I benched Westbrook this week for.... (2 Viewers)

[wino1618]

Must win game for me to make the playoffs, and I went with Chris Johnson (good call) and Marion Barber (not so much) as my RBs.

Other horror stories?

 

[NFL Sunday Ticket]

same deal for me. johnson and barber. wanted to see something out of westie before i inserted him back into the lineup. would have preferred to see a little less than what we saw yesterday

 

[wilked]

D Ward

 

[RandyDB]

My opponent benched Westbrook for D Williams

Unfortunately he also has Chris Johnson, Warner, and Fitzpatrick in his line up

 

[•TheRealMcCoy]

Must win game for me to make the playoffs, and I went with Chris Johnson (good call) and Marion Barber (not so much) as my RBs.Other horror stories?

I sat him for one of the following(havent decided yet): Leon Wash / Braylon / or Colston!!!!!! Im still puking, and I turned it off after Wests 2nd TD!!

 

[Cunk]

I would imagine most who benched Westbrook hadn't owned him before this year. I've had him for a few years and it's not even a question to start him. Even if he's just coming back from an injury. His lack of production of late is just a small blip on the tremendous numbers he's been putting up the last few years.

 

[shuffm]

I benched him for Warrick Dunn.

 

[SKribbles]

Hightower.

 

[ipljeff]

I benched him too!

Chris Johnson, Lynch vs 49ers and Ronnie vs Lambs are in.

 

[Big_Russel]

Chris Johnson... so it stings a lil less (not much). What hurt worse is that i benched Chunky soup for Ben.

 

[Todem]

Must win game for me to make the playoffs, and I went with Chris Johnson (good call) and Marion Barber (not so much) as my RBs.Other horror stories?

I own him in 3 leagues...started him in 2. The one I sat him in is very similar to yours.Started:Chris JohnsonMarion BarberAdrian PertersonI will win that game this week I think but it is painful to watch a 40 point game not count. ADP hoepfully will tear apart the Bears and make me forget about it.

 

[TheWick]

Must win game for me to make the playoffs, and I went with Chris Johnson (good call) and Marion Barber (not so much) as my RBs.Other horror stories?

I sat him for one of the following(havent decided yet): Leon Wash / Braylon / or Colston!!!!!! Im still puking, and I turned it off after Wests 2nd TD!! :(

Thats a real shame Traded him yesterday for Jacobs and Ward in dynasty...beginning to regret it.

 

[SPM]

McFadden in one of my free leagues because I forgot to change it from earlier when I thought he might not play

 

[Ketamine Dreams]

I would imagine most who benched Westbrook hadn't owned him before this year. I've had him for a few years and it's not even a question to start him. Even if he's just coming back from an injury. His lack of production of late is just a small blip on the tremendous numbers he's been putting up the last few years.

Disagree. Guy I am going against in my fourth year dynasty league had him on the bench. He had been pathetic lately so a lot of reasonable owners jumped ship. Guy benched him for Hillis and Ward, LOL.

 

[Haberdasher]

Warrick Dunn

 

[Jon_Moore]

Ronnie Brown. I went to change it once I read he was good to go, and it was just too late

 

[NFL-ons]

My opponent this week is a die hard fbguys supporter. He benched Westy and Mcnabb for Cassel and Dunn.

And I played Landwhale as my flex

 

[dancingbones]

I would imagine most who benched Westbrook hadn't owned him before this year. I've had him for a few years and it's not even a question to start him. Even if he's just coming back from an injury. His lack of production of late is just a small blip on the tremendous numbers he's been putting up the last few years.

2nd year Westy owner and I benched him for Kevin Smith. He (and the entire Eagle offense) had looked like crap ever since his ribs and the BYE. I benched him last week and it paid off. This week, not so much. Still, it is good to see him getting the carries and making good use of them. If I somehow pull out a playoff berth, he'll once again be striking fear into the hearts of my opponents. That is IF I make it past this week!

 

[Happy]

I would imagine most who benched Westbrook hadn't owned him before this year. I've had him for a few years and it's not even a question to start him. Even if he's just coming back from an injury. His lack of production of late is just a small blip on the tremendous numbers he's been putting up the last few years.

Really? This year hasn't been the same....if he had just one bad performance before this game I might agree with you, but he's been average at best for a month now, probably costing a number of teams critical wins in weeks 9 - 12. His last 5 weeks scoring looks like this in PPR performance based leaguesWeek 9 12 pointsWeek 10 7 pointsWeek 11 8 pointsWeek 12 5 pointsWeek 13 41 pointsNot exactly STUD numbers for a month now, coming into a short week in week 13 Thursday game banged up after playing hurt against Baltimore and posting that 5 point performance on Sunday.Yes, I have him. Yes, I benched him in favor or Peyton Hillis and Gore.

 

[Cookiemonster]

From the Westy week 13 thread:

Let's not lose sight of the fact that we had yet another West to East meltdown by the Cardinals (the main reason I reinserted Westy over Fargas to begin with). I don't think his performance was extra special. He looked better, not great. 2 receptions for 7 yards? And one of those didn't feature a defender within 5 yards! Great #s, especially thanks to TDs, but I wasn't blown away. Just consider it a makeup game for last week(s) numbers and temper enthusiasm. New York hasn't exactly been a mecca for opposing FFB RBs lately either.

Yeah, a lot of people missed out on the 4 TD thing (myself almost included) but it's not like he was dynamite. I don't expect a big performance from him next week either. It hurts, but nothing to kick yourself over. How many of you missed out on some big L.Moore games, or M.Bradley? Anybody chase McGahee/Rice/McLain? Was it your fault then?

 

[prelate]

yup. Mewelde Moore. To add insult to injury, looks like fwp practiced yesterday.

 

[NoFBinLA]

I would imagine most who benched Westbrook hadn't owned him before this year. I've had him for a few years and it's not even a question to start him. Even if he's just coming back from an injury. His lack of production of late is just a small blip on the tremendous numbers he's been putting up the last few years.

Really? This year hasn't been the same....if he had just one bad performance before this game I might agree with you, but he's been average at best for a month now, probably costing a number of teams critical wins in weeks 9 - 12. His last 5 weeks scoring looks like this in PPR performance based leaguesWeek 9 12 pointsWeek 10 7 pointsWeek 11 8 pointsWeek 12 5 pointsWeek 13 41 pointsNot exactly STUD numbers for a month now, coming into a short week in week 13 Thursday game banged up after playing hurt against Baltimore and posting that 5 point performance on Sunday.Yes, I have him. Yes, I benched him in favor or Peyton Hillis and Gore.

Did it in one league for LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOONNN Washington.Felt ok doing it at the time because I had the Kool Aid man aka LenDale White go off earlier.Regret not having him in sure - but the injuries, the short week and the general inability of the Eagles to do anythign in short yardage (especially the redzone) this year made me back off him.

 

[KingEl]

I started him thank goodness- esp since my opponent started McNabb and the tds canceled out.... My expectations were low though going in-- that's what I can't figure--- Westbrook is clearly hobbled, been terrible past couple of games against a bad and really good def, coming off 3 days rest after playing on a hard carpet surface that West says causes his knees problems, playing against a pretty good run def--- and he goes off-- runs strong- good avg per carry etc... How does that happen?

Now he gets a mini bye to rest up- so I'm feeling good going forward!

 

[top dog]

I benched him for Chris Johnson. But my opponent benched McNabb for Garcia, so that helps me feel better.

 

[identikit]

From the Westy week 13 thread:

Let's not lose sight of the fact that we had yet another West to East meltdown by the Cardinals (the main reason I reinserted Westy over Fargas to begin with). I don't think his performance was extra special. He looked better, not great. 2 receptions for 7 yards? And one of those didn't feature a defender within 5 yards! Great #s, especially thanks to TDs, but I wasn't blown away. Just consider it a makeup game for last week(s) numbers and temper enthusiasm. New York hasn't exactly been a mecca for opposing FFB RBs lately either.

Yeah, a lot of people missed out on the 4 TD thing (myself almost included) but it's not like he was dynamite. I don't expect a big performance from him next week either. It hurts, but nothing to kick yourself over. How many of you missed out on some big L.Moore games, or M.Bradley? Anybody chase McGahee/Rice/McLain? Was it your fault then?

I'll take that same brand of 'non-dynamite' every time.

 

[nyftbl_giants]

D Ward

this was almost my story. I put westy back in at about 7:45 last night.dont know if its going to even matter though, opponent started his week off with THIS prdonovan 40c jonson 26fitz 23witten 26

 

[thelimey]

Benched him in one league for Fargas, in another for two of D Williams, Jacobs, J Lewis but played him in one league where I pretty much had no alternative. It's my 3rd year as a Westbrook owner and am used to starting him when he's questionable or hasn't practiced but like others say he just doesn't look right at the moment combined with the short week, the posiibilty of McNabb getting yanked and a decent rush d from Arizona it was enough to make me go the safe route.

 

[fred_1_15301]

Benched him for Leon Washington. First time all year I've benched him (other than when he was injured).

 

[[scooter]]

Hightower.

You should be excommunicated from fantasy football for that one.

 

[gianmarco]

Hightower.

You should be excommunicated from fantasy football for that one.

At least he submitted a lineup. I can think of other things that are much more "excommunicatable" offenses.....

 

[OU#1]

Drafting somebody Top 5 to bench him? Seriously?

 

[Magnus_CA]

Benched him for Ronnie Brown and MJD. This week doesn't mean anything so I'm not too hard.

 

[NoFBinLA]

Drafting somebody Top 5 to bench him? Seriously?

You mean you might have been rolling Steven Jackson this whole time? I kinda doubt it.Where you draft someone can be completely irrelevant to how he performs and when you start him.Westy has been hurt and has underperformed for nearly a month. Just because he had a huge game does not wipe out the last three or so bad ones.

 

[bollocks28]

Tomlinson and Turner.

 

[Nate]

Hightower.

You should be excommunicated from fantasy football for that one.

Oof.

 

[kinghill]

Never bench your studs.

 

[Faust]

He was benched in our league for Leon Washington...

This was another team GM BTW - not my team!

 

[OU#1]

Drafting somebody Top 5 to bench him? Seriously?

You mean you might have been rolling Steven Jackson this whole time? I kinda doubt it.Where you draft someone can be completely irrelevant to how he performs and when you start him.Westy has been hurt and has underperformed for nearly a month. Just because he had a huge game does not wipe out the last three or so bad ones.

Duh! If the guy is inactive you obviously aren't going to start him. But if he is active you start him, always.If you benched him because of a bad performance then you are going to be constantly chasing points based on the previous outing. So now this week you will be starting him and chasing his 4 TD performance?Your 1st round pick shouldn't be a spot starter he should be the main part of your team. You have to ride the peaks and valleys and that's just the way it works. If you don't like the peaks and valleys then trade him for somebody who is more consistent, etc.You can rationalize it however you want but you NEVER bench Westbrook if he's active. There is a reason he's a top 5 pick every year despite his history of injury.

 

[kevjones22]

I benched him and Fatdale for slaton and jacobs

 

[NoFBinLA]

Drafting somebody Top 5 to bench him? Seriously?

You mean you might have been rolling Steven Jackson this whole time? I kinda doubt it.Where you draft someone can be completely irrelevant to how he performs and when you start him.Westy has been hurt and has underperformed for nearly a month. Just because he had a huge game does not wipe out the last three or so bad ones.

Duh! If the guy is inactive you obviously aren't going to start him. But if he is active you start him, always.

I clearly wasn't talking about if he is inactive. But Jackson's been active and sucked quite a few times.So NO INFO no matter how relevant will pull him out of your lineup. No matter how bad Jackson has been, you start him?As for will I start him (westbrook)? I'm more likely to start him after nine days off than off three days off. The points are nice but he's unlikely to get 4 TDs each week.

 

[navoner]

Sat him for Larry Johnson. Also sat Randy Moss last week. Probably cost me the league points total worth $500.

 

[Haberdasher]

Never bench your studs.

Westbrook's points for the season by game (taken from 1 of my standard scoring leagues):wk1- 21wk2- 27wk3- 1wk4- 0wk5- 14wk6- 0wk7- 0wk8- 34wk9- 9wk10- 5wk11- 7wk12- 3wk13- 39average pts over 13 games 9.3average pts over games he was active 12.1^^not stud #s. In fact, since week 2 he has had one studly game before yesterday.

 

[robin1970]

i have been playing for over 25 years and each year i give upu on a player too quickly this year i played k.smith over westly never bench your first 5 picks unless they are severly injured, this cost me all the way from d.fouts , r.todd to d.hill, j.taylor, d.casper to e.green, every year i thought i was safe but nooooo!!!

 

[kinghill]

Never bench your studs.

Westbrook's points for the season by game (taken from 1 of my standard scoring leagues):wk1- 21wk2- 27wk3- 1wk4- 0wk5- 14wk6- 0wk7- 0wk8- 34wk9- 9wk10- 5wk11- 7wk12- 3wk13- 39average pts over 13 games 9.3average pts over games he was active 12.1^^not stud #s. In fact, since week 2 he has had one studly game before yesterday.

You probably benched him in Week 8 too.

 

[Sinrman]

In a league where we get points for return yards, I started Leon Washington over Westy. I mean, I started Westy LAST week when he did nothing and Washington blew up. So I reverse it, and it'll be the opposite. Never fails...

 

[Tornacl]

With the playoffs on the line, I started him. My thought was that I was either going to make the playoffs with him, or miss with him. I was in that position in large part because of Westy, Parker, Colston, Witten having been limited for a good part of the season.

 

[munchkin]

Never bench your studs.

Is Braylon Edwards a stud? He was considered so coming into the year.Other than a few games Westbrook has not performed like a stud. It's not always all his fault. If McNabb doesn't play well his value drops considerably. LT hasn't played like a stud so much this year either. If a player is hurt and the team isn't playing well around them you have to consider other players with good match-ups.

 

[Haberdasher]

Never bench your studs.

Westbrook's points for the season by game (taken from 1 of my standard scoring leagues):wk1- 21wk2- 27wk3- 1wk4- 0wk5- 14wk6- 0wk7- 0wk8- 34wk9- 9wk10- 5wk11- 7wk12- 3wk13- 39average pts over 13 games 9.3average pts over games he was active 12.1^^not stud #s. In fact, since week 2 he has had one studly game before yesterday.

You probably benched him in Week 8 too.

Haha, you can't prove that.

 

[Cunk]

Drafting somebody Top 5 to bench him? Seriously?

You mean you might have been rolling Steven Jackson this whole time? I kinda doubt it.Where you draft someone can be completely irrelevant to how he performs and when you start him.Westy has been hurt and has underperformed for nearly a month. Just because he had a huge game does not wipe out the last three or so bad ones.

Duh! If the guy is inactive you obviously aren't going to start him. But if he is active you start him, always.If you benched him because of a bad performance then you are going to be constantly chasing points based on the previous outing. So now this week you will be starting him and chasing his 4 TD performance?Your 1st round pick shouldn't be a spot starter he should be the main part of your team. You have to ride the peaks and valleys and that's just the way it works. If you don't like the peaks and valleys then trade him for somebody who is more consistent, etc.You can rationalize it however you want but you NEVER bench Westbrook if he's active. There is a reason he's a top 5 pick every year despite his history of injury.

Westbrook is one of those players who you shouldn't have to weigh whether you should play him or not. You simply just plug him in and don't even think about it. You don't let a 4 bad weeks in a row change that. Especially since he was coming off of injury in the first couple of weeks back.

 

[rotorooter]

I would imagine most who benched Westbrook hadn't owned him before this year. I've had him for a few years and it's not even a question to start him. Even if he's just coming back from an injury. His lack of production of late is just a small blip on the tremendous numbers he's been putting up the last few years.

respectfully disagree that "it's not even a question to start him" . have him in a keeper league for 3 yrs now.I agree with that you cannot make a decision based on the amount of his practice time.But i understand why some ownersbenched him this week. his prior two weeks were quite poor.benched him last week even though i knew he would play--he was coming off an injury--good idea in retrospect.Thought about benching him this week but once I saw buckhalter was down -- I started him--also a good idea in retrospect.But I feel for the many owners who benched him.