Not bad - your only unused players total $6 (Foles and Hollister). Good luck going forward.I'm still in it with a core group of Wilson, Trubisky, McCaffrey, Conner, D.Adams, M.Thomas, O.J.Howard.
So far, I've lost Lynch and missed on a couple of $3 players. On the plus side, all of my top players are past their bye weeks except for K and D.
Actually you don't want them thinned out. When he does great, you'll advance regardless. When he does bad, you'll have more people towing that anchor keeping the cutline lower.I was just kidding, and I have Conner. With my other RB's being DJ, CMC, Royce, Aaron Jones, and Barber, I hope the DJ owners get thinned out this week, as long as I ain't one of them.
Yes, you had mentioned this logic a few times in this thread already, and it makes sense. In a perfect world, DJ would suck in week 13, eliminating all but me, because my awesome TE's Charles Clay and Ryan Griffin would blow up and be my flexes. You never know, it could happen.Actually you don't want them thinned out. When he does great, you'll advance regardless. When he does bad, you'll have more people towing that anchor keeping the cutline lower.
*Checks lineup*312 very happy Courtland Sutton owners
Yeah, that's a nice gift to get, not like Keenum was putting DT on the leaderboard each week, but at Sutton's salary, its Christmas, or whatever holiday you celebrate, coming early.*Checks lineup*
Woohoo!
I also survived by about 1 pointvalhallan said:Somehow still alive with this garbage. Survived by .95 last week.
Drew Brees $18, Andy Dalton $6, Joe Flacco $5
David Johnson $34, Tevin Coleman $17, Royce Freeman $16, Peyton Barber $8, Chase Edmonds $3, Jeremy Hill $3
Tyreek Hill $23, Stefon Diggs $22, Brandin Cooks $19, Chris Godwin $6, Dede Westbrook $5, Taywan Taylor $4, TreQuan Smith $3
Jordan Reed $16, David Njoku $12, Tyler Eifert $9
Mason Crosby $4, Josh Lambo $3, Kaimi Fairbairn $2
Minnesota Vikings $7, Washington Redskins $3, Cleveland Browns $2
I have 123 points from this $10 group:We are at the halfway point, so I decided to do some stats on defenses for the contest. D scoring varies wildly from week to week, and year to year, so how many should you carry? Are expensive D's worth their price? Should you look more at the "easy" opponents, or concentrate more on the power of the D? These are some questions I had before the contest, and ultimately I ended up spending $12 on a combo of CHI, PIT, and CLE. In hindsight, I think I overspent, but time will tell. I will post my findings at the end of the contest, but as it sits right now, it's very apparent expensive D's are not worth it. I will give you a quick idea of how "not worth it" they are. Consider these 2 sets of weekly scores:
13, 6, 12, 6, 5, 6, 15, 8 and 16, 7, 8, 7, 6, 3, 12, 5
The first group of numbers adds up to 70, for a weekly average of 8.75. The second group of numbers adds up to 64, for a weekly average of 8. The first set of numbers is what you would have by rostering all of JAX ($10), LAR ($8), and PHI ($8), which were the 3 most expensive D's ($26 total). The second set? The Browns, all by themselves, for $2.
I was foolish enough to take $3 TB, which hasn't contributed at all. However, I have gotten 97 pts. from $5 spent on Cincy & Cleveland.I have 123 points from this $10 group:
Cincy $3, Jets $3, Cleveland $2, Oakland $2
-QG
That's 1 more pt than my CHI/PIT/CLE $12 trio. I was doing the math. Here is the best spent money so far on defenses:I was foolish enough to take $3 TB, which hasn't contributed at all. However, I have gotten 97 pts. from $5 spent on Cincy & Cleveland.
you never know - they might just save ya this week on the Bengals bye. Even the Raiders defense managed to count for me once.I was foolish enough to take $3 TB, which hasn't contributed at all. However, I have gotten 97 pts. from $5 spent on Cincy & Cleveland.
And Raheem Mostert tooNick Mullens blowing up the cut line :(
-QG
Kicking off week 9 with SF vs OAK. Cutting down to 2300.
QB - Carr (237) = 9.05
RB - Breida (1120) = 5.20, Juszczyk (37) = 2.10, Martin (19) = 7.40, Richard (12) = 6.90, Washington (5) = 2.70
WR - Goodwin (1351) = 2.30, Nelson (92) = 3.60, Pettis (34) = 0.00, Taylor (31) = 0.00, Garcon (20) = 14.60, Bryant (3) = 6.60
TE - Kittle (282) = 22.80, Cook (175) = 5.00, Celek (13) = 0.00
K - Carlson (418) = 3.70, Gould (299) = 10.90
D - OAK (211) = 0.00, SF (46) = 8.00
So, only a few useful players tonight - Gould (299), Kittle (282), SF D (46), and Garcon (20). Anyone having to use scores from any other player is hurting.
Dodds says your weekly starters will be:Yeah, with Cole, Westbrook, Ross and Goedert on byes and Stills not looking like he'll play, I was hoping for a usable score from Goodwin or at least a flex quality score from Cook. Now I need to actually root for John Brown against my Steelers, and hope that Gallup, Taywan Taylor or Jaron Brown somehow score some points. Since I clearly won't get any flex scores from my WRs, I'll also need 3 scores from my RBs (Conner, Zeke, CMC and Barber) and both Kelce and Hooper to have good games. Of course, with Dalton's bye and Tannehill out, I also absolutely need a big game from Goff. Yuck.
ETA: what happened to the nested quote function? Haven't been able to do it since the most recent "upgrade".
Hope so. I've known from the beginning that Week 9 was a concern with 3 WR byes, but I figured with 6 teams having byes everyone would have some issues this week and I'd still have my two "best" WRs, Stills and Goodwin to take up the slack. The best laid plans...Dodds says your weekly starters will be:
QB - Goff
RB1 - Zeke
RB2 - CMC
WR1 - John Brown
WR2 - Taylor (now that Goodwin put up 2.3 pts)
TE - Kelce
Flex1 - Conner
Flex2 - Hooper
K - Parkey
D - CLE
A very solid team, with the exception of WR2. Your RB's will carry you to week 10.
I thought Oakland was bad before the 49er game. Oy.Nick Mullens blowing up the cut line :(
-QG
I don't feel good about today. Hope I'm wrong made top 250 last year.
Truly will be a miracle if I sneak by this week!!!
This is when the carriage turns back into a pumpkin. Not liking this week at all.
I'm counting on enough people feeling exactly like this to mean I have a chance of slipping by even though I feel the same way...Really thin and weak at WR this week
So, you are at or near the cut, you still have all your QB pts, Gurley, and quality WR's, and you have hope? Most of us are getting whaled!The Chicago D is the only thing keeping me in this damn thing. My QB's havn't seen the field yet plus I still have Gurley and the meat of my WR's. 5pts below the cut line. There is still hope.
I've been yelling that the sky is falling every week. Seems to be working.So, you are at or near the cut, you still have all your QB pts, Gurley, and quality WR's, and you have hope? Most of us are getting whaled!
158.5 plus MG and a kicker will surely push you to week 10. Congrats and good luck next week.158.5 after the 1 PM games. Melvin Gordon and maybe a kicker are the only movers left, but getting to next week makes this my best entry ever.
Jaron Brown with 1 catch has moved into my #1 WR slot for the week. It's his first appearance and couldn't come at a better time.Really thin and weak at WR this week
Yep. I like my chances.158.5 plus MG and a kicker will surely push you to week 10. Congrats and good luck next week.
Today, Chi Def & Matt Ryan jumped me to be looking at next week....fortunately!! Now at this cut point, every touch matters for your players. There can be no lapses if you hope to continue...The Chicago D is the only thing keeping me in this damn thing.