - DeMarco Murray
RB - Terrance West
WR - Roddy White
WR - Mike Wallace
TE - Jimmy Graham
W/R/T - Pierre Thomas
K - Cody Parkey
DEF/ST - Arizona

Bench: Anquan Boldin, Zach Ertz, Victor Cruz (FML) Kelvin Benjamin, Chris Ivory, And Johnny Football for whenever he get's the starting job.
 
Jonathan Dwyer arrested for domestic violence. If you're looking for a lottery ticket for when Ellington goes down I guess its time to look elsewhere.
 
Maklershed said:
Jonathan Dwyer arrested for domestic violence. If you're looking for a lottery ticket for when Ellington goes down I guess its time to look elsewhere.
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http://fansided.com/2014/09/17/report-cardinals-rb-jonathan-dwyer-arrested-domestic-violence/
If Dwyer is shown the door, the Cardinals would be able to call on practice squad running back Chris Rainey to fill Dwyer’s spot on the 53-man roster. There is one problem, however. Rainey has previously been released from a team because of a domestic violence incident.
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Well that puts them in a pickle.
 
DarkFlow said:
So I think this is about the best I can put out for the week. Anyone other then OJ can comment since I play OJ this week lol. This is a half PPR league btw.

QB - Nick Foles
RB - DeMarco Murray
RB - Terrance West
WR - Roddy White
WR - Mike Wallace
TE - Jimmy Graham
W/R/T - Pierre Thomas
K - Cody Parkey
DEF/ST - Arizona

Bench: Anquan Boldin, Zach Ertz, Victor Cruz (FML) Kelvin Benjamin, Chris Ivory, And Johnny Football for whenever he get's the starting job.
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Sucks that you invested in Cruz like I did. I have him in currently at my WR/TE spot, should I put Delanie Walker there? Or maybe put Quick at the WR/TE and Khiry Robinson at FLEX. You know what, I'm just gonna stop looking at my fantasy teams for the day. I'm way too worried about this than I should be.
 
Choomp said:
Sucks that you invested in Cruz like I did. I have him in currently at my WR/TE spot, should I put Delanie Walker there? Or maybe put Quick at the WR/TE and Khiry Robinson at FLEX. You know what, I'm just gonna stop looking at my fantasy teams for the day. I'm way too worried about this than I should be.
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I don't think I'll ever play Cruz again unless the giants turn it around big time. I'm also not going to cut him because he COULD get better. Ugh, fuck you Cruz.
 
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