Felix Jones (1 Viewer)

[Sweet Love]

As I post this, we are 13 hours away from knowing whether holding onto Felix is a good decision. Why? Well, in 14 yaers of FF, I have never...NEVER received so many trade offers in one given week for one specific player as I have had since Jones went off for 100+ yards last weekend. Where was he on my team? On the bench...I am in a league where I can start 4 RBs and chose to start three (I won last week by 40+ points and admittedly will say I had to look up what Jones did based on the offers I got...by the time the third one came in, I knew something was up). Now prior to his break out and the news from Dallas following how he may be the focus of the running game here one out, I would have likely taken 3 of the 7 offers I received. But now I sit here here wondering...is this really IT?!?!

In redraft (and maybe even in dynasty) his value is at an all-time high. He performed AND seems to have some organizational backing (for once). He is facing a traditionally strong Defense in Minny that has been a turnstyle as of late. Does he put up LT type numbers making his value even higher or does he get 6 carries for 20 yards and leave us with what we had prior to last week?

Curious to what the pool thinks. I am thinking about making some calls in the morning, but if he does perform and does get the lion's share here on out, I know my team will literally be unbeatable (imagine facing Rice, MJD, Hillis and Jones every week).

 

[cvnpoka]

cool story bro

 

[Sup_Yo]

cool story bro

 

[moderated]

cool story bro

 

[jimmy b]

cool story bro

 

[reprisal]

prediction: Tony Romo throws a lot vs a banged up secondary. Felix gets 10 rushes for 40 yards + 2 catchs for 25. When you look up what he did you dont know the truth. You end up trading him for someone who gets hurt next weekend. Felix blows up vs the Giants and your leaguemates team becomes literally unbeatable. Most importantly, we get to hear all about it.

 

[DiStefano]

I can't believe you are in a league which only starts 4 running backs. Guppy!

The real action is in leagues where you start 6 RB's, and you would be starting Jones regardless.

 

[bleachercreacher]

prediction: Tony Romo throws a lot vs a banged up secondary. Felix gets 10 rushes for 40 yards + 2 catchs for 25. When you look up what he did you dont know the truth. You end up trading him for someone who gets hurt next weekend. Felix blows up vs the Giants and your leaguemates team becomes literally unbeatable. Most importantly, we get to hear all about it.

I'm not sure dallas will ever figure out that they need to run the ball more, or that Felix is the most talented back on their roster.ETA: I do fully agree with the OP though. I'm just frustrated with what is going on in big D and personally don't trust any of their RBs any week.

 

[Shadows]

Thats the 3 threads ive clicked on in a row since logging on today to find useless meaningless posts bagging the original poster that dont contribute 1 bit to the quality of posting in here. What is going on in the Shark Pool.

Interesting Post by the Originater. Solid Read asking is Felix for real. U dont like what u read, why bother to comment....Its pretty simple really.

 

[thatguythere]

The truth is Jones will not hold up to the carries he's going to get and then Dallas will be forced to play the guy they couldn't trade for a bag of footballs, and they will hype him the same way they are hyping Jones right now. Oh, and they might win a game.

Truthfully Jones will have a couple good games and then get hurt, what the Cowboys do after that is anybody's guess.

 

[gianmarco]

The truth is Jones will not hold up to the carries he's going to get and then Dallas will be forced to play the guy they couldn't trade for a bag of footballs, and they will hype him the same way they are hyping Jones right now. Oh, and they might win a game.

Truthfully Jones will have a couple good games and then get hurt, what the Cowboys do after that is anybody's guess.

Why won't he?

 

[kencav]

Felix, like many rookies, got banged up his rookie year in 2008. In 2009 though things definitely got better. College players have to learn a whole new way to condition and pace themselves in the pros- is Ryan Mathews now "injury prone" as well? Possibly we shall see but there is no denying his ability when on the field when healthy

2009:

Played in 14 games earning one start - the first of his career - in place of Barber (quad) and finished the season second on the team with 114 carries for 685 yards (5.9 avg.) and three touchdowns while catching 19 passes for 119 yards and returning 30 kickoffs for 678 yards (22.6 avg.).

In the season-opening win at Tampa Bay (9/13), returned to the field for the first time since suffering a hamstring injury at Arizona (10/12/08) and finished with six carries for 22 yards and two kickoff returns for 50 yards.

In the Cowboys Stadium opener against the N.Y. Giants (9/20) rushed for a career-high tying 96 yards on seven carries (13.7) with a touchdown. Also had six kickoff returns for 134 yards.

Made his first career start in place of Barber (quad) and had eight carries for 94 yards (11.8) but suffered a knee strain in the third quarter, missing the remainder of the contest against Carolina (9/28).

Was inactive at Denver (10/4) and for the overtime win at Kansas City (10/11) with the knee injury but returned against Atlanta (10/25) with eight carries for 37 yards.

Had eight carries for 39 yards with a career-long 30-yard reception while returning three kickoffs for 45 yards in the win against Seattle (11/1).

Had 10 carries for 49 yards, a seven-yard catch and three kickoff returns for 66 yards against Washington (11/22).

In the Thanksgiving Day win over Oakland (11/26), led the team with 68 rushing yards on seven carries with a 46-yard touchdown run.

Recorded 10 carries for 51 yards while returning a kickoff a season-long 41 yards in the loss against San Diego (12/13).

In the win at previously undefeated New Orleans (12/19) had 14 carries for 58 yards, one catch for 10 yards and three kickoff returns for 90 yards with a season-long tying 41-yard return.

Finished second on the team with 10 carries for 58 yards and a season-best four catches for 27 yards in the playoff clinching win at Washington (12/27).

In the season finale shutout against Philadelphia (1/3/10), carried the ball a season-high 15 times for 91 yards with a 49-yard touchdown run and caught three passes for three yards as Dallas claimed its 17th NFC East Division title.

Against Philadelphia (1/9/10) in Dallas' first playoff win since 1996, led the team with 16 carries for 148 yards - both all-time personal-bests - with a 73-yard touchdown run - the longest of his career. His 148 yards was the first-ever 100-yard outing of his career, was good for the third-most rushing yards in a playoff game in franchise history, marked the 18th 100-yard postseason outing in team history and made him just the eighth different Cowboy to reach 100 yards.

His 73-yard run was the longest rush by a Cowboy in team postseason history.

Led the team with 14 carries for 69 yards (4.9) with three catches for 22 yards in the Divisional Playoff loss at Minnesota (1/17/10).

His 217 postseason rushing yards placed him ninth on the club's all-time postseason rushing yards list.

2008:

Had his rookie season shortened after suffering a hamstring injury at Arizona (10/12) and subsequent great toe injury suffered during the rehab process, but averaged 8.9 yards with three touchdowns on 30 carries and returned 16 kickoffs for 434 yards (27.1) and a touchdown.

In his NFL debut at Cleveland (9/7), rushed for 62 yards on nine carries with one touchdown - an 11-yarder on his first career carry. Also returned his first career kickoff 20 yards.

In the home-opening win against Philadelphia (9/15), returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown to mark the first kickoff return by Dallas since Randal Williams returned one 38 yards for a score against Philadelphia (10/12/03). Jones' was the longest by a Cowboy since Reggie Swinton had a 100-yard return for a touchdown at Philadelphia (9/22/02) and the longest by a Dallas rookie since Ike Thomas had a 101-yard return against the N.Y. Jets (12/4/71).

Jones racked up 247 return yards against the Eagles to establish a single-game club record while his 41.2-yard return average was good for the fourth best in club annals.

With his 60-yard touchdown run at Green Bay (9/21), scored a touchdown in each of his first three professional games to become the first rookie in club history and the first league rookie since Andre Davis (Houston) and Donte' Stallworth (New Orleans) in 2002 to accomplish that feat. The 60-yard run was the fourth-longest touchdown run by a rookie in team history.

Rushed for 96 yards - including a 33-yard fourth down touchdown scamper - on just nine carries (10.7 avg.) against Cincinnati (10/5).

Returned one kickoff 22 yards and had three carries for 22 yards before leaving the game in the third quarter with the hamstring injury at Arizona (10/12).

Was inactive the next five games before landing on Reserve/Injured on Nov. 26 with the toe

 

[Frank Black]

Thats the 3 threads ive clicked on in a row since logging on today to find useless meaningless posts bagging the original poster that dont contribute 1 bit to the quality of posting in here. What is going on in the Shark Pool.

That's what people do in the Shark Pool these days. It's not enough for some people to stay focused on football. Sarcasm and personal attacks are the norm around here.That said, I am interested to see what happens with F. Jones. Just because he looks slower this year, that doesn't mean that he cannot be the best producing RB in DAL.

 

[Sylira21]

The Jets were able to run well on Minny - of course, they have the best run-blocking line in the league.

Dallas does NOT have a good line right now. I would expect Felix to do middling well, maybe 14 carries, 68 yards. But a lot depends on Favre - if he throws a lot of picks and the Cowboys get ahead, then it Felix could have a big day.

 

[habsfan]

Thats the 3 threads ive clicked on in a row since logging on today to find useless meaningless posts bagging the original poster that dont contribute 1 bit to the quality of posting in here. What is going on in the Shark Pool.Interesting Post by the Originater. Solid Read asking is Felix for real. U dont like what u read, why bother to comment....Its pretty simple really.

+1This stuff is past "take it to FFA". Take it back to 4Chan.

 

[Badm]

Dallas is like alot of teams in the NFL when it comes to RBs. Your really not sure what you are going to get. Mostly because of coaching staff, gameplan and how game is dictated. Felix has shown NFL caliber RB skills. Slower this year or not, he has shown he can hang. The issue now and always was is how will the Cowboys use him. Last week's performance can only be viewed as a positive sign, but who knows how they will come out this week. If I had a better or more reliable option, I would play the wait and see game with Felix. I unfortunately do not have that option so I am starting him and hoping for the best.

If I was playing against a superior opponent, I would play Felix because he could have a break out gamewhich is what I would need to win. If I was playing a weaker opponent, I would play a RB that may be less caliber, but one I know is going to get touches. Not sure if you can overthink this anymore. Noone can predict because its not as much about talent than opportunity.

GL

 

[AngryPatriot]

If Barber gets traded to GB then he'll be a better start.

 

[cvnpoka]

Thats the 3 threads ive clicked on in a row since logging on today to find useless meaningless posts bagging the original poster that dont contribute 1 bit to the quality of posting in here. What is going on in the Shark Pool.

That's what people do in the Shark Pool these days. It's not enough for some people to stay focused on football. Sarcasm and personal attacks are the norm around here.That said, I am interested to see what happens with F. Jones. Just because he looks slower this year, that doesn't mean that he cannot be the best producing RB in DAL.

theres like 8 other active felix threads that actually have content and analysis. this is just some guy blathering on about his situation, providing nothing new, and nothing of substance.

 

[thatguythere]

Well?

Jones doesn't look any better than Barber. How many times are they going to run a screen to Jones for 2 yards where the first guy takes him down.

The defense knows Dallas is running when Barber is in the game and he still ran just as good as Felix.

Equal time coming if Jones doesn't get hurt on one of those two yard gains.

 

[az_prof]

What do we know now?

 

[Phurfur]

If Barber gets traded to GB then he'll be a better start.

I think Barbers contract keeps him in Dallas.

 

[Phurfur]

If Barber gets traded to GB then he'll be a better start.

I think Barber's contract keeps him in Dallas.

 

[harryhood]

What do we know now?

My take is that we will see exactly what we saw yesterday. Mind you it was on the road against a above-average run defense but they involved felix in the pass game and used Barber to get the tough yards. Each has their role to the FOOTBALL team, and I think Felix played well in his role.Barber was 5 for 5 on 3rd and 1's > do you really think they are going to give him more carries on 1st and 2nd down to wear him out? PPR I'd say Felix is looking very good going forward, but with Barbers short yardage success I can easily see him getting most of the GL looks(although he did fail to punch it in one a trip yesterday)

 

[Nemesis]

Well? Jones doesn't look any better than Barber. How many times are they going to run a screen to Jones for 2 yards where the first guy takes him down. The defense knows Dallas is running when Barber is in the game and he still ran just as good as Felix. Equal time coming if Jones doesn't get hurt on one of those two yard gains.

Wasn't impressed with Jones yesterday. He looked slow and almost everytime he was thrown a pass out in the flat, he tried multiple fakes/jukes against defenders and ended up with next to nothing. Instead, he s/h cut once and picked up the most yards, which would have netted ~5yds per play.One analyst last week was harping on the number of negative plays, or zero yard plays that Dallas ends up with in a game and it was evident yesterday.

 

[fruity pebbles]

Well? Jones doesn't look any better than Barber. How many times are they going to run a screen to Jones for 2 yards where the first guy takes him down. The defense knows Dallas is running when Barber is in the game and he still ran just as good as Felix. Equal time coming if Jones doesn't get hurt on one of those two yard gains.

Wasn't impressed with Jones yesterday. He looked slow and almost everytime he was thrown a pass out in the flat, he tried multiple fakes/jukes against defenders and ended up with next to nothing. Instead, he s/h cut once and picked up the most yards, which would have netted ~5yds per play.One analyst last week was harping on the number of negative plays, or zero yard plays that Dallas ends up with in a game and it was evident yesterday.

Didnt impress me once again yesterday. If theres a large hole, he can hit it and pick up yardage but the defense seemingly has no trouble reeling him in if theres not much there. He didnt make anyone miss yesterday and nobody on the defense had any problem catching him.

 

[RedskinsFan]

What do we know now?

Felix is a third year player who's reputation is based on speed. What I saw yesterday was what I expected from Jones. He's not as fast as advertised. Like the past two posters said he wasn't breaking tackles or getting past the initial contact. However in his defense he did touch the ball 24 times which was more then anyone else on the team. The problem in Dallas is the offensive line. With a banged up bad line guys who don't break tackles or show blazing speed aren't very good. Sure you can feed him the ball 24 times but getting a 2.3 yards per carry average or see him reel in 10 passes and average 6.1 per catch average but that isn't very good or likely to get you a win. I don't see them relying on Jones as much going forward. This was an experiment to try and provide a spark which didn't happen. I think they limit Jone's touches to under 15 a game to keep him fresh and healthy and hope that he returns to his rookie year and breaks off long runs. Choice hasn't gotten a carry for the past couple of games and he's healthy. I think they go back to him

 

[switz]

I don't see them relying on Jones as much going forward. This was an experiment to try and provide a spark which didn't happen. I think they limit Jone's touches to under 15 a game to keep him fresh and healthy and hope that he returns to his rookie year and breaks off long runs. Choice hasn't gotten a carry for the past couple of games and he's healthy. I think they go back to him

You only hope they go to Choice, but they won't.So Felix ran into a tough run defense yesterday. They still stuck with him. Barbers role was still limited to some third downs and short yardage. You can't expect much from an RB when the OC calls the exact same play over and over.They lost due to bad special teams and once again stupid mistakes.Felix is going to stay featured. He did nothing to lose the job.

 

[Texican]

It's not the RBs as much as it is the playcalling.

 

[switz]

It's not the RBs as much as it is the playcalling.

Best post in this thread.

 

[Football Jones]

It's abundantly evident to me Felix needs to be their feature back. For every carry Barber gets, the much better RB doesn't get one. Not only that, Felix is going to be a FF monster in the coming seasons.

People should be looking at this week's game as a positive. Remember, we play FF. He nearly always puts up good statistical games, but the Vikes D is pretty tough & Dallas got beat up front. Yet, he managed to catch 10 passes.

If there ever was a RB to go get in a trade, it's Felix Jones.

 

[Nicolas Cocaign]

It's abundantly evident to me Felix needs to be their feature back. For every carry Barber gets, the much better RB doesn't get one. Not only that, Felix is going to be a FF monster in the coming seasons.People should be looking at this week's game as a positive. Remember, we play FF. He nearly always puts up good statistical games, but the Vikes D is pretty tough & Dallas got beat up front. Yet, he managed to catch 10 passes.If there ever was a RB to go get in a trade, it's Felix Jones.

He was $$$ in my PPR leagues yesterday.

 

[Chaka]

It's not the RBs as much as it is the playcalling.

Best post in this thread.

Geez. Everytime Felix fails to meet expectations (hopes) you seem to come up with an excuse to absolve him of culpability. I am hopeful for his production going forward but I expect you to acknowledge that a guy you believe in as much as Felix should at least have done something special with one of his 24 touches yesterday. Instead he looked pedestrian and it's apparently the OCs fault.

 

[Football Jones]

It's not the RBs as much as it is the playcalling.

Best post in this thread.

Geez. Everytime Felix fails to meet expectations (hopes) you seem to come up with an excuse to absolve him of culpability. I am hopeful for his production going forward but I expect you to acknowledge that a guy you believe in as much as Felix should at least have done something special with one of his 24 touches yesterday. Instead he looked pedestrian and it's apparently the OCs fault.

You can't always do something special. Who do you consider to be the best RB in football? Do they always do something special? Felix almost always posts very good statistical games (averages). The Vikes had a lot to do with that. There weren't a lot of holes. They got beat up front bad.As far as him looking pedestrian, I respectfully disagree. I think Felix has proven he's an outstanding RB & his value is only going to increase as Barber gets phased out. I'm super-high on Felix's FF prospects going forward. I believe he'll light it up in 2011.

 

[Football Jones]

BTW, I think why a lot of Felix supporters are excited is because true feature backs are rare these days & it looks like that's the direction his career is going. A talented feature back is worth his weight in gold in FF.

That, alone, is enough for a massive increase in his value, IMO.

 

[Chaka]

It's not the RBs as much as it is the playcalling.

Best post in this thread.

Geez. Everytime Felix fails to meet expectations (hopes) you seem to come up with an excuse to absolve him of culpability. I am hopeful for his production going forward but I expect you to acknowledge that a guy you believe in as much as Felix should at least have done something special with one of his 24 touches yesterday. Instead he looked pedestrian and it's apparently the OCs fault.

You can't always do something special. Who do you consider to be the best RB in football? Do they always do something special? Felix almost always posts very good statistical games (averages). The Vikes had a lot to do with that. There weren't a lot of holes. They got beat up front bad.As far as him looking pedestrian, I respectfully disagree. I think Felix has proven he's an outstanding RB & his value is only going to increase as Barber gets phased out. I'm super-high on Felix's FF prospects going forward. I believe he'll light it up in 2011.

Felix has been electric on a small number of plays throughout his career but between this and last week (his only games with starter opportunities) I have seen nothing that qualifies as outstanding. I said that I am hopeful for Felix's prospects going forward but I think people's expectations are too high for this guy.

 

[Football Jones]

It's not the RBs as much as it is the playcalling.

Best post in this thread.

Geez. Everytime Felix fails to meet expectations (hopes) you seem to come up with an excuse to absolve him of culpability. I am hopeful for his production going forward but I expect you to acknowledge that a guy you believe in as much as Felix should at least have done something special with one of his 24 touches yesterday. Instead he looked pedestrian and it's apparently the OCs fault.

You can't always do something special. Who do you consider to be the best RB in football? Do they always do something special? Felix almost always posts very good statistical games (averages). The Vikes had a lot to do with that. There weren't a lot of holes. They got beat up front bad.As far as him looking pedestrian, I respectfully disagree. I think Felix has proven he's an outstanding RB & his value is only going to increase as Barber gets phased out. I'm super-high on Felix's FF prospects going forward. I believe he'll light it up in 2011.

Felix has been electric on a small number of plays throughout his career but between this and last week (his only games with starter opportunities) I have seen nothing that qualifies as outstanding. I said that I am hopeful for Felix's prospects going forward but I think people's expectations are too high for this guy.

I could understand that if he didn't almost always post very good statistical averages behind a mediocre run-blocking OL. This was one of the very few games his averages weren't top-notch. You don't scout with YPC, but it's not like his OL is dominating.Just the fact it looks like he's becoming a feature back boosts his value tremendously, IMO. My eyes tell me he's going to be very, very good, but we'll see what happens.

 

[JD8p]

I am not sure why everyone is down on Felix.

He played a tough, motivated, desperate D and was OK. He was clearly the focal point while Barber was brought in to do the dirty work...let's see what happens this week against the Giants.

 

[switz]

Felix has been electric on a small number of plays throughout his career but between this and last week (his only games with starter opportunities) I have seen nothing that qualifies as outstanding. I said that I am hopeful for Felix's prospects going forward but I think people's expectations are too high for this guy.

What qualifies as starters touches?18 in the last game last season? (94 total yards, 6.1 YPC)17 in the first playoff game? (178 total yards, 9.3 YPC)17 in the second playoff game (91 total yards, 4.9 YPC)19 vs. TEN (126 total yards, 7.3 YPC)24 vs. MIN (93 total yards, 2.3 YPC)I dunno, 4 out of 5 games with a very good YPC. Didn't miss 90 yards once, twice over 100. Sure it's a small sample, but I don't see much negative to it at all.

 

[gary mexico]

I am not sure why everyone is down on Felix.He played a tough, motivated, desperate D and was OK. He was clearly the focal point while Barber was brought in to do the dirty work...let's see what happens this week against the Giants.

Thats another tough D to run against, felix will be lucky to get any kind of numbers next week.

 

[Sigfawn]

Garrett is just a horrible OC. Why on earth do the Cowboys throw the ball more then any team in the league? They have Barber, Felix, Choice.

Garret is trying to pass his way to an elite offense so he gets a HC job. But that ship has sailed no one is letting that fool run a team. Sure they put up impressive numbers every few games, mostly because they throw the ball almost 70% of the time! How on earth did it take the Cowboys 13 games to get a 100 yard rusher. That offense is a complete mess and Garrett is way over his head.

They keep asking Romo to be Manning, and he's clearly not. Run the freaking ball.

 

[fruity pebbles]

Garrett is just a horrible OC. Why on earth do the Cowboys throw the ball more then any team in the league? They have Barber, Felix, Choice. Garret is trying to pass his way to an elite offense so he gets a HC job. But that ship has sailed no one is letting that fool run a team. Sure they put up impressive numbers every few games, mostly because they throw the ball almost 70% of the time! How on earth did it take the Cowboys 13 games to get a 100 yard rusher. That offense is a complete mess and Garrett is way over his head. They keep asking Romo to be Manning, and he's clearly not. Run the freaking ball.

They kinda tried this last game. Ran the ball 28 times and threw 32. Offense still looked like it was just going through the motions.

 

[JD8p]

I am not sure why everyone is down on Felix.He played a tough, motivated, desperate D and was OK. He was clearly the focal point while Barber was brought in to do the dirty work...let's see what happens this week against the Giants.

Thats another tough D to run against, felix will be lucky to get any kind of numbers next week.

Oh no one said the yardage would come easy...but let's see what happens. The Titans aren't easy to run against either, but that worked out fine.

 

[switz]

Garrett is just a horrible OC. Why on earth do the Cowboys throw the ball more then any team in the league? They have Barber, Felix, Choice. Garret is trying to pass his way to an elite offense so he gets a HC job. But that ship has sailed no one is letting that fool run a team. Sure they put up impressive numbers every few games, mostly because they throw the ball almost 70% of the time! How on earth did it take the Cowboys 13 games to get a 100 yard rusher. That offense is a complete mess and Garrett is way over his head. They keep asking Romo to be Manning, and he's clearly not. Run the freaking ball.

They kinda tried this last game. Ran the ball 28 times and threw 32. Offense still looked like it was just going through the motions.

At least they were more balanced. They easily could have won both of the last two games if they cut out penalties and mistakes. The excessive celebration penalties are inexcusable.They are more balanced, but come on 14 screen plays? All the SAME play pretty much? You gotta figure a D is going to pick up on that pretty quickly. Balance, but a lot of bad calls, wrong plays at the wrong time. But what do I know?

 

[fruity pebbles]

Garrett is just a horrible OC. Why on earth do the Cowboys throw the ball more then any team in the league? They have Barber, Felix, Choice. Garret is trying to pass his way to an elite offense so he gets a HC job. But that ship has sailed no one is letting that fool run a team. Sure they put up impressive numbers every few games, mostly because they throw the ball almost 70% of the time! How on earth did it take the Cowboys 13 games to get a 100 yard rusher. That offense is a complete mess and Garrett is way over his head. They keep asking Romo to be Manning, and he's clearly not. Run the freaking ball.

They kinda tried this last game. Ran the ball 28 times and threw 32. Offense still looked like it was just going through the motions.

At least they were more balanced. They easily could have won both of the last two games if they cut out penalties and mistakes. The excessive celebration penalties are inexcusable.They are more balanced, but come on 14 screen plays? All the SAME play pretty much? You gotta figure a D is going to pick up on that pretty quickly. Balance, but a lot of bad calls, wrong plays at the wrong time. But what do I know?

I agree with you and i know ur a big felix fan but he had a lot of one on ones with those screens. Hes gotta make the first guy miss.

 

[riggidy]

Just traded Matt Ryan away for him. I was weak at RB and had Vick, Roth, and Stafford as my other QB's. I like Felix's chances against Dallas' upcoming "softer" defenses.

Hopefully Dallas can actually lead a game sometime soon.

 

[jdubs952]

Just traded Matt Ryan away for him. I was weak at RB and had Vick, Roth, and Stafford as my other QB's. I like Felix's chances against Dallas' upcoming "softer" defenses. Hopefully Dallas can actually lead a game sometime soon.

They get the Giants twice in the upcoming future. Please define 'softer'

 

[Road Dogg]

You'll find out soon enough

the rent is too damn high

 

[SayWhat?]

Just traded Matt Ryan away for him. I was weak at RB and had Vick, Roth, and Stafford as my other QB's. I like Felix's chances against Dallas' upcoming "softer" defenses. Hopefully Dallas can actually lead a game sometime soon.

They get the Giants twice in the upcoming future. Please define 'softer'

Outside of the Giants as 2 of their last 11 games, their schedule against the run is indeed a lot "softer" than the D's they've already faced (Bears, Vikings, Titans and even Texans). Not sure what else you'd be looking for here. And let's be real, the Giants D isn't the Steelers. Success can be had against them.

 

[Shutout]

I think some of you guys need to get out of your FF mode and look at this in terms of real football (and then come back to see where this is headed in FF).

What the Cowboys did yesterday was take the first step towards fixing a lot of things.

Q: How many times was romo sacked yesterday? A: 0.

Remember, this is a team that has had problems keeping the rush off of them. This is the team that was dismantled by the Vikings last year in the pass protection game and this is a team that faces the G-Men 2x in the next month.

This change is effectively to try to save their season to keep Romo upright and give the Cowboys a chance to move the ball.

Jones didn't appear to be spectacular yesterday but those 10 catches is what slowed the pass rush down (respecting the screens) AND it occupied two LBs. They (the LBers) were constantly bracketing Jones to keep him from simply outruning one defender for big gains (which is EXACTLY what you have to do).

The important thing to keep in mind is that those two LBers were EJ Henderson and Greenway. Not a lot of teams have the caliber of those two types of LBers to do that type of job and the Giants are one of those teams. More times than not, Jones is going to win those matchups in upcoming weeks.



Now, back to fantasy. All its going to take is for Jones to break off one of those passes against lesser Lbers once a game and his statline will increase by about 40 yards and a TD...something we can all live with in PPR.

This is good news for Felix and Romo (will get credit for a TD pass) and Witten (will open up the shallow middle as the LBers must commit and the ends can't lock up Witten on a rush).

This is bad news for MBIII. He is now the "3rd down/cloud of dust/move the chains guy.

I would also pick up Tashard Choice because, speed reduced, he can do the same thing that Felix will now be doing.

 

[Clifford]

As I post this, we are 13 hours away from knowing whether holding onto Felix is a good decision. Why? Well, in 14 yaers of FF, I have never...NEVER received so many trade offers in one given week for one specific player as I have had since Jones went off for 100+ yards last weekend. Where was he on my team? On the bench...I am in a league where I can start 4 RBs and chose to start three (I won last week by 40+ points and admittedly will say I had to look up what Jones did based on the offers I got...by the time the third one came in, I knew something was up). Now prior to his break out and the news from Dallas following how he may be the focus of the running game here one out, I would have likely taken 3 of the 7 offers I received. But now I sit here here wondering...is this really IT?!?!

In redraft (and maybe even in dynasty) his value is at an all-time high. He performed AND seems to have some organizational backing (for once). He is facing a traditionally strong Defense in Minny that has been a turnstyle as of late. Does he put up LT type numbers making his value even higher or does he get 6 carries for 20 yards and leave us with what we had prior to last week?

Curious to what the pool thinks. I am thinking about making some calls in the morning, but if he does perform and does get the lion's share here on out, I know my team will literally be unbeatable (imagine facing Rice, MJD, Hillis and Jones every week).

In the highest scoring league I am in (by far) these players combined for 68.15 points in week 6.