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It’s too early to give up on _________! (1 Viewer)

IHEARTFF said:
fwiw, I gave up on Duke (RB 5) for Parris (WR5) this week.
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I probably would have tried to find someone else to drop. I had that same decision to make & dropped a DB3 instead (IDP) - DaJo isn't exactly the model of staying healthy...I could see Duke being FF relevant this year. 

Not unreasonable, but still...depends on your bench size I guess. 

 
Hot Sauce Guy said:
I probably would have tried to find someone else to drop. I had that same decision to make & dropped a DB3 instead (IDP) - DaJo isn't exactly the model of staying healthy...I could see Duke being FF relevant this year. 

Not unreasonable, but still...depends on your bench size I guess. 
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I didn't love it mainly for DJ health concerns, but the only other reasonable drop there would have been Uncle Rico and I can't quit him.

 
Mongidig said:
He did look slow but its been a weird offseason so maybe he’ll get his explosiveness back. He’s a much better pass catcher than Snell so I don’t see a true split when he comes back. Just keep in mind you drafted him because he has shown he can be an elite fantasy back. I just hope it’s not another year of him going in and out of games. I knew it was a gamble when I drafted him. It can still work out there’s a long way to go. The Steelers needhim to put them over the top.
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All I know is that Snell looked like the better RB.   The Steelers will become a very good team this season and Snell could have plenty of carries every week.  

 
DocHolliday said:
All I know is that Snell looked like the better RB.   The Steelers will become a very good team this season and Snell could have plenty of carries every week.  
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I agree - I called it out in the in-game topic several times. It was super apparent who the best RB on the field was.

that said, this week will probably be ugly. Steelers aren’t gonna Wally Pip Conner - yet. IMO they give Conner a chance to get his legs under him. But coach came out and said Snell earned more touches, and he could see a 1a/1b scenario, so this could get ugly before it gets better for either guy. 

Round 1 definitely went to Snell though. 

 
Buck Bradcanon said:
Full practice for Conner.  Very difficult to start either one this weekend IMO if Conner is active.
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Yup. My opponent has both and he just texted me that he’s pulling his hair out. He wanted them to rest Conner for a week. 

now he’s gonna start Conner and pray he doesn’t get pulled at some point in the 1st quarter. He is very :sadbanana:

on the other hand, I am kinda :pickle:

 
Jones has never in his life looked as good as Burrow has tonight, to be doing what he's doing, no preseason, scaled down camp, short week, on the road.  He's going to be something

 
Hot Sauce Guy said:
Sadly it is definitely not too early to do this. The Lions RB curse continues. 

How is it possible for a front office to be so inept at talent evaluation? 
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Bob Quinn sucks so bad at talent evaluation. I thought his predecessor Martin Mayhew was pretty good. He and Caldwell were miles ahead of this current set-up. Detroit was actually a very respectable team under Mayhew and Caldwell. 

 
kyoun1e said:
S. Michel? D. Harris?

I feel like I don't want to give up on either of them, but after what I saw last week I wonder if this is an ongoing headache.
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I hear you, but I would depending on who you are swapping them out for.

Way too many backs as it is, and Cam back to running makes this a backfield I want zero part of. Would rather take a flier on someone with a clearer path to touches with more upside, than the low and possibly falling floor of a guy like Michel or an unknown of Harris.

Perhaps selling low-ish for someone who is better than what's on the wire?

 
Stompin' Tom Connors said:
I hear you, but I would depending on who you are swapping them out for.

Way too many backs as it is, and Cam back to running makes this a backfield I want zero part of. Would rather take a flier on someone with a clearer path to touches with more upside, than the low and possibly falling floor of a guy like Michel or an unknown of Harris.

Perhaps selling low-ish for someone who is better than what's on the wire?
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Agreed - there are just too many mouths to feed and I don't see Belichick all of a sudden sticking with one guy rather than a rotation. I'd rather take my chances on a Gaskin or someone.

That said, if anyone I'd take a chance on in the Pats backfield, it would be Harris, because he seemed to have some buzz in training camp, seems to have a more well-rounded skill set than the rest, and we really haven't seen what he can do. With Michel, his upside is limited because he'll get several carries (and no receptions) only only when the game script is favorable. 

 
I am guilty. I benched Boyd on a "wait & see" in my dynasty lineup. Short week, wasn't expecting 61 pass attempts. 20 points on the bench. It was definitely too early to give up on everyone's favorite Bengal, Tyler Boyd. 

 
Hot Sauce Guy said:
I am guilty. I benched Boyd on a "wait & see" in my dynasty lineup. Short week, wasn't expecting 61 pass attempts. 20 points on the bench. It was definitely too early to give up on everyone's favorite Bengal, Tyler Boyd. 
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I'm starting Mark ingram in the Flex this week bc it's too early to give up on him. OK, also because I'm down two starters.

 
That said, if anyone I'd take a chance on in the Pats backfield, it would be Harris, because he seemed to have some buzz in training camp, seems to have a more well-rounded skill set than the rest, and we really haven't seen what he can do. With Michel, his upside is limited because he'll get several carries (and no receptions) only only when the game script is favorable. 
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For me it's White. No matter the game script, no matter the situation, White has a chance to get catches. Pats don't have enough receivers so White is sort of the WR2-3 on that team.  IMO he has the safest & most predictable floor of any of the Pats RBs.  Cam is going to vulture some GL carries, and Harris & Sony both have trouble staying on the field 

 
BobbyLayne said:
I'm starting Mark ingram in the Flex this week bc it's too early to give up on him. OK, also because I'm down two starters.
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I may be starting Michel for similar reasons in dynasty and I just threw up in my mouth a little typing that. 

 
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Hot Sauce Guy said:
I may be starting Michel in dynasty and I just threw up in my mouth a little typing that. 
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Godwin is practicing (limited) today so hopefully he'll get out of the protocol today or tomorrow.

Michel is still on our full PPR wire. 53 RBs rostered and he was RB31 last week, and our guys are still saying Naw.

Also, we have a lot of collective Boston/NE hate in our league so that's a factor. 

:lol:

 
Hot Sauce Guy said:
For me it's White. No matter the game script, no matter the situation, White has a chance to get catches. Pats don't have enough receivers so White is sort of the WR2-3 on that team.  IMO he has the safest & most predictable floor of any of the Pats RBs.  Cam is going to vulture some GL carries, and Harris & Sony both have trouble staying on the field 
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Right - I was referring to the debate between Harris and Michel. White would be the most favorable one of all the Pats RBs, but even his upside seems to be lower than what it was a few years ago.

 
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zamboni said:
Right - I was referring to the debate between Harris and Michel. White would be the most favorable one of all the Pats RBs, but even his upside seems to be lower than what it was a few years ago.
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My take as well. Almost every team has some kind of split but I'm trying to avoid a few 3-man situations like DET, NE, SF, et al.

 
BobbyLayne said:
My take as well. Almost every team has some kind of split but I'm trying to avoid a few 3-man situations like DET, NE, SF, et al.
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Mostert is the exception for me on that list. SF isn’t a 3-way split. He had 19 carries & 4 receptions. The rest of the RBs (Coleman & McKinnon) had 11 total, with a couple receptions to McKinnon. 

And worth noting, on the drive where McKinnon had the receiving TD, they’d called the exact same play for Mostert on 1st down - and he got wide open, but JimmyG didn’t look to his left. 

Mostert also had the lone GL carry (unsuccessful, but still...)

Point is, this was hardly an even split. He’s the lead back. And looking at the last 6 games + playoffs last year when he took the lead role, these splits are consistent so I don’t think this game was in any way a fluke. I just think a lot of the experts were wrong and/or missed it. 

Bloom came right out and said he was wrong in the 1st FBG email after Sunday’s games. 

 
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BoltNlava said:
Very happy with this outcome. I was pretty worried for about a quarter and a 1/2!  :missing:
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I’d get used to that. It’s what the Browns want to do ideally. Soften up the D with Chubb (irony), then get fresh legs Hunt in there. 

Get out to a lead & run run run ‘till daddy takes the t-bird away. 

 
Hot Sauce Guy said:
I’ll throw 2 names out for redraft: 

Daniel Jones & Joe Burrow

Both QBs had ups and downs week 1. Both put up somewhat mediocre numbers. 

Give them time. Both have excellent weapons, are young, and should get better as the season goes on: IMO having no preseason hurt players like these the most. 

And it’s very likely anyone who drafted them took them as a QB2, so there’s no urgency to upgrade unless someone clearly better is available off of the wire. 

I suspect fantasy managers would regret dropping both of these players after week 1. 
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Daniel Jones scored 24 points in my league against a stout Steeler team and no Golden Tate. He looked good to me except for his stupid turnovers.  He's on my bench for the first 4 games of the season probably. I think he has blow up upside in favorable matchups which are coming later in the year. 

 
Mongidig said:
Daniel Jones scored 24 points in my league against a stout Steeler team and no Golden Tate. He looked good to me except for his stupid turnovers.  He's on my bench for the first 4 games of the season probably. I think he has blow up upside in favorable matchups which are coming later in the year. 
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And Burrow put up 46.8 on my bench in a 1/3 PPC league last night.

I suspect will continue to improve all season. Both are holds. 

 
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Hot Sauce Guy said:
Mostert is the exception for me on that list. SF isn’t a 3-way split. He had 19 carries & 4 receptions. The rest of the RBs (Coleman & McKinnon) had 11 total, with a couple receptions to McKinnon. 

And worth noting, on the drive where McKinnon had the receiving TD, they’d called the exact same play for Mostert on 1st down - and he got wide open, but JimmyG didn’t look to his left. 

Mostert also had the lone GL carry (unsuccessful, but still...)

Point is, this was hardly an even split. He’s the lead back. And looking at the last 6 games + playoffs last year when he took the lead role, these splits are consistent so I don’t think this game was in any way a fluke. I just think a lot of the experts were wrong and/or missed it. 

Bloom came right out and said he was wrong in the 1st FBG email after Sunday’s games. 
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I was going to post something similar.  Its Mostert's backfield but he will get a series here or there off from time to time.  

 
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