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do we listen to the "experts" too much? (1 Viewer)

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I did! it cost me big. i know it's easy to say to make up your own mind about who you are going to start, but when you read three or four so-called "Experts" downgrade a player, you start thinking they may know something that you haven't heard about. that hurt! :wall: :wall:

 
against Jacksonville????

With Washington's recent passing history???

:ptts:

It's all in the game - you sat SMoss - the "experts' didn't make you do a gosh darned thing.

 
Moss is too inconsistnet. If you keep him in your lineup every week, you will be disapointed. He'll have 1 big game every 4 or 5 games. If I owned Moss, I'd trade him this week while his stock is high.

 
the eggspurts made me sit Colston for R Wayne, NEVER AGAIN!

Time for some new eggspurts to make my decisions for me...

 
Rule #1 of fantasy football:

Accept the fact that it's a VERY frustrating hobby. Accept that you will make lineup mistakes on a weekly basis, even if your logic is sound, and accept the fact that your lineup decisions are ultimately up to YOU.

 
I noticed this last year with Eic Karabell from ESPN and vowed never to listen to him again.

This week old Eric said sit Colsten & Santana Moss....and he gets paid for that.

 
Chubbs said:
I noticed this last year with Eic Karabell from ESPN and vowed never to listen to him again.This week old Eric said sit Colsten & Santana Moss....and he gets paid for that.
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Is anyone in your line of work 100% correct about everything 100% of the time?
 
RJS113 said:
Moss is too inconsistnet. If you keep him in your lineup every week, you will be disapointed. He'll have 1 big game every 4 or 5 games. If I owned Moss, I'd trade him this week while his stock is high.
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I disagreeThe guy is a playmaker period. Sure he will not put up those numbers every week but he is a threat evertime he touches the ball. Look at his numbers last year and remember that that offense is still trying to adapt to Saunders playbook.
 
RJS113 said:
Moss is too inconsistnet. If you keep him in your lineup every week, you will be disapointed. He'll have 1 big game every 4 or 5 games. If I owned Moss, I'd trade him this week while his stock is high.
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If it's a TD only league then yeah but if not Moss is pretty consistent in putting up yardage, he's a focal point in that offense.
 
It's not so much of listening to the "experts" too much. Its just a lack of listening to yourself.

What happened to the days where you drafted a team based on your OWN cheatsheets, set lineups weekly on your OWN thinking.

The problem is you rely on everyone else to tell you who to play or sit. So what's the fun. Follow injury reports and maybe look at "Game Log" history's and see how a player generally does against that team.

If you lose you blame the "experts", so when you win i doubt you thank them.

Learn to manage a team by yourself w/o reliance on people feeding you who to play.....otherwise, you can't claim a championship if they tell you what to do weekly!

 
NYCGangGreen said:
It's not so much of listening to the "experts" too much. Its just a lack of listening to yourself.

What happened to the days where you drafted a team based on your OWN cheatsheets, set lineups weekly on your OWN thinking.

The problem is you rely on everyone else to tell you who to play or sit. So what's the fun. Follow injury reports and maybe look at "Game Log" history's and see how a player generally does against that team.

If you lose you blame the "experts", so when you win i doubt you thank them.

Learn to manage a team by yourself w/o reliance on people feeding you who to play.....otherwise, you can't claim a championship if they tell you what to do weekly!
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See, this guy gets it.I think for myself. I just wish we had a place where I could pat myself on the back for it.

Maybe a "MY TEAM RULES!!!" thread or something like that....

 
He was 27 on FBG, so in start 3 WR leagues he was a must. But the 26 other WR ranked ahead of him were not completely horrible this weekend either.

 
A lot of the guys that are so called "experts" make less per hour in the real world than you do.(not that money is everything but you get the point.)

If you're intelligent, knowledgable and have a proven track record trust your own instincts, but take trusted sources' opinions into account.

 
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It impacts all of us...I read an analysis from KC Joyner about how Marques Colston would be shut down this week because of facing Chris Gamble one on one all day, and almost benched him in two of my most important leagues. But then I remembered that KC Joyner once tried to tell a crowd of people in Pittsburgh that Torry Holt wasn't that special a receiver and that Kassim Osgood was the breakout sleeper of the year.

 
LHUCKS said:
If you're intelligent, knowledgable and have a proven track record trust your own instincts, but take trusted sources' opinions into account.
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I guess if you are looking to "experts' to make your decisions for you, none of these three things applies. :unsure:

 
Jason Wood said:
It impacts all of us...I read an analysis from KC Joyner about how Marques Colston would be shut down this week because of facing Chris Gamble one on one all day, and almost benched him in two of my most important leagues. But then I remembered that KC Joyner once tried to tell a crowd of people in Pittsburgh that Torry Holt wasn't that special a receiver and that Kassim Osgood was the breakout sleeper of the year.
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:goodposting:
 
Marc Levin said:
Fla\/\/ed said:
LHUCKS said:
Fla\/\/ed said:
LHUCKS said:
A lot of the guys that are so called "experts" make less per hour in the real world than you do.(not the money is everything but you get the point)
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And how does that impact their fantasy knowledge?
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It's one thing to know alot, it's whole nother thing to know how to use that knowledge.
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You may want to practice on how to write the phrase..."a lot".
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:rolleyes:
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:D
 
Fla\/\/ed said:
LHUCKS said:
Fla\/\/ed said:
LHUCKS said:
A lot of the guys that are so called "experts" make less per hour in the real world than you do.(not the money is everything but you get the point)
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And how does that impact their fantasy knowledge?
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It's one thing to know alot, it's whole nother thing to know how to use that knowledge.
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You may want to practice on how to write the phrase..."a lot".
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I'm working spelling nazi. Pretty sure I leanred how to spell in the fifth grade like everybody else. n Just an FYI, there will be other spelling mistakes in my future posts...in case you've got some free time.
 
LHUCKS said:
I'm working spelling nazi. Pretty sure I leanred how to spell in the fifth grade like everybody else. n Just an FYI, there will be other spelling mistakes in my future posts...in case you've got some free time.
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LHUCKS said:
Fla\/\/ed said:
LHUCKS said:
Fla\/\/ed said:
LHUCKS said:
A lot of the guys that are so called "experts" make less per hour in the real world than you do.(not the money is everything but you get the point)
Click to expand...
And how does that impact their fantasy knowledge?
Click to expand...
It's one thing to know alot, it's whole nother thing to know how to use that knowledge.
Click to expand...
You may want to practice on how to write the phrase..."a lot".
Click to expand...
I'm working spelling nazi. Pretty sure I leanred how to spell in the fifth grade like everybody else. n Just an FYI, there will be other spelling mistakes in my future posts...in case you've got some free time.
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this is gonna drive me nuts the rest of the day, whether you intentionally put a spelling error in this here thread or not.
 
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Pigskin Fanatic said:
LHUCKS said:
Fla\/\/ed said:
LHUCKS said:
Fla\/\/ed said:
LHUCKS said:
A lot of the guys that are so called "experts" make less per hour in the real world than you do.(not the money is everything but you get the point)
Click to expand...
And how does that impact their fantasy knowledge?
Click to expand...
It's one thing to know alot, it's whole nother thing to know how to use that knowledge.
Click to expand...
You may want to practice on how to write the phrase..."a lot".
Click to expand...
I'm working spelling nazi. Pretty sure I leanred how to spell in the fifth grade like everybody else. n Just an FYI, there will be other spelling mistakes in my future posts...in case you've got some free time.
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this is gonna drive me nuts the rest of the day, whether you intentionally put a spelling error in this here thread or not.
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:lmao:
 
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