McFadden, Really? (1 Viewer)

[skinsrule05]

I mostly assume going in week 1 I will play the first guys that I drafted. He is not one of them. I know there is the whole Bush injury issue and the 10 page thread with little facts and mostly opinions from people who own one side or the other. From that long thread the jist I get is Bush is out week one and depending on whether you own him or not it could extend until October or be back week 2.

My question is only for week 1. Even with Bush out I wasn't going to start McFadden due to his previous body of work. Then I see the projections this morning and he is ranked # 11 (non-PPR). If I believe that ranking I have to start him. Does anyone really believe he is a must start this week?

 

[Happy Ragnarok]

Then I see the projections this morning and he is ranked # 11. If I believe that ranking I have to start him.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Always start your studs

 

[Babu Bhatt2]

I won't start McFadden until he has proven that he can be a quality fantasy back week in and week out. In other words, I will never play McFadden under any circumstances.

 

[az_prof]

Always start your studs

I agree with this early in the season. At this point, we don't really know which defenses are killer defenses that can shut down a stud. We also don't know things like how some of these depth chart battles are decided. We don't know how much if at all Bush will play in week 1. We don't really know what that Raider's offense will look like because teams play vanilla in preseason. If you have a RB that is ranked higher on your own charts, I would start him regardless of what someone else's start/bench recommendation is--at least for the first few weeks of the season.

 

[Happy Ragnarok]

If you're paying for the service, and don't follow each and every recommendation to the letter, you might as well just flush your money right down the toilet. You know what free thought leads to, hippie? Pot smoking.

 

[cstu]

He's tough to start, but 92 total yards and 4 catches really isn't much to expect with Bush out.

 

[Sigmund Bloom]

Im real curious how Hue Jackson is going to use McFadden. Hopefully he learned something from being part of the Ravens offensive staff last year and seeing how much punch Ray Rice added as a receiver out of the backfield. That is how McFadden can do the most damage, as opposed to being a traditional b/w the tackles tailback. McFadden runs WR like routes when he's split out wide, and with the issues at WR (Jackson was CIN WR coach during the heyday of that offense), maybe McFadden gets some looks there too. McFadden had lines of 4-43, 4-55, and 3-84 once Russell was benched last year, so he could be a PPR league steal... week one will tell a lot.

 

[Resident A]

I have McFadden deep on my on my bench, no way would I consider starting him over any top-20 RB, regardless what the talking heads project. If he shows something, maybe I'll have to consider him in future weeks.

BUT- If you were looking at starting a guy like J Harrison, Cadillac, or Forsett at RB2- then McFadden is certainly an option worth consideration.

 

[Raiderfan32904]

McFadden has a real chance to see 25+ touches this weekend. I don’t see any significant threats in Rock Cartwright or Michael Bennett. The key ascension of rookie Jared Veldheer to starting center will be key, and in all the early preseason drives, the big 6’8” Hillsdale College grad has created a significant push off the line of scrimmage. He’s had his bad moments too, and in the third preseason game, you saw him get beat badly as Patrick Willis led an inside run blitz and caught McFadden in the backfield. Truth be told, any runner would have taken a four yard loss on that play. It’s tough to fault McFadden for everything. The offensive line will need to pattern zone blocking with power blocking schemes to keep the Titans defense honest.

But think about how many week #1 RB’s you could honestly pencil in 25 carries? I mean conservatively?

An almost top ten ranking is stretching it, but if I was hurting for running backs, I’d plug him in and see what happens. In the league I own McFadden, he is sitting on the bench while I have Peterson, Best, and Barber starting.

 

[jimed]

What are your other options??

I wouldn't start him as a flex unless I absolutly had to

 

[latrops]

I mostly assume going in week 1 I will play the first guys that I drafted. He is not one of them. I know there is the whole Bush injury issue and the 10 page thread with little facts and mostly opinions from people who own one side or the other. From that long thread the jist I get is Bush is out week one and depending on whether you own him or not it could extend until October or be back week 2. My question is only for week 1. Even with Bush out I wasn't going to start McFadden due to his previous body of work. Then I see the projections this morning and he is ranked # 11 (non-PPR). If I believe that ranking I have to start him. Does anyone really believe he is a must start this week?

I could probably better answer your question if I knew what your other options are. McFadden is playable this week and might even put up some solid numbers. While one site projects him at #11, it doesn't actually mean he will have one of the best 11 rb scores this week. Sometimes you agree or hope the experts are right, sometimes you wonder what they are smoking.

 

[Go deep]

McFadden has a real chance to see 25+ touches this weekend. I don't see any significant threats in Rock Cartwright or Michael Bennett. The key ascension of rookie Jared Veldheer to starting center will be key, and in all the early preseason drives, the big 6'8" Hillsdale College grad has created a significant push off the line of scrimmage. He's had his bad moments too, and in the third preseason game, you saw him get beat badly as Patrick Willis led an inside run blitz and caught McFadden in the backfield. Truth be told, any runner would have taken a four yard loss on that play. It's tough to fault McFadden for everything. The offensive line will need to pattern zone blocking with power blocking schemes to keep the Titans defense honest. But think about how many week #1 RB's you could honestly pencil in 25 carries? I mean conservatively? An almost top ten ranking is stretching it, but if I was hurting for running backs, I'd plug him in and see what happens. In the league I own McFadden, he is sitting on the bench while I have Peterson, Best, and Barber starting.

You think Mcfadden is going to get 25 caries and you are starting Barber over him?

 

[cstu]

McFadden has a real chance to see 25+ touches this weekend. I don't see any significant threats in Rock Cartwright or Michael Bennett. The key ascension of rookie Jared Veldheer to starting center will be key, and in all the early preseason drives, the big 6'8" Hillsdale College grad has created a significant push off the line of scrimmage. He's had his bad moments too, and in the third preseason game, you saw him get beat badly as Patrick Willis led an inside run blitz and caught McFadden in the backfield. Truth be told, any runner would have taken a four yard loss on that play. It's tough to fault McFadden for everything. The offensive line will need to pattern zone blocking with power blocking schemes to keep the Titans defense honest. But think about how many week #1 RB's you could honestly pencil in 25 carries? I mean conservatively? An almost top ten ranking is stretching it, but if I was hurting for running backs, I'd plug him in and see what happens. In the league I own McFadden, he is sitting on the bench while I have Peterson, Best, and Barber starting.

You think Mcfadden is going to get 25 caries and you are starting Barber over him?

Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

 

[Babu Bhatt2]

McFadden has a real chance to see 25+ touches this weekend. I don't see any significant threats in Rock Cartwright or Michael Bennett. The key ascension of rookie Jared Veldheer to starting center will be key, and in all the early preseason drives, the big 6'8" Hillsdale College grad has created a significant push off the line of scrimmage. He's had his bad moments too, and in the third preseason game, you saw him get beat badly as Patrick Willis led an inside run blitz and caught McFadden in the backfield. Truth be told, any runner would have taken a four yard loss on that play. It's tough to fault McFadden for everything. The offensive line will need to pattern zone blocking with power blocking schemes to keep the Titans defense honest. But think about how many week #1 RB's you could honestly pencil in 25 carries? I mean conservatively? An almost top ten ranking is stretching it, but if I was hurting for running backs, I'd plug him in and see what happens. In the league I own McFadden, he is sitting on the bench while I have Peterson, Best, and Barber starting.

You think Mcfadden is going to get 25 caries and you are starting Barber over him?

Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

McFadden with 25 carries projects only to 70 yards and half a touchdown.

 

[Go deep]

McFadden has a real chance to see 25+ touches this weekend. I don't see any significant threats in Rock Cartwright or Michael Bennett. The key ascension of rookie Jared Veldheer to starting center will be key, and in all the early preseason drives, the big 6'8" Hillsdale College grad has created a significant push off the line of scrimmage. He's had his bad moments too, and in the third preseason game, you saw him get beat badly as Patrick Willis led an inside run blitz and caught McFadden in the backfield. Truth be told, any runner would have taken a four yard loss on that play. It's tough to fault McFadden for everything. The offensive line will need to pattern zone blocking with power blocking schemes to keep the Titans defense honest. But think about how many week #1 RB's you could honestly pencil in 25 carries? I mean conservatively? An almost top ten ranking is stretching it, but if I was hurting for running backs, I'd plug him in and see what happens. In the league I own McFadden, he is sitting on the bench while I have Peterson, Best, and Barber starting.

You think Mcfadden is going to get 25 caries and you are starting Barber over him?

Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

McFadden with 25 carries projects only to 70 yards and half a touchdown.

Add in 4-5 receptions for 30 or 40 yards and added chance at a TD, and he should easily start over Barber.

 

[killrobotkill]

Trust me, it's a really bad feeling when you decide to sit your top draft picks in Week 1 for a player you have a hunch about, and it blows up in your face. I'd much rather start my studs and have my bench players outperform them than vice versa.

Assuming you did your homework before you drafted, you drafted other RB's ahead of McFadden for a good reason. Go with that reasoned logic for week 1.

 

[Raiderfan32904]

McFadden has a real chance to see 25+ touches this weekend. I don't see any significant threats in Rock Cartwright or Michael Bennett. The key ascension of rookie Jared Veldheer to starting center will be key, and in all the early preseason drives, the big 6'8" Hillsdale College grad has created a significant push off the line of scrimmage. He's had his bad moments too, and in the third preseason game, you saw him get beat badly as Patrick Willis led an inside run blitz and caught McFadden in the backfield. Truth be told, any runner would have taken a four yard loss on that play. It's tough to fault McFadden for everything. The offensive line will need to pattern zone blocking with power blocking schemes to keep the Titans defense honest. But think about how many week #1 RB's you could honestly pencil in 25 carries? I mean conservatively? An almost top ten ranking is stretching it, but if I was hurting for running backs, I'd plug him in and see what happens. In the league I own McFadden, he is sitting on the bench while I have Peterson, Best, and Barber starting.

You think Mcfadden is going to get 25 caries and you are starting Barber over him?

Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

McFadden with 25 carries projects only to 70 yards and half a touchdown.

Add in 4-5 receptions for 30 or 40 yards and added chance at a TD, and he should easily start over Barber.

I know it sounds funny, but using the FBG’s way of projecting, I like Barber’s high power offense and red zone probability over the Raiders RZ probability.For this reason, I like Barber to have 80 yards, and 0.8 TDs with 30 yards receiving. I like McFadden to have 75 yards, 0.4 TDs with 40 yards receiving.

 

[skinsrule05]

Always start your studs

I wouldn't start him over a stud but as a flex over guys like Royal or Reggie Bush I am thinking about it. I just really caught me off guard seeing him projected that high because up until that he wasn't even a thought in my mind until he proved something.