Recent content by Ryan Swope's Pro Career

Starting him, but mostly out of necessity with LeVeon out. Not dreading it though, he's definitely, RIGHT NOW, the best running back in Detroit. People in some 16, even some 12 team leagues should feel great about him as an RB2, I just not super happy about forcing him into that role before...

Great in theory, but requires Randle to put up numbers, which is sort of the issue if you don't believe in him. Besides, if he does well that first week, it'll be much harder INTERNALLY to get rid of him. His value is going down, but while people may buy in higher if he does well the first week...

Never really liked Randle much, I always had a feeling the hype was too much. Clearly they don't trust him to be a true lead back, and now they've picked up another talented athlete who theyll try and develop in Michael. I drafted Randle as trade bait for an owner I know was high on him, but...

I own Witten, not sure how comfortable I am with it. If this was a couple years ago even I'd be happy but I look at my WW options (Eifert, Ertz, Daniels mostly) and I always have those second thoughts. Maybe I'll just put a trade offer in on Olsen.

Worst play call I've seen in recent SB memory.

As a Seahawks fan, Wilson Isis my mind one of the best QBs in the league, but I'd go with Luck. Luck is going to be very good for a very long time, and if you put him on a team that is run by actual competent football experts instead of what he has in Indy he would quickly be vaulted into elite...

By that logic of individual value to the team (say, if they were suddenly removed from the team due to injury or the like), you could make a serious case that any QB in the league is MVP, even over Rodgers. Most teams' starting QB is the most valuable player, so by your logic of "if you removed...

This is my problem with the award. It's so impossibly gamed towards the QB position that no other position has a chance unless you do the impossible a la AP in 2012. That being said, that's my best argument for why the trade analogy is inaccurate. Even after that 2000 yard season, a straight up...

My question would be, which script are we talking here? Peyton Manning gunslinging it or this new run-heavy approach? The problem is that Manning hasn't played like Manning lately, and despite being ostensibly the best defense in the AFC when totally healthy, they haven't preformed like so...

It bugs me when people assume that recognizability=production. By nearly every metric NE ranks outside the top ten in passing defense, the only reason I can think you hold them in such high regard is because Revis and Browner and maybe McCourty are notable names. Yeah, when their running backs...

New England's talent is too top heavy on offense. Give Brady viable weapons at WR and a suitable bell cow and they're holding with even the best defenses. But the offense is overrated. It's done quite well at times, but they've only been fantastic at home and against crappy teams. Their loses at...

New England has bit the injury bug at RB, and without anyone to throw to besides Gronk (usually enough against weaker teams) teams would key up and prevent that connection. The defenses are far stronger in the NFC and far better built to handle these classical passing teams coming out of the...

Can we take the AFC winner and replace them with an NFC team? Honestly I feel like any AFC team will struggle against any of the top 3-4 NFC teams. As a Seattle homer, it would be nice to repeat, hopefully against New England because they're probably the most competitive team in the AFC, but...

That's a low blow, man.

Happy to put in "2014" in the sig...