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>>>> Owning McFadden <<<< (1 Viewer)

Well I've held him through all the fun he's created for me all year, so starting him over Ballard (who I started over him last week) this week is the way I'm going as my flex. Round 1 of the playoff's and just can't see not playing my 1st round pick. At home, vs. KC, what could go wrong?

 
I'm curious to hear why people are starting McFadden over Bryce Brown. DMC has scored a total of 3 tds all year in the 9 games he's played in. He's averaging 3.38 yards per carry. His best game yardage-wise was against KC with 114 yards rushing and it took him 29 carries to get there. In his three starts, Bryce has 4 tds and rushed for 178, 169 and 6. My feeling is that if you feel like an underdog in your matchup, play Bryce for the upside. If you feel like the favorite and that you should win if your guys perform around their season averages, then DMC is a safer bet and Bryce may not be worth the risk. I'm probably going with Bryce because he has a better potential for a big game, which I will likely need.

 
Starting him over Montell Owens (no-brainer). Not starting him over Trent Richardson/Chris Johnson. Presently starting him over Matt Forte and Bryce Brown in a PPR league.

 
I'm curious to hear why people are starting McFadden over Bryce Brown. DMC has scored a total of 3 tds all year in the 9 games he's played in. He's averaging 3.38 yards per carry. His best game yardage-wise was against KC with 114 yards rushing and it took him 29 carries to get there. In his three starts, Bryce has 4 tds and rushed for 178, 169 and 6. My feeling is that if you feel like an underdog in your matchup, play Bryce for the upside. If you feel like the favorite and that you should win if your guys perform around their season averages, then DMC is a safer bet and Bryce may not be worth the risk. I'm probably going with Bryce because he has a better potential for a big game, which I will likely need.
Interesting take. I guess it's about matchups to me. McFadden has one of the weeks better matchups against KC and Brown has a tough matchup against Cincy. Coupled with the fact that offensive performances are usually down on Thursday night games and a stinkerooni last week against Tampa has me a bit hesitant to start Brown. My biggest fear of all though is not starting Brown and then McFadden tweaks his ankle in practice or early in the game and I get a goosegg. My other back is SJAX and I guess he is a safe play. Brown though makes me nervous. I'm really struggling with this one.
 
I'm curious to hear why people are starting McFadden over Bryce Brown. DMC has scored a total of 3 tds all year in the 9 games he's played in. He's averaging 3.38 yards per carry. His best game yardage-wise was against KC with 114 yards rushing and it took him 29 carries to get there. In his three starts, Bryce has 4 tds and rushed for 178, 169 and 6. My feeling is that if you feel like an underdog in your matchup, play Bryce for the upside. If you feel like the favorite and that you should win if your guys perform around their season averages, then DMC is a safer bet and Bryce may not be worth the risk. I'm probably going with Bryce because he has a better potential for a big game, which I will likely need.
my fear with bryce is that they get thrashed by the bengals and quickly abandon the run. raiders should keep it close with the chiefs and continuously feed dmac the ball for 3 ypc giving him quite a few chances to bust one and possibly some gl shots. my fear with dmac is that he gets hurt, is completely ineffective despite a big workload and that reece is used at the gl.right now i am leaning bryce.
 
Who would have thought that I would be wondering whether to start McFadden, Sproles or David Wilson this week as my 2.

 
"my fear with bryce is that they get thrashed by the bengals and quickly abandon the run. raiders should keep it close with the chiefs and continuously feed dmac the ball for 3 ypc giving him quite a few chances to bust one and possibly some gl shots. my fear with dmac is that he gets hurt, is completely ineffective despite a big workload and that reece is used at the gl.

right now i am leaning bryce."

I share your concerns about both players. I also want to make sure that the fact that I blew a first round pick on DMC has no bearing whatsoever on my decision. DMC hasn't looked very good all year. It's not just the infamous zone blocking scheme--he just doesn't appear very explosive or particularly elusive to me. Bryce looks much better on both counts. But his offensive line, the matchup and a head coach that might decide to run the ball a total of 10 times all night do worry me. It's a tough call between these two.

 
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I have no reservation on Brown over DMC. Remember Brown went up against Tampa's run D last week, thus the low production. With the Bengals he should be able to get to the outside this time around. DMC while a good matchup has not be productive this year and the injury issue spells a concern for me. I'm going with my gut and run with Brown tonight hoping last week was a fluke.

 
I am playing 2 of these:

DMC

SJax

T Richardson

DMC has the best match up. Richardson has the worst match up but he is better week to week than SJax. Right now, SJax is going to be on the bench. I have a few days to think it over.

 
"my fear with bryce is that they get thrashed by the bengals and quickly abandon the run. raiders should keep it close with the chiefs and continuously feed dmac the ball for 3 ypc giving him quite a few chances to bust one and possibly some gl shots. my fear with dmac is that he gets hurt, is completely ineffective despite a big workload and that reece is used at the gl.

right now i am leaning bryce."

I share your concerns about both players. I also want to make sure that the fact that I blew a first round pick on DMC has no bearing whatsoever on my decision. DMC hasn't looked very good all year. It's not just the infamous zone blocking scheme--he just doesn't appear very explosive or particularly elusive to me. Bryce looks much better on both counts. But his offensive line, the matchup and a head coach that might decide to run the ball a total of 10 times all night do worry me. It's a tough call between these two.
I don't know. Not to make this a Brown coversation but (I am) the Bengals are not Carolina or Dallas's run D. They aslo now have 3 weeks worth of film on Brown and most of all they are FURIOUS over losing to Dallas at home. I can't see them being anything but dominant tonight. That doesn't mean brown can't produce some stats. Now with McFadden, He hasn't impressed me at all this year and I'm totally nervous about how Oakland will use him and his injury that for some reason pulled him out of the game again last week even though he said it was "just a scare" . I don't know, your hurt of your are not hurt. right? I'm sure my choice of Brown or DMAC won't be officially made until 8 tonight.
 
I'm starting DMC over Brown with a decent amount of confidence.

1) Concerns over DMC's ankle are assuaged by the fact that he was fully participating in practice as early as Monday. (of course, he always has the NEW injury risk but that's another story)

2) The O-line has improved slowly but steadily over the course of the year (especially with Wisniewski back).

3) McFadden looked pretty good last week against a tough Denver D (4.7 ypc) and had over 60 total yards in what, less than a half of football?. That TD screen pass was sweet.

4) Not enough track record on Brown to know how Reid will utilize him. Plus he's a known fumbler and last thing I need in the FF playoffs is negative points. DMC is the centerpiece of the OAK offense and I believe Allen has finally realized that.

5) DMC has the better matchup (KC vs. CIN).

Brown could certainly go off again but I think DMC matches Brown's upside with less risk.

 
'DocHolliday said:
I am playing 2 of these:DMCSJaxT RichardsonDMC has the best match up. Richardson has the worst match up but he is better week to week than SJax. Right now, SJax is going to be on the bench. I have a few days to think it over.
I've decided to play DMC over SJax this week. The playoffs are a time to shoot for the moon and McFadden has way more upside of the two.
 
'DocHolliday said:
I am playing 2 of these:DMCSJaxT RichardsonDMC has the best match up. Richardson has the worst match up but he is better week to week than SJax. Right now, SJax is going to be on the bench. I have a few days to think it over.
I've decided to play DMC over SJax this week. The playoffs are a time to shoot for the moon and McFadden has way more upside of the two.
Ballsy, Trent is no brainer every week start. No way I could bench him
 
'DocHolliday said:
I am playing 2 of these:DMCSJaxT RichardsonDMC has the best match up. Richardson has the worst match up but he is better week to week than SJax. Right now, SJax is going to be on the bench. I have a few days to think it over.
I've decided to play DMC over SJax this week. The playoffs are a time to shoot for the moon and McFadden has way more upside of the two.
Ballsy, Trent is no brainer every week start. No way I could bench him
Agreed. Trent doesn't seem to have monster games against bad defenses, but also doesn't seem to have duds against strong defenses. Not benching him for any of those other two.
 
'DocHolliday said:
I am playing 2 of these:DMCSJaxT RichardsonDMC has the best match up. Richardson has the worst match up but he is better week to week than SJax. Right now, SJax is going to be on the bench. I have a few days to think it over.
I've decided to play DMC over SJax this week. The playoffs are a time to shoot for the moon and McFadden has way more upside of the two.
Ballsy, Trent is no brainer every week start. No way I could bench him
Agreed. Trent doesn't seem to have monster games against bad defenses, but also doesn't seem to have duds against strong defenses. Not benching him for any of those other two.
I said I'm playing DMC instead of SJax. I'd play Richardson over both.
 
'DocHolliday said:
I am playing 2 of these:DMCSJaxT RichardsonDMC has the best match up. Richardson has the worst match up but he is better week to week than SJax. Right now, SJax is going to be on the bench. I have a few days to think it over.
I've decided to play DMC over SJax this week. The playoffs are a time to shoot for the moon and McFadden has way more upside of the two.
Ballsy, Trent is no brainer every week start. No way I could bench him
Agreed. Trent doesn't seem to have monster games against bad defenses, but also doesn't seem to have duds against strong defenses. Not benching him for any of those other two.
I said I'm playing DMC instead of SJax. I'd play Richardson over both.
Oops. My bad
 
Starting DMC over Ridley. He can make up what he's done for the last two years. Not going to say I would never draft him again, but definitely not investing as much next time around.

Do you guys think he's only as good as his blocking?

 
McFadden should benefit from watching a MUCH lesser talent in Reece plod out yards in the zone blocking scheme. I could see him take a long screen to the house. Raiders have to know he is their big time back and getting him going (even late) will help for the start of next year. KC is emotionally and physically tired imo. The convergence of these items could be huge dat for Darren McFadden.

 
DMC over Roddy White (PPR). Don't trust White knee situation.

Make or break for me here since I started Bryce Brown. Come on DMC time to live up to 1st rd pick.

 
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I am playing 2 of these:DMCSJaxT RichardsonDMC has the best match up. Richardson has the worst match up but he is better week to week than SJax. Right now, SJax is going to be on the bench. I have a few days to think it over.
I've decided to play DMC over SJax this week. The playoffs are a time to shoot for the moon and McFadden has way more upside of the two.
Ballsy, Trent is no brainer every week start. No way I could bench him
Agreed. Trent doesn't seem to have monster games against bad defenses, but also doesn't seem to have duds against strong defenses. Not benching him for any of those other two.
I said I'm playing DMC instead of SJax. I'd play Richardson over both.
Oops. My bad
I am going with DMC and Trent this week. I have to shoot for the moon.
 
DMC over DeMarco Murray and Mikel Leshoure.

I feel the other two guys are safer plays, but I agree with above. This is the Fantasy Football Playoffs. Its time to go deep! Hail Mary! Go BIG, or go home!

(If DMC screws me I will never forgive him and he will be banned from all my teams in the future)

 
In over Denver's D.Thomas, AJ, and Morris in PPR. Time for my first round bust to do something. :unsure:
It's time to throw that first round stuff out the window! Benching a few studs for DMC bc he's a first round pick might bite you in the butt!
 
The matchup is what I'm looking at. All reports show he's as healthy as he's gonna be. KC sucks. This is the week to shine.

 
We held all season after a high draft pick or bought low, fellow DMC owners. Today is the day our persistence pays off, and the haters will get a great opportunity to hate, hate, hate away.

Let's get some!

:football:

 
They are keeping him fresh, lets hope he's in on some big plays and the goal line....

Had a run from first and goal from ten to the four, then another run to the two, then out.

Yards should be there today, but he needs to get to pay dirt for the big day.

 
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Decent game, if he didn't fumble and had a chance at getting a TD in the red zone, would have had around 20 points.

Next week I'll have to decide between DMC (@ Car) or Knowshon (vs Cle) yet again.

 
Solid day. Would sign up for 30/110/0 and 4/39/0 with a fumble from my RB2 10 times out of 10, he met expectations. All I could ask for.

 
That Carolina matchup is looking much tougher than it did a few weeks back...but as a panthers fan, it's hard to know which Carolina defense will show up week to week.

 
Happily Take 145 all purpose yds from DMC - good job dmac!!!

Pity what his counterpart did on KC for me, but ill leave that for another thread.

 
Ahhhh yes, there he is our old friend from early season. King of sucktitude. Just in time for week 16 championship game dream killing. Thanks dmc!

 

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