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RB Saquon Barkley, PHI (4 Viewers)
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The Kerminator
Footballguy
So you benched Swift because of talk of a limited game only to replace him with a guy with talk of a limited game?Benched Swift in one league with talk of limited play. He has a good game.
Decide I won’t do the same with Barkley in another league.
sho nuff
Footballguy
Sorry..:no. Benched swift in one league due to limited talk.
In another league…decided not to do similar with Barkley.
Screwed up in both.
Harry Frogfish
Footballguy
The first week panic might be on for some. If so, take advantage of it and get him at all costs. Played a Denver Fangio D who was not gonna let him run for ####, obviously, and make an inaccurate, still lost, overrated QB beat them.
After the Washington game next week on national TV might be a better time, but maybe not, the schedule after isn't so bleak.
As the season wears on, you'll end up with a newer Coach doing whatever he can to keep his job in New York and that will entail a lot of Barkley in the gameplan.
After the Washington game next week on national TV might be a better time, but maybe not, the schedule after isn't so bleak.
As the season wears on, you'll end up with a newer Coach doing whatever he can to keep his job in New York and that will entail a lot of Barkley in the gameplan.
I mean, it should be better this week. Better matchup, and he got his feet wet with NFL contact again.
That said, he's likely a low end RB2 this week.
I'm sitting him for Edmonds this week, but this is likely the last week I do that.
sho nuff
Footballguy
After the first half of MNF...I thought I had my answer to whether I would put Barkley out there this week...then Ty'son saw little action in the latter half of the game and my shiny new toy to put in for Barkley fizzled.
Gaskin with a worse matchup than Barkley IMO...so I guess I roll with Saquon again.
Gaskin with a worse matchup than Barkley IMO...so I guess I roll with Saquon again.
Manster
Footballguy
Kinda my thoughts.....but, if you wanna swing for the fences, he is always a carry away from an 80 yd TD
It looked to me like a small step forward for Barkley from a confidence standpoint. He made some hard cuts this week, that he didn't a week ago, and the workload increased a decent amount as well, though that may have been more from mostly leading vs chasing Denver.
If he sees a similar leap in week 3 after 10 days rest, I think he'll be a must start, especially against Atlanta. If you've survived having him as a 1st/2nd round pick and aren't 0-2 at week's end, you'll probably be glad you took him going forward.
If he sees a similar leap in week 3 after 10 days rest, I think he'll be a must start, especially against Atlanta. If you've survived having him as a 1st/2nd round pick and aren't 0-2 at week's end, you'll probably be glad you took him going forward.
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The Frankman
Footballguy
... dude that's 15.4 in non-PPR. Plenty big enough fantasy day.
The Frankman
Footballguy
Nah the time to buy low has past. He played over 86% of the snaps in Week 3 and the Giants made his direct backup inactive. Owners now see the insane volume is back and won't bite unless something happens where his snap share decreases again, he gets hurt or Gary Brightwell takes the league like a house on fire.
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VikingFrog
Footballguy
I had him on the trade table sending Clyde. And a few other important pieces in a multi-player trade. Ultimately I don’t think it worked out in my favor.
The Frankman
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BobbyLayne
Footballguy
irish eyes
Footballguy
Feel bad for the guy, but so glad I cut him loose in dynasty last year. He's just going to be one of those constantly injured players.
dcgangstas
Footballguy
Really unfortunate set of circumstances for Saquon.
Such a good all-around guy. He was just starting to look like the old Barkley.
Such a good all-around guy. He was just starting to look like the old Barkley.
ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
Low ankle sprain. No fracture. He'll miss some time but definitely could have been worse.
ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
He may or may not be injury prone, but this was a pretty freak injury. First of all, if Jones hadn't overthrown him, he would have been too busy getting huge yardage on the play to get hurt. Second, anyone can roll an ankle when they step on someone else's foot.
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
Barkley says he wants to only miss 1 week.
The way that ankle ballooned up has the look of a multi-week injury, but ya never know.
The way that ankle ballooned up has the look of a multi-week injury, but ya never know.
Judge Smails
Footballguy
There is no way that’s a 1 week injury
Obviously I’m not close to a Saquon level athlete so insert the obligatory caveats here buuuuuuut I used to play a ton of basketball in college at a pretty high intensity and would roll my ankle periodically. The mild ones I’d play through or be fine in a day or 2. The worst one swelled up like a balloon, I was on crutches for 2-3 days but in a couple weeks it was totally and completely 100% fine.
Low ankle sprains are just a different thing compared to high ankle. If there’s no break or torn ligaments it can look and feel terrible initially but heals really fast. Probably more useful than my anecdote is that this week Courtland Sutton rolled his ankle in practice Friday and was fine for Sunday. That was presumably very mild. Mixon limped off the field and had a pretty good limp on the sideline at the end of the Jags game. We didn’t get to see how he sprained it or see crazy looking swelling like with Saquon but I’d guess from the limp it felt pretty similar. He played 10 days later. I really think the timeline of out 1 week then questionable but plays week 7 seems right.
Low ankle sprains are just a different thing compared to high ankle. If there’s no break or torn ligaments it can look and feel terrible initially but heals really fast. Probably more useful than my anecdote is that this week Courtland Sutton rolled his ankle in practice Friday and was fine for Sunday. That was presumably very mild. Mixon limped off the field and had a pretty good limp on the sideline at the end of the Jags game. We didn’t get to see how he sprained it or see crazy looking swelling like with Saquon but I’d guess from the limp it felt pretty similar. He played 10 days later. I really think the timeline of out 1 week then questionable but plays week 7 seems right.
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VikingFrog
Footballguy
No news is bad news, or good news?
I'd lean ever so slightly toward good news, in the sense that he hasn't been put on IR, so they are clearly expecting him this week or next week.
The Big Donkey
Footballguy
Andrew Thomas was put on IR. the offensive line is a mess. would not be a buyer.
RenegadeRoy
Footballguy
Second the little letters next to his name disappear, I'm shopping him around. Not playing this game anymore and I think (hope) his name still carries some value.
I know that is some major clickbait, but man Barkley in Baltimore would be terrifying. I don't know how a defense could stop him and Lamar together, without completely leaving Andrews/Brown/Bateman all one on one, which no teams have the secondary to do. Probably would require a few contract restructures.
KC would probably be a good fit too, and an equal problem for defenses, but more so in the sense of his receiving ability. They also are more aggressive when it comes to trading for vets, as Orlando Brown and Frank Clark can attest. Not that I would imagine Barkley in a pseudo contract year, fetches a 1st rounder like they did.
VikingFrog
Footballguy
Mahomes would have to throw it to him for Barkley to be a receiving threat in KC.
Signed,
Angsty CEH apologists everywhere
At the risk of being that guy, CEH is probably 30% the talent Barkley is. Barkley would get the Hunt treatment in the highly unlikely scenario he somehow got traded there.
VikingFrog
Footballguy
He did when he had other RBs though. Hunt was targeted all the time. Hell, Damien Williams was used a lot more in the passing game than CEH is. I kind of think that is less a Mahomes thing, and more a talent at RB thing.
Its fun to talk about possible spots where Barkley's career could flourish(health notwithstanding) but its super rare to see a high caliber player(especially one who is banged up) dealt at the deadline. It probably should happen more often though.
Hunt was targeted an average of 3 times per game by Mahomes. CEH has been targeted an average of 3.5 times per game. Small sample sizes though.
