I got a no thanks on my 2 firsts for Chubb... thinking of throwing in Gallup to see if he bites on that. I am fairly deep with young WR and have 6 first round picks next year.
I wouldn't do it. I really see Gurley upside with Chubb. The defense is up and coming, Baker
could be the real deal, the OL is above average, and he's shown some early flashes of elite potential. At a minimum, he's already shown he's got breakaway speed which isn't easy to find in a 5'11" 227 frame.
Anyone else feel like this is a bad week waiting to happen? Not much involvement in the passing game to mitigate game-flow, Steelers likely to be ahead by a significant margin etc?
A bad week is certainly a realistic outcome (16-60 rushing, 0 receiving), but all it takes is one long run or one goal line carry to flip that around into a decent game - remember the Steelers' defense is actually just barely better (4.2) than league average (4.3) on a per carry basis. Also, he had two legitimate targets last week (as opposed to throw aways where he was in the vicinity) -
one was under thrown which would've been a very nice gain and the other was a check down (defender broke it up) which would've maybe gotten 4 yards. So while he won't be getting 10 targets in a game this year, it's not like he's 2016 Blount, either.
In the end it boils down to what options you've got. I'm not a "never bench your studs" guy, but I do consider Chubb a stud talent and he's in line for a large volume against a mid-tier defense, so I'm inclined to roll with him over just about anybody outside of the top 10. Remember, even in their blow out loss to the Chargers, Hyde still got 14 carries.
Just acquired him in dynasty! My breida, Goff, Amari, Martin for Chubb, Ben, Watkins, cannon.
While I think this is an overall good trade for you (I like Cooper, but not Cooper + Dak, so nice sell high of Cooper), I agree with
@davearm that you'll miss Goff. Franchise QB who just turned 24 a couple weeks ago. Top 3 dynasty QB, IMO.
To me, this is basically Goff+Cooper for Chubb. Watkins has little to no fantasy value to me. I'd be trying to flip him ASAP for someone that does have fantasy value.