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Buy Low sell high prior to week 1 (1 Viewer)
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BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Huh? Naw man, I drafted a bunch of pro bowlers, guys with tremendous upside, and severely underrated talent rich studs carving out a path to stardom..
Disappointment is the Week Two thread.
The Frankman
Footballguy
Lemme give it a shot:
With Le'veon Bell's holdout last year RBs are emboldened to dig their heels in the sand and miss more games. Drafts that happened after the "Zeke real close to signing" news reflect him being taken Top 5 and Pollard like in the 11th-12th in 14-teamers. As the week goes on and it becomes more apparent Jerry Jones won't budge (unless Cowboys go 0-2), Tony Pollard will become more valuable; especially if he gets true workhorse status. Cowboys for some reason didn't make Alfred Morris the starter despite looking fine for them last year. A 10+ FP outing and news of Zeke holding out multiple games should panic the Zeke owner in this situation, setting up a decent Sell High to him. His first 3 games:
1 Sep 8 - NYG Sun 4:25 pm
2 Sep 15 - @Was Sun 1:00 pm
3 Sep 22 - Mia Sun 1:00 pm
Not exactly Murderer's Row of Run defenses.
With Le'veon Bell's holdout last year RBs are emboldened to dig their heels in the sand and miss more games. Drafts that happened after the "Zeke real close to signing" news reflect him being taken Top 5 and Pollard like in the 11th-12th in 14-teamers. As the week goes on and it becomes more apparent Jerry Jones won't budge (unless Cowboys go 0-2), Tony Pollard will become more valuable; especially if he gets true workhorse status. Cowboys for some reason didn't make Alfred Morris the starter despite looking fine for them last year. A 10+ FP outing and news of Zeke holding out multiple games should panic the Zeke owner in this situation, setting up a decent Sell High to him. His first 3 games:
1 Sep 8 - NYG Sun 4:25 pm
2 Sep 15 - @Was Sun 1:00 pm
3 Sep 22 - Mia Sun 1:00 pm
Not exactly Murderer's Row of Run defenses.
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Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
Buy:
• Amari Cooper - sounds like people are still worried despite all the positive news/practice.
• David Montgomery - Sportsline just put out their “believe it or not” column & again trashed Monty’s chances as a featured player. They’ve been down on him all preseason. I think the author of that missed Monty in all his leagues or is trying to buy low himself.
• Tyrell Williams - has been flying under the radar with all the AB talk. Dude spent the off-season training with Keenan Allen’s route-running coach, learning to slow down then burst & thus make more efficient cuts. With AB back on track, Williams will see opponents #2s? Sign me all up for that. I love his value & I get the impression many drafted him as a “f it” pick without any enthusiasm. That could change after a game.
• Chiefs RBs named Williams - if someone owns DWill and is panicked, DWill could be a good buy-low investment. No, he won’t be a 30 touch feature back ala priest Holmes in his prime like people dreamed of, but that wasn’t realistic anyway. But he very well may split carries pretty evenly & have outstanding value for an affordable price by someone who just wants to cut bait. Never hurts to float an offer.
• Amari Cooper - sounds like people are still worried despite all the positive news/practice.
• David Montgomery - Sportsline just put out their “believe it or not” column & again trashed Monty’s chances as a featured player. They’ve been down on him all preseason. I think the author of that missed Monty in all his leagues or is trying to buy low himself.
• Tyrell Williams - has been flying under the radar with all the AB talk. Dude spent the off-season training with Keenan Allen’s route-running coach, learning to slow down then burst & thus make more efficient cuts. With AB back on track, Williams will see opponents #2s? Sign me all up for that. I love his value & I get the impression many drafted him as a “f it” pick without any enthusiasm. That could change after a game.
• Chiefs RBs named Williams - if someone owns DWill and is panicked, DWill could be a good buy-low investment. No, he won’t be a 30 touch feature back ala priest Holmes in his prime like people dreamed of, but that wasn’t realistic anyway. But he very well may split carries pretty evenly & have outstanding value for an affordable price by someone who just wants to cut bait. Never hurts to float an offer.
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Tanner9919
Footballguy
yeah I just read that on cbs too, Heath Cummings , right? he also says dont believe in Curtis Samuel, among others. can't remember the last time I listened to anything anyone on CBS said , though, so it's all in fun for me. I'm with you on Monty, he's going to be a stud, he has the pedigree and the reports in camp are glowing, and his premier in preseason was good.profootballfocus say he's 'electric' and they talk very highly of him. I trust them more than anyone!
sell high
Damien Williams
L. Fournette ( plays the cheesy Chiefs D week 1), but dump him before he gets hurt while walking his dog,or eating ice cream.
Joe Mixon - Seattle's defense is no joke. Bengals o-line is. blowout coming. maybe you get some usable stats from Mixon but he has an uphill climb the remainder of the season.
Amari Cooper
buy low
M. Gallup
Jakobi Meyers - lets see, Edelman, Gordon, D. Thomas - all have serious issues with age,injury,suspensions - booze or PEDs ( edelman)..throw Gordon out of the mix, overrated fluff piece. Throw D. Thomas out, he's 17 years past his prime. Edelman is old, broken down, injury prone. how much does he really have left in the tank?? No Ben Watson for 4 weeks. Enter Meyers. preseason/traning camp darling. buzz around him is real. he's a legit starting WR going forward.
Daniel Jones - only a matter of time
Anarchy99
Footballguy
I know you keep posting about Meyers, but there are 1,001 reasons to not expect him to do anything this year. He is there to round out the field at WR. I posted the numbers for NE WR’s that put up big numbers in the preseason in another thread (they have barely amounted to anything). I posted the numbers for NE rookie receivers over the years (they did close to nothing). And Meyers is way down the list of potential targets in the NE receiving tree. Oh, and the team is now more of a running team than a passing team. If you want to take up a roster spot waiting for him to do something this year, more power to you. But I doubt Meyers will get 30 receptions this year . . . and that is incorporating some missed time for the other receivers.
Gopher State
Footballguy
Gallup will be the top ww pickup in leagues that he is still available
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VikingFrog
Footballguy
SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
Brown was sell low, buy low, sell high all in one afternoon.
What is he now?
What is he now?
Rhythmdoctor
Footballguy
Buy Low: Antonio Brown
Sell High: Antonio Brown
Sell High: Antonio Brown
SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
EBF
Footballguy
Not necessarily calling my shot, but I'm just really curious to see how the SF WR corps shakes out and if/how they use Deebo in week one. There should be some value somewhere in that unit. Could be Deebo. Could be Goodwin. Could even be one of the other guys.
I'm really bullish on Mark Andrews this season because he has glimmers of Gronk/Kelce in his play style and the Ravens have nada at WR besides the rookie Brown. You'd think everything is aligning for Andrews to see a lot of targets, although the Ravens will be a run-first team and also have Hurst at TE, who I think is a big talent in his own right. Generally speaking though, I'm buying most Ravens skill players. I see a lot of value there.
I'm really bullish on Mark Andrews this season because he has glimmers of Gronk/Kelce in his play style and the Ravens have nada at WR besides the rookie Brown. You'd think everything is aligning for Andrews to see a lot of targets, although the Ravens will be a run-first team and also have Hurst at TE, who I think is a big talent in his own right. Generally speaking though, I'm buying most Ravens skill players. I see a lot of value there.
LessThanZero
Footballguy
Very interested in both these situations. I'll also say I'm interested to see how Boykin does in Baltimore. Waldman had him as his #2 WR in the RSP, and he seems to be starting already and got training camp buzz. I think the Baltimore offense could be more fantasy-relevant than people are expecting.
Statorama
Footballguy
If someone in your league is buying high I'd certainly sell high. I remember the frenzy when the Patriots got Gordon, it was like he was going to have a 200/2,500/70 season
It's weird but I'm probably watching the Miami game as the early game. Looks like a terrible game but want to see Lamar, Balt TE usage, Boykin, Hollywood, Justice, Preston and who is going to get the targets in Miami.
