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Fantasy Football Discussion Thread - 2017 Season

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Maklershed

Member
Well great - just got an alert from sleeperbot that Cards are looking at picking Chris Johnson back up. Fuck. Stick with Kerwynn Williams please. My team can't take this.
 
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PandaPandaPanda

Member
Maklershed said:
Well great - just got an alert from sleeperbot that Cards are looking at picking Chris Johnson back up. Fuck. Stick with Kerwynn Williams please. My team can't take this.
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well fuck that

i kind of need a rb and kerwynn (instead of tarik cohen)would be a better pick up since our league is not ppr

bleh
 
C

Corran Horn

May the Schwartz be with you
Fuuuuuuu that sucks for D.Johnson owners.


Curious if Chris Johnson gets picked back up and if so will he be lead back again.
 
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captjohnboyd

Member
gutshot said:
Don't waste a waiver claim on a kicker. If you want to pick him up, okay, although you don't really need to as Crosby is fine. But definitely don't use a waiver on him. Just wait until he becomes a FA.

I'm not sure who RB Murray is. Do you mean DeMarco Murray or Latavius Murray?
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Sorry I meant to say Rob Kelly. Also I'm pretty sure we're dropping our waiver wire in place of open free agency so I'm not really worried about losing a waiver position
 
NYR

NYR

Member
captjohnboyd said:
I put in waivers for Oakland's kicker cause holy Christ he's good and offered up Watson. Also put in a waiver for Washington's RB Murray.
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Don't do it.

He has a great game but he was also unemployed for 5 years, basically practice squad fodder for several teams. If he couldn't beat out kickers for a job, he can't be that good. The reason he got the Oakland gig is the special teams coach had him on the practice squad on the 49ers years ago.
 
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Joe

Member
I wonder if having a top 6 draft pick is actually not an advantage at all or maybe even a disadvantage?

The +plus is that you increase your chances of significant points from a single position but the -negative is that it puts more weight on one player who has an equal chance of getting injured as any other RB1 or WR1.
 
UberTag

UberTag

Member
Maklershed said:
Well great - just got an alert from sleeperbot that Cards are looking at picking Chris Johnson back up. Fuck. Stick with Kerwynn Williams please. My team can't take this.
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I suspect they'll bring CJ back.
I also suspect that even if they didn't they'd split carries between Kerwynn Williams and Ellington.
They were willing to go the "feature back" approach with Johnson but I've seen no indication they intend to go that route with anyone else. Expect an RBBC platoon.
If Kerwynn was a true handcuff, more David Johnson owners would have owned him and he wouldn't be available on virtually every waiver wire.
 
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Maklershed

Member
UberTag said:
I suspect they'll bring CJ back.
I also suspect that even if they didn't they'd split carries between Kerwynn Williams and Ellington.
They were willing to go the "feature back" approach with Johnson but I've seen no indication they intend to go that route with anyone else. Expect an RBBC platoon.
If Kerwynn was a true handcuff, more David Johnson owners would have owned him and he wouldn't be available on virtually every waiver wire.
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I'm gonna try for Cohen but the players of my league are rb focused so I doubt I'll get him.
 
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ZoronMaro

Member
The person with DJ in our league is pretty clueless and doesn't care too much and I was trying to convince her to trade DJ for low value. Now I'm not sure if it's a good idea to trade for him, what are the chances he comes back and still has value?
 
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BronsonLee

Member
ZoronMaro said:
The person with DJ in our league is pretty clueless and doesn't care too much and I was trying to convince her to trade DJ for low value. Now I'm not sure if it's a good idea to trade for him, what are the chances he comes back and still has value?
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Dude if they IR him it's a waste
 
Captain Zyrain

Captain Zyrain

Member
Have the #1 waiver pick this week..

I was already a little RB-shy, I have DeMarco Murray/Kareem Hunt/Doug Martin.

Cohen worth blowing the waiver load?
 
I

Instro

Member
Woof, time to start RB hunting. Low waiver so I doubt I'll get Cohen. Carson could be a good option if he can supplant Rawls. Maybe I'll get lucky and Mixon will take over the Bengals backfield.
 
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BronsonLee

Member
Captain Zyrain said:
Have the #1 waiver pick this week..

I was already a little RB-shy, I have DeMarco Murray/Kareem Hunt/Doug Martin.

Cohen worth blowing the waiver load?
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No, you're fine

ZoronMaro said:
So if I can trickconvince her to trade I should? Because I already have 6 RBs, I just have to convince her he's not worth keeping and offer one of mine. Also hope no one else has the same plan...
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Wait until they definitively say how long he's out
 
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captjohnboyd

Member
NYR said:
Don't do it.

He has a great game but he was also unemployed for 5 years, basically practice squad fodder for several teams. If he couldn't beat out kickers for a job, he can't be that good. The reason he got the Oakland gig is the special teams coach had him on the practice squad on the 49ers years ago.
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The guy didn't just have a great game he nailed 2 over 50 yarders as down the middle as you can get. I don't think that's too luck based. It's possible he regresses sure but it's also possible some dumb coaches didn't realize what they had. For whatever reason I've seen it time and time again in the NFL. They don't know how to evaluate kicking (prob cause they hate it so much lol) and you get stuck with shitty kickers meanwhile if your practice squad guy finally get's called up he nails every shot for the rest of the season no problem. I guess they can, unlike other positions, they can be really hot and cold too which makes them hard to scout.

Anyway I'm going to ake your advice and stick with a known quantity.
BronsonLee said:
Kickers are set it/forget it for me mostly

Defenses are too
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Kickers yeah. I'm just curious about this Oakland guy cause I really want any advantage over my coworkers. As for D I disagree. A great D (if there is one that year) can be the difference maker in a tight league or game for sure. Yeah Baltimore isn't going to score 30 points every game pitching shutouts but a reliable top tier D that nets you anywhere from 10-17 points a game is a good edge to have in my mind. Precisely bc most people do like yourself and slot anything in there so if you're pretty evenly matched up and they're running GB defense and you have Vikings you got that matchup
 
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mug

Member
UberTag said:
Thielen should have already been grabbed in any league that knew what they were doing.
Dude's a bonafide talent.

Also, ODB is not on the IR. He's just inactive this week. You're going to spook some of his owners.
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I'm in a smaller 8 person league and our "IR" doesn't necessarily mean IR - it's an injury/out slot that frees up a slot in the roster which allowed me to grab Thielen. Was down a WR prior because DeVante Parker's game was cancelled/delayed.

I lucked out this week with Fournette and Hunt - my gut was right.
 
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BronsonLee

Member
I need that NO/MIN game to be a goddamn shootout because I have Bradford/Brees/Ginn in various leagues

Rudolph, Cook, and Ingram can sit right down though
 
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Tall4Life

Member
Only person I need to do well is Lutz. I have players from both teams in other leagues but the match is basically already decided

though if Ingram gets like 10000 that'd be great
 
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Darkman M

Member
captjohnboyd said:
The guy didn't just have a great game he nailed 2 over 50 yarders as down the middle as you can get. I don't think that's too luck based. It's possible he regresses sure but it's also possible some dumb coaches didn't realize what they had. For whatever reason I've seen it time and time again in the NFL. They don't know how to evaluate kicking (prob cause they hate it so much lol) and you get stuck with shitty kickers meanwhile if your practice squad guy finally get's called up he nails every shot for the rest of the season no problem. I guess they can, unlike other positions, they can be really hot and cold too which makes them hard to scout.

Anyway I'm going to ake your advice and stick with a known quantity.

Kickers yeah. I'm just curious about this Oakland guy cause I really want any advantage over my coworkers. As for D I disagree. A great D (if there is one that year) can be the difference maker in a tight league or game for sure. Yeah Baltimore isn't going to score 30 points every game pitching shutouts but a reliable top tier D that nets you anywhere from 10-17 points a game is a good edge to have in my mind. Precisely bc most people do like yourself and slot anything in there so if you're pretty evenly matched up and they're running GB defense and you have Vikings you got that matchup
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Yeah definitely not sitting and forgetting on D fuck around and get -5 points easily.
 
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bigosc2k

Banned
Thank God for a sloppy week 1, managed to win my money league 95 to 88, never have I been so happy to see Jason Witten get a touchdown pass instead Ezekiel Elliot.
 
C

Corran Horn

May the Schwartz be with you
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Im the left team...nervous Brees or Broncos D goes off and I lose tonight
 
C

Corran Horn

May the Schwartz be with you
NYR said:
Thomas is the one who will win it or lose it for you. My guess is you need 70 and TD to lock it down.
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Tom Nook said:
Pray Brees always throw the ball to Thomas.
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Tall4Life said:
If Brees goes off Michael Thomas probably goes off too, that's his best receiver

and defenses are variable as shit
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I hope. But Xavier Rhodes will probably be on him all game so Brees might target his other Targets more often.
 
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jfkgoblue

Member
So as a DJ owner without Kerwyn Williams and #9 on WW, how screwed am I?


Edit: actually I think it resets after the week is over and the person who scored the most goes to last.... I scored the most by far.(looking at 160+ and second place at 120)
 
C

Corran Horn

May the Schwartz be with you
jfkgoblue said:
So as a DJ owner without Kerwyn Williams and #9 on WW, how screwed am I?


Edit: actually I think it resets after the week is over and the person who scored the most goes to last.... I scored the most by far.(looking at 160+ and second place at 120)
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Sounds like it might be a rbbc so you might not want him anyway.
 
UberTag

UberTag

Member
FallingEdge said:
I should bench my players for tonight and throw the game. Need the waiver wire pickups.
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If there's a week to do it, Week 1 is probably it.
That said, it's tactics like this that make me happy most of my leagues have adopted a FAAB waiver system that isn't as easily exploited.
 
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PandaPandaPanda

Member
UberTag said:
If there's a week to do it, Week 1 is probably it.
That said, it's tactics like this that make me happy most of my leagues have adopted a FAAB waiver system that isn't as easily exploited.
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I wish my work league did FAAB but seeing as how we're still doing standard and not ppr (i'd prefer .5 ppr instead of standard) it'd be a hard sell

oh well
 
C

Corran Horn

May the Schwartz be with you
jfkgoblue said:
no way Ellington survives very long though.

Maybe I should just go for Cohen.

My other 2 RBS are Hunt and James White btw.

Oh and I have Hunt's handcuff.
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True, as a multiple time owner of Ellington I can attest to his soon injury. Tarik Cohen is a good choice too, he looked good on Sunday.
 
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