fantasy WR and RB from the Same NFL team (1 Viewer)

[fantasy man 123]

I may be in a position this year to keep 2 players from the same team. Specifically Grant and Jennnings.

In general, has anyone had good results with a RB/WR combo from one team?

The negatives I can imagine are bye week weakness, over reliance on one NFL teams offense from week to week (a bad matchup or weather kills 2 of your players), stealing touches from one another (a huge day out of one will limit the other's upside), etc.

The positive would be two stronger players than I'd otherwise have to keep, a high powered offense will limit their downside, if one gets hurt the other may see a slight bump in numbers.

Anything else I should be considering?

Thanks

 

[Insein]

If the 2 players are good enough, then it shouldn't matter. I consider Grant and Jennings worth keeping since they are 2 high quality players. The bye week may hurt alittle but its managable just like any other player situation.

 

[sholditch]

Also fact that they are both Packers mean they are already used to the worst weather conditions imaginable. If anything, bad weather might help their games.

 

[Warrior]

Doesn't make a difference in the long term at all.

 

[Jeff Tefertiller]

Drinen did a study on this a long time ago. I have studies like this and others (old ones) listed on page one of the wannabee thread in the assistant coach forum.

 

[NHLumpa2]

For WR/RB, it may actually be a natural hedge:

Running game is stopped, they play from behind and WR gets more targets.

If they get big lead, (and not from your WR production) then RB gets clock killing carries.

Or the whole team just gets shut down...

I have no stats to back up the above logic, and it may be completely incorrect.

I suspect the most correct statement is that there is little correlation.

But I wouldn't hesitate with those two players

 

[Captain Hook]

I see this question in one form or another several times each year - bottom line - you are trying to get the most points each week - it doesn't matter which game they come from.....as long as you get them.

On some offenses against good defenses there might be some concern, but the Packers offense is top of the class and very few if any games they are going to be held down.

Keep your nice pair of Packers

 

[Doug Drinen]

There are two different things to consider:

1. If both perform roughly as expected, will owning both make you more or less consistent week-to-week? Answer: more consistent.

2. If one of them underperforms (say due to injury or whatever), is the other more or less likely to also underperform? Answer: less.

Both of these are generalizations, of course, that might or might not pertain in a particular case. But historical data shows that the above two answers are the more likely answers (slightly).

Both things point to the fact that Grant/Jennings is a safer pair than, say, Grant/Marshall or Mendenhall/Jennings (assuming you think Marshall=~Jennings and Grant=~Mendenhall). Essentially, owning Jennings provides a (very small) bit of insurance against a Grant injury / benching / role change / bad game, and vice versa.