Panic Meter - 1 (not panicked) to 10 (totally panicked) (1 Viewer)

[efactor]

Yeah, imma give Akers a 10

Just so many 0 or 1 yard runs. Or negative runs when trying to salt the game away.

McVay is gonna hate watching that film.

So many red flags. Miracle he even scored.

the score was a gift from the coach. this baffles me. Akers finishes the season as a top back. all indications he is good to go & after two carries the coach yanks him. I don't understand at all. no warning in pre-season. nothing.

There's definitely a dynamic at work with those two. McVay was trying to unload him last year with really nobody better to replace him, coming off a super bowl win. No takers and then he ends up starting after they throw in the towel on Henderson. Now that he seems to have trust in Williams, I can see him kicking Akers to the curb

 

[Mister CIA]

I constantly remind myself that the NFL is selling us the last week of the pre-season and branding it Week 1. Outside of injuries, I try very hard to ignore week 1 results.

That's a fun point.

You should unpack this, Joe. Can't tell if you agree or disagree.

 

[travdogg]

Diontae Johnson=3 if the hammy is ok, 6 if its gonna be a few weeks. Its clear Pickens isn't a threat to be the #1 to me.

I don't think his hammy is ok but if it was why have any concern? He looked like the best player on the offense before he got hurt, the major bright spot

Just general questioning of the offense. I probably could have just said Steelers offense, but wanted to highlight Najee, and acknowledge the injury to Diontae.

 

[Mister CIA]

Love that we can solicit your attention on days like these. Muchos gracias.

 

[Joe Bryant]

Pierce-7. Ravens defense is tough. I get that. A big concern was Singletary getting so much of the work load. I thought Pierce was locked in as a ball hog. Add in that offense is gonna be bad.

Feeling this way too much.

 

[Gally]

Here are my panic levels:

• Akers (8) - looked terrible, taken out early, WIlliams looked a lot better
• K. Herbert (4) - weird game. Roschon was mostly garbage time but did look good which is why I have this as a 4 instead of a 2
• Van Jefferson (9) - I expeted him to have the Puka game. I just don't think Jefferson will live up to what I had hoped.
• Mostert (6) - I didn't like his usage at all. I expected a heavy dose of Mostert against the below average Charger Run Defense. They barely gave him a shot. Uh Oh.
• Pacheco (6) - I thought he would be the main guy but KC still utilizing CEH more than he should be is disheartening.
• Goedert (2) - Not worried at all.

 

[Joe Bryant]

Love that we can solicit your attention on days like these. Muchos gracias.

Ha. The forums are the backbone of FBG.

 

[cdclopper]

Aj Dillon 7

Didn't watch the game, but it's a bit alarming he got as much work as old timer Aaron Jones but could only manage, well nothing. And Aaron Jones was tearing it up

 

[zamboni]

London-9. Has nothing to do with his ability. I just don't think Ridder can carry ANY wr to fantasy success.

I’m also very concerned but not quite as panicked. As much as the Falcons want to run the ball, they’re not going to get away with throwing the ball 18 times very often.

What concerns me more though is that even if they do expectedly throw more, London has to compete with Pitts for targets. He didn’t have that last year when he started to blossom down the stretch. Net/net my panic meter is about 5 based on one data point, but ask me again next week.

 

[-OZ-]

My entire contest team is a 9.

Dionte Johnson - 8. The hammy strain is just more reason for concern.

This. Although he’s my 4, so probably ok.
Kupp - 10?
DK and Walker are both a 7. Geno might just be a one year wonder.

 

[Golden Gopher]

Not players but offenses.

Seattle at home against the Rams and couldn't do much of anything - 5.
Minnesota at home against TB. WTF happened there. - 5
Same with Cincy but it was a road game, so a little less panic - 2.

Cousins threw for almost 300 yards in the first half, and they had 10 points to show for it. At one point, MIN had > 300 yards in total offense, and TB had something like 35. And it was 10-3 Vikings. They simply can not put away teams that they should beat by multiple scores. Call it playing to the level of the competition or whatever you want, it's aggravating.

Yesterday's debacle came down to one thing. Pressure on Cousins. Tampa did a good job of making him uncomfortable. At times, he was able to get rid of the ball and make plays. At one point, I believe he completed about 11 or 12 passes in a row. But, the Bucs defense got to him when it mattered. Forced two fumbles, a handful of sacks, and a big INT at the goalline.

Minnesota needs to sign some interior O-Line help immediately. I'm almost afraid to watch what's going to happen on Thursday against the Eagles. They may just want to sit Cousins and save him for Week 3.

They also lost their center (Bradbury) to an injury early. That may have led to some of the pressure issues and lack of running the ball. The three turnovers really was the difference. Take those away and they likely win fairly easily. One fluke turnover (lineman knocked it out of Cousins hands when he was pulling for a run) and one pick that could have been a TD if Osborne played it better or the throw was slightly better. I am not panicked about the offense. The bigger deal is the defense not able to get a stop when needed on Baker and the poor TB offense.

I guess I just look at it a bit differently. The offensive line's inability to protect the QB goes back to before Cousins came to MIN. They have been mostly mediocre when healthy, and downright atrocious when not. Injuries are going to happen. And, I get it. Cousins isn't exactly Mr. Mobility. Protecting him against an aggressive defense is easier said than done. Bottom line... No matter how you slice it, scoring only 10 points in a half where you surpass 300 yards is unacceptable. And, I think the blame has to be shared by all involved. The line needs to be better, but so does Cousins, the coaching staff, and the position players like Osborn.

As for the defense, I'm cautiously optimistic that they'll be better than last year's "bend but don't break" nightmare. I'm a fan of Brian Flores, and I think we saw glimpses of a much more aggressive defense than what we had last year. But, you're right.... They weren't very good when it really mattered, late in the 4th quarter. And, unfortunately, with their schedule, there's not a lot of room for error. We can't afford to lose very winnable games. I'm hoping Flores can convey a sense of urgency to the defense. There's no time for anything less than their best effort for 60 minutes every game.

 

[JohnnyU]

Aj Dillon 7

Didn't watch the game, but it's a bit alarming he got as much work as old timer Aaron Jones but could only manage, well nothing. And Aaron Jones was tearing it up

How bad is AJ hamstring injury?

 

[JohnnyU]

Sucks to get McVeyed. I wish I didn’t have any Rams RBs. Good luck knowing which one to play.

 

[kyoun1e]

Here are my panic levels:

• Mostert (6) - I didn't like his usage at all. I expected a heavy dose of Mostert against the below average Charger Run Defense. They barely gave him a shot. Uh Oh.

Yup. This should have been a smash start. He was stuck on like 10 carries for 33 yards for what seemed like forever.

Not sure this team will ever be interested in running the ball as long as Tua/Hill/Waddle there. Even though McDaniels is a Shanahan guy.

 

[JohnnyU]

Najee Harris sucks. This ad was brought to you by “marshmallows stuffed into the brain of a fantasy football player “. Now back to your regularly scheduled program.

 

[Lansdowne]

As a dynasty owner my panic level for Kyle Pitts is at 8, bordering 9.

I already goofed up taking him over Ja'Marr Chase in my rookie draft because I favored the position scarcity and thought I was getting TE Megatron. You know, talent over situation and all that jazz. But I'm pretty fed up with Arthur Smith and going to need to see a coaching change before I have any confidence in Pitts again. He's in year 3 of a 5-year rookie contract with two possible franchise tag years as well. TE is such a wasteland and I'm afraid of benching Pitts for a TE2 type and seeing Pitts go off on my bench. He's feeling more and more like a sunk cost. I've played in keeper and dynasty leagues for the better part of two decades and no player has been more frustrating to own than Pitts. Sorry for the rant.

 

[Pigskin Fanatic]

Aj Dillon 7

Didn't watch the game, but it's a bit alarming he got as much work as old timer Aaron Jones but could only manage, well nothing. And Aaron Jones was tearing it up

How bad is AJ hamstring injury?

lol i read that wrong... was about to correct this that AJ wasn't hurt. anyway, regarding the bolded in the op, the stat line is deceiving. Dillon did not get the same workload as AJones, 9 of his 13 carries came after Jones got hurt in the third and most of those were with GB running clock with a comfortable lead. so it's worse than you think, panic meter should go higher.

 

[humpback]

Dallas Goedert - 6

I don't think we can read much into what happened with him yesterday. The weather was terrible, the NE defense played very well and the Eagles struggled to move the ball except on the first two drives, one of which was very short due to Elliott's fumble. Several times Goedert was open and Hurts didn't see him or had already made up his mind to go elsewhere. And Sirianni said after the game that he wants to get Goedert (and Swift) more involved.

Brown always gets his, but sometimes one of Smith or Goedert doesn't. That's what happened yesterday.

It's hard to blame the weather when the great Mac Jones goes for 300+ and 3 TDs and Hurts still threw 33 times- for some reason only 1 went to Goedert, which was basically a throw-away. And while everyone has stinkers every now and then, this is his first goose-egg since Hurts has been the starter.

The fact that he was open and didn't get the ball may actually add to the concern- what if the new OC doesn't plan on featuring Goedert as much?

That said, it's week 1 so outside of injury I'd be hard pressed to put anyone above a 5. I do have some concern about Goedert though, that was brutal.

 

[General Malaise]

List some players and your level of concern or panic for them

1 is not panicked at all. 10 is totally panicked.

Skyy Moore - 3 - strange game, I'd like to see him play with Kelce. Not like Toney stole the show.

Kenny Pickett - 3 - awful game against a very good defense. Pitt isn't going to bench him for Mitchell, but this was a horrible start for a guy with big buzz coming into this one.

D'Andre Swift - 6 - I don't think he is going to be playing in the NFL very long.

Justin Fields - 7 - Chicago can't be happy with this. Another dud or two and Fields will be replaced by a kid in college right now.

Daniel Jones - 8 - You know that plastic case that they flip open first before pressing the red panic button in movies or whatever? That case is vertical now.

Rashaad Penny - 10 - thanks for the ending to the 2021 fantasy football season. You were magic. You didn't need a uniform yesterday and D Swift got PT that you did not. Ouch.

 

[JohnnyU]

Aj Dillon 7

Didn't watch the game, but it's a bit alarming he got as much work as old timer Aaron Jones but could only manage, well nothing. And Aaron Jones was tearing it up

How bad is AJ hamstring injury?

lol i read that wrong... was about to correct this that AJ wasn't hurt. anyway, regarding the bolded in the op, the stat line is deceiving. Dillon did not get the same workload as AJones, 9 of his 13 carries came after Jones got hurt in the third and most of those were with GB running clock with a comfortable lead. so it's worse than you think, panic meter should go higher.

I read where he said he was fine and had more to do with the score. I’m not sure I’m buying that.

 

[Joe Bryant]

Aj Dillon 7

Didn't watch the game, but it's a bit alarming he got as much work as old timer Aaron Jones but could only manage, well nothing. And Aaron Jones was tearing it up

How bad is AJ hamstring injury?

lol i read that wrong... was about to correct this that AJ wasn't hurt. anyway, regarding the bolded in the op, the stat line is deceiving. Dillon did not get the same workload as AJones, 9 of his 13 carries came after Jones got hurt in the third and most of those were with GB running clock with a comfortable lead. so it's worse than you think, panic meter should go higher.

I read where he said he was fine and had more to do with the score. I’m not sure I’m buying that.

I'm not sure either. He was all smiles getting stretched out though. So maybe he's right.

 

[JohnnyU]

List some players and your level of concern or panic for them

1 is not panicked at all. 10 is totally panicked.

Skyy Moore - 3 - strange game, I'd like to see him play with Kelce. Not like Toney stole the show.

Kenny Pickett - 3 - awful game against a very good defense. Pitt isn't going to bench him for Mitchell, but this was a horrible start for a guy with big buzz coming into this one.

D'Andre Swift - 6 - I don't think he is going to be playing in the NFL very long.

Justin Fields - 7 - Chicago can't be happy with this. Another dud or two and Fields will be replaced by a kid in college right now.

Daniel Jones - 8 - You know that plastic case that they flip open first before pressing the red panic button in movies or whatever? That case is vertical now.

Rashaad Penny - 10 - thanks for the ending to the 2021 fantasy football season. You were magic. You didn't need a uniform yesterday and D Swift got PT that you did not. Ouch.

Skyy Moore will be a 10 on the panic meter if he has another clunker next week. No shares by me.

 

[Pots]

Pierce - 3 - he'll get his next week
Fields - 8 - he looked BAD, his OL looked BAD, he doesn't look like an NFL QB
Saquon - 2

 

[JohnnyU]

Pierce - 3 - he'll get his next week
Fields - 8 - he looked BAD, his OL looked BAD, he doesn't look like an NFL QB
Saquon - 2

I don think Indy can support many in the passing game………yet. Downs could end up more valuable than Pierce.

 

[Pigskin Fanatic]

I don't own any shares of him, but is no one worried about the timeshare in ATL? Not a bad first NFL game showing by any means, but the other RB who actually has a 1000 yard season under his belt outcarried him. I would read that as a road to an even timeshare and that seems like it makes his ADP quite expensive.

edit to add i do see that Bijan outsnapped Allgeier 63.5% to 55.8%, so at least he had a better share of the passing downs.

 

[Pots]

Pierce - 3 - he'll get his next week
Fields - 8 - he looked BAD, his OL looked BAD, he doesn't look like an NFL QB
Saquon - 2

I don think Indy can support many in the passing game………yet. Downs could end up more valuable than Pierce.

Wrong Pierce

 

[JohnnyU]

Pierce - 3 - he'll get his next week
Fields - 8 - he looked BAD, his OL looked BAD, he doesn't look like an NFL QB
Saquon - 2

I don think Indy can support many in the passing game………yet. Downs could end up more valuable than Pierce.

Wrong Pierce

How was I to know?

 

[FairWarning]

I don't own any shares of him, but is no one worried about the timeshare in ATL? Not a bad first NFL game showing by any means, but the other RB who actually has a 1000 yard season under his belt outcarried him. I would read that as a road to an even timeshare and that seems like it makes his ADP quite expensive.

edit to add i do see that Bijan outsnapped Allgeier 63.5% to 55.8%, so at least he had a better share of the passing downs.

Allegier looked good when he got touches. There should be plenty for both. Now the Atl passing game, I would rate that a 10. How much is on the qb here?

 

[FairWarning]

Actually Allegier may be a decent flex. He would have some good value to the Bijan team if you are in a jam.

 

[JohnnyU]

Cam Akers = 7
He didn't look like the guy who ran so well over the second half of last year, and Kyren Williams got two (could have been three) TDs.

DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT	FPTS	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	FUM	AVG	REC	YDS	LNG	TD	FUM
Jan 8, 2023	@SEA	L 19-16	12	21	104	5.0	32	0	0	8.0	3	24	13	0	0
Jan 1, 2023	@LAC	L 31-10	13	19	123	6.5	42	0	0	10.0	1	10	10	0	0
Dec 25, 2022	vs DEN	W 51-14	31	23	118	5.1	21	3	0	14.5	2	29	17	0	0
Dec 19, 2022	@GB	L 24-12	9	12	65	5.4	19	0	0	11.7	3	35	18	0

Not bad over his last 4 games last year.

 

[Deranged Hermit]

Just for the games I watched:
* Justin Fields- 8
The o-line was absolutely putrid and Fields matched that with his terrible decision making. I had high hopes this year, but I'm afraid I was completely wrong.
* Khalil Herbert- 4
He looked ok early on, but was taken out when the game got out of hand. He will have very nice games and some dogs. Decent flex option for sure.
* Saquan Barkley- 1
Game just got out of hand. Dallas has a great defense and the NYG weren't prepared. Barkley was and is the Giants offense.
* Jahan Dotson- 5
Man, 40 yards against that dog of a defense. He didn't really look special in a game he and McLaurin should have shined.
* Philly offense-1
They have some work to do. I have zero worries , but they need to get in synch.

 

[PIK95]

Christian Kirk -6. It would be a 10, but he was never going to be a league winner anyway. Now he's like the fifth option in the passing attack? Oh man.

 

[JohnnyU]

Just for the games I watched:
* Justin Fields- 8
The o-line was absolutely putrid and Fields matched that with his terrible decision making. I had high hopes this year, but I'm afraid I was completely wrong.
* Khalil Herbert- 4
He looked ok early on, but was taken out when the game got out of hand. He will have very nice games and some dogs. Decent flex option for sure.
* Saquan Barkley- 1
Game just got out of hand. Dallas has a great defense and the NYG weren't prepared. Barkley was and is the Giants offense.
* Jahan Dotson- 5
Man, 40 yards against that dog of a defense. He didn't really look special in a game he and McLaurin should have shined.
* Philly offense-1
They have some work to do. I have zero worries , but they need to get in synch.

Philly offense 0
Dotson 0 (no shares)
Herbert 5
Fields 2 for fake football 5 for real football.

 

[Deranged Hermit]

Just for the games I watched:
* Justin Fields- 8
The o-line was absolutely putrid and Fields matched that with his terrible decision making. I had high hopes this year, but I'm afraid I was completely wrong.
* Khalil Herbert- 4
He looked ok early on, but was taken out when the game got out of hand. He will have very nice games and some dogs. Decent flex option for sure.
* Saquan Barkley- 1
Game just got out of hand. Dallas has a great defense and the NYG weren't prepared. Barkley was and is the Giants offense.
* Jahan Dotson- 5
Man, 40 yards against that dog of a defense. He didn't really look special in a game he and McLaurin should have shined.
* Philly offense-1
They have some work to do. I have zero worries , but they need to get in synch.

Philly offense 0
Dotson 0 (no shares)
Herbert 5
Fields 2 for fake football 5 for real football.

Wow, really a 2 for Fields? He looked completely lost out there to me. I really hope I'm wrong, but he didn't impress me at all.

 

[JohnnyU]

Just for the games I watched:
* Justin Fields- 8
The o-line was absolutely putrid and Fields matched that with his terrible decision making. I had high hopes this year, but I'm afraid I was completely wrong.
* Khalil Herbert- 4
He looked ok early on, but was taken out when the game got out of hand. He will have very nice games and some dogs. Decent flex option for sure.
* Saquan Barkley- 1
Game just got out of hand. Dallas has a great defense and the NYG weren't prepared. Barkley was and is the Giants offense.
* Jahan Dotson- 5
Man, 40 yards against that dog of a defense. He didn't really look special in a game he and McLaurin should have shined.
* Philly offense-1
They have some work to do. I have zero worries , but they need to get in synch.

Philly offense 0
Dotson 0 (no shares)
Herbert 5
Fields 2 for fake football 5 for real football.

Wow, really a 2 for Fields? He looked completely lost out there to me. I really hope I'm wrong, but he didn't impress me at all.

It doesn’t matter for fantasy if he gets 1K rushing and 10 TDS. As long as he’s on the field he is a stud for fantasy because of his legs.

 

[VikingFrog]

D. Swift - 8
K. Herbert -8

Those are my two starting RBs on a team I went zero RB strategy.

I’d like to combine those two panic levels to a 16.

 

[dmac37]

Herbert-5. I think he leads the team in carries, but it appears all 3 will eat something. I own no shares but tempted to see how cheap I can get him.

Swift-7. Seems like we spend a lot of time trying to figure out Eagles RBs. I really thought his talent would take over. Maybe it still will. I own no shares, but If if I did I'd be kinda concerned. I will say his ADP was factored into this as a possibility so the investment isn't horrible.

Akers-7. What a journey Akers has had. Such a roller coaster. He's good. He's bad. He's in the doghouse. He isn't. Hard to know. His range of outcomes is so big that makes me skeptical on a positive outcome.

Rachaad White-9. To be honest I was never a fan. He seemed okay I guess. Then his ADP grew so high it got silly. I know these boards like Tucker, but it's just too early for me to tell. I think of o had choose even after week 1 i guess I'd prefer Tucker.

Mattison-5. I just don't think he is good at rushing the football. Hso receiving chops help. The best thing he has going for him is the garbage behind him. I would have rate him a 9 if it wasn't for that.

Higgins -1. Dude is a monster. Zero concern other then he changes his number too much.

London-9. Has nothing to do with his ability. I just don't think Ridder can carry ANY wr to fantasy success.

Pierce-7. Ravens defense is tough. I get that. A big concern was Singletary getting so much of the work load. I thought Pierce was locked in as a ball hog. Add in that offense is gonna be bad.

Lamar Jackson-1. Just stop

Seahawks offfense-1. Way to many elite players to struggle each week.

All my opinion and I reserve the right to change my opinion at any time.

When I saw Singletary had very little action I was feeling good as recent Pierce dynasty investor, 36 to 16 total snaps between the two. Now I see Mike freaking Boone, 25 snaps, 19 routes run and 4 targets compared to Pierce with 22 routes run and 3 targets. Please tell me this will be an outlier and Pierce get's more action in the passing downs moving forward.

 

[dmac37]

Pierce-7. Ravens defense is tough. I get that. A big concern was Singletary getting so much of the work load. I thought Pierce was locked in as a ball hog. Add in that offense is gonna be bad.

Feeling this way too much.

Singletary is not the problem, it is Boone on 3rd down and passing situations. As I posted above, Pierce out snapped Singletary 36 to 16. Boone had 25 snaps and 10 out of 15 3rd down snaps.

 

[FarFromHome]

Pierce-7. Ravens defense is tough. I get that. A big concern was Singletary getting so much of the work load. I thought Pierce was locked in as a ball hog. Add in that offense is gonna be bad.

Feeling this way too much.

Singletary is not the problem, it is Boone on 3rd down and passing situations. As I posted above, Pierce out snapped Singletary 36 to 16. Boone had 25 snaps and 10 out of 15 3rd down snaps.

Yep. I should have put Singletary/Boone.

 

[DocHolliday]

Fields - 5. He didn’t look good. The O line looked bad. The play calling was horrible. The Bears need to run plays that favor Fields strength and that means calling run plays early in the game.

London - 7. No QB is bad news.

Mostert - 4 Not the usage I was expecting.

Daniel Jones - 3. The Dallas D is legit but the O line looks bad. Does Jones have any talent at WR?

 

[dmac37]

I'm most concerned with QB's I have on my two dynasty teams,

Fields- 5, I think he will be ok for fantasy this year but will he and the coaching staff last long enough to see this thing through. Was really expecting a different vibe week 1
Pickett- 4, I really believe long term he will be an above average starting QB, how long will they let Canada choke out this offense
Howell- 5, kinda like Fields, I think he will be ok for fantasy but can he maintain being a starting NFL QB

 

[djjosee]

Rodgers helped off the field on the 2nd play of the season - 10

 

[Capella]

Jets offensive line - 10

 

[Proteus]

Rodgers helped off the field on the 2nd play of the season - 10

Garrett shares

 

[cockroach]

Goedert (2) - Not worried at all.

He's the third option on a team where the QB is going to run in a lot of the GL tuddies. He's a TE2.

 

[rockaction]

Jets offensive line - 10

Those were coverage sacks. The line is questionable in pass pro, but check the clock on those reads.

 

[footballpanda]

Garrett Wilson 11

 

[Uncle Leo]

D. Swift - 8
K. Herbert -8

Those are my two starting RBs on a team I went zero RB strategy.

I’d like to combine those two panic levels to a 16.

Same here. Those are my RBs. I do have Jerrick McKinnon to save me just in case.

 

[Capella]

Jets offensive line - 10

Those were coverage sacks. The line is questionable in pass pro, but check the clock on those reads.

Buddy I’m sorry but this line is terrible.

 

[rockaction]

Buddy I’m sorry but this line is terrible.

It's not good, GB. That's for sure.